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Old 05-28-2012, 07:24 AM
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Default pulling shrubs

Want to use my 1250 to pull out some Rose of Sharon. Any suggestions? How much damage could I do with putting slack in the chain and giving it a good wham!?
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i usually use my truck when I pull a shrub , give it a little slack and just put it in R and then it struggles too so i think it won't do much with a 500# GT
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depends on how big they are and how wet the ground around them is

I would use a tow strap over a chain on smaller dia. items the chain will not bite in as well as a strap double wrapped around the base as low as you can get it I would soak the ground 18" around the shrub you are wanting to pull the root system will mostly be in the top 18" of soil so you wouldnt need to soak it that long to get it deep enough


I would think that providing the ground is soft around the shrub and you can get enough traction you should be able to pull out a 1"-maybe as much as 2" rose of sharon
A hard yank has the potential to geek up stuff inside a rear end not saying I havent done it but couldnt feel comfortable suggesting it to anyone knowing that there is a "potential" risk of damage
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I agree with "104" the potential for damage out weights the benefits. I have had very little luck pulling shrubs of any kind. Now I just dig out around them and cut the root ball then they will come out with a little effort.
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not knowing the size of bush but ive had a 12in diameter 6 deep bush that I pulled with chain and my awd Jeep in 4 lo and I wouldnt say it struggled but if you weretrying to jerk anything your going to bend or break it in some way!
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I use a old bumper jack from a 70's car. click click click..... pops um right out
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I use a 3/8" chain and wrap alot of it around the base of what ever I'm trying to pull out, leaving alot of slack in the chain I haven't had anything stop my F350 yet.
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