Tree puller question

[930ck]

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.

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

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.

 

[PILOON]

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.

 

[Jf4020]

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.

 

[Smokeydog]

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.

 

[Foodplot]

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.

 

[tradosaurus]

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:

 

[unbidden]

How small is small? I use a Brush Grubber, works well.

 

[930ck]

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.

 

[jeepcj7]

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.

 

[PILOON]

Hey, a DIY guy here.
What I did was to make an obseen 16' 'TOOTH' that I clamped onto my FEL.
I poke it under the rootball and pry that root up and out, generally comes free of soil so easy to dispose.
Great DIY tool!

 

[Seven Gables]

One thing that helps get all the roots is to wait tell after a good rain when the soil is softened. A 5/16 grade 70 chain grab hook on one end C shaped Slip hook on the other, bout 7' long is what I made. Just wrap chain low on trunk once around and drop c slip hook over chain, other end of chain to grab hook on center of FEL bucket. Your only limit is what your loader will lift. On real small trees sometimes 2 wraps of chain and then the c slip grabs best. Any remaining roots just lasso the same way right close to where they broke (don't need to dig em much). Pull very slow and gently helps to get all the root without breaking. If ya wanna make time a good man with a #2 shovel doing your lassoing and unlassoing makes it way faster. Works a treat. B

 

[LouieJunior]

I have one that works well. I started using a brush Grubber model that would just tear the bark off more often than not. Learned that I needed a hydraulic clamp. Here are a few pics...









Best feature: I don't have to get off the tractor to pull each tree out of the ground.