What is the best implement for this job?

[rangerfredbob]

I bought a few of these hooks. They're nice to have on one end of a chain.

EDIT; Have several chains, and have fallen in love with 1/4" G80. They'll be plenty strong and are more fun than the 3'8".

9/32" (1/4") - 5/16" Chain Choker Hook - 4500 lbs WLL

That is a neat hook! That would take out some of the frustration of cinching things out! and heavy duty 1/4" chain would be nicer with the smaller links, I'll look into that for a choker chain...

 

[TractorGuy]

Did you try just pushing them up with the loader? After you can compact them some by pushing down with the bottom of the bucket.

 

[Peter 315]

Controlled burn........

 

[Carl_NH]

I would weed whack all the grass and non woody underbrush growth to expose the "frame" of the shrubs first.

Then either cut the branches with a pole saw (Harbor Freight Lynx @ $150 40V Electric is a good choice) or wrap a chain around several of them at once and pull them out with the loader.

For bigger shrubs I want to save, I spade around them, then attach a rope or choke chain and pop them out and transplant them. If transplanting, I dig the new hole first then do the transplant.

 

[3gunr]

A pirrahna tooth bar would be the way to go. check them out on line lots of people on here with them and love them including me.

 

[CoyPatton]

Looks like you have a pin on bucket, puck up a set of bolt on pallet forks (very limited use for lifting pallets due to lifting capacity loss that far in front of lift pins) they are great for piling/picking up loads of brush. Get a set that allows chains to be used to help support them and a cross stabilizer keeps them at a constant distance apart and straight.

 

[Diggin It]

Since the last two I can try without buying anything else, I'll give them both a try. I do have a wicked tooth bar on order so its hard to justify a ratchet rake. If the bucket alone or with the chain don't work I'll wait for the tooth bar. After that its probably grapple time.

The question is sort of becoming what will you have use for later? Which tool will be most cost effective?

I'd snatch all of that out with a backhoe, then clean up the edge of the driveway and lay gravel or rock. But then, I already have the BH and would have no need for some of the other tools mentioned.

 

[Carl_NH]

I have the Ratchet Rake, bought 10 years ago, used three or four times still has original paint on the tines - if someone wants to buy it I would sell it - it fits a 54-60" bucket. My experience in New England we have LOTS of rocks, and the Ratchet Rake or Piranha tooth bar will just bounce off the embedded ledge or rocks when trying to pull up plants.

The RR or Toothbar are great for normal soils and small 3-5" rocks but with ledge and boulders in NE they aren't the tool for rough ground.

Also, a comment to the original poster, it appears you have Burning Bush on the other side of your driveway likely which was planted in the 80's/90's as a decorative bush, which is now an invasive plant in NE now (we have many of them too) so that might be your next project to pull them out.