Cutting Trees As Easy As Mowing the Lawn
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When Larry McKnight had to remove a group of small cedar trees along the edge of his Villa Ridge, Mo. property, he knew he would have a difficult time cutting trees close to the ground because of his bad knees and back. So McKnight designed, built and patented the FlipDown Chainsaw cutter.
He bolted together a frame of steel tubing on a balloon tire to hold a chainsaw a couple of inches off the ground. With the tug of a rope, the saw can be positioned horizontally or vertically. The operator starts the saw, then steps behind the handle and squeezes a throttle attached by a cable to the saw's trigger. In a horizontal position the saw cuts trees up to 6-in. in diameter. In a vertical position it can cut limbs close to the ground and cut felled trees.
"The advantage of one wheel is that I can use it as a pivot point for moving the chainsaw bar into the tree being cut," McKnight explains.
In a promotional video, he saws down 16 trees in five minutes. Small diameter trees shorter than 5 ft. fall easily. McKnight recommends that with larger trees, a second person guide trees over with a push pole.
"I'm 68, and the main thing is that I don't have to get on my hands and knees to cut," he says. "The next best thing is you can't get hurt. You don't even get hit by chips. The operator is more than 5 ft. from the tip of the chainsaw bar."
McKnight has tried three types of consumer chainsaws (commercial models are too large), and they've fit on his frame and worked just fine. It takes about 20 minutes to bolt the saw to the frame, he says, and the whole unit - including a saw - is light enough to lift up on a workbench to sharpen the chain.
"I'd like to license it, and I'm open to work with a business that would see potential in developing this," McKnight says.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Larry McKnight, 4885 St. Louis Rock Road, Villa Ridge, Mo. 63089 (ph 636 583-4338; mcknight@fidnet.com).
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Cutting Trees As Easy As Mowing the Lawn FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 When Larry McKnight had to remove a group of small cedar trees along the edge of his Villa Ridge Mo property he knew he would have a difficult time cutting trees close to the ground because of his bad knees and back So McKnight designed built and patented the FlipDown Chainsaw cutter
He bolted together a frame of steel tubing on a balloon tire to hold a chainsaw a couple of inches off the ground With the tug of a rope the saw can be positioned horizontally or vertically The operator starts the saw then steps behind the handle and squeezes a throttle attached by a cable to the saw s trigger In a horizontal position the saw cuts trees up to 6-in in diameter In a vertical position it can cut limbs close to the ground and cut felled trees
The advantage of one wheel is that I can use it as a pivot point for moving the chainsaw bar into the tree being cut McKnight explains
In a promotional video he saws down 16 trees in five minutes Small diameter trees shorter than 5 ft fall easily McKnight recommends that with larger trees a second person guide trees over with a push pole
I m 68 and the main thing is that I don t have to get on my hands and knees to cut he says The next best thing is you can t get hurt You don t even get hit by chips The operator is more than 5 ft from the tip of the chainsaw bar
McKnight has tried three types of consumer chainsaws commercial models are too large and they ve fit on his frame and worked just fine It takes about 20 minutes to bolt the saw to the frame he says and the whole unit - including a saw - is light enough to lift up on a workbench to sharpen the chain
I d like to license it and I m open to work with a business that would see potential in developing this McKnight says
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Larry McKnight 4885 St Louis Rock Road Villa Ridge Mo 63089 ph 636 583-4338; mcknight@fidnet com
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