Best way to yank out shrubs? Etc..

[beowulf]

How easy this can be done will depend on access (all sides?), the kind of dirt, the kind of tree/bush, and, of course size. I have taken out a lot of bushes and small trees as I cut roads to parts of the property. What seemed to work (with a bit of trial and error) is to dig around the base a bit with the FEL (had a tooth bar in it), to push and tug with the FEL, (as high up as is safe and where you can still move the bush) and once that is done, a chain. For bushes, a chain at the base seemed to work best, for small trees, a chain a bit higher (to get leverage) worked better.

But there will always be those that for whatever reason don't want to come out and will become a project.

 

[ModMech]

I'm new to using a tractor seriously...have a Kubota L2900, and I'm looking to clear off a bit of property that's got a lot of shrubs and bushes growing on it. A few of them have been cut down a couple of times in the past, so there's a decent-sized stump at the base (6-8 inches around).
Is the easiest way just to wrap a chain around the base of the shrub and YANK that sucker out? I'd either wrap the chain around the hook or clevis on the drawbar...or use ome of Ken's bolt-on rab hooks on the loader.

Use a "choker" - a cable run thru a STOUT eyelet making a noose around the stump. Many tractor places sell them, or you can make one with some winch cable and an eye. Chains will work, but are a LOT more work than cables.

And while I have you on the line...have been reading here about loading the tires. I use the tractor for mowing, snow removal, debris removal....all on property that's got a decent slope to it. Worth getting the dealer to load 'em upthe next time he comes out to service this thing?

Depends - if you use the loader frequently and you are not using the tractor to mow a LAWN, then without question load them!

 

[Dave Pee]

I just picked up a BG-08 Brush Grubber, Heavy-Duty. Works well for 2" oak trees. I chain it to the front grapple, so I can lift and pull as I need to.

Having one more person would help, but it is only me. And using my truck instead of my tractor might be an easier way to yank it out.

 

[Xfaxman]

I have a BG-20 Brush Grubber, rated to 6" diameter.

I use it for pulling roots broken off after pushing over a tree:

 

[buickanddeere]

It's a 2500lb compact utility tractor, not a D6 Cat. Hiring someone with a large backhoe or modest escavator would be best. Do not be a youtube weekend warrier taking a 10ft high speed run with a slack chain trying to jerk a tree out. TractorData.com Kubota L29 tractor information

 

[Fastball]

It's a 2500lb compact utility tractor, not a D6 Cat. Hiring someone with a large backhoe or modest escavator would be best. Do not be a youtube weekend warrier taking a 10ft high speed run with a slack chain trying to jerk a tree out. TractorData.com Kubota L29�� tractor information

No worries on that count. These are mostly shrubs and bushes, with the occasional stump in the mix. I'll pull what I can and see what's doable with the stumps. I've got a couple of lengths of new 5/16th Grade 70 chain with hooks attached to a drawbar under the rear axle. Worst-case scenario, I'll chainsaw that sucker as flush to the ground as I can get.

 

[California]

My arsenal for taking out junk shrubs includes a slender trenching shovel, a couple of inches longer than this stock image. In damp ground its easy to put it down full depth to explore for roots. There's no need to take out a shovelful of earth until you find the primary lateral roots, then just uncover those to make the choker cable's job easier.

But that shovel is for removing small shrubs and blackberry roots. For getting out the stump and roots of downed orchard trees, my backhoe (post #28 above) is real effective.

 

[dragoneggs]

My arsenal for taking out junk shrubs includes a slender trenching shovel, a couple of inches longer than this stock image. In damp ground its easy to put it down full depth to explore for roots. There's no need to take out a shovelful of earth until you find the primary lateral roots, then just uncover those to make the choker cable's job easier.

But that shovel is for removing small shrubs and blackberry roots. For getting out the stump and roots of downed orchard trees, my backhoe (post #28 above) is real effective.

You better get to them now that you finally have damp ground! :laughing:

 

[California]

Damp? It's so wet here now the underground gopher caverns collapse when you walk over them.

Yes its ideal now for grubbing out unwanted blackberry snarls, etc with that shovel.

Too wet for the tractor! I near buried it the last time it was this wet and I pushed on a stump - then couldn't back uphill away from it. I had to walk the tractor back using the loader curl to push and the backhoe to pull, to get back up on the surface again. Closest I've come to just leaving the tractor there until spring...

 

[9973720wb19]

spray them then cut them after they are dead