Pushing small stumps into the ground

deezler · May 31, 2018

joecoin said:
Don't have a video cam, other wise I would film it. You can certainly try it for yourself. Make sure the ground is wet/muddy and use a 6 pound sledge.

Haha thanks but no thanks. I'm only 34 years old, but trying to be nice to my back so it lasts at least 34 more.

I just use the tooth bar on my front loader for sampling removal. I ram the tree over, from a couple angles if needed, until the root ball starts to visually loosen up. Then get a tooth or two under the root ball, curl the loader, and it usually pops right out. It can take a while if the saplings are growing very thick together, but it's sure nice not to have to get off the tractor and hand cut or handle the brush.

joecoin · May 31, 2018

deezler said:
Haha thanks but no thanks. I'm only 34 years old, but trying to be nice to my back so it lasts at least 34 more.

I just use the tooth bar on my front loader for sampling removal. I ram the tree over, from a couple angles if needed, until the root ball starts to visually loosen up. Then get a tooth or two under the root ball, curl the loader, and it usually pops right out. It can take a while if the saplings are growing very thick together, but it's sure nice not to have to get off the tractor and hand cut or handle the brush.

Yeah, maybe someday I'll get a real tractor with a FEL and a tooth bar. (And a backhoe and a grapple and a landscape rake and a stump grinder and a drink holder.)

radios1 · May 31, 2018

joecoin said:
Yeah, maybe someday I'll get a real tractor with a FEL and a tooth bar. (And a backhoe and a grapple and a landscape rake and a stump grinder and a drink holder.)

this one here will take care of any trees you have.. Cat | D11T/D11T CD Dozer | Caterpillar it's on the order of the one's abandoned on the road to Alaska(free for taking. those need some work)...

4570Man · May 31, 2018

Your tractor doesn’t have enough weight for that to ever work. You might experiment with building a post pounder. One of the simplest post pounders I’ve seen lifted a weight with roller chain and a sprocket with a few teeth missing. Once it turned to the missing teeth the weight dropped. I could pull those stumps in like an hour with the CTL and the puller. You could probably hirer it out cheaper than dealing with it.

4570Man · May 31, 2018

Maybe a hand held post driver? Showdown of the Unbeatables - YouTube

joecoin · Jun 1, 2018

radios1 said:
this one here will take care of any trees you have.. Cat | D11T/D11T CD Dozer | Caterpillar it's on the order of the one's abandoned on the road to Alaska(free for taking. those need some work)...

I think I'll order one of those, but only if it has an insulated cup holder.

joecoin · Jun 1, 2018

4570Man said:
Maybe a hand held post driver? Showdown of the Unbeatables - YouTube

That would probably work on a lot of the stumps. I'm too cheap to buy one though.

I guess I'm too cheap to ever get rid of these dang stumps!

SPYDERLK · Jun 1, 2018

joecoin said:
That would probably work on a lot of the stumps. I'm too cheap to buy one though.

I guess I'm too cheap to ever get rid of these dang stumps!

A Manual T-post driver would probably do well. Much easier on your back than a sledge -- and you never miss!

rScotty · Jun 1, 2018

SPYDERLK said:
A Manual T-post driver would probably do well. Much easier on your back than a sledge -- and you never miss!

There's a tool called a "Scizzor lift" or "stone lifter" used by people who do a lot of granite or marble work. Basically a scizzor clamp suspended by a chain. You lower it over the item to be lifted and then pull up with a front loader.