Stump drager

[boggen]

as far as things breaking and whipping back at you and possibly killing you....

a heavy duty blanket placed over chain (the heavier the better) can help reduce amount of swing / whip chain has if it snaps.

if your chain has big enough holes in it. run a rope loosly within the holes through out the chain. and if chain brakes. the rope holes the chain from whipping.

if you have a good size tree nearby, you can add a chain around the other tree and attach a pulley. and use some cable to do things.

regardless of anything you use, chain, cable, rope. it all can and will break and snap and whip back at you at deadly force. been there done that with close calls. i try my best, to drive off straight, and right as the chain, cable, rope gets tight, i try to drive off at a sharp angle. purpose is if it does break and whip. hopefully i will be further off to the side vs directly in the path of the whipping chain, cable, rope.

also do not get a running start and "snap" the chain, cable, rope. high chance what ever you are using will break and whip back at you. just go slow and get things tight.

try to keep your chains, cable, rope. shorter. longer you use, more likely things will break. eerrrrr chain is only good as the weakest link. longer chain is, more likely there is a weaker link. goes for cable and rope as well.

 

[Briana03]

Welcome to TBN

I moved your thread to the Build-It Yourself Forum.

 

[BHD]

not really sure what your after but I saw some stump spades on a search a few days ago, looked like there were for bob cat type loaders,

a short heavy triangle pointed bucket,
some had teeth on the edges of the buckets triangle and heavy flat point on the front that one could cut roots and pry with,

 

[Don87]

Looking for homemade ideas

A Google search turned this up: Chris Drager - College Football

Middle name could be 'stump', and may be large enough.......dunno.











Without proper spelling or more info, it's kinda hard to know what you are looking for.

 

[BHD]

are you looking for a log skidder?

Atv log skidder + choker chain - forestry skidding tree

 

[bcp]

Get an Asian laborer:

Bruce

 

[Huntinguy]

hard to explain, easy to do:

hook to the back side of the stump, run the chain over the top, over a levered post and onto the tractor. Kind of like a front foot judo throw.

I lifted out some 2000 lb stumps with a 1300 lb tractor that way. Roots were cut first.