01Set.JPG
854 hits | 135.92 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
After Greg left work, we met at his house just to check out the area for the big pull on Thursday. ...

02Tight.JPG
685 hits | 128.13 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
Greg wanted to see what would happen if I put a strain on the cable, so I put the front bumper again...

03Tight.JPG
641 hits | 131.77 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
This is how the tree looked when we started. It came down in a storm about 6 years ago, so it has b...

04Strain.JPG
648 hits | 137.36 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
With the winch fully stalled on the 3rd layer, there's about 8600 lbf of pull.

05Lift.JPG
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We were both surprised that it had lifted the entire ~30-foot tree trunk nearly a foot off the groun...

06Cable.JPG
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Greg wrapped the cable over the end, then around, and it dug in pretty deep.

06Dig.JPG
601 hits | 121.21 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
Greg wrapped the cable over the end, then around, and it dug in pretty deep.

06Embed.JPG
613 hits | 117.73 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
Greg wrapped the cable over the end, then around, and it dug in pretty deep.

07Saw.JPG
648 hits | 120.85 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
With tension still on the cable, we decided to see if the chain saw would run. Eventually we learne...

08Sawed.JPG
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The log bit down on the saw bar, so I had to cut it out with my axe, and I accidentally hit the end ...

09Stump.JPG
626 hits | 134.05 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
With the trunk cut, it was surprisingly easy to winch the stump up.

09Stumped.JPG
653 hits | 138.62 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
With the trunk cut, it was surprisingly easy to winch the stump up.

09Stumps.JPG
659 hits | 130.1 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
Greg wanted to stand the stump up, but I wanted video during daylight, and I wasn't sure about winch...

09Stumpy.JPG
641 hits | 120.73 KB | Posted: 10/8/13
Greg wanted to stand the stump up, but I wanted video during daylight, and I wasn't sure about winch...

10Set.JPG
599 hits | 146.06 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
This is about the direction I want to pull from, but there's a small tree in the way that Greg hasn'...

11Sprite.JPG
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I plan to pull it over the other way, ripping out whatever's left of its roots, then drag it up the ...

11Spritf.JPG
623 hits | 162.31 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
A lot of this was temporarily just a few inches off the ground last night when I stalled the winch. ...

11Spritg.JPG
604 hits | 155.86 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
A lot of this was temporarily just a few inches off the ground last night when I stalled the winch. ...

11Sprith.JPG
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A lot of this was temporarily just a few inches off the ground last night when I stalled the winch. ...

11Spriti.JPG
635 hits | 144.83 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
This view is from the top of the entry road.

The Sprite can is there for scale.

11Spritj.JPG
626 hits | 140.79 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
This is the view from the first bridge we built. My Bronco is out-of-frame Left.

The Sprite can ...

12Stump.JPG
590 hits | 149.52 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
The stump might have slid downhill a few inches as it fell, so it should be possible to rip it out.

12Stumq.JPG
602 hits | 145.47 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
The root ball is still holding a lot of dirt, which is helping counterbalance the stumps.

12Stumr.JPG
625 hits | 144.18 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
The bottom of the root pit is about level with the creek bed, so Greg wants to make this the first b...

12Stums.JPG
633 hits | 133.18 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
The bottom of the root pit is about level with the creek bed, so Greg wants to make this the first b...

13Befor.JPG
613 hits | 125.51 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
I plan to pull it over this way, ripping out whatever's left of its roots, then drag it up the creek...

13Before.JPG
638 hits | 130.72 KB | Posted: 10/9/13
I plan to pull it over this way, ripping out whatever's left of its roots, then drag it up the creek...

Stump01.MOV
666 hits | 5.86 MB | Posted: 10/10/13
Hey, turn around you DA!

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14Flopped.JPG
750 hits | 174.94 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
It didn't take anything at all to make the stump flop over to the other side of the creek. We proba...

14Greg.JPG
655 hits | 170.24 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Greg, mugging for the camera!

Stump02.MOV
650 hits | 5.74 MB | Posted: 10/10/13
No joy on the 2nd pull.

14Lined.JPG
666 hits | 137.92 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Once I got set, it wouldn't budge at all, probably because I was already on the 3rd layer of cable o...

14Lines.JPG
647 hits | 150.65 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
To make it roll, Greg hooked up his 12K winch to a high point on the stump, and we put a half wrap a...

Stump11.MOV
654 hits | 5.48 MB | Posted: 10/12/13
We couldn't drag it straight up from the creek like I had imagined, so we set up to roll it out side...

Stump12.MOV
647 hits | 5.55 MB | Posted: 10/12/13
When the roots hit the bridge, the winches load up. Greg only has 1 Optima and no factory dash voltm...

14Looped.JPG
623 hits | 161.69 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
With the 2nd 12K winch attached, it really started moving.

14Looping.JPG
609 hits | 171.35 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
The first roll was fairly easy, but when the root ball hit the Bronco frame bridge, it took a lot to...

14Loops.JPG
621 hits | 165.79 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
The first roll was fairly easy, but when the root ball hit the Bronco frame bridge, it took a lot to...

14Mbed.JPG
762 hits | 161.79 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Both cables are really digging into the tree, even past the rotten bark.

Stump13.MOV
634 hits | 5.63 MB | Posted: 10/12/13
My truck is off-axis, so my winch isn't wrapping straight onto the drum. And on this layer, it's wra...

14Mid.JPG
610 hits | 161.1 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
I'm guessing this is around 6 tons of wet logs & dirt, but I have no way to really judge it.

14Middle.JPG
569 hits | 163.84 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
We had to stop to reset Greg's cable to keep the stump rolling, and to let my winch's power wire coo...

14Midway.JPG
613 hits | 163.47 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
After a few more cycles of re-wrapping my cable & letting the wires cool, we could see we were makin...

Stump14.MOV
651 hits | 5.53 MB | Posted: 10/12/13
Eventually, we got everything set for a good pull, and rolled the stump up fully onto the creek bank...

14Stay.JPG
884 hits | 146.92 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
At full stall, the bumper almost seemed to wrap around this tree. But the bumper didn't bend at all...

Stump15.MOV
704 hits | 5.59 MB | Posted: 10/12/13
Finally, it flopped over. We spent the next half hour pulling it a couple feet farther, and then ge...

14Teter.JPG
674 hits | 159.42 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
It took a lot to get it rolled up this high - I thought we were gonna have to stop again to let my w...

14Timber.JPG
619 hits | 161.17 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
When the winches suddenly sped up & the cables unloaded, we knew it was coming over.

[url=http://...

14Toppled.JPG
667 hits | 158.77 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
And it came down with a dull crunch.

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14Wasteland.JPG
647 hits | 159.94 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
It looks like something out of a Jurassic Park movie.

14Y.JPG
694 hits | 151.23 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
Ultimately, we pulled it a few more feet past here, just to keep the weight off his septic drain lin...

14Z.JPG
650 hits | 149.55 KB | Posted: 10/10/13
The last job was to remove my winch cable from the stump, which was easier said than done. I had exp...

McFadden01.MOV
713 hits | 5.11 MB | Posted: 9/29/14
To inspect some property we're considering buying, I got permission to blaze a trail yesterday. I m...

McFadden02.MOV
717 hits | 5.08 MB | Posted: 9/29/14
To inspect some property we're considering buying, I got permission to blaze a trail yesterday. I m...

McFadden03.MOV
610 hits | 4.88 MB | Posted: 9/29/14
To inspect some property we're considering buying, I got permission to blaze a trail yesterday. I m...

McFadden04.MOV
691 hits | 5.13 MB | Posted: 9/29/14
To inspect some property we're considering buying, I got permission to blaze a trail yesterday. I m...

93-30Haul.JPG
710 hits | 168.36 KB | Posted: 10/27/14
This was a light load. The grille guard will carry MUCH more weight.

(It also makes a reasonably...

93-30Tree1a.JPG
603 hits | 178.29 KB | Posted: 10/27/14
This dead tree was near a trail I was blazing, so I pushed it over.

It (or one of the others I knoc...

93-30Tree1b.JPG
704 hits | 183.52 KB | Posted: 10/27/14
This dead tree was near a trail I was blazing, so I pushed it over.

It (or one of the others I knoc...

93-30Tree2a.JPG
685 hits | 166.62 KB | Posted: 10/27/14
This dead tree took a few good hits to get all the way to the ground.

It (or one of the others I kn...

93-30Tree2b.JPG
626 hits | 174.9 KB | Posted: 10/27/14
This dead tree took a few good hits to get all the way to the ground.

It (or one of the others I kn...

93-30Tree2d.JPG
655 hits | 176.96 KB | Posted: 10/27/14
This dead tree took a few good hits to get all the way to the ground.

It (or one of the others I kn...

93-30Tree2e.JPG
721 hits | 171.92 KB | Posted: 10/27/14
This dead tree took a few good hits to get all the way to the ground.

It (or one of the others I kn...

Timber.jpg
936 hits | 158.55 KB | Posted: 12/1/14
This live tree is where I want to put a driveway, and it overhangs the road, so I didn't want to cha...

Stump02.JPG
805 hits | 167.25 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
The 12K electric winch alone couldn't rip this out last week, so I'm putting 3 tons of Bronco into t...

Stump03.JPG
630 hits | 155.24 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
I'm starting at the top of this little hill & backing down to snatch the tree out. But it's still f...

Stump05.JPG
649 hits | 157.53 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
The soft ground is a few inches deep, but it's pretty solid below that.

Stump06.JPG
605 hits | 167.77 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
The fulcrum of logs under the base is working - the root ball is much higher now than when I started...

Stump08.JPG
705 hits | 166.85 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
Even though I'm getting cross-axled on this crest, the truck is heavy enough to keep the suspension ...

Stump09.JPG
882 hits | 162.61 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
I expected the ground to be softer & slicker than this, but I didn't have much trouble driving up & ...

Stump13.JPG
625 hits | 170.62 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
There's still one big root down there hanging on, but I finally pulled it far enough up to expose & ...

Stump14.JPG
601 hits | 110.61 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
Jerking on that tree caused some cargo shifting...

Eventually, the seat even flopped back.

Stump16.JPG
713 hits | 163.28 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
Eventually, I won the fight.

Stump17.JPG
670 hits | 129.73 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
It came up over the hill pretty easily, despite the slimy ground.

Stump18.JPG
721 hits | 173.65 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
The ruts kept the logs from rolling too far away.

The little Husqy 435 has been doing GREAT.

Stump20.JPG
642 hits | 138.97 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
One stump closer to putting a driveway here...

Stump21.JPG
752 hits | 162.43 KB | Posted: 12/10/14
I pulled the stump all the way to the back of the property into the burn pile. I plan to leave it o...

BrushGuard2a.jpg
922 hits | 152.84 KB | Posted: 12/12/14
I decided it was time to really load it up. These 2 loads were heavy. The 3rd (near dark) was so m...

BrushGuard7.JPG
925 hits | 152.98 KB | Posted: 12/14/14
It just won't bend!


...and nothing fell off as I drove through the woods, up & down hills, & over ...

BrushGuard4.jpg
1468 hits | 158.07 KB | Posted: 1/6/15
I don't know what I'm gonna have to do to bend this thing...





...but I'll keep trying! ;-)

Topple13.JPG
919 hits | 169.17 KB | Posted: 2/6/15
This is 43' of a 45' tree.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkGIG9uRdTs

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Stump02b.JPG
763 hits | 137.94 KB | Posted: 10/21/15
I got tired of steering around this stump, so I decided to get rid of it.

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Stump02cH.mp4
967 hits | 65.93 MB | Posted: 10/27/15
Stump removal with a Bronco.

IDK why the audio is unsynchronized.

It may be necessary to click Pla...

Stump02c.JPG
1068 hits | 152.65 KB | Posted: 10/21/15
After a few gentle taps, it got the message.

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Stump02.jpg
259 hits | 71.79 KB | Posted: 11/22/20
The completed bumper has stood up better than I expected. Even knocking a 20" stump out of the ...

Bumper83s.jpg
311 hits | 113.18 KB | Posted: 11/22/20
The completed bumper has stood up better than I expected. It's strong enough for a double-line pull ...

ShopStump02.jpg
372 hits | 142.6 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
The stump in the distance (far side of the white driveway, Right of the brick stack) died a couple o...

ShopStump06.jpg
289 hits | 152.31 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
This is either 1/2" or 5/8" (if that exists) aircraft cable, and I've used it before as an...

ShopStump03.jpg
294 hits | 96.9 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
The way I set up the anchor line left me exactly what I need on the winch for the maximum pulling fo...

ShopStump05.jpg
269 hits | 142.49 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
With 2 lines, I get nearly double the force at half the speed. So I should get up to ~24K lbf on th...

ShopStump11.jpg
259 hits | 155.49 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
After tightening up the cable, I checked the anchor, and it had cut into the rotting stump about an ...

ShopStump13.jpg
260 hits | 109.48 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
Even though the winch is at full-stall, it doesn't even look like there's any tension on it. It's n...

ShopStump14.jpg
244 hits | 141.14 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
After stalling the winch a few more times, and several violent pops & shakes, the cable is embedded ...

ShopStump15.jpg
263 hits | 141.89 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
It's still ignoring me...

ShopStump16.jpg
269 hits | 89.36 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
I started to worry that the hook might rip the center bar out, or slip out of the cable eye, but eve...

ShopStump23.jpg
299 hits | 83.06 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
At about 2K RPM, I'm getting all the alternator can give, but stalling the winch still pulls the bat...

ShopStump26.jpg
314 hits | 96.59 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
I don't think NASA lasers are this straight. And this shows why tree straps are required on live tr...

ShopStump28.jpg
277 hits | 145.41 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
It's still just smirking...

ShopStump33.jpg
306 hits | 143.71 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
I got sick of it NOT moving, so I sharpened up one of my digging bars and started working around the...

ShopStump38.jpg
288 hits | 142.03 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
THAT got its attention - now it's leaning noticeably, and the dirt is rising behind it.

ShopStump42.jpg
363 hits | 136.39 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
At this point, it's creaking & popping each time I bump the winch, but it's still at full stall (aro...

ShopStump52.jpg
333 hits | 123.66 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
I found a couple more heavy roots as they came up, and cut them. That really relieved the cable ten...

ShopStump55.jpg
345 hits | 104.63 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
It's moving much faster now; so much that I have to stop frequently to check the cable wrap and knoc...

ShopStump64.jpg
334 hits | 86.45 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
Game over - there's hardly any tension on the cable now.

ShopStump74.jpg
338 hits | 80.27 KB | Posted: 2/3/19
I'll leave it here tonight, and probably try to wash some of the dirt back into the hole before ripp...

ShopStump83.jpg
304 hits | 151.74 KB | Posted: 2/4/19
There are a few more big roots preventing me from pulling this out of the hole, and I can't cut them...

ShopStump87.jpg
331 hits | 138.78 KB | Posted: 2/4/19
The weight of the dirt pulled it back upright, so I put some of the log sections under the stump to ...

ShopStump89.jpg
369 hits | 134.83 KB | Posted: 2/4/19
The stack is nearly gone, but it lifted the root ball enough to break the last few big ones and drag...

LoadUn.jpg
249 hits | 64.03 KB | Posted: 9/7/22
It's easier to unload the grill guard than to load it.