Pulling with the Drawbar

[Walkin Horse]

If a guy had a cable say 95' long and wanted to pull over a 12" oak tree that is about 65 feet tall. How far up the tree would be a safe pull. At what angle would be safe hooked to the drawbar without picking up the rear wheels.

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[Xfaxman]

If a guy had a cable say 95' long and wanted to pull over a 12" oak tree that is about 65 feet tall. How far up the tree would be a safe pull. At what angle would be safe hooked to the drawbar without picking up the rear wheels.

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Is it dead or alive?

From my experience pushing them over with the V417, they will break if you get up too high.

The dead ones will break, pushing lower than one that is alive. Another unseen factor is that the tree dead or alive, may be hollow.

This one was not hollow.

 

[Walkin Horse]

It is alive and in good shape. I know what your talking about. Last week at the hunt club they were cutting some dead standing trees. They wanted me to push it with the bucket. No way. Way too much stuff to fall on my new tractor.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

If a guy had a cable say 95' long and wanted to pull over a 12" oak tree that is about 65 feet tall. How far up the tree would be a safe pull. At what angle would be safe hooked to the drawbar without picking up the rear wheels.

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No matter where you hook it, if it's above the height of the drawbar, you will be pulling up on the back of the tractor.

I'd hook it as high into the tree as I could get it for the best leverage, and pull on it SLOOOOOWLY to see if it will come over...

SR

 

[s219]

You could run the rope from drawbar to a pulley block mounted low on a tree (at drawbar level or lower) then run up to the pulling point on the tree of interest. I usually have to do that just so that the pulling direction of the tractor is away from the fall direction of the tree. But it also serves to keep the pulling force on the tractor down low.

If there is any danger of the tree falling in some other direction and pulling your tractor along for a ride, make sure you have lots of extra rope between the tractor and any pulleys or trees!!!!!!

 

[Walkin Horse]

I'm kinda thinking no more than a 30* angle and that's probably close to 40'. If my sighting is right looking up a 45* sq the tree is 65' to 70' tall.

 

[Xfaxman]

What is the drawbar pull rating on the tractor that you will use?

 

[All In A Days Work]

I like s219 idea if you have another tree to pull from.

Anyway here is a video of how not to do it with an F250.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp0IAS2XOLw

 

[Walkin Horse]

What is the drawbar pull rating on the tractor that you will use?

I don't know but I will look. What should it be. I don't have any idea.

 

[Walkin Horse]

I like s219 idea if you have another tree to pull from.

Anyway here is a video of how not to do it with an F250.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp0IAS2XOLw

I bet he busted his mouth open.