Tree puller question

   / Tree puller question #1  

930ck

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southcentral kansas
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allis d 17/ case 930, 1370/ kubota L5740
Have wanted a tree puller but was wondering which small trees can be pulled and not have a bunch of sprouts coming off the roots that didn’t get pulled. My problem trees are Osage orange, mulberry and elm.
 
   / Tree puller question #2  
Here in our part of the "bush" here in the north, with the power and weight of my tractor I've used a V bar cross chain with a ring on the end, choked up like a dog collar on brush.

My Mother-In-Law uses a scissors type pallet puller to good luck. But then her older Massey Ferguson tractor is much bigger and heavier than mine and capable of taking much bigger bites. She also goes about some things with more attitude than most.
 
   / Tree puller question #3  
Once in a bind I made up a bucket 'clamp on' tree puller .
In reality it was one long 'tooth' that I'd poke under the root ball and with my bucket heal on ground I'd simply curl it and out pops the root ball.

It consisted of a 1 inch old truck axle that was crudely sharpened and made into a clamp on similar to clamp on forks being sold everywhere.

While you'd think damage to the bucket might occur it did not, however in my case I have a tooth bar installed and my DIY root tool clamped the bucket edge and tooth bar all in a sandwich fashion making it very resistant to bending forces.

While U all like Pics, I'd be ashamed to show it as it was a 1 hour sloppy last minute fabrication ala 'good enough' approach.
But it performed as intended and made short notice of pulling 40 or so saplings that had taken over a driveway.
Best yet root balls came out free of earth.
 
   / Tree puller question #4  
How big are the trees? I have a tree puller on 3pt that is rated 3790#. I can handle all three species up to 4 with ease. Elm roots do tend to pop off and stay in the ground somewhat. Pecan has been the toughest by far with some 2 trees not coming out.
 
   / Tree puller question #5  
Osage orange makes a good hedge but tough to take out. I deal with lots of hedge privet and Russian olive with the same problem. Like many have already praised, BXpanded Piranha toothbar works amazing, easy to install and inexpensive. V- shaped teeth bite trees and pulls them out of the ground.
I used a short piece (10”)of 2.5-3” pipe. A chain goes through the pipe, around the tree and hooks back into the pipe. The chain is the choker and pipe end bites into tree to prevent slipping.
Danuser Intimidator is a well designed tree puller. Really helped around buildings, fences and pastures remove brush and trees. A real one man with tractor work multiplier.
 
   / Tree puller question #6  
Osage orange coppices readily from stumps, limited suckering from roots. Depends on the mulberry species. Some of the introduced ones sucker readily. Ditto for elms.
 
   / Tree puller question #7  
Here in our part of the "bush" here in the north, with the power and weight of my tractor I've used a V bar cross chain with a ring on the end, choked up like a dog collar on brush.

My Mother-In-Law uses a scissors type pallet puller to good luck. But then her older Massey Ferguson tractor is much bigger and heavier than mine and capable of taking much bigger bites. She also goes about some things with more attitude than most.

That's true for most MIL's. :laughing:
 
   / Tree puller question
  • Thread Starter
#9  
Was wanting to pull trees up to 3 to 4 inches but didn’t know if all the roots would get pulled out so there would be no re growth off existing roots. Have a saw for bigger trees but wanted to try a puller for small trees.
 
   / Tree puller question #10  
I just cut the tree flush with the ground, apply some Tordon Tree Killer to the stump and walk away. No regrowth and Tordon is cheap.
 
 

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