Rear Blade Will a boxblade do this?

   / Will a boxblade do this? #32  
If you don't really need to remove the roots, I just flush cut tree stumps to the ground. Paint some round up on them if you are worried about regrowth.
 
   / Will a boxblade do this? #33  
S3man said:
Hey all, wanting to know if a boxblade on a 40hp 2 wheel drive tractor will push over saplings "dozer style" in reverse? Soil conditions are N AL not sandy or red clay just standard soil. The saplings are actually small trees 1 -3 inch in diameter. I hate to spend $450 on an experiment and don't really have much need for a BB other than that. Thanks
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Might sound a little unusual, but I took three of the small doughnut spare wheels and welded them together. Took a chain and rolled it over the middle wheel and wrapped it to the base of tree, attached to draw bar and pulled it out of the ground. I did this to some small mesquites here on my place. A few days after a rain is best when the ground is soft.
 
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I have identified the thorny trees, they are Callery Pears and Locust. The others are just regular non thorny "sprouts". The problem I am going to have with the grubber is most of the locust and pears are multiple trunked at the base. I will probably just use a chain or double loop ended cable on those.
 
   / Will a boxblade do this? #35  
I have been working on a couple of sections of cutover each winter for last couple of seasons when I get time. (low priority)
I can handle 3-4 inch saplings with my FEL and rachet rake okay - unless it is gum (i hate gum trees !!) . For me they are the toughest they are almost always packed tight and the roots run horizontal so they don't snap very easy. This season I am just going to go around them and break out the spray paint. I met a guy in my area that has a tracked stump grinder that can walk though a large area of 4" and bigger stumps in no time.
 
   / Will a boxblade do this? #36  
What kind of trees are you trying to get out? How many are there?
 
   / Will a boxblade do this? #37  
I would just use a long chain and pull them over and out. The higher you can hook the chain the more pull over force you will have. Most of the time they uproot as you pull them over and you can just continue on and pull them right out. Sometimes they break at the roots and you have to go back and dig them out or cut off flush with the ground. I have pulled out many small trees with my 30hp tractor using this method, also a couple of full grown large trees with more chain, a ladder, and dozer.
 
   / Will a boxblade do this? #38  
IndyIan said:
If you don't really need to remove the roots, I just flush cut tree stumps to the ground. Paint some round up on them if you are worried about regrowth.
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At 3" max I would just drive over them very slowly forward with a dull bushog. This will cut, fray, and batter the cut stumps leaving them loose. Never underestimate an ax driven by tens of HP. :)
larry
 
   / Will a boxblade do this? #39  
As others have said, it's not really effective to try to "doze in reverse" with a box blade. My tractor's components are strong enough to take the abuse, as is my box blade, but it just doesn't work well in the physics department.

are locust or something similar with tire piercing thorns on them. The brush grubber should be perfect for those. Thanks again fellows.
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The last locust I pulled up I used a chain (this was before I had a tractor with a front end loader...long before). It was not fun work, and to prevent regrowth we pulled all the root system out. It was some variant of locust from **** because the roots went on for **** near forever. I tell you what, though, that locust has not come back. I've got 1 more on the property I need to take care of, will probably use the FEL remove the main body and then chains on the roots to pull it up.
 
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