Patent ID: 7017631
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A feller buncher, comprising: an elongate support having an axis, a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end; a first tree receiving cavity positioned along the first side of the support; a second tree receiving cavity positioned along the second side of the support; the first tree receiving cavity and the second tree receiving cavity being formed by a first divider at the first end of the support and a second divider at the second end of the support; a circular saw positioned at the second end of the support, the plane of the saw being transverse to the axis of the vertical support; and movable grapple arms shared by the first tree receiving cavity and the second tree receiving cavity, the grapple arms being positioned on each of the first side and the second side of the support above the circular saw, the grapple arms being adapted to hold trees while they are being felled and then maintain bunches of felled trees in each of the first tree receiving cavity and the second tree receiving cavity.