01Set.JPG
738 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
574 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
526 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
543 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
544 hits | 126.85 KB | Posted: 10/8/13

We were both surprised that it had lifted the entire ~30-foot tree trunk nearly a foot off the groun...
06Cable.JPG
506 hits | 107.22 KB | Posted: 10/8/13

Greg wrapped the cable over the end, then around, and it dug in pretty deep.
06Dig.JPG
504 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
512 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
532 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
518 hits | 126.6 KB | Posted: 10/8/13

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
530 hits | 134.05 KB | Posted: 10/8/13

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

With the trunk cut, it was surprisingly easy to winch the stump up.
09Stumps.JPG
547 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
525 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
488 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
536 hits | 159.7 KB | Posted: 10/9/13

I plan to pull it over the other way, ripping out whatever's left of its roots, then drag it up the ...
11Spritf.JPG
525 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
502 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
512 hits | 150.88 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. ...
11Spriti.JPG
517 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
515 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
491 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
502 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
515 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
534 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
510 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
533 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
568 hits | 5.86 MB | Posted: 10/10/13

Hey, turn around you DA!

[url=http://www.supermotors.net/vehicles/registry/media/998920][img]http...
14Flopped.JPG
634 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
555 hits | 170.24 KB | Posted: 10/10/13

Greg, mugging for the camera!
Stump02.MOV
555 hits | 5.74 MB | Posted: 10/10/13

No joy on the 2nd pull.
14Lined.JPG
542 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
544 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
554 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
551 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
519 hits | 161.69 KB | Posted: 10/10/13

With the 2nd 12K winch attached, it really started moving.
14Looping.JPG
497 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
509 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
656 hits | 161.79 KB | Posted: 10/10/13

Both cables are really digging into the tree, even past the rotten bark.
Stump13.MOV
535 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
516 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
466 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
509 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
543 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
780 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
601 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
567 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
524 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
570 hits | 158.77 KB | Posted: 10/10/13

And it came down with a dull crunch.

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14Wasteland.JPG
543 hits | 159.94 KB | Posted: 10/10/13

It looks like something out of a Jurassic Park movie.
14Y.JPG
587 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
536 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
606 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
626 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
514 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
591 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
598 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
492 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
595 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
574 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
524 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
555 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
603 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
808 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
689 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
517 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
541 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
500 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
590 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
773 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
519 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
490 hits | 110.61 KB | Posted: 12/10/14

Jerking on that tree caused some cargo shifting...

Eventually, the seat even flopped back.
Stump16.JPG
610 hits | 163.28 KB | Posted: 12/10/14

Eventually, I won the fight.
Stump17.JPG
567 hits | 129.73 KB | Posted: 12/10/14

It came up over the hill pretty easily, despite the slimy ground.
Stump18.JPG
620 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
539 hits | 138.97 KB | Posted: 12/10/14

One stump closer to putting a driveway here...
Stump21.JPG
644 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
813 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
813 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
1354 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
807 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
650 hits | 137.94 KB | Posted: 10/21/15

I got tired of steering around this stump, so I decided to get rid of it.

[url=http://www.supermoto...
Stump02cH.mp4
858 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
935 hits | 152.65 KB | Posted: 10/21/15

After a few gentle taps, it got the message.

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Stump02.jpg
152 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
196 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
248 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
172 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
179 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
166 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
159 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
164 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
152 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
170 hits | 141.89 KB | Posted: 2/3/19

It's still ignoring me...
ShopStump16.jpg
164 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
202 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
202 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
177 hits | 145.41 KB | Posted: 2/3/19

It's still just smirking...
ShopStump33.jpg
200 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
191 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
266 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
221 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
253 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
233 hits | 86.45 KB | Posted: 2/3/19

Game over - there's hardly any tension on the cable now.
ShopStump74.jpg
235 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
216 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
227 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
250 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
137 hits | 64.03 KB | Posted: 9/7/22

It's easier to unload the grill guard than to load it.

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