BX trophy post

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I thought I would start a thread for people to post pictures of their biggest trophy or accomplishment with their BX tractor. I have seen many great pictures over the last year and thought we could put them on the same thread. I will start with my biggest trophy. It was a Douglas Fir stump that was 62 inches in diameter where the tree was cut off. It took many hours with the BX, but me and her prevailed in the end. I hope to see all of the other accomplishments of the other BX tractors out there. Here aree the pics My Trophy Stump

 

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Wow - that looks like landing a Tuna with a fly-rod. Is the stump larger than the tractor?

I may have one soon - I just helped a neighbor pull a stump out today. As you may or may not know we are loaded with rock in the soil around here. Well we pulled a monster today - and to make it worse it had rooted around an old long since buried stone foundation. It's roots were all wrapped around our local favorite stone - granite. It was so heavy my 4310 wouldn't pull it all the way out of the hole - it ended up taking his NH and my Deere to get it out. I doubt the pics will be as dramatic as yours - but the dead weight was staggering. Hopefully they will email me the pics they took.

Great pics - thanks for posting them.

 

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Steve M,
Yea, the stump was bigger than the tractor. I couldn't pull it out of the hole with my truck and tractor together. I made a ramp to see if that would help, but it didn't. I ended up using a winch, truck and tractor pulling in different directions to pull the stump apart. I used the leverage of the backhoe bucket between roots to get some cracks started, and then pulled and pulled and pulled. It finally busted in three, but the peices were still to big for just the tractor to pull out of the hole. I used the truck and then when they were out I used the tractor to push them to the burn pile. The pictures don't reflect it, but the hole in the ground was over 4 foot deep and about twenty feet across. It sure was fun though. Hope to see your pics soon