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phil

08-19-2002 09:34:04




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I have a tree stump that's about 8" dia & 3 feet tall, in sod - it was sawed off a few months ago. Will my 51 B JD pull it over? Should I hitch high on the stump & try to pull it over or should I hitch low on the stump & try to pull it up & out? Do I need to dig a trench around the stump & axe some roots? Pour water into the hole & soak it?




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dkp

08-21-2002 20:17:46




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 Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 09:34:04  
I have been pushing alot of stumps out lately with a 550G John Deere dozer,A 3 foot rotted stump has a tough root system that strains the 550 hard.I also pulled a "B".I'd say you'd waste your time and could get hurt trying.The screw system has worked. Our farm musuam(sp) has a stump puller that works that way.



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redrev

08-20-2002 03:32:30




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 Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 09:34:04  
About the last thing I would try to do with a B is pull stumps. I don't want to hurry the few years I've got left! Just call me chicken...cluck, cluck!



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JDGnut

08-20-2002 17:12:23




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 Re: Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to redrev, 08-20-2002 03:32:30  
If you have one that you can not get out by the methods mentioned... Take a long bar or pole and chain it solid to the stump. (Keeping the chain from slipping on the stump is the trick.. and having a strong pole, post or bar.) Chain the bar so it is sticking out one side level with the ground. Hook the tractor to the end of the bar/pole and pull. Drive the tractor around the stump and it will act like it is unscrewing the stump from the ground. Just do not let anyone behind the bar/pole as the stump is acting like a spring.. Good Luck
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turtle

08-19-2002 19:05:01




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 Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 09:34:04  
A friend of mine years ago told me of a sure fire method to get rid of old stumps. It works great and is much less dangerous as well as easier on your iron horse. Take an old 55 gal. drum and remove the top as well as the bottom. Cut the stump down close to the ground, set the barrel over the stump and load with other burnible trash.
Obtain one standard lawn chair, a couple of beers and a pack of hot dogs and roast your stump away. I have burnt a many of stumps out and this is not only safer but also alot less work. Luck to ya'll from Texas.

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turtle

08-19-2002 19:04:11




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 Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 09:34:04  
A friend of mine years ago told me of a sure fire method to get rid of old stumps. It works great and is much less dangerous as well as easier on your iron horse. Take an old 55 gal. drum and remove the top as well as the bottom. Cut the stump down close to the ground, set the barrel over the stump and load with other burnible trash.
Obtain one standard lawn chair, a couple of beers and a pack of hot dogs and roast your stump away. I have burnt a many of stumps out and this is not only safer but also alot less work. Luck to ya'll from Texas.

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DP

08-19-2002 18:38:20




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 Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 09:34:04  
I'll have to agree on getting someone to remove it if possible. If you decide to try it, hook close, and run the chain under the drawbar to the front of the drawbar frame, so it won't try to lift the front, and if the chain breaks, it will go under the tractor!



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Slow A

08-19-2002 15:26:26




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 Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 09:34:04  
When the stump is pulled over to an angle the chain will slide up the 3 foot stump.....you will not enjoy that log chain around your neck.



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Gman

08-19-2002 18:44:06




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 Re: Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to Slow A, 08-19-2002 15:26:26  
Phil better leave that stump alone and listen to G-man. If you like to play dangerously get you a brace and bit drill you a nice big hole,go down to the local muzzleloading supply srore and get you a can of black powder and blow it out,this want be as near dangerous as hooking that little B to the stump. Garland



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Jason

08-19-2002 12:49:27




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 Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 09:34:04  

It all depends on what kind of tree it is. Some have a bigger root system then others. I like to have a stump as high as I can get,because you have more leverage that way. Put the chain at the top. Never have it to low cause that will bring your front end up real quick. All the things you mentioned will help pluck it out,but like G-man said it might be better to have someone dig it out if you can. A John Deere B is a good tractor,but not a power house! I think you would just be doing more harm then good. Just my 2 cents. Hey you can always give it a try!

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phil

08-19-2002 13:32:16




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 Re: Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to Jason, 08-19-2002 12:49:27  
It's a plum tree. You're probably right about the front end coming up. I have the drawbar set at 20" for antique pulling - on a packed track the front end usually stays off the ground for the last part of a pull. I'll start by soaking the base of the stump to soften the ground, then pull from the top of the stump - maybe it will mush over & break off a foot or so below the ground.



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buckmaster700

08-21-2002 20:28:06




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 Re: Re: Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 13:32:16  
cut it off at the ground deill it full of holes dump a bag of sugar on it a little water and the ants will eat up the stump
not your clutch



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G-MAN

08-19-2002 09:55:44




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 Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to phil, 08-19-2002 09:34:04  
I think it would be well worth it to have somebody come dig or grind it out. More than one person has been killed, and more than one tractor destroyed trying to pull stumps and the like. A broken log chain end becomes a missile as it snaps back toward what it's hooked to. And you don't have a lot of protection sitting out there in the open on your tractor. My two cents.



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starchief

08-19-2002 20:10:40




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 Re: Re: Stump Pulling Question? in reply to G-MAN, 08-19-2002 09:55:44  
Dear sir. i had an.old M john Deer and i puled a lot of stomp,s out of my yard ,and i found it best to dig around them , filed a 55 gal. barrel with water and let it fill up around the the stomp and let soak in ,till the water goes down fast then it,s time to pull it out ,it work,s real good comes out easy ps my m has all of 14 hp. don



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