Patent ID: 7055302

Claim:
A travelling device ( 12 ), which can be mounted on a vehicle ( 10 ), provided for completely removing and reducing the size of trees ( 14 ), which are growing in a row, comprising a cutting tool for reducing the size of the trees ( 14 ) fed thereto, an ejector ( 16 ), which is mounted on the cutting tool and provided for ejecting the trees ( 14 ) cut in the cutting tool, and a feed device ( 18 ) that, in a direction of travel ( 50 ), is located in front of the cutting tool and provided for feeding the trees ( 14 ) to be cut in the cutting tool, wherein the feed device ( 18 ) comprises two driven, vertical draw-in rollers ( 22 , 24 ; 60 , 62 ) located close to the ground and forming a gap ( 20 ), which rollers, when operating the device ( 12 ), seize trees ( 14 ) which have previously been pressed down in the direction of travel ( 50 ), squeeze them inside the gap ( 20 ) and push them towards the cutting tool, and that the feed device ( 18 ) comprises at least one driven clearing roller ( 28 ) located in the ground ( 26 ) transverse to the direction of travel ( 50 ), which, when operating the device ( 12 ), seizes roots ( 30 ) of the pressed-down trees ( 14 ) located in the ground ( 26 ) and pushes them upward so that they can be fed to the cutting tool.