Patent ID: 8516955

Claim:
A tree branch compression apparatus comprising: a main frame; a sub-frame in telescoping engagement with said main frame including means for extending and retracting said sub-frame; at least two wheels affixed to said sub-frame and rollably supporting said main frame, said wheels being located at an extreme trailing end of said sub-frame; a boom pivotably connected to said main frame at a pivot joint adjacent a leading end of said main frame and a first end of said boom; a rotation arm pivotably connected to a second end of said boom at a first end of said arm; and a compression ring sized for loosely encircling a trunk of a standing tree and adapted to forcibly moving branches of said tree inwardly toward the trunk of said tree as said compression ring is raised vertically about said tree to facilitate baling of said tree with rope line, said compressing ring being rotatable connected to a second end of said arm, wherein said wheels are moveable in a horizontal plane toward or away from said main frame and said wheels are positioned beneath said compression ring while said compression ring is raised toward a top of said tree.