Tree and Brush Cutter Attachment

My friend Sherri and her husband have a horse-riding path that winds through 12 acres of their property. Part of the path is fenced, and almost the whole thing is under a canopy of trees. They try to clear the path frequently of brush and overhanging limbs, but it can take a couple of weekends or more to do it all. They have to switch equipment to trim trees and along the fencerow, with some of it having to be done by hand.

There's a hydraulic cutting attachment that may make that process easier. The Sabre Samurai fits on to any-sized tractor, skid steer, or loader. Grant Gaudes is the company's president, and says the attachment evolved from a crop divider for cutting canola into a more versatile tool based on customer modifications.

"It was our users that came to us and said, 'We've been using it as a vertical, or tree, cutter,'" Gaudes says. "So, we started taking a look at how they were using it, went back to our engineers and further developed it."

So what the customers wanted, they got.

Cut at any angle

"It's the only universal machine that's on the market that can cut vertically, horizontally, or any angle in between," Gaudes says. "You can use it to cut tree lines, brush underneath fence lines, ditches, and around ponds."

Some people also use it to trim vineyards and cut trees away from power lines. Since you attach the unit to a bucket, most of the time anything you cut up high will tumble into the bucket, so you don't have to come back around to clear branches on the ground.

The unit is 36 inches long and has two sets of sickles. You can cut branches up to 1 1/2 inches in diameter. To operate it, hook it up to the hydraulics port on the bucket or to your machine's auxiliary hydraulic port.

You can order the attachment direct from the manufacturer. It costs about $1,300, plus shipping.