Thanks so much for your video. I am trying to remove buckthorn from my yard and the grips keep slipping off the stumps. You made it clear how the Brush Grubber should be attached to prevent slipping. 😊
I’ve had my brush grubber for over 16 years now. I absolutely love it. The only complaint I have is that it works so good that you wear yourself out constantly getting on and off of the four wheeler to unhook and re-hook new shrubs.
@@Vermonting like others have mentioned, an old steel wheel does help in some situations. It gives you upward lift to help pull stubborn stumps out. Happy grubbing to you when the snow melts!
We are clearing our last 1/3 acre on our lot. A friend is loaning me his brush grubber. Seeing you pull with an ATV gives me hope we can do this with our 4WD truck. We will be limiting ourselves to 2” maximum sumps. Just brush, shrubs, and some two inch diameter trees. If the trees don’t pull easy they’ll be left for a tractor. No sense damaging our truck. Plan to use the brush grubber, a wool army blanket on the chain near the grubber, and a 25’ 3/8 inch chain. Thanks for the video. Traction dependent we hay have a chance on the 1.5 & 2”ers.
ive seen some using a post with one end on the ground between the tree and the vehicle and the other on a 45 degree angle and the chain over it near the tree . its like a small lifting gantry to lift upwards so not dragging thru the ground . or put the chain over a rim and tyre to do same thing
Thanks for putting the time into this video mate. I've just bought one the same and picking it up from the post office tomorrow. Your land has similar tree and scrub density to my land here in Australia, and I'm looking forward to trying out my grubber. Thanks again.
I bought one earlier this spring. I used a winch to pull. I did have to use a hammer to pound the grab spikes in at times, as they would rip the stump apart.
Got a lot of buckthorn up there in Lyndonville? Im in southern VT and its everywhere. This would be perfect for pulling it. Use a snatch strap and it'll be a lot easier on you and the four wheeler
I wonder if you use it in conjunction with an old car tire if it would work better. Place the tire in front of the stump clamp the grabber on vertically route the chain over the tire (tire standing up) then pull. Now you are pulling straight up and using the tires leverage. Should be easier
After a couple of years, do you think that clamping down low is better or worse than clamping a bit higher, like 16"? A bit of leverage, but still thick? Do you think it works better than a good Dyneema sling wrapped twice or girth hitch?
I have found one with many many bad reviews that say it bends very easily... .. . (Brush Grubber AAB-25 Mini Grubber) looks like the same company. They also have a smaller unit with a handle for pulling by hand and that one looks very good. (Brush Grubber BG-13 Handy Grubber) One gentleman ground the teeth down to nubs and it seems to grab the smaller 1 inch 1/4 inch brush/trees just fine without slipping.... no bending was reported on his one. you can also remove the handle to us like the bigger brothers. I would not get the AAB-25 Mini Grubber even with the very low price. Hope this helps someone.
My guess is the people bending it didn't read the directions and are using it improperly. I've seen people online use it upside down and on trees too big. This will def cause it to bend. I will say I have soft soil so I'm not saying it's impossible not to bend it in harder and rockier soil, but I have had nothing but good experiences with it.
wood chipper would compost down all the trimmings. save up the roots to burn later in winter. a old car tire with some diesel fuel soaked rags will burn down any old wood piles in depths of the winter.
Pretty neat. There's a gent who made a version that I think is just a little bit more effective, and certainly easier to get on the tree. He used a bit of logging chain and a section of large pipe to make a choker which works on the same principle - grabbing the stump firmly so it can be yanked. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gOysRhFYC-Y.html Personally, something that I've found to be very fast and easy, especially when talking about small saplings in soft ground like that, is The Prong or Son of Prong, a pry-bar like tool from down in Australia. I first saw it on Self-Sufficient Me's channel and thought I'd give it a go. The step-fulcrum is what makes the difference, and it's pretty easy to get it under the root mass of the sapling with a single kick. Then it's just a matter of popping it up and out of the ground. It might not work for every sapling, but it'll certainly work for a lot of them, and I think that'd speed up the process a goodly bit.
You got to dig around the stump before you even begin to do a review on it everything needs a little help it's not like you got a bulldozer or a truck back there you got to hook to a little full wheeler you got a good size chain and that thing don't do it again I mean no disrespect it's good that you're out there working and doing stuff take a hammer or a hatchet and dig around it reason why I say hammer hatchet because it's good for the roots you can cuddle them you can pull them you can get under them have fun I enjoy the video working man
