Tree Removal via Jack
Posted: Tue May 15, 2018 8:00 pm
My wife had a tree in one of her flower garden that died. She wanted the tree removed. The tree was about 4"-5" in diameter at the base. I was sure that my Cub wouldn't pull it out and my John Deere B would probably leave a couple of divots in the yard from slippage. Anyway, I got thinking. Back in the old days before earth moving equipment was around, they used to set up tri-pods over stumps that they were clearing for fields and used a block and tackle to pull the stump straight up. If it worked then, why wouldn't it work now?
I took my Hi-Lift jack out to the tree and laid a board under it so it was less likely to sink into the rain softened ground. I wrapped a chain around the trunk as low as I could and looped the other end around the "hook" on the jack and jacked away. It ended up not working too bad and popped it right out of the ground!! I hooked my Cub to it and drug it back to the woods for disposal. Anyway, I thought I'd mention it in case it might help someone else out.
I took my Hi-Lift jack out to the tree and laid a board under it so it was less likely to sink into the rain softened ground. I wrapped a chain around the trunk as low as I could and looped the other end around the "hook" on the jack and jacked away. It ended up not working too bad and popped it right out of the ground!! I hooked my Cub to it and drug it back to the woods for disposal. Anyway, I thought I'd mention it in case it might help someone else out.