TNhobbyfarmer
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- Joined
- Dec 23, 2004
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- 1,185
- Location
- Middle Tennessee
- Tractor
- Kubota L3430 Polaris Ranger 500
The best technique I have found for pushing out small saplings with the loader it to put the bucket right at ground level. On a larger tree you start by pushing up high to get more leverage, but these little pine saplings are too springy. If you set your bucket flat and push right at ground level generally they push right out. If they get partially uprooted but don't come out, take the edge of the bucket under the exposed root ball and lift/push, they'll roll right out of the ground.
This technique works great. Using a piranha tooth bar on the bucket greatly improves the effectiveness.