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CaseyCreek 
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 Topic: Pulling Trees with a 185 (There was Vines)
Posted: 03 Feb 2021 at 7:17pm |
So, I have been continuing to clean up my farm when the weather allows. This is the same field I was working in earlier this year when I needed help with my Ford 7700 on this forum (thanks again for the help I received). Anyway, the edge of the fields have to be maintained or the Carolina Cherry Laurels, Sweet gums and evergreen oaks will take over the field before you know what's happening. Oh, and there's a vine or two to contend with.
Nothing broken here, nothing to fix. I see pictures of what you guys are doing and your fields are all clean and huge and and seem to go on forever. I can't really imagine that here. I have to clean around my fields every year. The 185 works great for pulling stuff out of the woods. It's nimble and pulls great for its size. Special shout out to Rick for fixing me up with some good brake parts over the Christmas holiday.
I drove by this tree for years thinking that I would never get to pull that ugly thing out.
From the inside looking out
About to unhook. Everything from the tractor to the end of the green stuff was done in one pull.
After the trees are gone, I still have a good bit of clean up to do, but at least the field won't keep getting smaller every year. I sure won't miss these vines!
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shameless dude
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Posted: 03 Feb 2021 at 7:41pm |
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busy,busy,busy! i have cut some of the thick vines for the firewood pile, and yes...fence lines are a never ending battle if you have a fence or other things that birds like to sit on including other trees. get rid of all that and your work will be easier. that's a nice looking tractor!
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 03 Feb 2021 at 11:08pm |
You need one of my sons tree pullers for the back of your tractor , then can pull them out roots and all by just backing into them . Tell him how good they work Shameless !
this is on a skid steer - but he makes them for 3 point He makes them for loaders also . [TUBE]HppusG59dJM[/TUBE] He tried this style but his doesn't slip and being close to lift arc has more lift power [TUBE]O-FLM98IlSA[/TUBE]
Edited by Coke-in-MN - 03 Feb 2021 at 11:20pm
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"Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful."
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fixer1958
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Posted: 04 Feb 2021 at 6:10am |
I considered one of those. I got a tree shear instead. Both would be good though. I use the shear for cedar trees mostly. Don't use that ground for much. It's all rock about 5" down. More of a neighbor barrier.
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CaseyCreek
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Posted: 04 Feb 2021 at 7:23pm |
 shameless dude wrote:
busy,busy,busy! i have cut some of the thick vines for the firewood pile, and yes...fence lines are a never ending battle if you have a fence or other things that birds like to sit on including other trees. get rid of all that and your work will be easier. that's a nice looking tractor! |
Shameless, those sound like some serious vines! I do like that 185. It runs great and is surprisingly good on fuel.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 05 Feb 2021 at 12:24am |
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alot of them vines are HUGE! and anything that's 1-2 inch thick on up gets used for firewood. i figger it's better to cut that stuff up rather than stand and split big stuff down to little. and Cokes son Galen makes a GREAT tree puller. i think i have his first 3-pt model he made, i have it on my 7010. i have pulled trees up to 8" thick trunk, but it was a dead tree. most trees i yank are 1/2" up to 3-4 inch sizes. i've pulled about 1500 trees with mine with no trouble and looking at it it shoes no wear. not much gets past the clamp of all them teeth. i remember seeing vehicles stopping at the fields edges watching me pull and carry the trees to piles. one tree i carried was between 20-30 ft tall and laid it down on top of the burn pile. i love this thing! i've seen alot of tree pullers on auctions that are bent to chit! and no...i'm not being paid to say this...this tool is VERY well built and performs just as well.
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 05 Feb 2021 at 4:06pm |
Son just made a special one for a solar panel company - it has 2 extra lift cylinders on the frame , so they work with the lift capacity to pull anything out of the ground . So far he has sold 3 of those units , 36" of lift and 4" cylinders on each side of jaws - company wanted something with 15,000 capacity of pull or more He has sold 4 to a fencing company in AZ who do highway fencing for pulling posts to put up new fence and remove trees along fence lines . Most unusual one was 3 he sent to Washington State wine vineyard where unit telescopes out to get under wires to pull dead grape vines from rows with machine parallel to wires
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CaseyCreek
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Posted: 05 Feb 2021 at 9:04pm |
All of that equipment sounds pretty neat, but I will probably just keep cutting and pulling. It's old fashioned and slow, but so am I. I enjoyed seeing that video of the tree puller.
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Ted J
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Posted: 06 Feb 2021 at 9:13pm |
I've had good luck pulling the smaller ones with the chain going over the top of a 16" rim. That way you're pulling the tree straight up instead of laterally across the ground. Trees are built to withstand sideways movement, but not straight up in the air. I've pulled up 8" trees with the WD45 that way. It makes the ole girl snort, but then it's fun at the same time. I've pulled vines too, and one I did a year ago was about 150 yards long before it snapped. THAT made the ole girl REALLY snort. Remember, tie DOWN LOW. You don't want that tractor tipping over backwards on you.
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