Star Hill JAWZ

Super JAWZ

2008-05-27T13:29:00.000-07:00

Starhill Solutions, Inc. has introduced the new Super JAWZ as part of its family of JAWZ grabbing tools.

Developed over the past year in response to a customer request to take out cedar trees on his ranch along the Missouri River in South Dakota, the Suber JAWZ is truly an awesome beast.

Weghing in at close to one ton with five foot fingers and a 10,000 pound load capacity, this bad boy will handle the big jobs. See the CAT 924 in action uprooting trees, rocks, and moving a cottonwood tree to a debri pile.

For more information about the new Super JAWZ, visit our webiste at http://www.starhilljawz.com/ and click on the "Specs" link.

Grab Your World with JAWZ

2008-05-20T16:01:00.000-07:00

The patented Star Hill JAWZ grabbing tool will revolutionize how you do your land management chores. You can now uproot unwanted bushes and trees with ease. You can precisely move and place large rocks and boulders, while safely removing stakes and fence posts.

JAWZ fits most farm tractors, skid steers, compact utility loaders, and mini excavators with quick attach. There's now a better way to tackle those dangerous and mundane tasks. Easily remove brush, trees, and invasive plants - roots and all!

How John Lyddon Came Up with the Idea for JAWZ

2008-04-29T13:14:00.000-07:00

When John Lyddon moved to the Santa Cruz mountains, he was worried that his young children might be in danger from wildcats that prowled his heavily forested 67 acre ranch. Using a tractor with a bucket and chain, he began to laboriously remove brush, trees and boulders to discourage the wildcats from coming close to his house. He believed that there had to be a better method than dismounting his tractor and struggling with a grapple, chain and bucket whenever he needed to remove a bush, tree, boulder or fence post.

Lyddon had envisioned a vice-like tool that operated in a horizontal plane that could grab and lift objects then move or replace them with precision. He traveled to the World Ag Expo (the world's largest equipment trade show) in search of such a device. When he found no such tool, he began to discuss his idea with equipment makers who were attending the show. One of them agreed to make a prototype of Lyddon's concept.

After testing his prototype and refining his design, Lyddon hired a patent attorney and now holds a U.S. patent plus patents in 15 other countries. "I knew I was not the only person who need this tool," says Lyddon. Lyddon's Jawz is the only product on the market that operates on a horizontal plane. Many end users currently use specialty or specific function tools, which Lyddon is trying to change. The Jawz can replace many tools being used on the market which translates into big savings in money and time switching from one tool to another.

Perhaps the most important contributor to his success is that in 1998, Bobcat's patent on quick release technology expired, allowing an army of new light construction vehicles to be introduced to market. Jawz's compatibility and utility with these new vehicles has given it quite a large market and a huge potential for success. Lyddon's product was birthed from a genuine and personal need, which is the hallmark of any great invention.

Story by Don Debalak