Trying out a Brush Grubber

[Kays Supply]

If you get a tree bigger than you can handle you will slip going backwards, but you can flip over going forward. Just a word of caution.

 

[nikdfish]

Thanks for the reminder. I have the box blade mounted & figured I would be running the chain underneath it. If it is lowered to just above grade (the scarifiers aren't down) my assumption is that it should serve as a safety device in regard to the potential for flip-over.

Nick

 

[wally hamma]

If you google tree shears, they mount on a fel or 3 piont hitch. they look like
a neet toy then you sell it after you are done. No holes,just spray stumps with brush killer. Let me kwow how they work.

 

[TripleR]

Thanks for posting this, I have been considering buying one; looks like a good product.

 

[jake98]

I've used mine a few times and it worked fine.

 

[wally hamma]

has any one tried a tree shear?they look like they would be the ticket, but they wiegh so much. the big 20'' wiegh 2000 lbs, thats getting close to my limit on a deere 5525.

 

[k0ua]

The tree-grabber looks cool and may be faster, but I have pulled dozens of little tree's like that with just wrapping the log chain around them 3 or 4 times and hooking it to itself. It rarely slips, it nearly always bites in and yanks them right out.! Of course you need a "groundman" to keep from getting on and off the tractor all day.



James K0UA

 

[studor]

Is there not a place to put a tractor hook on the bottom of the rear axle? I use a hook on mine and just put the chain on it -- way easier than a drawbar and as low as possible on the tractor from a safety standpoint. Even pulling from the rear I lose traction when pulling spotted alder

 

[JohninCT]

I think you might find it more effective if you attach it low on the tree (at ground level) and route your chain up over a wheel or a post notched on top to give you an up pull instead of a sideways pull on the tree For a wheel, look to get yourself an old wooden cable reel or a large steel car or truck wheel from a junkyard. Or just use a 4 x 4 post with a notch cut in the top to guide the chain.

Watch this vid and see how this small lever grubber does it Same principle.
YouTube - Metal-handled Brush Grubber Demonstration

 

[JohninCT]

The biggest hassle was constantly dismounting & getting back on the tractor.Nick

Yeah this could be a real drag if you have lots of trees to pull out and no ground helper to connect/disconnect.

That's why it think something like this is a good idea
Tractor Forks, Bucket Forks, Loader Forks

Several people on TBN have built similar tools based on the same concept Do a TBN search for "tree getter" and you'll see many good ones