HawkinsHollow
Veteran Member
Reviving this old thread rather than making a new one to see if the old players of this thread have an update. I have 1,789,456 small $h!t trees on my property. I have a line on one of these pullers for $750. I see one of these tree pullers as a good option for removing small invasives. I am not interested in pulling 4-6 inch trees, I know the Branson cannot handle that. I am more interested in pulling clumps of privet, Russian Olive and small Mimosasa less than 3". The bigger stuff I will cut. Any more updates? Pros and cons? I figure at $750 if I don't like it I can sell it for what I paid for it.
I had an idea to help with the more stubborn trees I want to bounce off y'all. What if on the bottom of the non-actuating jaw you welded a sharp ripper about 4 inches that you could rake through the dirt to rip those surface roots? Also what about 2 sharp plates on the front of each jaw that you could use as a spade to push into the dirt around the tree to cut roots? I know you would NOT want to pry with this as there is too much leverage that far out, would not be goot for FEL. But a couple straight in cuts could help. Again, I am more interested in smaller bushier trees so I do not think I would run into a bunch of stubborn ones. But I was just thinking.
I had an idea to help with the more stubborn trees I want to bounce off y'all. What if on the bottom of the non-actuating jaw you welded a sharp ripper about 4 inches that you could rake through the dirt to rip those surface roots? Also what about 2 sharp plates on the front of each jaw that you could use as a spade to push into the dirt around the tree to cut roots? I know you would NOT want to pry with this as there is too much leverage that far out, would not be goot for FEL. But a couple straight in cuts could help. Again, I am more interested in smaller bushier trees so I do not think I would run into a bunch of stubborn ones. But I was just thinking.