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Another stand drawing a constant crowd was Jas P Wilson’s which, as well as exhibiting a wide range of static machinery, had a demo area dedicated to its new range of Mantis tree-pruning attachments.
Available in three sizes – the 300, 400 and 500 – to suit different base machines, the hydraulic attachments each feature a cutting head and grab for methodically dismantling trees from the safety of the cab.
Managing director Billy Wilson said: “The original idea came about because a local tree surgeon had the saw kick back and cut his face open. Then, a couple of years later, he was climbing a tree and it split, pulled him in and almost cut him in two. I thought there must be a safer way of doing the job.
“So I started experimenting in our own woodland with a very basic hydraulically-powered saw and developed it over the last six years to where it is today.
The Mantis drew in the ARB Show crowds (Image: eA/JH)
“With this system, one man can do the work of two or three people, safely and in half the time. I truly believe it’s the way forward.”
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