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Charlene Hicker

03-29-2007 11:11:21




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Looking for an idea or diagram of Homemade small stump puller to use behind my old 9N. Have several acres of 2-4inch brush snobs and chain or choker keeps slipping off. One woman operation and to darn old to keep climbing on and off the tractor.




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Dave Anderson

03-31-2007 16:34:14




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson , 03-29-2007 11:11:21  
Better still, Use the largest diameter Tractor rim you can find and put under chain. Also, Put a jacket or horse blanket over the top of chain for safety-it will deflect the chain down if it breaks.



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Nolan

03-30-2007 03:35:50




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson , 03-29-2007 11:11:21  
Well, good luck with the N doing the job. Been there, tried that with my 8N. All I'd get were bald spots where the tires spun.

Found it to be much faster and more effective to just go with a chainsaw and slice them off flush with the ground. Then I could mow over them easily.

The few that I really had to pull out, I did by hand with a stout shovel and mattock. Which was also much quicker and more effective than the tractor.

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IH2444

03-30-2007 11:07:40




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Nolan, 03-30-2007 03:35:50  
there a few models of brush chompers out there, some even fit on 4 wheelers, some are 3 point and hydraulic cut off at ground level.



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Charlene Hickerson

03-30-2007 08:36:58




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Nolan, 03-30-2007 03:35:50  
I've been thinking about just cutting them down to the ground and using some Crossbow, if they start to resprout. Would save the clutch on the tractor, a whole lot of fuel and my old joints. All I'm trying to do is cut the Fire Hazard down in my 3 arces of back woods.What I've already done, looks like a Park and this is the last and the worst for brush. People ask what I'm going to do when I get it all cleared and figure Ill go ask the neighbor if he wants me to start on his.

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circus

03-29-2007 17:32:29




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson , 03-29-2007 11:11:21  
Where are all these stumps coming from? Pulling trees down are a breeze. Chain high on the trunk and "timber". Note: take measures to avoid getting wacked in the head.



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Charlene Hickerson

03-29-2007 18:13:18




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to circus, 03-29-2007 17:32:29  
The stumps or snobs are from me cutting the brushy tops off, at about the 18in. level, but now they"ll spout back. It"s a mix of tan oak, wild lilac and what I call grease wood. Most don"t have lots of roots, but stock will bend over and rapper will slip the bark and come off. Admit bigger one might get a dose of brush killer.



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Jim K

03-29-2007 17:20:58




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson , 03-29-2007 11:11:21  
Get yourself a sub soiler and use it to cut all the roots, and hook onto it and pull it out.
Should be able to do the whole job without having to get out of the seat. will take some time but be patient and carefull, what the other guys said about safety.



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Charlene Hickerson

03-29-2007 18:16:56




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Jim K, 03-29-2007 17:20:58  
"Thanks," See what I post to Circus.



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jml755

03-29-2007 15:57:33




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson , 03-29-2007 11:11:21  
I've learned that stumps are tough. I've got a 755 TLB (unit weighs 18000#)and tried to pull stumps by attaching a chain to the backhoe bucket hook (rated at 8000# capacity). Picked the front end right off the ground on even moderate (3-4"dia) stumps. I dig them out with the bucket. Some smaller ones (2-3") will come out in 1 scoop. larger ones take some digging around the roots. Leaves a decent size hole, but the TLB makes quick work of filling them in. Brother-in-law has a stump rake attachment for his loader that looks like it might be good for roots and small,small saplings. Never seen it in action, though. I've seen bulldozers with attachment for land clearing, but with a small tractor, I think you'll have to do a lot of prep work (digging) .

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Charlene Hickerson

03-29-2007 18:19:12




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to jml755, 03-29-2007 15:57:33  
See what I posted to Circus. "Thanks."



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tg in VA

03-29-2007 13:33:06




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson , 03-29-2007 11:11:21  
If you double the chain towards the pulling end and pull it through itself, it will tighten around the stump as you pull forward rather than slipping off. I use this technique when pulling wooden fence posts with my loader.
For safety, pull from the draw bar, not the lift arms to lessen the chance of pulling the tractor over on top of you.



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Charlene Hickerson

03-29-2007 18:21:40




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to tg in VA, 03-29-2007 13:33:06  
"Thanks," why didn't I think of that. Will try it.



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glennster

03-29-2007 13:21:54




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson , 03-29-2007 11:11:21  
if you have a loader, they pull up a lot easier than sideways. i pull them with the bucket on my m or use the skid loader.



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Irv (Ia)

03-29-2007 13:15:51




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson , 03-29-2007 11:11:21  
By golly, if you can get those pulled out with your Ford, then you're better at it than me. Our kids had an live evergreen in front of the house,(the trimmable densiformas type yew) that they wanted out. It had about a 3 inch trunk and I hooked onto it with my 730 Case, and at 6980 pounds, I could't even budge it. I choked a chain around the trunk an lifted with my three point hitch and it picked the front end right off the ground. I also pulled on it at the same time. I finally had to dig around it and cut some of the roots off about a foot down in the ground, and them it came out. I couldn't believe how that thing was in there!!

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Charlene Hickerson

03-29-2007 18:28:14




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Irv (Ia), 03-29-2007 13:15:51  
See what I posted to Circus. But I was wearing some of the first brush on the back of my neck, when I tried pulling them over before I cut the tops out. Ground is soft now, so Little Old Ford does pretty good, but I'm careful.



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VinnieNC

03-30-2007 04:19:20




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Charlene Hickerson, 03-29-2007 18:28:14  
My dad was trying to pull out similiar sized oak stumps about 2 feet tall with a similar sized tractor. Even with several wraps of chain around the stump, the bark slipped off like a sheath, launched the bark and chain up towards him. The chain/bark/hook hit him in the head before striking the gas tank on the tractor. He got a mild laceration and it stunned him a bit. The chain and hook dented the gas tank.

After that, we began chopping the biggest roots around the stump with an axe, and then attaching the chain to the biggest part of the root system before attempting to remove it.

-VinnieNC

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TomTX

03-29-2007 16:07:17




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Irv (Ia), 03-29-2007 13:15:51  
You are one lucky man. You could have been easily hammered under an upside down tractor. Very easy to get crushed to death when trying to pull a stump or any size with the 3-point. Never use the 3-point with drawbar or anything else in it, because it is connected too high on the tractor, which lets the tractor raise the front end and just come on over on top of you. ALWAYS hook to the seinging drawbar, its hook low under the tractor and as you pull on the stump, it actually increases down pressure on the tractor. This time you were lucky. Tom

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Irv (Ia)

03-30-2007 04:13:37




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to TomTX, 03-29-2007 16:07:17  
It's pretty hard to pull up on a tree with a swinging drawbar. The point was, like most folks said, to pull straight up on it. I tied it off low and didn't get too wild on the lift. It didn't take long to figure out that it was a no go.



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Jim and Joanie

03-29-2007 13:55:43




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Irv (Ia), 03-29-2007 13:15:51  
Get an old wheel from a truck, put the chain over the top of the wheel by stump, causes the chain to pull the stump up and not sideways.



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Jim and Joanie

03-31-2007 15:45:40




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Jim and Joanie, 03-29-2007 13:55:43  
another thing to do is put some heavy old coats or folded blankets over the chain, will help somewhat is keeping the chain flying as much if it breaks or comes loose



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dds-inc

03-30-2007 19:58:06




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to Jim and Joanie, 03-29-2007 13:55:43  
this is the best best way of doing it. get yourself a 16 inch or so truck rim and sling the chain over top of it. easy as pie to pull them things out.



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steveormary

04-02-2007 06:37:40




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 Re: Brush Puller in reply to dds-inc, 03-30-2007 19:58:06  
Jim and Joanie and dds are right. Running a chain over an old wheel and pulling up on a stump works good. It does make for alot of getting on and off the tractor. At least the Ford is an easy one to do that with.

steveormary



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