TREE HARVESTER

A mobile tree harvester including a self-propelled vehicle, tree-shearing means, a pair of vertically spaced, oppositely facing engaging means mounted on the vehicle for catching the severed tree at the commencement of its free fall and for controlling the free fall of the tree until the tree is nea...

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Main Author BLACKBURN K,US
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 17.07.1973
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPSOR SEAWEED
FISHING
FORESTRY
HORTICULTURE
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
TRAPPING
WATERING
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Summary:A mobile tree harvester including a self-propelled vehicle, tree-shearing means, a pair of vertically spaced, oppositely facing engaging means mounted on the vehicle for catching the severed tree at the commencement of its free fall and for controlling the free fall of the tree until the tree is nearly horizontal, and lifting means for lifting the tree-shearing means and the engaging means upwardly and rearwardly until the severed tree carried thereby is nearly horizontal, and a method for harvesting trees using this harvester.
Bibliography:Application Number: USD3746064