Allis-Chalmers "tree harvester"

[Ray Dunakin]

I came across this odd thing... apparently it's a conversion from a stock bulldozer, and is used to harvest saplings:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/1950-allis-chalmers-bulldozer-converted-tree-harvester-photos-72948

[Hydrostat]

Great find Ray! If someone had built that model, no one would believe it had a prototype!

Volker

[Bernhard]

Really extraordinary, Ray. This thing would be worth to be rebuild as a model. I'll put it on my to-do list

Bernhard

[Ray Dunakin]

Here's another one made by International Harvester circa 1944:

https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=777593


Also if you search "bare roots tree harvester" on YouTube you can find a couple videos of a modern version in action.