Brush Grubber

[2manyrocks]

When the soil is still wet in the Spring, sometimes you can pull most of the root without taking much soil. Also easiest pull…unlike dry conditions where the root wants to stay put.

 

[5030]

Of course I'd rather use my stump grinder but the weed trees I need to remove are located in the midst of my spruce trees so getting to them becomes an issue which is why I bought the Grubber in the first place. That and the fact that if I were to grind them off, they would just resprout anyway so I need to remove them entirely. I could probably use the pipe and chain method bit the Grubber wasn't all that expensive to begin with and we will see how well it works. I'm a bit miffed about the fact it was made in China as I don't cotton to Chinese made stuff in general. Made in China but packaged and sold by a domestic outfit.... The American Way, I guess.

 

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The Brush Grubber costs substantially less for starters

That’s one reason. But if l had a lot of this type of removal, it would be worth it to me to avoid getting on and off the tractor if working as a single.

 

[5030]

My wife will do the hooking for me...lol

 

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Maybe there isn't enough room to get the tractor in the area and you don't want to disturb surrounding trees?

Possibly. But the examples of use for the chain method in regard to disturbance, seems mitigated by how small the sapling root system is.

 

[Shady oak]

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Hard to beat a chain and piece of pipe. Often use pipes on both ends of chain. Pipe bites the tree. If small trees are close, can pull several at a time. Easy to undo after pulling. Tried a grabber but didn’t work as well for me.

Spring cleaning around pastures and roads now before leafing out. Pulling encroachment trees, breaking off overhanging limbs and hauling off with Danuser Intimdator is pretty much hands free. A few trees and limbs will need to be polesaw cut.

I made one of these also. Foolproof, cheap, and easy to make!

 

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Just pulling the small trees roots instead of digging an unnecessary larger hole, easy to carry pipe and chain, no risk to loader arms

These root systems of this type of flora seem so tiny to me that it isn’t so much of hole being dug as much as it is a sweep with the bucket down just a bit to dislodge the sapling.
Smoothing over any land disturbance seems easier to me than getting on and off the tractor unless one uses 5030’s idea or similar.
I just point to these things and my boxer yanks them out.

 

[hhydro]

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 saw a great video on YouTube of a guy pulling out stumps with a foundry hook. I bought a couple on Ebay but haven't tried it. He had a heavy chain and was pulling with a small cat (D4 or D2).

Here is what I bought on Ebay

 

[herefromthere]

Bought one of the HD Brush Grabbers, and I have to rate it as "meh." Found that I was on & off the tractor for positioning...and lots of re-positioning, as it tends to slip easily and often.

I have a Kubota L3200 with filled rear tires, and I'm also not-so-pleasantly surprised at just how tenacious small saplings can be. This is just physics, not the fault of the tool. Doesn't take much of a stump, and the tractor tires are spinning. When available, I'll use other trees as anchor points, and I'll use the HD come along to pull instead of the tractor. At another location where I didn't have my tractor, I was using a 5,500# truck as an anchor for pulling with the come along, and I was occasionally sliding the truck before pulling the sapling root ball.

In summary, it's been handy sometimes and frustrating at other times.

 

[ruffdog]

My wife will do the hooking for me...lol

When I was young, I did the hooking for my dad. Some of hid grubbing hooks used old frayed cable that poked holes in my hands...not fun.