Has anyone pulled out a tree stump with thier expy?

[powerboatr]

get a back hoe tractor...and even then its a tough job if roots and all are still intact.

i like explosives....

 

[TobyU]

I pulled the back 10 feet off of a garage with my SUV one time. Will find the video and post it.

 

[1955moose]

Know a guy with a tow truck? Preferably a wrecker type. A strong chain, and his PTO feature, wrapped around that stump, should do the trick.

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[Robert Lee]

I've pulled out roots and shrubs. Its amazing how strong they are. I made a mess of my front yard with ruts from tires. I thinks its better to cut and dig.

There are special ropes for certain towed water sports that are Kevlar and don't stretch. A normal poly rope or strap will stretch and store energy like a rubber band. Or use a chain at least. Chains no stretch.

I concur, I tried to move a 4" trunked pygmy date palm, about a 30" root ball, cut down vertically, and it wouldn't budge. Had to wiggle it around to cut some of the roots below the root ball, then with two other big guys, we finally pulled it out of the hole. Tried two chain hoists, towing straps, etc. I don't believe it will even budge a 2' stump. I would have it stump ground out (those machines are BA and fun to watch!), otherwise not worth the effort IMO.

 

[HawkX66]

Try pulling a northern pine stump with the Expy and you'll be calling a ramp truck... Pulling stumps is probably the most damaging thing you can do to a truck, let alone an Expy. My F350 diesel did not like it... I cut every single root I could dig up, but the tap root made it so the stump wouldn't even wiggle when I got impatient, left slack in the chain and dropped the hammer. BANG! Nothing... Counted my blessings nothing broke and left the stump with a salute to the Victor.

 

[1955moose]

Now you know why I suggested the tow truck. $50.00 vs $1,000 or more in damage to your Expedition. Seems like simple math to me. Tow truck drivers have a lot of down time. If you play your cards right, you might be able to use your AAA card. Tell them it's a flat tire change. Probably won't go for it, but who knows, the kid may hate his boss!

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[HawkX66]

Now you know why I suggested the tow truck. $50.00 vs $1,000 or more in damage to your Expedition. Seems like simple math to me. Tow truck drivers have a lot of down time. If you play your cards right, you might be able to use your AAA card. Tell them it's a flat tire change. Probably won't go for it, but who knows, the kid may hate his boss!

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I used to run tow trucks on the weekend for a good friend of mine. Even putting the wheel lift down, all a wrecker would have done is a wheelie.

 

[1955moose]

Maybe our friend can get ahold of one of those trucks that pulls the sled for distance like you see on TV. Pulls a wheelie huh! Sounds like a man who's tried pulling a stump with his tow truck. Must be one hell of a slam when the front wheels come back down.

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[onebigtruck]

Maybe if you use a pulley and have the pulley on the stump, once it gives the angle should make it miss the vehicle if it goes flying. Plus you'll increase your pulling power and it slows everything down.

 

[onebigtruck]

This is better.

 

[HawkX66]

Maybe our friend can get ahold of one of those trucks that pulls the sled for distance like you see on TV. Pulls a wheelie huh! Sounds like a man who's tried pulling a stump with his tow truck. Must be one hell of a slam when the front wheels come back down.

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Nah, I wouldn't do that to a friends truck. It wouldn't have slammed down though unless the cable snapped. I have had them do wheelies more than once though. Especially small ramp trucks that you had to get creative with a load... It's more than a little disconcerting when you go over a small hill and you loose steering for a minute.

 

[Adieu]

Now you know why I suggested the tow truck. $50.00 vs $1,000 or more in damage to your Expedition. Seems like simple math to me. Tow truck drivers have a lot of down time. If you play your cards right, you might be able to use your AAA card. Tell them it's a flat tire change. Probably won't go for it, but who knows, the kid may hate his boss!

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You DO know a tow truck is usually just an F250/F350/Ram HD chassis with crap bolted on the back?

It's not actually particularly different


PS if you're sure it's a risk of damage, you COULD just do the azzhat thing and rent a hardware store heavy duty pickup for a couple hours

 

[cmiles97]

If not using a tree stump grinder, use pulleys and you don't even need a big truck. Check this out:

 

[HawkX66]

If not using a tree stump grinder, use pulleys and you don't even need a big truck. Check this out:

Lucky for them those were some pretty shallow roots...

 

[1955moose]

I think back in the old days, they probably dug around it, then hooked up some strong ropes or chains, and had 2 mules pulling together yank it. Poor mules. Dynamite sounds fun to bust it loose. Depending on where you live, it could mean jail or no big deal!

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[Adieu]

I think back in the old days, they probably dug around it, then hooked up some strong ropes or chains, and had 2 mules pulling together yank it. Poor mules. Dynamite sounds fun to bust it loose. Depending on where you live, it could mean jail or no big deal!

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Old days?

Hell, me and my late grandfather pulled half a dozen with just shovels, axes, and straight prybars on his land in the late 90's one summer

They were big-azz things, too, maybe 1.5' - 2' trunks for the most part

 

[Kevin Esplin]

I've pulled out roots and shrubs. Its amazing how strong they are. I made a mess of my front yard with ruts from tires. I thinks its better to cut and dig.

There are special ropes for certain towed water sports that are Kevlar and don't stretch. A normal poly rope or strap will stretch and store energy like a rubber band. Or use a chain at least. Chains no stretch.

Chains under tension will still snap back, better to dig and if you cannot pull out with "gentle" torque, keep digging

 

[EightIsEnough]

PLEASE POST VIDEO!!!

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[EightIsEnough]

By the way...I have tried this. Chain snapped and dinged up my tailgate on my last Expy. It was only an 8 inch tree. Fortunately it missed the glass. I have also done this with an excavator, a D8 dozer and a backhoe. I prefer the D8.

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[Plati]

By the way...I have tried this. Chain snapped and dinged up my tailgate on my last Expy. It was only an 8 inch tree. Fortunately it missed the glass. I have also done this with an excavator, a D8 dozer and a backhoe. I prefer the D8.

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Interesting. I love this real world engineering stuff. My chain suggestion was based on the "thing being pulled" breaking loose. If the "thing pulling" breaks loose, that's an alternative scenario. I'm sticking with don't do it. Never knew steel would stretch. I don't understand that. Believe you just don't understand how that happens. I guess it does though. Steel will stretch until permanent deformation occurs. I googled it

Years ago we pulled a wood stove pipe chimney off a house with a pickup truck and it went flying past the truck. Oops but nobody got hurt.