Brush Grubber or ????
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The Suburban Farmer
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I do. It works great, but it's HEAVY and the spring is TIGHT. If you get one of the bigger ones, it will wear your arms out after a day of using it. 
I've used mine to clear a LOT of saplings and scrubby bushes over the last 2 years and I am very happy that I purchased it. Not much slipping, and if it does slip, it's usually because of my user-error. I'd recommend it if you have a lot to clear.
I've used mine to clear a LOT of saplings and scrubby bushes over the last 2 years and I am very happy that I purchased it. Not much slipping, and if it does slip, it's usually because of my user-error. I'd recommend it if you have a lot to clear.
The Suburban Farmer
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BTW, the model I have is the Brush Grubber Xtreme Plus, Model# BG-20. Bigger than the one you're talking about getting. I think I could have easily gone a size smaller than what I purchased, but having the extra jaw width is nice.
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I love the one I have (smaller original) it's heavy duty...
...it takes a bit to get the technique of making it easy by using the sapling etc. to to hold one jaw and then push it onto the sapling...the closer to the root the less chance of it slipping up on loose bark...
It also makes it much easier if you have a second "ground" man...
...it takes a bit to get the technique of making it easy by using the sapling etc. to to hold one jaw and then push it onto the sapling...the closer to the root the less chance of it slipping up on loose bark...
It also makes it much easier if you have a second "ground" man...
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I have been real pleased with mine -- works like a charm. Can't remember the exact model, but it was around $70. Probably 3rd size up from the regular one if I had to guess. They have size guidelines to help you pick the right one.
I agree the spring can be a bear to deal with, but I remember finding a trick to make it spread easier. I think I just shoved it forward against the sapling from the rear (hookup end) with my body behind the push, and that automatically spreads the jaws as they go around the sapling.
I agree the spring can be a bear to deal with, but I remember finding a trick to make it spread easier. I think I just shoved it forward against the sapling from the rear (hookup end) with my body behind the push, and that automatically spreads the jaws as they go around the sapling.
LouieJunior
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I learned the hard way. I started off with the heavy duty spring loaded grubber, which worked fine, but required too much getting on and off the tractor and was terribly slow. Then bought the BG-10 which is the design that goes on the pallet forks. That didn't work well -- trees would slip out of its grasp easily. I modified it which seemed to help some, but it failed more often than it worked.
Finally, I purchased a hydraulically operated tree puller for my end loader. It costs something like $1400 but it works every time and I never have to get off the tractor. I can pull a tree out every 30 seconds. After all the trees are pulled, I chainsaw off the root balls and chip the entire trees.
It took a while, but I now have an effective way off clearing my dense willow growth.
Finally, I purchased a hydraulically operated tree puller for my end loader. It costs something like $1400 but it works every time and I never have to get off the tractor. I can pull a tree out every 30 seconds. After all the trees are pulled, I chainsaw off the root balls and chip the entire trees.
It took a while, but I now have an effective way off clearing my dense willow growth.
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LouieJunior
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_BO9AEoq8U
I am linking a video that'll give you an idea how productive this is...
I am linking a video that'll give you an idea how productive this is...
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Now that is a NICE setup -- that is the Cadillac of solutions right there. And $1400 isn't bad if you have a lot of use for it.
Underdog57
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If you have palletforks make one of these. $46. Scrap steel
CDN Farm Boy
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Yes, definitely a nice setup but the hoses look rather exposed. I'd put some 45s or 90s on the cyl port to get that loop of hose down away from the trees
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Great video demo. The hydraulic hoses are definitely not well routed!! A small sappling may not damage exposed components, but suffice to have one heavyer tree to bump on them tu create a real fluid mess... I would also like to see a brush guard added!
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The Brush Grubber came up in this recent thread: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/333560-tree-post-puller.html
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Here is a tree I grubbed earlier today.
Your video shows how fast pulling trees can be. :thumbsup:
I have their Long Arm Puller, it works good on the V417. Buckthorn Puller - Custom built Skid Steer attachments to fit almost any need you may have.
Eastern Red Cedar
View from the seat, clamped on the 5 inch diameter trunk.
Pulled.
Shook the dirt off.
It measured 15 feet tall.
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LouieJunior
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Xfaxman,
Nice machine. I would have difficulty getting a hold of any trees with low branches like those cedars. My targets are mostly willows which grow straight and fast. If you bush hog 'em, they grow back like the medusa! After I pull them out I collect them with my grapple for burning -- or I sometimes chip the trees whole.
Nice machine. I would have difficulty getting a hold of any trees with low branches like those cedars. My targets are mostly willows which grow straight and fast. If you bush hog 'em, they grow back like the medusa! After I pull them out I collect them with my grapple for burning -- or I sometimes chip the trees whole.
mark02tj
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I have the BrushGrubber BG-08. It will do a great job and work exactly as designed. But, if you're a gray haired ol' fat guy like me, it will work the livin' crap out of ya!!
When I first bought mine, I was using my Jeep Wrangler to pull out honeysuckle with it. So it was this.... Backup to the general area, get out of the Jeep, grab the BG-08, wrestle the jaws open, snap it around the base of the honeysuckle, climb back in the Jeep, pull out the honeysuckle and drag it to the general area where you want to dump it, get out of the Jeep, wrestle the BG-08 jaws open again to take it off the honeysuckle, stow the BG-08 and strap so I don't back over it and then repeat... and repeat... and repeat.... Using the tractor is better, but it's still work.
I'm in the process of building something to go on my FEL. Material is bought and cut. Just needing to start on the welding.
Check out this thread and look at the picture in post 2 and the video that C4Ranch linked to in post 8. That's basically the way I'm going. Hopefully it will be as efficient as what LouieJunior bought for $1400.
Speaking of LouieJunior - I will THANK HIM publicly for saving me $700 by posting up about the first BrushGrubber Tree/Post Puller thing he bought. When I bought my tractor, that was what I was originally going to buy. LouieJunior posted up about the limitations that thing had and answered a PM or two that I sent him. Nothing like the voice of experience to help out!! :thumbsup:
When I first bought mine, I was using my Jeep Wrangler to pull out honeysuckle with it. So it was this.... Backup to the general area, get out of the Jeep, grab the BG-08, wrestle the jaws open, snap it around the base of the honeysuckle, climb back in the Jeep, pull out the honeysuckle and drag it to the general area where you want to dump it, get out of the Jeep, wrestle the BG-08 jaws open again to take it off the honeysuckle, stow the BG-08 and strap so I don't back over it and then repeat... and repeat... and repeat.... Using the tractor is better, but it's still work.
I'm in the process of building something to go on my FEL. Material is bought and cut. Just needing to start on the welding.
Check out this thread and look at the picture in post 2 and the video that C4Ranch linked to in post 8. That's basically the way I'm going. Hopefully it will be as efficient as what LouieJunior bought for $1400.
Speaking of LouieJunior - I will THANK HIM publicly for saving me $700 by posting up about the first BrushGrubber Tree/Post Puller thing he bought. When I bought my tractor, that was what I was originally going to buy. LouieJunior posted up about the limitations that thing had and answered a PM or two that I sent him. Nothing like the voice of experience to help out!! :thumbsup:
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