On Thu, September 10, 2020 4:50 pm, Curt Raymond via Mercedes wrote:
> I've had the front wheels of the tractor leave the ground before,
> had my foot hovering over the clutch so I could bring it down but things
> got sketchy... -Curt
I had the rear wheels lift on one once, didn't get the very
> I've had the front wheels of the tractor leave the ground before, had my foot
> hovering over the clutch...
This is where the hand clutch of the Moline (for example) is superior. As you
fall backwards,
your body motion naturally DIS-engages the clutch. The usual foot clutch
EN-gages as you
We had a bunch here in front of the house. I cut 'em off with the chainsaw in
the fall and ran a 1/2" forstner bit down the center as far as it would go,
maybe 4-5". In the spring I stuck a shovel under the edge of the stumps and
they just came apart...
-Curt
On Thursday, September 10,
Safety note:
Remember when pulling with a tractor to hook LOW on the tractor and only to an
approved pull point. LOTS of farmers have been killed when a tractor pivoted on
the rear wheels and rolled over. Even with ROPS you're going to get quite a
knock if it rolls.
This is especially true on
This, but you need a large diameter rim (remove the tire). The rim translates
the pulling force to a lifting force. The bigger the rim diameter and the
closer you get it to the stem, the greater the lifting force. The 'U' profile
of the rim contains and guides the chain, won't slip off the
> I never had any luck with those choker things. Usually they just slid up
> skinning the branches.
That's what the marlinspike is for. "Die, junipers, die!"
-- Jim
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2020 5:15 PM
> To: Mercedes Discussion List
> Cc: Kaleb Striplin
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Brush removal
>
> I figure maybe I could use the FEL to lift up while pulling back.
>
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> > On Se
We had one [marlinspike] on the farm, and now that I look it up it's clearly
meant for working
on larger-diameter steel logging cable. All we ever used it for was hammering
the pokey
end into things, like the ground, and prying. It was good tool steel, pretty
tough.
-- Jim
>marlinspike
I had to look that one up.
Rick
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> Wrap a log chain around the clump at ground level, and around an upright
> Mercedes wheel so that the chain is pulled upwards as the wheel rolls?
Hammer a marlinspike behind the clump at a 45 degree angle, get it good and
deep. Choke both the clump and the spike with the chain, and yank good
I figure maybe I could use the FEL to lift up while pulling back.
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> On Sep 9, 2020, at 3:50 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote:
>
> I just use a log chain. It lends itself nicely to any variation of plant
> you want to pull... I always take 3 wraps of the chain and make sure
I learned this one when we bought our first house.
Early 60s red brick ranch home. POs had let the evergreens that surrounded the
house grow out of control for years, so no amount of trimming would have made
them viable. I was digging one of them out one day when a coworker came by. He
was a
I just use a log chain. It lends itself nicely to any variation of plant
you want to pull... I always take 3 wraps of the chain and make sure the
wraps overlap, then go around the pull chain and back around the loops and
hook the work end into the pull chain. [hope that gives you a mental
I’ve always used a logging chain. The ML500 made short work out of a couple of
dense shrubs close to my mailbox that would have been a major pig to dig out.
Wrap around the shrub, wrap around the hitch on the ML, put it in low and go.
-D
> On Sep 9, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
On Wed, September 9, 2020 3:43 pm, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
> Any other ideas of what to use in
> conjecture with a tractor to remove unwanted shrubs and small trees?
Wrap a log chain around the clump at ground level, and around an upright
Mercedes wheel so that the chain is pulled
On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 15:55:36 -0400 Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
wrote:
> How big is your tractor? Might work for clumpy stuff but I don't know
> about little trees with deeper roots
The page says
* Easily pulls shallow-rooted, small shrubs and clumps up to
18” in diameter from the ground –
Floyd Thursby via Mercedes writes:
> And it's green so it will get lost in the weeds... why not orange or
> yellow? Sometimes I wonder about these companies
Yep I had a pair of green-handled pruners that I set down somewhere near
my feet in an overgrown area. They just vanished and I never
It’s a 44 HP sub compact. I have read several reviews talking about it
breaking. I wonder if I could just get a regular chain and put a ring on one
end to loop it thru to act as a choke as it’s pulled.
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> On Sep 9, 2020, at 2:56 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
How big is your tractor? Might work for clumpy stuff but I don't know
about little trees with deeper roots
And it's green so it will get lost in the weeds... why not orange or
yellow? Sometimes I wonder about these companies
--FT
On 9/9/20 3:43 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote:
Need
Need to pull up some small trees and groups of brush. Does this look like it
would work attached to the tractor? Any other ideas of what to use in
conjecture with a tractor to remove unwanted shrubs and small trees?
https://www.amazon.com/Brush-Grubber-BG-19-Heavy-Clump/dp/B002PHVITS
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