Tree puller question

[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.