Tree felling attachment apparatus for tractors
OwnerGary D. Sawyerinventor
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Abstract
A tree felling attachment apparatus for a farm tractor having connections for rear mounting the attachment onto the hydraulic lift arms and stabilizer bar of the tractor. The attachment includes an elongated longitudinal beam extending rearward behind the tractor that terminates at its distal end in a gripper operable between open and closed positions to receive and grip a tree trunk to be felled. In response to rearward driving of the tractor, the gripper effects felling of the tree disposed therein while enabling the tractor to remove the felled tree to a suitable disposal site.
Claims8
A unitary ground clearing felling apparatus attachable to and detachable from a tractor having hydraulically operable spaced apart and vertically movable lift arms supported at the rear of said tractor and a stabilizer bar centrally located between said lift arms, and controls on said tractor for operating said lift arms, said attachment apparatus being adapted for operative mounting as a unit onto the lift arms and stabilizer bar of said tractor and comprising:
- a generally horizontal elongated beam longitudinally extending rectilinearly between a first end and a second end and aligned substantially in the vertical plane of said stabilizer bar;
- said first end including mounting means for effecting a mounting connection with said lift arms and said stabilizer bar of the tractor to which said beam is to be attached;
- said second end including a gripper operable between an open position and a closed position, said second end being responsive within a tree or post-like item disposed in said gripper and said tractor being operated in a rearward motion to effect felling of the tree or post-like item disposed in said gripper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.