Pulling stumps

StoneHeartFarm · Jun 3, 2001

How about using a nylon tow strap? There is a shop here that deals in HEAVY equipment and they've got some about 6-8" wide rated at a LOT of pounds. (Far more than a tractor weighs). Get a run at it, stretch the cable and pop that baby out.

Or would that cause a stability problem? Maybe need to load the FEL first?

SHF

RPM · Jun 3, 2001

That'll test the ROPS out in a hurry - guess what that stretchy strap will do if the stump doesn't budge!

To be honest, I could see myself trying it at the end of a long day - but I would try my best to persuade myself to just dig a little more and make life easy on me before I went ahead.

To apply some theory to this situation:

I would consider the probability of the following expression to be better than 99%:

((Time take for flash of inspiration)+(Time taken to repair damage)) is greater than (Time taken to do it the old way)

That's based on my experience anyway!

MJB · Jun 4, 2001

If you need some heavy chain for pulling stumps, this stuff should hold together./w3tcompact/icons/shocked.gif I wonder what the ships captain thought when he noticed that his anchor chain was missing?/w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

Computers don't make mistakes.... What they do, they do on purpose.

jdkid · Jun 4, 2001

Hi ya
where was that pic taken?? the last time i saw chain like that was in Oz where they tied 2 dozers to it and chained bush ground
catch ya
JD Kid

MJB · Jun 4, 2001

As a matter of fact that picture was taken in Australia. As you said they took a long length of that chain and hooked each end to a rather substantial bulldozer then headed off through the brush some distance apart. Everything in between was pretty much wiped out. I got that picture form the VanNatta Brothers forestry page. If you have alot of time to kill there is some fascinating reading on that site. Here is a link: http://www.vannattabros.com/index.html

Computers don't make mistakes.... What they do, they do on purpose.

StoneHeartFarm · Jun 4, 2001

Oops!

Big Yoyo. Stretch strap NOT a good idea. More digging IS a good idea.

SHF

RPM · Jun 4, 2001

Re: Pulling stumps/Chain Energy

FYI - Posted those safety links from my message under "Safe Towing and Safe Chain Usage" in the Tractor Safety Forum.