Tried out a "brush grubber" with my WD today.

Will Herring · Jul 20, 2013

I was able to pull a locust tree out by the root with it, I was sort of impressed. I even took some video of it. I was at about... 1/4 to 1/3 throttle, pulling up hill, and she walked right out. And I had plenty of chain to make sure it didn't hit me, the angle in the video makes it look closer than it is.

YOUTUBE video --> http://youtu.be/D3a9M0bAbjc

I tried it on a sassafras tree too that was blocking getting some equipment out, but unfortunately that tree just split off at the base when it started to go over.

Will Herring · Jul 20, 2013

Whoops, forgot to post a picture of this contraption itself.

Looks like some sort of medieval torture device. You press on it and open the jaws, and latch it on at the base of the tree you want to pull out (this one is good up to 4 inches in diameter). And then take your tractor and go.

Kind of a niche use device, but we have a lot of scrub brush trees that have come up over the past 10 years that I rather yank out than saw off at the ground.

RGMartin · Jul 20, 2013

What does this do that looping a chain around the tree twice, and hooking back to itself doesn't?

RGMartin · Jul 20, 2013

What does this do that looping a chain around the tree twice, and hooking back to itself doesn't?

Will Herring · Jul 20, 2013

(quoted from post at 15:25:43 07/20/13) What does this do that looping a chain around the tree twice, and hooking back to itself doesn't?

Not much, really. Other than this won't slide up the tree because it has giant spikes in the clasp end.

redtom · Jul 20, 2013

We have those at work. They're called pallet pullers, for pulling a pallet to the rear of a truck.

Steve A W · Jul 20, 2013

Will
Where did You get it and what was it called?

Steve A W

Will Herring · Jul 20, 2013

(quoted from post at 18:18:43 07/20/13) We have those at work. They're called pallet pullers, for pulling a pallet to the rear of a truck.

This works pretty good in leiu of tongs too, provided your log isn't very big.

(quoted from post at 21:36:41 07/20/13) Will
Where did You get it and what was it called?

Steve A W

It is actually called a "Brush Grubber" and the guy I borrowed it from bought it off amazon.com.

sammydwm · Jul 21, 2013

Northern Tool has them as well

Bret4207 · Jul 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 12:25:21 07/20/13) What does this do that looping a chain around the tree twice, and hooking back to itself doesn't?

The only advantage I can see is you aren't going to be spending as much time hitching and unhitching. To some folks that probably matters.

Will Herring · Jul 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 09:57:50 07/21/13)

(quoted from post at 12:25:21 07/20/13) What does this do that looping a chain around the tree twice, and hooking back to itself doesn't?

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The only advantage I can see is you aren't going to be spending as much time hitching and unhitching. To some folks that probably matters.

I never had much luck with a chain doing that. The tree always bends and then the chain slips up. This thing would appear to dig in more as you pull on it, as well as pulling from the center of the tree (though not sure how much mechanical advantage that grants you instead of wrapping around the base, if any).

Using this thing by yourself is a definite workout though. But hooking it on the tree is the easy part. Just bush towards the clevice, let go around the base of the tree, put the chain on, and then get the tractor in place and go.

rockyridgefarm · Jul 21, 2013

My Brush grubber -

Will Herring · Jul 21, 2013

(quoted from post at 12:01:21 07/21/13) My Brush grubber -

Now THAT is the way to do it. Force applied in the only direction that matters.

Tried out a "brush grubber" with my WD today.

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