Tractor Newbie pulling stumps

   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #21  
If you remove all of the rippers in your BB except for 1 or 2 in the center I don't see any problem at all. All the pulling and ripping force will be centered on your 3ph. The 3ph is designed to rip and pull. If you go slow and easy and and don't buck and jerk the worst that can happen the way I see it is your front end might try to lift which is not harmful just scary. Go around the perimeter first to break the side roots then go after the stump itself. Good luck - that you have already been able to remove some is a good sign. Just my 2 cents.

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There's your answer kirkkw (y)
 
   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #22  
Here's the only ripper I found effective to rip stumps out with. I did try a box blade type thing but it didn't grip right and I thought was hard on the tractor. I felt something would bend or break so stopped using the box blade thing that had the shanks but no blade.

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This is one I rebuilt (thread on TBN) and used behind a bigger tractor. I would come in under the main portion of the stump and just drive forward as slow as I could. The curved portion of the blade would slide under the root and lift up the stump. I did 8" and a little bigger diameters.

This put no strain on the tractor other than what it was intended for. The problem is I had a big holes to fill and lots of stumps with dirt on them. After I filled the holes they kept settling on me and I had to keep filling as that happened. Too much work. But I did rip stumps out PDQ.
 
   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #23  
If something did go wrong, and you damaged the rear end of your tractor, the cost to repair would very painful to the bank account.

Seems better and quicker to just rent a stump grinder, which is actually designed to do the job.
 
   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #24  
The single shank ripper/sub soiler will work quite well as mentioned above. If you are worried about breaking your tractor by working just start hiring every thing out.
 
   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #25  
I did this with my tractor and box blade before getting a backhoe. It worked ok, until I tried one too big and broke a tooth off one of the rippers. But, that’s not the end of the world, easy fix. At work we use a stump grinder, that’s the easiest way…
 
   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #26  
I have 80 acres of open range land. Just bunch grass and pine trees. Every couple years I thin my pine stands. Trees are 1" to 6" on the butt.
Select, cut - chip. No burning - wildfire danger too high.

The few really large stumps scattered here and there on the property - goes with the natural look of open range land. Why spoil a good thing.
 
   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #28  
Restating me original question: Will it damage my tractor hydraulic system by maxing out its lifting capacity using a box blade to pull upward on the stumps?

They have been rotting for the past 5-7 years so the roots still attached are relatively short.

I have pulled a few up already this way, but then began to question whether it is wise.
No, it won’t damage your tractor. The hydraulic relief won’t allow it to damage itself.
 
   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #29  
All my experience is with farm tractors (JD 3020 and JD 4250). Either it will lift or it won't, no harm either way. In my 27 years of farming I probably lifted an implement over a million times (yes, a million, potato growing in Florida requires lots of cultivation.) No power lift ever had a problem, they are made for that.
 
   / Tractor Newbie pulling stumps #30  
Telling on myself here...

I used the fel to pull SMALL stumps thinking that the pressure relief valve would protect my gear...
WRONG!
My bucket now has the dreaded SMILE.

Stupid sometimes is ok
Stubborn sometimes is ok
Stupid and Stubborn together??
Not so much.
 

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