CA2186798A1 - Tilting feller head - Google Patents

Tilting feller head

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CA2186798A1
CA2186798A1 CA002186798A CA2186798A CA2186798A1 CA 2186798 A1 CA2186798 A1 CA 2186798A1 CA 002186798 A CA002186798 A CA 002186798A CA 2186798 A CA2186798 A CA 2186798A CA 2186798 A1 CA2186798 A1 CA 2186798A1
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head
bracket
rotating
mounting
trees
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Charles D. Maclennan
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Equipements Prenbec Inc
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G23/00—Forestry
    • A01G23/02—Transplanting, uprooting, felling or delimbing trees
    • A01G23/08—Felling trees
    • A01G23/091—Sawing apparatus specially adapted for felling trees
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G23/00—Forestry
    • A01G23/02—Transplanting, uprooting, felling or delimbing trees
    • A01G23/08—Felling trees

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biodiversity & Conservation Biology (AREA)
  • Ecology (AREA)
  • Forests & Forestry (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Harvester Elements (AREA)
  • Harvesting Machines For Specific Crops (AREA)

Abstract

A tree harvester head having a mounting bracket at the back of the type allowing the head to be tilted. The bracket is used to mount the head on the boom of a mobile vehicle.
Cooperating mounting members are provided on the head and bracket for rotatably mounting the head on the bracket.
Rotating members are provided on the head and bracket for rotating the head relative to the bracket. Hydraulic drive elements are provided on the head for operating the rotating member on the head to rotate the head. A method for cutting trees using the harvester head involves the steps of cutting trees in three adjacent rows or swaths and laying all the cut trees in or adjacent the central swath, with their butt ends all facing in the same direction, for pickup by a forwarder.
CA002186798A 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Tilting feller head Expired - Lifetime CA2186798C (en)

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CA002186798A CA2186798C (en) 1996-09-30 1996-09-30 Tilting feller head
US08/940,377 US5975166A (en) 1996-09-30 1997-09-30 Tilting feller head

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US7913432B2 (en) 2005-11-16 2011-03-29 Les Equipements Prenbec Inc. Cutting tooth assembly with reversible tooth
US8141602B2 (en) 2008-09-19 2012-03-27 Usinage Gn Roy Inc. Rotation system for a felling head
US9168599B2 (en) 2011-11-17 2015-10-27 Les Equipements Prenbec Inc. Saw disk with improved chip discharge

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