Patent ID: 7007730

Claim:
A disc saw felling head for harvesting trees and simultaneously removing stumps comprising: a rotating member having a generally vertical axis of rotation when cutting a standing tree, the rotating member including: an upper disc saw blade having teeth distributed around an outer circumference of the blade to define an upper cutting width for severing a tree from a stump when the disc saw blade is rotated and advanced generally horizontally through the tree; and a lower stump reducing drum blade having a radially arcuate drum body extending axially a reducing width which presents a generally circular cutting swath to a stump in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the rotating member and which extends downwardly from the disc saw blade so as to reduce the height of the stump left after the disc saw blade has severed the tree by advancing the drum blade generally horizontally through the stump; a support for the rotating member; and at least one motor coupled to the rotating member capable of rotating both blades of the rotating member.