Has anyone had problems yanking stumps out with an eHydro?

[Oldpath05]

I've broken my 8mm winch cable so many times I lost count and it never snapped back. One way the OP could eliminate yanking on stumps is try to push the tree over first, most compact tractors can push over a 6" tree, maybe 8" if first dig around the tree first, then once over cut tree off.

 

[Oldpath05]

"(Per the Deere manual no stump greater than 1/2 inch should be yanked.)" <<<<<<Another great advertisement for Kubota!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[CobyRupert]

And no two identical chains, straps, cable or ropes connected in identical manners and stressed to identical points under identical conditions will break in identical ways, if at all.

Correct, it will break at the weakest link.

 

[CobyRupert]

I recall as a 11-12 yo my dad and I would tip up old cars that I wore out driving around the farm. Tip up and chain the bodies to a couple trees and jerk the frames off them. I would be the tractor driver, a 40 HP? Allis Chalmers. I would back up to the car and when the 10+foot of slack would come tight, the frames would pop right off with a few good runs. But I recall vividly around 1960 when one time the chain snapped and come whistling past my head over the front of the tractor. That didn't bother me as a boy but my dad stopped doing that shortly after that incident. I guess he didn't want to lose a tax deduction. So, chains do not just fall down.

....but where is the energy being “stored” (elasticity) that snaps and launches it?
Did the chain actually snap, or did a flexing cross member on the frame release and go sailing?
I don’t doubt that some chains could “stretch” and store energy, but I’d trust them not to way more than a cable, rope or strap.

 

[Industrial Toys]

I have some funny stretched chains that have a good hold out, like a good tape measure.

I have broken a lot of chains, cables and rope, and never had any pose a threat of ANY kind. I believe it happens, but it's a freak.

 

[AchingBack]

I guess I don稚 understand how a big elastic rope that snaps back WHEN it eventually breaks (when capacity is exceeded, age, etc..) is safer than a chain with little or no stored energy.

I pull most things with a chain. I don稚 use the 途unning start method unless I知 trying to break something. With enough speed ANY pulling vehicle can overcome the capacity of ANY rope, chain or cable.
What happens when that rope breaks is a function of how much stored energy (stretch) has gone into the rope, cable, chain etc..

When I do use a cable, I make sure I知 sitting protected behind the cage that came on my logging winch.

More answers to your questions.
Recovery Rope vs Strap - Matt's Off Road Recovery and MadMatt's experiences - YouTube