Using a Winch

[jmac]

My local hire shop has 25hp pedestrian grinders, but they are usually blunt as hell. With sharp teeth they would handle the job OK though. Way easier and quicker than tirfor.

[Mick Dempsey]

Bigger is always better.

 

You will regret doing this manually though.

[eddystihl]

Find a horse logger , i do this work in holland with my horses. Heavy but good trained horse of horse can do it

 

 

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[nepia]

Re your horizontal vs vertical pull question - lay a fat log in front of the stump with the rope/strop/chain running over it; that gives lift as you pull.

[sargan]

Find a horse logger , i do this work in holland with my horses. Heavy but good trained horse of horse can do it

 

 

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1hp ..... :-)

 

No option to use horses where this hedge is.

[dan blocker]

Can you not get a one'n'half tonne or bigger tracked mini digger in. leave a 4/5 ft stump, dig out around the base and pull them over, the time to set up a tirfor each time and the handle ratcheting with performance dropping off as you go will require a big effort:boring: Have done several large Leylandi trees and hedges for a developer lately and thats what I do.

[dan blocker]

Just looked at your attached U tube video - what a complete waste of time for a small stump - spade and pick would of done it before he set it all up:thumb down: Don't think you can pull out a 8inch stump like that with a Tirfor unless you dig around it and cut off the main roots - you'll need a supply of shear pins:confused1:

[Mick Dempsey]

Can you not get a one'n'half tonne or bigger tracked mini digger in. leave a 4/5 ft stump, dig out around the base and pull them over, the time to set up a tirfor each time and the handle ratcheting with performance dropping off as you go will require a big effort:boring: Have done several large Leylandi trees and hedges for a developer lately and thats what I do.

 

Good option, still got 80 stumps to dispose of though!

[drinksloe]

A digger would be the best option althou it will leave a bigger mess to tidy up behind it and means u then have to get rid of the stumps themselves.

But then again u'll have the void and stumps to deal with anyway even if hand winching and far easier to tidy site up with the digger there.

If using a digger i'd still leave stumps 3-4ft high so can get bucket over them and still have some decent leverage

 

I've pulled a couple of 3ft dia beeches out with a 3T digger and tirfor, left the tree 20 odd ft high attached tirfor to the top to give me plenty of leverage and just dug away with a small bucket breaking roots and pulling as i went.

 

If u decide to winch them i'd get a 'Chopping pinch' welded up, i've done mine with a 4" brick bolster (also seen them done with a jack hammer chisel blade, but blade to thick for me to get a decent edge on it) welded onto a heavy bar, cut throu some fairly decent sized roots with that before, when it gets blunt just run the buffer over it.

A really handy tool.

Think u can buy timber shanked versions now called a mutt or something

[Darrin Turnbull]

If you pull them out there's the disposal to think of.