rippers

Solo · Jan 12, 2002

I'm looking for a good heavy duty ripper to use for removing small tree stumps, something to use on my TC18. JD has a sub-soiler the B22, I believe, that looks pretty solid. Fred Cain also has a ripper that looks pretty solid. Any one have any info. on these or other models? Thanks in advance.

Solo

gerard · Jan 12, 2002

How big are the stumps you're talking about? I think you'll find stumps aren't so easy to rip out with a compact. You tend to spin your tires a lot more than than actually pulling out the stump! If you plan on using a single tooth ripper/sub soiler to drive around the base and rip through the roots before trying to pull you might have some success depending on the type of tree.

Solo · Jan 12, 2002

gerard
I call them trees, but actually there thorn apple bushes. Most are only 2"-3" in dia.. I don't think they will be a problem. Some of these I have taken out using only a mattock.
Solo

gerard · Jan 13, 2002

I don't know if you've seen this yet but someone made a mini version of the "brush brute" to fit on a three point instead of the bucket. If I had a lot of brush to clear this would be a must. Looks like it would do what you want really easily

Solo · Jan 13, 2002

gerard
Thanks for the info. It really does'nt look that hard to make.

Solo

MDNick · Jan 15, 2002

Is that thing a tool, attachment, or weapon. Looks like something out of the middle ages. Mighty oaks would jump clean out of the ground at the sight of that thing. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif

RPM · Jan 17, 2002

Gerard,

Can you re-post the picture - for some reason I don't see it when I view the attachment.

Patrick

Pks · Jan 17, 2002

Looks like the link to the photo is broken.

Bird · Jan 17, 2002

Hmm . . ., it works for me. Reckon that's because I'd looked at it before and it's in a cookie or some other such computer thing that I don't understand?/w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif

RPM · Jan 17, 2002

It may be cached on your hard drive somewherem - that often happens. I just tried it again and still no luck though. Since it is a forum file for TBN and not an external web-site I'm guessing that it was deleted somehow.

Patrick