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With the weather being as nice as it was here in western WI, (59 degrees on Thanksgiving) I decided to try and remove a tree stump I have in my garden.

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I thought I had dug out enough of it and had chopped up the roots to give it a go.
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Hate to say, but the stump won for now. Plan on giving it another try today.
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Looks like a good way to get a chain in-print into the back of your head, to me. I remember the neighbors pulling out fence posts, and one took the muffler off their John Deere.
 
Looks like you need to dig another couple feet down and axe some more of the root bulb off. Did that one summer with our 4040. I could not believe how deep you had to go to get it to pull out.
 

That is a good sized stump. I'd think there is roots that go down a good 4 feet or so, and who knows how far they reach laterally. It'll take a whole lot more digging before a John Deere B will do much more than dig holes in the ground. Just to keep it un-biased, I doubt very much if a Farmall M would be any better.
 
Unless you cut every root the B isn't going to do it unless you wait a couple years for the stump to rot. Is it a Mulberry? Kind of looks like it. A Mulberry rots pretty fast IF it's completely dead. If one little part of that stump still has life it means one root is still alive and hanging in there and it doesn't take much of a root to stop a B. Jim (longtime 2 banger owner)
 

Real NICE-Looking JD "B"..!!

Yes, we always used our JD "B"'s for everything (still do) and are always surprised by the things they will get done..!
Good tires like those and that Low 1st gear lets them put Monster pressure on a Loader/Blade or drawbar..!!

Ron..
 
you need to have the chain hooked a lot shorter than that, right next to the stump. but that is definitly a job for big brother the 830. nice homelite though!
 
Don't you.....or a neighbor..........have a "N" series Phord? I've read numerous times on YT that folks use 'em for that. Personally, I've always used a dozer or a 'hoe'.
 
My neighbor took one out (about that size) last year, He tried to pull it out with no sucess. He leveled the ground back out and put an old tractor rim over the stump as a fire pit. After about a month the stump was gone with no mess.
 
Hey, I did that ONCE. I was warned over and over how dangerous it could be, that you could flip the tractor over yada yada yada. After several attempts, I pulled the front wheels off the ground.....almost too far. Scared the bajeebeez out of me so I got smart....or at least I thought it was smart. I turned the tractor around (wide front unlike your JD) and ran the chain under the tractor. I got a lot better traction and there was no fear of it flipping over on me either. The stump starting coming and the tires would spin. After several more attempts it popped right out......and crashed into the front of the tractor knocking a hole in the radiator as well as some body damage. I was furious at myself for not listening to the "smarter" people out there. Now I dig around stumps, drill holes in the top and pour used motor oil on it. After a few months, I put a match to them and they usually smolder for a week or so until they are gone. If the stump isn't too large, I put a 55 gal drum with the top and bottom cut out over the stump, that way I can pile in some brush to keep it hot. Works great and I haven't been back to the radiator shop since!
 
As long as you keep that chain on the hitch and do not go raising it up high it will not go over backwards It is fun to hear those little old girls snort.
gitrib
 
Your odds of success would be a lot better if you left about 6 feet of the stump for LEVERAGE. I pulled a pine (no deep tap root) about that size with a Massey Ferguson 165 last year. The pulled out stump looked impressive - after I cut off the extension.
 
Dig under one of the bigger roots, hook the chain under that root and over the top of the stump. Creates more of a rolling action like a longer lever.
 
I was told once by an old timer that when he was a kid (would've been in the 20's) they cleared land by using a hand powered soil auger to drill holes into the root zone (about 3-4 feet down from the way he described it)and then filled them with grain and molasses. Turned hogs loose into the patch of woods after taking out the logs and branches, then went in with horses and pulled out the stumps. The hogs had done all the digging for them.
Sounds like quite the way to do it.
 
Safest way is to hook the chain as far forward as you can. In front of the rear wheels is better if you have a place to tie off.
 
What is that chainsaw? Looks like an old MonoLite I have in the barn. Actually have three of them, one blue and white, two orange and white. Never could find much info about them.
 
Don't have much reason to pull stumps, but I sure have pulled a lot of rocks over the years. Anything that pulls hard can use a little help by chaining up, spinning the wheels down a bit, then shorten the chain. When you break over into the holes you dug you get a lot more force, and lots of times it's enough to get things moving. That looks like a pretty big stump for a B, but if you can wiggle it, try in different directions, you may break it loose.
 
A hundred horse tractor won't pull that stump out.You usually need to dig about 3ft down around the stump and cut the roots.
 
It's an old Homelite Super XL Auto. Sat for years on the shelf, then this year I got a new gas line and tank filter in it and cleaned the carb. She runs strong and really snorts.
 
Yeah...you're B isn't going to touch that stump unless you do some serious digging yet and cut off some of the roots. I have to take a D4 Cat over to Lancaster next week...if you need a hand I'll stop by and make short work of that stump. I'll post my email if you need a hand. Good luck dude!

Billy
 
Yes! I've heard many N owners make unbelievable claims as to the pulling power oph their little tractors. With all those Ns out there, I'm sure we could get enough oph them together and......who knows?
 
Can you dig under one of those roots sufficiently to get the chain around it and pull? Then another, and another, etc.? I did that once with a stubborn box elder stump with nothing more than a log chain like yours and a WD Allis Chalmers. My dad looked on in amazement. It took a lot of hopping on and off the tractor, digging, getting lined up at new angles, etc., but it worked.
 
All I can say is I admire your willingness ,but that looks like a lot of work and some abuse on the littl B. Good backhoe would have trouble with that stump. Amazing what age does for projects like that. I,d move the garden or wait for the stump to rot. Good luck and be carfull.
KEEP that chain tied where you have it.
 
Wish I was there to help you. Beings I'm late in this thread you likely have it out by now. Your drawbar makes me nervous, turn it over. Then, the closer the load is to the tractor the easier it will pull so shorten that chain up. Love that chain saw. Looks like one solid stump so don't hurt the "B".

Do you have ballast in the tires?
 
In looking at you situation again, I think my good phriend, Thurlow, may have the answer. Go over to the N board and see if you can get about 100 or so of those guys out to your place with their little Ns. Get them all hooked up simultaneously and get a picture. This is the stuphph oph Guinness world records!
 
Pulling a stump like that is going to be hard with just a JD "B" to pull with. What I have done for a good many years is burn them out. I have several old tractor rims that will fit around most stumps. I put two deep around the stumps. They just contain the heat to make the fire hotter. I then pile the center with good seasoned wood. Light it and go do something else for a few hours. Then put more seasoned wood on it to keep good hot coals going. Just keep the fire going until it has burnt what you want gone. The hot fire will dry out the stump so it will burn. Most times the fire will follow the bigger roots down in to the ground for several feet.

I was shown this by an older fellow that had cleared a lot of ground with just a team of horses and an axe. It works better than digging them up because you get rid of more roots.
 
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