Patent ID: 7743595

Claim:
A device for harvesting woody material, said device including: a rigid arm having: a first end moveably connected to the device, and a second end moveably connectable to a vehicle for towing the device such that the device may be offset from the vehicle during a line of travel; a processor arranged to mechanically work the woody material and to feed the mechanically worked woody material to a bale-forming mechanism, said bale-forming mechanism being arranged to form a bale of the mechanically worked woody material, the processor including: a crusher arranged to cut standing woody material and to compress or shred the woody material along its length to make the woody material more pliable, wherein the crusher includes a rotor in a housing, the rotor having crushing elements arranged to compress or shred the woody material against the housing in a crushing zone as the rotor rotates, and an adjustable adjustor plate that protrudes into the crushing zone to vary the extent of compression of the woody material by controlling the entry of the woody material into the crushing zone.