Jaws for pulling small trees

[tglass]

Everyone's idea of a chain or pipe with a chain works, but you still have to get off to hitch, off again to unhitch, work the loader to unhitch (and usually loose the chain instead of whatever you have it attached to). If I'm removing t-post from a fence row or few small trees alone it would be quite an advantage to me to stay on my a.c. or heated cab tractor without having to get out. I like it, but think it could be built pretty cheap by alot of us with scrap metal most of us have laying out back (not to admit what the back of my place looks like).

 

[thatguy]

The advantage is that the pipe acts as a pry against the trunk, the pipe ends bite into the wood preventing slippage.

Here is a high-tech drawing of it:confused2:. You could also use square tube. Drawing is not to scale.:laughing:

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thank you very much for the drawing.. I have followed this thread (or one very similar) for months now and was embarrassed to say I was clueless to how the chain/pipe connected to the tree.. For some reason I thought you slid the pipe OVER the small tree..

b

 

[luscsmith]

My wife didn't like the idea untill I told her the drawing was not to scale, since she does all of the hooking (no pun intended) and unhooking.
Thanks for the drawing, I was confused also.

Scott

 

[RobertBrown]

The store version looks great but it is too much money. I'll weld something together, now I know how it should look.

From the picture it looks to be a great idea but for 450$ it should cut it, and stack it in the wood pile.

 

[ns_in_tex]

Here in NoID we need to pull small trees that grow on the roads, pastures, hayfield and places we do not want them. If you cut it low it leaves a small stump which is an annoyance for walking, driving and riding horses. We typically go with a tractor and choke chain attached to the loader, one man ties it around the bottom of the tree and we rip it out of the ground. Problem is that one person must do the chain work unless you want to hop constantly on and off the tractor. We pull trees up to 10 feet tall.

I was thinking of a jaws attachment for my hydraulic grapple so I can go grab the tree and pull out without a helper. I am thinking about a set of bars that clamp on the grapple tips. Anybody made anything like that or has an idea?

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/12046-cleaning-fence-row-fun-now.html Here is a link to a post we put on this forum years ago. It works great as a one man operation, especially if you have 4 wheel drive & hydrastatic transmission. We still use it today. It is probably the second most useful tool we have built for our tractor & if I remember correctly, it cost me some welding rods & paint.

 

[Danno1]

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Looks like the hedgerow busters used on the Shermans after Normandy.


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[Casey1]

See next.

 

[Casey1]

Opps, didn't hit the quote button on the last one.

The advantage is that the pipe acts as a pry against the trunk, the pipe ends bite into the wood preventing slippage.

Here is a high-tech drawing of it:confused2:. You could also use square tube. Drawing is not to scale.:laughing:

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Thanks for the drawing. I asked for someone to post a picture 5 months ago since I just didn't understand why it would work. My mistake was I believed the side of the pipe rested against the tree. The end of the pipe digging in as you illustrated makes sense. I think I will make one up this weekend and try it out.

 

[Chilly807]

Be sure to use high strength chain, mine broke on the first try.

Come to think of it, the rain has almost stopped here, I think I'll spark up the ol' welder and try making another one. I've got some 5/16 grade 70 chain somewhere here..

We're pulling a ton or six of alder stumps here lately, I'm getting tired of wrapping the stumps twice with chain.. although that does work with 90% of them.

Sean

 

[Chilly807]

I finally had a chance to get some pics and a video of both the "gripper" and the A-frame in action.
The stumps weren't big, not really a challenge for the tractor or frame, but show how they work. Larger, more deeply rooted stumps load things up more, but still come out for the most part.

The pipe is 2.5 inch 1/4 wall square tube, grade 70 chain, the "feather" really helps threading the chain through roots, etc. I decided to leave the chain longer this time, it's easier than threading a grab hook through the pipe every time. If you're trying to get a clump of small stumps (alders) out together, you can still loop the long hauling chain through the tube and hook it to the bitter end of the chain if the attached chain is too short.

YouTube - Pulling stumps with A-frame

Sean