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[2manyrocks]

can you give the dimensions of this pipe? I asked a friend if he can get this pipe fabricated for me(as I have the necessary chains and hooks). he asked for more pictures, not quite sure why. I had given him the picture from your post. Maybe the dimensions would help him.
I found a scrap piece of thick-wall pvc, cut an opening out of it with a sawzall and will try that.

PVC will shatter into sharp pieces and won't dig into the saplings like a piece of metal pipe. The metal pipe needs to be big enough for the size of chain and chain hooks you will be using.

 

[nancyk]

"PVC will shatter into sharp pieces". If it does, so be it. I could not find what I really wanted. Looking at the pvc contraption, I doubted if it would function as desired.

 

[BnRidge]

I have both, pipe/chain and a tree puller. On steep slopes I can attach the pipe to 30ft of chain to get at and remove invasive brush. It's labor intensive, on and off the tractor, one bush/tree at a time. But we have 1000s of trees and invasive bushes, mostly in and around fences, lot lines, rocks and larger trees. The puller can grab ahold of situations in an effective and productive way. Here, it's earned it's keep.
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[hornett22]

The advantages of the hydraulic tree puller seem to be that you don't have to get off the tractor, you can push and pull the tree, and then you can more easily move the tree once its uprooted. The $4,500 price tag vs $50 for a chain and pipe seems pretty steep.

Your psi numbers are similar to those stated in a Messick's video on youtube warning about psi spikes when using a grapple. The Messick's video said some grapples come with a check valve to limit pressure, but I've yet to figure out how to incorporate some kind of overpressure protection for the MTL grapple I bought. So it's still sitting on the pallet, unused, and I have yet to install any kind of third function kit, either.

Is there some way of adding overpressure protection when installing a third function kit?

I've been using my MTL grapple for hundreds of hours with ZERO issues. Overusing it many times with a Mahindra 1626.

I think you'll be fine.

 

[2manyrocks]

I'm showing about 80+ hours on my L2501 most using an MTL grapple. No problems so far. I couldn't have done as much work as has been done without the L2501/grapple setup. I was advised on TBN to get the HST transmission, and that was the smartest choice I could have made for my situation involving so much grapple work.

There is still a place for the simple pipe and chain method, however, when it comes to pulling out small saplings.

 

[nancyk]

pipe and chain method- as my pvc pipe will fall apart on its first use, can someone tell me: can the pipe be aluminum, will that hold up? shortest length pipe could be? Thanks.

 

[2manyrocks]

Aluminum is soft metal and will tear after a while. Would be better to find about a foot of regular metal pipe with a diameter sufficiently large for you to pass your chain hook through. A scrap yard should have something that would be cheap or look for a cutoff at a welding or machine shop or maybe a plumber.

 

[nancyk]

got it made. my hayman stopped by this morning and between his sawzall and my grinder, we did it. will try it out in a few days.

 

[Smokeydog]

got it made. my hayman stopped by this morning and between his sawzall and my grinder, we did it. will try it out in a few days.

Simple devise makes short work of pulling the small stuff. Imagine a piece of square tubing would work as well and might be easier to cut a hole for the hook. Not roll away when transporting either.

When I can get my wife to help, we can make a pile pretty fast. She has the choice of tractor or hook up and usually chooses the latter. East Tennessee hills be careful.

 

[4570Man]

Aluminum is soft metal and will tear after a while. Would be better to find about a foot of regular metal pipe with a diameter sufficiently large for you to pass your chain hook through. A scrap yard should have something that would be cheap or look for a cutoff at a welding or machine shop or maybe a plumber.

You can buy short lengths of pipe from hardware stores.