Brush Grubber

[ToBeFree]

Yes, works best with two people. Wife is usually on the hook up end. Much prefers chain and pipe over graber. Better yet is the Danuser Intimdator which is one person puller. Clamp, drive forward to pull up, stack, repeat, grab pile and haul off.

Careful with the forks. Scrapyard I frequent has a regular supply of bent forks. Clamp on bucket forks made from rounded rectangle tubing are the best way I’ve found to dig sweet potatoes without damaging.

Thanks I'll be aware of the stress on them. Not sure how thick they are but I have a chain attached to two hooks welded on either side of the fork frame so not putting force on the forks themselves. I may use them to dig into the soil to help loosen more stubborn ones or just turn it around and use the BH. Dang that 'Danuser Intimdator' looks like a great tool. One of the boys I know just purchased a Cat skid loader I wonder if I can talk him into getting one of those also?

 

[alpha&omega]

I have one of the barbed chain styleView attachment 3094631 It works great! However, as others have posted, it is labor intensive - every pull requires an off-tractor set up. But it is effective! Only put a clevis in your towbar off the back of the tractor and chain to that. OP had mentioned drawbar and, if by that the bar across between the3pt hitch arms, that will not likely withstand the pull forces.

And related to that statement, if anyone has use for a drawbar shaped like a shallow letter C, let me know!

I second this idea. Just make sure whomever is hooking it up reads the instructions carefully, otherwise it will slip instead of biting down on the object.

 

[jigs_n_fixtures]

I have one of the barbed chain styleView attachment 3094631 It works great! However, as others have posted, it is labor intensive - every pull requires an off-tractor set up. But it is effective! Only put a clevis in your towbar off the back of the tractor and chain to that. OP had mentioned drawbar and, if by that the bar across between the3pt hitch arms, that will not likely withstand the pull forces.

And related to that statement, if anyone has use for a drawbar shaped like a shallow letter C, let me know!

I use that chain setup, with a "timber skidder" sort of like this on the 3-point. I took this idea for an inexpensive but too spindly version I found on Amazon and the local farm/ranch supply stores and made a beefier version out of 5/16 wall 2X3 rectangular tubing I had left over from a bumper project.

I'm pulling sagebrush, so there is no way the pallet clamp style works. Sage brush is just too stringy of a wood for the clamp style to get a grip.