Brush Grubber

[ning]

Unless you have lockers on the front and rear axles, 4 wheel drive is a misnomer. It's still 2 wheel drive but one in the front and one in the rear.

In my case, my F350 has a Detroit Tru-Track locker in the back and an ARB air locker in the front and with both axles locked, you can really only drive in a straight line.

Thank you for the elucidation.

 

[5030]

I can do the same thing with my M9's. I can lock both the front and rear axles on them but I rarely do simply because like my pickup truck, steering can be difficult and the R1 tires tear everything up.

Hopefully the weather starts getting warmer and better as I'm anxious to try out the brush grubber. Been raining so much, I'm fearful of tearing up the lawn. The AG tires are not kind of grass, especially when soggy and all the weed trees I want to pull are located in the tree line that surrounds the house.

 

[bcp]

I've been waiting for someone to post something like this, but it didn't happen. Maybe there is nothing modern like it?

This came from an old farmer's retirement sale about 20 years ago. It has never slipped or failed to grip.

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Widest open is around 6-8 inches and it closes to near zero. The jaws are around 1/2 inch thick

Bruce

 

[Farmerjonathan]

That looks like the old pallet puller. Before the pallet trucks were popular and hauled in trucks, you hooked one of these one a pallet/skid and pulled it to the back of a semi so you could unload with a forklift.

 

[bcp]

Pallet puller? Could be, but most I've seen look more like the commercial brush grubbers, but with non-rotating pads.

Bruce

 

[BruceS_55]

Seems as though I have a ton of weed tree saplings that are too small for the chainsaw but large enough to yank out so I ordered the 'Brush grubber.. Anyone use one? Do they hold up? Gonna use it behind one of my M9's on the drawbar to yank them out. Got the 'heavy duty' model. Is it heavy duty enough for my 8K pound, 90 horse FWA Kubota or will I destroy it?

I just got the original Brush Grubber that supposedly will pull up to 3 inch trees. I used it the other day to pull roots in an area that I am clearing for a home site. I used my 25hp TYM 2515 with a chain on the bucket. I generally just pulled them horizontally, but I did lift some smaller ones with the loader. Even though I have fluid in my rear tires, those tough roots wanted to lift the wheels off the ground. Check out Rock Hill Farms video on it. They bent one of the HD grubbers using a larger 55 hp tractor.

 

[Al Kramer]

Last time I used a brush grubber I hooked, Lee drove, and Gary stacked the willows we pulled from along shore by the house. We cleaned up about 40' in just over an hour. Buckthorn, autumn olive, locust, and poplar cover a good acre or so and I'm constantly working on 'em.

Now I'm several times more productive, don't need a helper much less two, and don't have to get out of the seat until I jump onto the other tractor with the brush grapple. Anything over 4" dia is a bit tough to pull because my CUTs/FELs are on the light end for their hp.

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what is that? where did you get it and what was the cost. please and thank you.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

what is that? where did you get it and what was the cost. please and thank you.

Tree and post puller

Skid Steer Tree & Fence Puller Front Loader Attachment - Universal Post Extractor (Fits Bobcat & Kubota) Titan Attachments™

The Fence Post and Tree Puller attachment is a universal landscaping tool that fits on your skid steer or tractor.

palletforks.com

 

[ToBeFree]

Best I can tell without someone helping your getting on/off the tractor. Who needs an exercise regimen anyway? I use forks and it seems to work fine. Middle size.

 

[Smokeydog]

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Best I can tell without someone helping your getting on/off the tractor. Who needs an exercise regimen anyway? I use forks and it seems to work fine. Middle size.

Yes, works best with two people. Wife is usually on the hook up end. Much prefers chain and pipe over graber. Better yet is the Danuser Intimdator which is one person puller. Clamp, drive forward to pull up, stack, repeat, grab pile and haul off.

Careful with the forks. Scrapyard I frequent has a regular supply of bent forks. Clamp on bucket forks made from rounded rectangle tubing are the best way I’ve found to dig sweet potatoes without damaging.

 

[ToBeFree]

Yes, works best with two people. Wife is usually on the hook up end. Much prefers chain and pipe over graber. Better yet is the Danuser Intimdator which is one person puller. Clamp, drive forward to pull up, stack, repeat, grab pile and haul off.

Careful with the forks. Scrapyard I frequent has a regular supply of bent forks. Clamp on bucket forks made from rounded rectangle tubing are the best way I’ve found to dig sweet potatoes without damaging.

Thanks I'll be aware of the stress on them. Not sure how thick they are but I have a chain attached to two hooks welded on either side of the fork frame so not putting force on the forks themselves. I may use them to dig into the soil to help loosen more stubborn ones or just turn it around and use the BH. Dang that 'Danuser Intimdator' looks like a great tool. One of the boys I know just purchased a Cat skid loader I wonder if I can talk him into getting one of those also?

 

[alpha&omega]

I have one of the barbed chain styleView attachment 3094631 It works great! However, as others have posted, it is labor intensive - every pull requires an off-tractor set up. But it is effective! Only put a clevis in your towbar off the back of the tractor and chain to that. OP had mentioned drawbar and, if by that the bar across between the3pt hitch arms, that will not likely withstand the pull forces.

And related to that statement, if anyone has use for a drawbar shaped like a shallow letter C, let me know!

I second this idea. Just make sure whomever is hooking it up reads the instructions carefully, otherwise it will slip instead of biting down on the object.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

I have one of the barbed chain styleView attachment 3094631 It works great! However, as others have posted, it is labor intensive - every pull requires an off-tractor set up. But it is effective! Only put a clevis in your towbar off the back of the tractor and chain to that. OP had mentioned drawbar and, if by that the bar across between the3pt hitch arms, that will not likely withstand the pull forces.

And related to that statement, if anyone has use for a drawbar shaped like a shallow letter C, let me know!

I use that chain setup, with a "timber skidder" sort of like this on the 3-point. I took this idea for an inexpensive but too spindly version I found on Amazon and the local farm/ranch supply stores and made a beefier version out of 5/16 wall 2X3 rectangular tubing I had left over from a bumper project.

I'm pulling sagebrush, so there is no way the pallet clamp style works. Sage brush is just too stringy of a wood for the clamp style to get a grip.