Pollarding machine - GIF

[Jon]

I believe what we have here is a pollarding machine? Or something else? No doubt everyone else here knows what pollarding is, but I had to look it up:

Pollarding is pruning trees so that multiple shoots grow out of the pruned area. Years later, those multiple shoots become dense foliage. When pollarding is done lower down on a tree, it's called coppicing.



Freshly pollarded trees:


Same pollarded trees after regrowth:


Example of long-term effect of pollarding:



Previously:

tree remover GIF
tree processor GIF
Tree tying machine
Moving a 40-ton oak tree
Trimming trees around power lines GIF
Excavator slicing tree GIF
1964 Tree stomper by R.G. LeTourneau
Tree stump corer
Sliding-log trick for felling a hung tree - GIF