pulling stumps?

[560Dennis]

I have not had to good of luck with pulling them out.
Cut them off high to get as much leverage as possible .
I found using the back hoe and rip the roots runners 2 to three foot out works best of anything I got. Cut the trunk high for more leverage to use bucket to pry it up and drag it to the burn piles .
Try the tractor ,get back to us on your findings .

 

[560Dennis]

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Mike

Good one ️

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Just for the sake of discussion, how large are the trees we're talking about here? Diameter and height.

I'm thinking they're small orchard trees. From the sounds of some of these responses, some people here think you're trying to topple giant redwoods.

 

[cjunrau]

Just for the sake of discussion, how large are the trees we're talking about here? Diameter and height.

I'm thinking they're small orchard trees. From the sounds of some of these responses, some people here think you're trying to topple giant redwoods.

That was my thoughts as well. He said peach and nectarines. I know nothing about the size of them. But our apple trees if they were dead for 2 years, my pickup would pull everyone of them out with out much trouble. soil type makes a difference as well. I would go ry one with the truck and 30 ft of chain and see how it goes. don't use a strap if you ad a hook on the end. that is a recipe for a flying killer hook.

 

[TheBartman47]

Dead a few years they are probably rotten in the ground, and any attempt to pull them out will just break them apart and won't come out in one piece. It's a lot of work, but grab a spade and dig around them. If they aren't rotten, use an axe to chop the side roots then pull out with a chain (no jerking, slow pull, and if it doesn't come up fairly easily, stop and dig more). If you don't want to dig by hand, rent an excavator.

 

[ss55]

Hi all
I plan to start farming some land on my uncle's property. There are a few nectarine and a few peach trees planted there. Not massive trees but littler orchard trees. All of them are dead, they have been for a few years, Only about 20-25 trees. I have a ford naa and 9n and id prefer not to take either out there if I don't have to. I have an 86 f150 5.0 4x4 with a low gear. Would this work fine for the job or should I just bite and use one of the fords? Its about a 5 mile drive, 30 minutes in the naa accounting for the hills and pulling over for people.

Consider hiring the job out. By the time you add up all your costs to DIY it could be cheaper to pay someone else to do it right the first time. An experienced operator will be very efficient.

 

[ss55]

Consider hiring the job out. By the time you add up all your costs to DIY it could be cheaper to pay someone else to do it right the first time. An experienced operator will be very efficient.

Get a few quotes.

 

[Ray,IN]

Line up a couple of other jobs and get a guy in for half a day with a backhoe. Cheaper than anything that'll get wrecked or a funeral.

Backhoe with root ripper attachment around each stump, THEN you can pull the stump with your pickup or tractor. For a tree, I cut it off about 3' high first.
Side-story. About 15 years ago I had to cut a red oak in my back yard as it was nearly dead. Still today I keep trying to pull that stump with my 50 HP tractor to no avail. I've finally decided to wait for rot and termites to get rid of it.

 

[Ray,IN]

This is one of those thoughts that you need to think about the Ford and the 9N
are not made to pull stumps these tractors will flip faster then you can blink
pay some one to come in with dozer to push then out .
you dont want to do this .

How you gonna flip a tractor pulling from the drawbar?

 

[Ray,IN]

Consider hiring the job out. By the time you add up all your costs to DIY it could be cheaper to pay someone else to do it right the first time. An experienced operator will be very efficient.

A good operator with a towable stump grinder doesn't take much time to grind below ground level.

 

[Non-farmer]

How you gonna flip a tractor pulling from the drawbar?

Unless you've invested in stay bars, the drawbar on a 9N has nothing to keep it from rising up. It floats on the three point arms, and can end up as high as the arms go. if the chain slides up the tree, it will pull the drawbar up with it. that's how. the only N without that issue is an 8N with a drawbar bolted to the bottom of the differential casting. You can't do that with a 9N.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Again these are fruit trees most likely less than a foot in diameter and only about 15-30 feet tall. rotting a few years will be about to fall over most likely now. the stump will be a bit left that is not rotted in the ground so the reason for the excavator you can then bury them after you get them out and piled up or cut up for wood. Should not come out to hard. Not like trying to push a Walnut or Oak stump out. Most orchard trees are small and rot fast. Abent mindeds reply with the tractor swatting the guy as he pulls it is what will happen pulling on them only they will probably fall on the driver. The reason for the excavator you would be out of the way when it falls and easy to grub the stump out with no ripping and all the nonsense here. They don't put down a tap root like a Walnut or Hickory does or have a massive root system like an Oak .

 

[Non-farmer]

PS: In retrospect, I should not have said that about the NAA< as I am not familiar with the drawbar setup on them.

 

[Mountain_anderson]

Just for the sake of discussion, how large are the trees we're talking about here? Diameter and height.

I'm thinking they're small orchard trees. From the sounds of some of these responses, some people here think you're trying to topple giant redwoods.

yea definetly not anything big, theyre stumps are probably less than a foot on the biggest one, maybe like 10-8inches and probably 12 feet high

 

[Mountain_anderson]

First, a question: How are you going to farm the land if driving the tractors there is too much of a hassle?

If the stumps are already cut short, rent a machine, or get busy digging with your Pulaski. You aren't pulling them out with anything you have.

The only way you have any hope of pulling them out is if you can hook on to them 3-4' off the ground and use leverage. Hopefully they're not too rotten or they'll just break off. Cut the top off the tree. Chain high on the tree, and low to the fixed drawbar on the tractor. If the chain breaks, it will shoot down at the ground if it comes toward you, or up and away from you toward the tree. The angle of the chain pulling upward on the rear of the tractor, and hooking to the drawbar also reduces the tendency to rear up and flip over backwards. Not acting like a fool in the seat also goes a long way too.

Gently tighten the chain, then pull. Do not jerk, or "get a run on it." Chains don't work that way.

DO NOT use a kinetic rope. Think slingshot. That trunk breaks off, or the stump comes loose while that giant rubber band is stretched out, guess where it's going at about MACH 0.9...

If the tree does not tip over right away, don't be tempted to jerk on it. Stop. Put the chain away, and go home.

Id rather just not take them if I don't have to at this moment in time, I also forgot to mention my naa is out of commission at the moment but the plan is to have one of them live there while the other stays at my place. I'd just prefer not to take it there and bring it back

 

[Brian G. NY]

Hi all
I plan to start farming some land on my uncle's property. There are a few nectarine and a few peach trees planted there. Not massive trees but littler orchard trees. All of them are dead, they have been for a few years, Only about 20-25 trees. I have a ford naa and 9n and id prefer not to take either out there if I don't have to. I have an 86 f150 5.0 4x4 with a low gear. Would this work fine for the job or should I just bite and use one of the fords? Its about a 5 mile drive, 30 minutes in the naa accounting for the hills and pulling over for people.

Just for the fun of it, go to YouTube and type in "pulling tree stumps".

 

[Snattlerake]

Use the tractor with a mechanical advantage.

 

[Mcrafty1]

Hi all
I plan to start farming some land on my uncle's property. There are a few nectarine and a few peach trees planted there. Not massive trees but littler orchard trees. All of them are dead, they have been for a few years, Only about 20-25 trees. I have a ford naa and 9n and id prefer not to take either out there if I don't have to. I have an 86 f150 5.0 4x4 with a low gear. Would this work fine for the job or should I just bite and use one of the fords? Its about a 5 mile drive, 30 minutes in the naa accounting for the hills and pulling over for people.

If they've been dead for a few years, like four or five the bulk of the roots should be rotted. I'd say the F150 would pop them out...use four low and put 6 or 8 hundred pounds over the rear axle. Take the slack out of your tow strap/chain and put a steady pressure one them, hook the strap/chain high enough to give you the leverage to start them tipping. What have you got to lose for trying?
Assuming you have a Reese type hitch on the truck, if you just plan on hooking to the rear bumper well, you got that to lose.

 

[Mcrafty1]

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Mike

He's of made less of a youtube sensation if he'd have put the implement down at ground level and used it for a wheelie bar.

 

[Jdog8139]

I'm a Ford tractor guy and have pulled a lot of stumps. I wont do it anymore. Its just too hard on them. I don't know why everyone thinks they are death traps. They are just like any other tractor. As long as the hitch is fixed and below the axle it won't flip over. Especially if you are hooked to a stump that is a few foot tall. That helps for leverage as well. However if you have that many rent a machine. It will go fast and smooth and nothing will get torn up.