Homemade Tree / Post Puller

[JustBob]

ovrszd, Nice looking puller you built. Looks heavy duty.


JustBob, Looks good. Are you going to weld what you have in the drawing to some square tubing at least 1/4, maybe even 3/8, and brace it like ovrszd did.

Here is the JAWZ version of a grabber/puller.

J.J.

Yes, it will be welded to 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" x 3/8" square tubing, like this...







I will brace almost identical to these with 2" x 2" x 3/8", adding gussets if need be...






My first design for a tree puller/post puller was almost 10 years ago, and it was almost identical to the Star Hill Jawz. I had seen the Jawz a couple of years ago and was interested in it until I got a quote. Of all the designs it is the most complicated but probably the most useful.

 

[JustBob]

I have not had any time to get back on this until today. The first machine shop I hired to cut the jawteeth handcut them instead of using a machine as I had specified in my drawings(see those jaws in the previous post). After that was settled, I hired another shop and changed the design, seen here...




I drilled the hinged arm that holds the teeth and pressed in the sleeve bearings(flanged, oil impregnated bronze)...





Then I spent this evening building a cutting torch guide...

 

[Attono]

Hurry up. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

 

[Attono]

Any progress?

 

[JustBob]

Hurry up. Can't wait to see how it turns out!

I can't either!

Any progress?

Sorry, no updates, I cant afford to pay a welding shop and my welder is just not up to the task of welding material this thick. I will update as soon as I can get started again.

 

[Attono]

Mail the materials up here and I'll finish it and try it out for you. Are you using a stick welder?

 

[JustBob]

I think the shipping charges would require a credit application!:laughing:

I have a Hobart 175 mig welder, been using flux core in it mostly for better penetration since most things I work on are 3/16" to 1/2" inch. With the puller I can weld the 5/16" plates and braces, but the 3/4" teeth are just to much for my small welder. I hope in the next month or two I can sell my welder and get a larger mig, maybe in the 250 amp range with 1/2" penetration.

 

[stingray1]

I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.

 

[d johnson]

Any Progress??

 

[d johnson]

Any progress??

 

[JustBob]

Actually, there will be in the next few days. I recently purchased a larger mig welder so I can get this thing finished, it is spring already and I need it now!

 

[Tejas]

Actually, there will be in the next few days. I recently purchased a larger mig welder so I can get this thing finished, it is spring already and I need it now!

Where us the finished project?

 

[Tejas]

Actually, there will be in the next few days. I recently purchased a larger mig welder so I can get this thing finished, it is spring already and I need it now!

Where is the finished project?

 

[katoomed00]

My version of one, about 300 bucks and 2 days invested, if you can't pull it then close the forks and dig it up or just latch onto the tree close to the frame and break it off. Also use it to pick things up and pull down low hanging branches. My thought behind this was to make something that is tough and keep me from getting out of the cab and hooking a chain onto what I wanted to move or pull

 

[davrow]

My version of one

That looks extremely useful and functional. Good job.

 

[katoomed00]

Thanks, it seems the lazier I get the more creative I am, LOL
My Wife is always on me about building and selling things I make for myself, but I'm to lazy for that, LOL

 

[ovrszd]

Very unique idea. Not sure how big your tractor is?? From the picture I'd say you can get by. Weakest point is going to bending the forks. A Puller puts tremendous forces in play that those forks aren't built for. Hopefully it'll hold up for you. Next to my Grapple, my Puller is my favorite attachment. This Spring I removed 1/4 mile of barbed wire fence and pulled every post from the seat of the Bobcat.

 

[katoomed00]

Overszd, thanks for commenting
50 horse cab TYM, and this is forks and cylinders off an old Toyota forklift, I have a Mott 88 Flail mower (1200lbs) attached and just using the very tips of the forks I can still lift the back tires off the ground., The weakest point is actually the frame, I bent it when I first tried it out, straighten it back and reinforced it with 3X3X1/2" angle iron, now it's a mule.

I actually prefer the puller over my grapple, LOL, I tried to use for any and everything I can, just so I don't have to get out of the air conditioned cab, LOL

My next thing to do with it is put a pressure gauge on and try to figure out at the different positions on the forks how much force i'm putting out.

 

[LouieJunior]

I'd like to have one of these! Have tried the Brush Grubber on my pallet forks, but that's a 50/50 proposition on most trees without the hydraulic clamp.

My loader will lift 1400 lbs at the pivot point -- and I'm afraid a 500 lb attachment isn't going to leave much lift capacity for a tree. Any thoughts?

 

[katoomed00]

Wow, that thing weighs 500#?

You will probably be pushing the tree over before you actually lift it, and I'd imagine the tree you would be be lifting with that unit won't weight anywhere near 1000#.

Most of the time it depends on the tree's root system, I can't pluck a 3" Chinese talon straight out without pushing it over or digging up some of the roots, especially in this hard pack clay where I live, a sandy area would be no problem.

Just my 2 cents,lol