Homemade Tree / Post Puller

[LouieJunior]

Sorry -- No, the one pictured above is lightweight but trees often slip out of its grasp. The Pullers with hydraulics are about 500 lbs and I am afraid my upgrading might be too much weight for my loader to be functional.

 

[mark02tj]

Sorry -- No, the one pictured above is lightweight but trees often slip out of its grasp.

Thanks for that review!! My original "tractor plan" was to buy a BrushGrubber like that one. I'm glad now that I didn't.

 

[LouieJunior]

Here is a picture of my Brush Grubber now. The plates were moved closer and re-welded. It works better now but it needs serrated teeth -- or something to hold onto the tree better. I am still considering a hydraulic clamp type puller.

I am hesitant to buy, since nearly half of my FEL lift capacity will be used to lift the attachment.
Curious -- are there any 3-Point Hitch tree pullers with hydraulic clamp?

 

[Dave M7040]

I am impressed by the designs I see on this thread.
I have seen mini articulated fork lifts used by building movers whose lifting capacity is much greater than their size would make you think.
They achieve this capacity by having a large plate below the mast of the forklift which is pushed against the ground to provide a base for lifting rather than have the counter weight of the fork lift counter balance the lifting.
What this makes me think is one an additional part added to the tree puller designs. If attached to the frame were two hydraulic cylinders with large feet which pushed against the ground they could provide the break out force needed to rip the roots out of the ground rather than relying on the limited capacity of the loader arms. The loader arms could be allowed to float or just be lifted with the tree roots by the additional lifting cylinders. Once the roots are free, the loader could take over. Small cylinders, say 8x2 could provide am amazing straight up lift far greater than most tractor loader arms could ever do.
Dave M7040

 

[ovrszd]

I don't believe I've saw a 3pt puller being produced commercially. But I see no reason a QH puller couldn't be adapted to fit the 3pt. My Brother's QH shear can also be pinned to the 3pt.

 

[katoomed00]

Dave do a search on You Tube and you will find one that already exist, I've seen it a few months ago. it had a large ram on each side of the grapple that pushed against the ground, once the roots came out the tractor could handle moving it around. I can't remember where it was located, but it wasn't in the states.

Sometimes I'm blown away at the equipment that's built overseas, I have wasted a lot of my life just watching all sorts of stuff on You Tube, LOL

 

[Xfaxman]

Here is a picture of my Brush Grubber now. The plates were moved closer and re-welded. It works better now but it needs serrated teeth -- or something to hold onto the tree better. I am still considering a hydraulic clamp type puller.

I am hesitant to buy, since nearly half of my FEL lift capacity will be used to lift the attachment.
Curious -- are there any 3-Point Hitch tree pullers with hydraulic clamp?

Yes, a few. "All pullers can be built to fit any machine, or even a 3 point hitch." , from their Website: Buckthorn Puller - Custom built Skid Steer attachments to fit almost any need you may have.


I have their SSQA Long Arm Puller, very well made.

 

[Dave M7040]

Dave do a search on You Tube and you will find one that already exist, I've seen it a few months ago. it had a large ram on each side of the grapple that pushed against the ground, once the roots came out the tractor could handle moving it around. I can't remember where it was located, but it wasn't in the states.

Sometimes I'm blown away at the equipment that's built overseas, I have wasted a lot of my life just watching all sorts of stuff on You Tube, LOL

katoomed00 you got my idea. The youtube video is a super version of what I see being practical.

Tree root puller,root puller - YouTube

Dave M7040

 

[bcp]

This is a smaller independent one, but the idea could be adapted to a tractor attachment.

Bruce

 

[C4Ranch]

Here's a 3pt simple made one in action. Gotta love it, "bout a hundred dollars in it with just scrap I had laying around...."

Tractor mounted tree puller