pulling stumps?

[Mountain_anderson]

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.

 

[wjytexas]

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 the 150 won't do it I have concerns about using either of those tractors.

 

[E.B. Haymakin']

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.

I know money is quite frequently an issue, but I would rent a skid steer and have it delivered for a weekend if possible, a stump bucket would make short work of getting them out, but you'd need a regular bucket for leveling or a box blade behind naa/9n. Pulling trees ain't worth dieing or tearing up your stuff. Or cut em off at the ground and rent a small stump grinder. You could drag a cut tree with what you have

 

[Non-farmer]

Pulling a stump with either of those tractors strikes me as suicidal. I own a 2N. There isn't enough money in Fort Knox to pay me to try to pull a stump with it, and the NAA is barely a better choice. Use your truck or else take E.B.'s advice.

 

[plattman]

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 peoI wouldn

I wouldnt use a pickup to pull trees. Enjoy the short tractor ride. I had an 8N for years and dont see the danger in using it to pull them. Dont know the sizes you are working with but long dead trees may just snap. If the tractor spins out then find a plan B.

 

[da.bees]

If you can't take one of your tractors to the place for clean-up what are you planning to farm with? Even if you plan using hand tools or walk behind tiller.orchard land needs at least one deep plowing to start with. I've seen several mules and hundreds of N tractors used as primary means of cultivating row crops but I've yet to see an F-150 pulling a plow. That should tell you how much your F-150 can pull as compared to the Ns.
I wouldn't expect much to remain of fruit trees that have been dead a few years,have you kicked any to see how rotted they are? Maybe you need to beg,borrow or steal a trailer to haul your tractor over there.

 

[Brown David]

If the 150 won't do it I have concerns about using either of those tractors.

Yep.

Pretty easy to get downside up with those tractors, I doubt you can with the F150 unless you're really talented.

 

[Indiana Ken]

I cut trees out of a fence row a few years back. I am tired of mowing around the stumps: time to get them out of the way. I have a 8-N and a 4000 Ford however, it is my experience it takes a large tractor to be effective. My plan is to burn them to ground level or below. To that end; I use a 50 gallon barrel with the top and bottom cut out. My barrel was badly rusted at both ends so it is about a foot shorter than a full size barrel. The barrel should be a foot +/- taller than the stump to work best.

Place the barrel over the stump and center it to allow for fire to burn all around the stump. Air must enter at the bottom of the barrel to create a hot fire at the stump base. I use bricks under the barrel (to space it up) for this purpose. For the fire I like to start it at the bottom of of the barrel. To this end I find the self starting fire logs work well. I use an axe to cut the log in half, with each placed on opposite sides of the stump. Finally light the fire place logs at the bottom of the stump, allow time for them to get a good start. Lastly, fill the barrel with wood kindling to surround and cover the stump.

For dry stumps one firing can do the job. If the stump is wet it will require repeating the fire operation. I have approximately 10 stumps to remove. So far this month I have burnt 4. I have fired #5 the second time and suspect it will be finished when I check it tomorrow. The deepest burn I have gotten is 6 to 10" below ground level (this stump was dry and hollow). The others are 3" to 4" below ground level.

I only need the stumps to ground level for mowing. If you are going to do tillage over the stumps this may not be a good method for you.

 

[caterpillar guy]

Lets see tree leaning ovewr swatting you in the head as you pullonit then breaks off and lands on you. Now with the pickup you swat the back end of the pickup then tree breaks and falls on pickup bends the box pieces all up so you need a new tailgate and maybe the sides of the box also and possibly the back window. Sounds like a rental job to me with an excavator you can push them over away from you then scratch a bit of dirt and level the hole up some till you work the field over. Could do it all with that in a day or two. So a weekend rental and done .For a 500.00 rental probably and not tree on you or the pickup. No feeling like an idiot when you explain to friends how the tailgate got ruined. Most fruit trees don't have massive root balls so they rot out in a couple years so they tip over pretty easy and could be cut for smoking or flavoring meat if the right fruit. Like apple or peach maybe. OR just cut up to burn in the wood furnace. As for burning out that is time consuming and in dry times a fire risk.

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

If you can't take one of your tractors to the place for clean-up what are you planning to farm with? Even if you plan using hand tools or walk behind tiller.orchard land needs at least one deep plowing to start with. I've seen several mules and hundreds of N tractors used as primary means of cultivating row crops but I've yet to see an F-150 pulling a plow. That should tell you how much your F-150 can pull as compared to the Ns.
I wouldn't expect much to remain of fruit trees that have been dead a few years,have you kicked any to see how rotted they are? Maybe you need to beg,borrow or steal a trailer to haul your tractor over there.

Here ya go:

or if you're a Dodge fan:

Still wouldn't pull a stump with a pickup. Cedar bushes, yes. I've pulled several with my F-250.

Mike

 

[Absent Minded Farmer]

Lets see tree leaning ovewr swatting you in the head as you pullonit then breaks off and lands on you. Now with the pickup you swat the back end of the pickup then tree breaks and falls on pickup bends the box pieces all up so you need a new tailgate and maybe the sides of the box also and possibly the back window. Sounds like a rental job to me with an excavator you can push them over away from you then scratch a bit of dirt and level the hole up some till you work the field over. Could do it all with that in a day or two. So a weekend rental and done .For a 500.00 rental probably and not tree on you or the pickup. No feeling like an idiot when you explain to friends how the tailgate got ruined. Most fruit trees don't have massive root balls so they rot out in a couple years so they tip over pretty easy and could be cut for smoking or flavoring meat if the right fruit. Like apple or peach maybe. OR just cut up to burn in the wood furnace. As for burning out that is time consuming and in dry times a fire risk.

Mike

 

[Mountain_anderson]

If you can't take one of your tractors to the place for clean-up what are you planning to farm with? Even if you plan using hand tools or walk behind tiller.orchard land needs at least one deep plowing to start with. I've seen several mules and hundreds of N tractors used as primary means of cultivating row crops but I've yet to see an F-150 pulling a plow. That should tell you how much your F-150 can pull as compared to the Ns.
I wouldn't expect much to remain of fruit trees that have been dead a few years,have you kicked any to see how rotted they are? Maybe you need to beg,borrow or steal a trailer to haul your tractor over there.

I've driven the tractors to and from there, thats how I know its a 30 minute drive, id just rather avoid the hassle and the more gas im gonna use driving them there

 

[old-9]

If, you end up using the tractor , have an implement on the 3 point, hook chain as short as you can use REVERSE to pull stump. This way, no flipover and max traction. One quarter on the gas, not too fast. Luck.

 

[jhwis]

Are you gonna just pasture it or plow it? If just gonna pasture it, why not rent a little stump grinder if the trees aren't very big.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

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.

 

[RobCons]

If your budget can handle it rent a skid steer or mini excavator. After pulling the stumps the equipment can be used on other parts of the land to level, put in drainage, etc.

 

[Davidj]

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.

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.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

Rent a trackhoe, It's cheaper than the cost of a funeral.

 

[fusion1]

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 .

 

[NY 986]

Another vote to rent a mini-excavator or skid steer. Whatever you do you should not hook a chain to the top link bracket on your Fords.