Pulling tree stumps.

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Dan-IA

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• Jul 9, 2008

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Well this guy is more ambitious than I am. I usually won't pull a stump that big. That tractor is clearly not a hydrostat. And when I pull trees I won't abuse a chain like he does.
Pulling a stump.

 

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RobMD

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• Jul 9, 2008

• #1

I wouldn't want to tear my freakin' yard up just to remove a stump. I'd MUCH rather put a flower pot on top of it and leave it at that!

 

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bc

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• Jul 10, 2008

• #1

Lucky no one was killed when he jerked on that little chain.

 

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tlak

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• Jul 10, 2008

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The wife and dog were in whip zone of that chain. If it breaks it can go ether way.

 

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Beans-OH.

Member

• Jul 10, 2008

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I was lucky this spring when i snapped our chain at the end and not in the middle. Only lost 3 chain links. (Stump was also twice the size of his)

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jul 10, 2008

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Dan I would not abuse my chain or spade either. Poor chain, I usually put my chain in my closet over night. The spade I wont use because I am 6'4" and might break it, always let someone smaller than I am because I dont want to hurt it.

 

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NawlensGator

Member

• Jul 10, 2008

• #1

That guy's a walking death trap. Putting someone in that location with a camera is criminal.

Pulled/removed 7 stumps around my place (thanks Katrina) several weeks ago with a Komatsu PC 120 excavator with thumb. Took about 3 hrs. Was able to dig around, push, and pick them up. Stacked several in a burn pile. Others hauled off in a dump truck. Wonder what that guy plans to do with the stump.

 

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Walt Davies

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• Jul 10, 2008

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I don't know looks like he did everything correct to me he cut all the big roots dug it out all the way around and all he to do was pull it out of the hole. Since he never spun the tires in the loose dirt I would say it was a pretty easy pull. It hard to tell how close she was with the camera as they have pretty good telescopic lens now Mine can go out 1000
Walt

 

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Formerly PaMike

Member

• Jul 10, 2008

• #1

I really dont see anything wrong with it. He did jerk a little much, but not that bad. Since the stump was already loose the jerk wasnt as bad as if the stump was stuck in the ground.
As far as the chain breaking. Chains dont whip when they break. Cables do, but chains dont. I have broken a couple.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jul 10, 2008

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I just slap an worn chain on my chainsaw and cut it right off at ground level so I can mow over it. Then i cross hatch the heck out of what's below that level to speed up the decay. Poor man's stump grinder

 

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NawlensGator

Member

• Jul 10, 2008

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Well that shows what I know. Never broke a chain but know of people decapatated with broke cables offshore.

 

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Formerly PaMike

Member

• Jul 10, 2008

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Yup,I hear cables are nasty. DOnt have any at our place for that reason..

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jul 10, 2008

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I can't seam to open the sight. I wonder what I am doing wrong? Stan

 

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Lesformore

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• Jul 10, 2008

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Hi Stan. Your not doing anything wrong. The problem is your computer. In order to watch a video your computer needs a program such as " Real Player " or " Windows Media Player " to open and run the video. Check the list of programs on your computer and see if anything like those are there. If not, use Google to find them and download. Most are free. If you can't do that, talk to your computor supplier.

 

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bc

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• Jul 10, 2008

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I can think of a few people killed with chains. Last one was a few years ago. 17 yr old kid asked to go help pull his buddy out of the ditch after a night of drinking and mudding and before the cops would show up. Chain broke and went right through the back window of his pickup and in the head. Dead instantly.

Where the problem is with chains is because they have to get a running start to jerk them out of the mud and start them rolling. Back up too far and get too much jerk for the chain and it recoils from being stretched. That is why they recommend using nylon ropes/straps which allow you to jerk someone out.

When I worked in the oilfields, I've broke a few 1" winch cables (usually at the knot). It just drops the trailer/load but all the cable ever did was recoil back into a mass of coils. Nothing life threatening but we did have headache racks on the winch behind the cab. But with a winch truck we also never had to jerk on the cable either.

 

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Bill(Wis)

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• Jul 10, 2008

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We pull out rocks that way all the time except we have more chains wrapped around the rock. Some of the rocks we pull out are as big or bigger than that stump. I've seen chains break but all they do is fall in place. If you're a drunken kid with a pick-up in the middle of the night, all bets are off, but the way I see it that guy did a nice job of stump pulling.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jul 11, 2008

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A long time ago, you used to see old stumps turned on their sides & piled side-by-each into a row to make a stump fence.

Don't see 'em anymore, except in pictures. Anybody out there have a picture they can post?

-- Geo. D.

 

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Anonymous-0

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• Jul 11, 2008

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Chains will recoil, had one do it when a trailer ball broke off.

 

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Brian Jasper co. Ia

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• Jul 11, 2008

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Chains absolutely do whip if they break in the right place. Anybody see the first episode of Ice Road Truckers? Polar Bear Hugh nearly got hit with chain when it broke while he was tying down his load.
I've seen back windows of vehicles broken out by whipping chains and straps.