Tree Puller for hard to get at trees

[LBrown59]

OOOHHHHH,,, Better pictures please, *I am not figuring it out exactly (have the concept not the particulars)


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*I had the same probleum

 

[Eaglebait Ranch]

Wow! Thanks for sharing that. Both your idea and the wheel rim are worth saving.

 

[Minotbob]

Might want to try one of these to speed up the connection to the sapplings. They seem to get good reviews both on Northern's and this website as well.

BAC Industries Brush Grubber | Brush Cutters | Northern Tool + Equipment

Put this on my Wish List

 

[john_bud]

That's a good one. Modern materials for an ancient design. If you read farming books from the 1910's to 1940's you will see some really elegant simple was of doing some very hard tasks. Our mechanized society has lost a lot of mental ability...

jb

 

[czechsonofagun]

Yeah, that comes from cheap hydraulics. Nobody has to think anymore, just get a bigger machine

 

[Treemonkey1000]

Just being the Safety Geek that I am. When pulling things out of the ground or even up higher for that matter. Keep in mind the strength of your cable or chain. Watch for cuts and broken links. Having a cable or chain flail back at you if it snaps or pops off the tree is going to leave an impression you might not like. Going as far as to say a hard hat, safety glasses aren't a bad idea if you don't have a safety cage at the back of your favorite flavor of tractor.
Those are great ideas. I had forgotten about that method when I was pulling metal fence post out of the ground by hand using the leverage method.

 

[em14]

I had a friend make a very simple suggestion, a large rim with no tire. kt

Wouldn't using the whole wheel be much stronger than just the rim of the wheel!
Leo

 

[Sherweld]

Might want to try one of these to speed up the connection to the sapplings. They seem to get good reviews both on Northern's and this website as well.

BAC Industries Brush Grubber | Brush Cutters | Northern Tool + Equipment

Thanks Folks
... and thanks Aguanga for the NT link. That Grubber looks like a real winner, well made AND reasonably priced, usable in several modes from bucket to 3PH etc. I like the idea that it works down to 1/2" (I'm thinking of all of the scotch broom in our area that can be popped out with a minimum of soil disruption, not to mention the hassle of hooking up)

Tire rim
Don't get me wrong here, the tire rim is a great suggestion, I have used the tire rim many times in the past, and it works pretty well most of the time. But sometimes in softer soil, one edge will sink more than the other, and the rim flops over on it's side. Suggest the widest rim you can find. As I said at the beginning, I have quite a bit of tractor unfriendly areas to take care of, so it was worth it to me to take the time to cobble up the most efficient scheme I could.

Note the size of the pads on the puller (4"x6"@) they typically sink in 2"-4". I was going to spread the puller's legs further apart, but that was the longest scrap bin chain on hand. So far so good, but possibly it may require wider stance someday.

Regards
Sherweld

 

[kthompson]

Wouldn't using the whole wheel be much stronger than just the rim of the wheel!
Leo

Call me dense, don't get it. I know you don't mean with the tire on it.


Never have tried the rim myself but am sure one side could sink deeper than the other but gee, how precise is pulling trees. Could not one leg sink deeper also?

 

[wedge40]

I think I get the picture of how it works, but like others would like to see some "action shots" Also I read on TBN one way to make it safer is place a tire between the tractor and the "brace" That way if the chain breaks the tire will keep it from snaping back on you.

Wedge