Tree shears
2.5–35 tExcavator classes covered
4Model pages
Commercial buying guides for Australian contractors
Buy the forestry attachment that pays on the excavator you already own
Spec-led, plain-spoken guides to tree shears, stump grinders, stump cutters, forestry mulchers, grapple saws, forestry grapples, mechanical pruning and ground preparation, written for the contractor, council or fleet manager who has to make the numbers work in Australian hardwood.
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Category guides
60
Machines covered
12
Application guides
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Manufacturers
Equipment categories
Eight deep buying guides
Each one covers the full current range with published specifications, the sizing rules that decide production, the comparisons that matter and what to confirm in writing before you order.
Stump & root cutters
11.5–28 tExcavator classes covered
2Model pages
Stump grinders
1.5–30 tExcavator classes covered
3Model pages
Forestry mulchers
5–40 tExcavator classes (VM)
12Model pages
Grapple saws
8–30 tExcavator classes covered
4Model pages
Forestry grapples
8–30 tExcavator classes covered
5Model pages
Mechanical pruning
1–24 tExcavator classes covered
8Model pages
Tillage & ground preparation
2–20 tExcavator classes (CPT)
4Model pages
The rule behind every page
Never buy on tonne class or maximum diameter alone
A 20 tonne excavator with inadequate auxiliary hydraulics is not a better mulcher carrier than a properly configured 16 tonne machine. A shear rated to 500 mm is not a 500 mm hardwood production tool. For every quotation, confirm carrier mass, lift chart at the working radius, attachment mass in the ordered configuration, material mass, hydraulic flow, pressure, return pressure, cooling, coupler and guarding.
Lift charts and attachment mass →
Hydraulic matching →
Maximum diameter vs production diameter →
Start from your carrier
Attachments by excavator size
- Forestry Attachments for 1.5 to 5 Tonne ExcavatorsUrban and precision vegetation work
- Forestry Attachments for 5 to 10 Tonne ExcavatorsVersatile vegetation-management platform
- Forestry Attachments for 10 to 16 Tonne ExcavatorsCommercial clearing crossover class
- Forestry Attachments for 16 to 25 Tonne ExcavatorsHeavy clearing and infrastructure workhorse
- Forestry Attachments for 25 to 40 Tonne ExcavatorsIndustrial clearing and biomass carrier
- Forestry Mulchers for Skid Steers and Compact Track LoadersFlat-ground mulching production carrier
Start from the job
Applications and industries
Road Corridor Clearing Equipment
How Australian road authorities and civil contractors mechanise verge, batter and widening clearances, and which excavator attachments earn their place when traffic control is the cost that dominates.
Rail Corridor Vegetation Equipment
Why possession windows, not machine hourly rates, decide rail vegetation equipment, and how contractors match pruning bars, mulchers, shears and grapple saws to Australian rail corridors.
Powerline and Transmission Easement Equipment
Distribution clearance pruning and transmission easement clearing are different jobs with different equipment; this guide matches mulchers, shears, grapple saws and pruning heads to each in Australian conditions.
Bushfire Fuel Reduction Equipment
Mechanical fuel reduction is a hectare-rate mulching business with a hard seasonal deadline; here is how contractors size Shearex mulchers, shears and grapples for Australian asset protection zones and firebreaks.
Solar and Wind Farm Site Preparation Equipment
How Australian renewable energy sites are cleared and prepared at hectare scale, and which mulchers, shears, grapples, stump tools and augers earn their place when the program is driven by an EPC schedule.
Subdivision and Civil Site Clearing Equipment
How Australian developers and civil contractors clear residential estates and civil sites to a stump-free, trench-ready specification, and which excavator attachments keep one carrier earning from the first tree to the last compacted trench.
Plantation Thinning and Re-establishment Equipment
How Australian plantation owners and forestry contractors mechanise non-commercial thinning, edge maintenance, residue management, stump treatment and re-establishment with excavator attachments rather than a second dedicated harvesting machine.
Farm Clearing, Shelterbelt and Orchard Equipment
How Australian farm businesses and agricultural contractors mechanise paddock clearing, shelterbelt renewal, orchard pull-out, regrowth control and fencing, and which attachments earn their place on a farm excavator or skid steer.
Council Parks and Urban Vegetation Equipment
How Australian councils and their contractors mechanise parks, reserves, streetscapes and urban tree programs with light heads on compact carriers, when access, finish and public safety matter more than raw production.
Mining and Pipeline Corridor Clearing Equipment
How Australian mining and pipeline projects clear rights-of-way, haul roads and pads at industrial scale, and which heavy mulchers, shears, grapples and stump tools survive the remoteness, hardwood and schedule.
Biomass and Chipper Operation Equipment
How Australian contractors turn cleared vegetation into a product, and which grapples, grapple saws, accumulating shears and stump cutters keep a chipper or grinder fed at the rate it was hired for.
Storm Damage and Dangerous Tree Equipment
How Australian councils, utilities and arborists mechanise storm clean-up and hazardous tree dismantling, and why the grapple saw and the lift chart matter more than any other specification.
Head to head
Comparisons
Knowledge base
Buying guides
Tools
Do the arithmetic before you sign
Attachment matcher
Every model whose carrier band overlaps your machine.
Lift capacity
What is left for the tree after the attachment package.
Hydraulic power
Flow × pressure ÷ 600, checked against published bands.
Cost per unit
True cost per stem, stump, hectare or hole.
Get a recommendation, not just a price
Send us your excavator model, hydraulic figures, tree species and typical diameters. We will come back with a carrier-matched configuration and a written specification you can compare against any other quote.