Titan Tree Puller

[CincyFlyer]

The Titan Tree and post puller is cheap and fun, and is what prompted me to buy a new FEL valve with a grapple spool. I hooked this up temporarily this morning (using the curl/dump valve, I don't have the new valve mounted yet) just to give it a try. It's loads of fun; I ripped out some roots that were sticking out from a stump excavation, and live honeysuckle is dead meat (and I have about an acre of that stuff!), popping right out of the gournd. It's a bit more trouble on a "real" tree, requiring some rocking back and forth, but everything I touched with it ended up in a brush pile. I even moved a couple of logs with it. It will be more usable when I can tilt the thing at right angles to the ground.
I have some t-posts and rebar sticking out of the ground, I imagine this will make short work out of that.
It does come with what I consider very long hoses; and the hoses for my new valve take into account the shortest hoses I've measured for any skid-steer-mounted attachment, so I'll need to figure out a routing to keep them out of harm's way.
Very solidly built, about seven hundred bucks when it's on sale (which was two weeks after I bought it, of course!)

 

[Goose69]

Yup..
I bought one when it was on sale, mainly for clearing saplings out of fences. It works great for the $$

 

[Steave]

I've had the same one you have for a few years now and it's a big part of my arsenal for fighting the woods back from fields and farm roads. I did manage to break the hydraulic fitting off the cylinder and had to take it apart and weld a new fitting on. I broke it off again and had a real welder to TIG a new fitting on. The cylinder took so much abuse it finally gave out and had to be replaced. This wasn't the tools fault as its seen heavy use on 3 larger jobs of several acres cleared with my Skid Steer. When you work in woods you can't even see through tools always take a beating.

It has held up well and like Goose69 said it really shines around fence lines. I've enjoyed working err... playing with mine.

 

[CincyFlyer]

I've enjoyed working err... playing with mine.

I will admit I was dreading pulling hundreds of honeysuckle plants, but now I'm looking forward to it! POP!! Die, honeysuckle, die!!

 

[Steave]

I found a picture showing the steel plate I attached to the cylinder to help protect the fittings against limbs.
So far it's protecting them. You can see in the picture I attached it using U bolts made from 1/2" all thread.
I'm trying to think up another way to build another guard that don't actually attach to the cylinder but to the body of the puller. I have something in mind and if I build it I'll post a picture.

 

[CincyFlyer]

Yeah, that cylinder is right out in the open, and the fittings appear a bit spindly. Perhaps I'll rig something up (I'm thinking overlapping angle iron or half pipe that attach at the cylinder eyes.)

 

[Steave]

That has been an option I was thinking about but I'm leaning toward a few pieces of steel somehow welded to the bottom frame 3x3 with just enough clearance for the cylinder to retract ? I'm still in the thinking process so I'm dangerous right now.

 

[Aquamoose]

This is next on my list... what size is you Mahindra? I have 35hp Branson with a 1,500 lbs FEL capacity. Will it do fine?

 

[Notforhire]

This is next on my list... what size is you Mahindra? I have 35hp Branson with a 1,500 lbs FEL capacity. Will it do fine?

I was thinking about how much lift capacity is needed too.
My tractor is 55HP and will lift around 2800 lbs. I didn't think that it would be adequate, but in this post there are machines smaller than mine.
What is required so that a tree puller isn't a waste of time and money.

 

[whirly]

How much ballast do you have on the back?