Removing bushes with a farm jack

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The DIY tripod farm jack works very well on bushes, shrubs, small trees, etc. Be careful to wear a safety helmet, eye protection and gloves. The equipment can shift and there is a lot of potential energy stored ready to conk your head. Some farm jacks are better quality than others.
WARNING: These jacks are notorious for the little clip slipping and the arm to release with a violet force. I have used three different manufactured products, and they all slip sometimes. When the arm shoots back up, it will do damage or hurt you. I know and have the bruises. Watch your hands, eyes, teeth, etc. Be careful. SAFETY first.

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@dalejuhl8591 22 дня назад

This certainly looks like a fun and interesting way of pulling up shrubs, I just use a shovel the dead ones usually just seem to pop right out for me. My ground is different, really dense clay so root systems typically stay real close. As far as all of the safety gear comments - A little thought and prep will always be better than spending a day in the ER no matter what -

@DrBDIY 21 день назад

Deep roots are tough.

@JonnyDIY 11 месяцев назад

Nice job! Thats a whole lotta bushes! 😳 loved the safety getup too. Neighbors must've been like wth going on? 😂 I know I've got that same look plenty of times 😆👍

@DrBDIY 11 месяцев назад

You got that right!

@rpascua5195 2 месяца назад

This is a funny video. I was looking for a snow mobile for his safety gear. Could have been enough until I saw the part with the helmet!!

@DrBDIY 2 месяца назад

!!! Still have all of my teeth and brains too! Seriously, I had a farm jack implode before and parts went flying under pressure.

@dannykrinkle4726 11 месяцев назад

You should consider wearing safety equipment when using tools 😆

@DrBDIY 11 месяцев назад

Ha ha, good one. Better safe than sorry!

@MrKenstar2 6 месяцев назад

Why

@ElPePe10300 5 месяцев назад

The helmet did the job

@chrisandberitingermany7341 Год назад

Hi nice video, may I recommend putting some sort of "wide feet" or you wood stand for more support so that they dont sink in the ground. regards from Christian in Gemany

@DrBDIY Год назад

Thanks for the comments. You make a good point for some geographies. I didn't need wide feet for two reasons. The first was that most of the pressure is still forcing down on the jack. The legs are for balance mostly. The more important reason, and the reason I didn't use a shovels, is that our ground is full of stone. We have pieces from 5 inches to 5 feet. Digging is a hard chore that we try to avoid without a machine. The legs have no possibility of digging into the ground.

@lkw5699 3 месяца назад

If you had a longer lever like pvc over that handle it would be easier

@chelseagarrett7142 Год назад

Thank you for the awesome video...im headed to HD to pick ip some 2x4 to make these support legs. Great job wearing the safety gear. Ive seen first hand how dangerous thes farm jacks can be. little to no time to react when it slips. Dead bushes, here I come :)

@DrBDIY Год назад

Good for you. If there isn't rain, you can drench the roots as it will make them loose and easier to raise. Safety first !

@DerMoelly 6 месяцев назад

OMG, you Americans make a HUGE show out of everything... all that's missing is the melee suit! Despite everything, the idea of how you did the construction is brilliant! Happy Easter and greetings from Germany!

@DrBDIY 6 месяцев назад

Guten Tag, Frohe Ostern. Unfortunately were we live, the roots of these small pushes dig deep into the limestone searching for water. They are a pain to dig out.

@donkisler3538 Месяц назад

@@DrBDIY I was wonder if this was a joke. no pressure on pulling these out. Very funny.

@wittttttt 6 месяцев назад

What's the other technique you mentioned at 15:20? Did you make a video on them? They look like they can be easily pulled with the farm jack. Have you tried?

@DrBDIY 6 месяцев назад

I ended up cutting them at the ground with a chain saw. The other technique is to wrap a chain around the base, have the chain come upwards, and over the top of a car tire. Then pull the chain with a car. The tire will make the force upward. I did non't have a video but you can search for others.

@ravallejo1987 Год назад

How long of a chain do you use?

@DrBDIY Год назад

Three feet is enough, but maybe longer depending on the diameter of the bush/shrub base. You can wrap extra chain.

@haoxy 6 месяцев назад

The branches above are like this

@RickCuellar 6 месяцев назад

I just used this technique getting dead bushes out and wow, it WORKS!

@DrBDIY 6 месяцев назад

Great!

@01splitpea 6 месяцев назад

Great job, lads! You just taught me something new!

@DrBDIY 6 месяцев назад

Glad to hear it! Safety first.

@euartista Год назад

Great job

@DrBDIY Год назад

Thanks! Safety first.

@01splitpea 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant! Which do you suppose the sturdiest farm jacks are? Job well done!

@DrBDIY 6 месяцев назад

I would just recommend NOT getting a jack where the round jacking handle is flattened at the bottom and welded into a mechanism in the base. If the round handle bends, there is not way to fix the jack outside of cutting and re-welding. See this video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_1pe8wPdLy8.html

@GrrrRu Год назад

Tearing off the branches from the roots) yet the result is good.

@DrBDIY Год назад

The tap root and top of the plant come up, so it cannot grow any longer. The remaining roots decompose in the soil.

@ammer1010 Год назад

Great video thanks. the jacks are designed that way to bend the handle just before the weight tolerance limit to prevent explosion

@DrBDIY Год назад

Yeah, I hear you. See ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_1pe8wPdLy8.html The jack was rated 7000 lbs. I wasn't close on a small bush. It bent.

@colincanhelp Год назад

Thee safety gear is sooooo overboard.

@DrBDIY Год назад

Maybe. I have seen several of these jacks slip and schwack people in the head or face. Too much pressure close to the body.

@michaeldunn3476 9 дней назад

@@DrBDIY You are pulling up an object with the jack not pushing up the object (like a car). There will be no kick back from the handle because that's not how science works.