[AT] How about Tractors.

[George Willer]

I was about 10 when we did it with mules and dynamite on the 10 acres of
"newground" during WWII.  It had been logged by the previous owner, so we
only had stumps and brush.  The dynamite was more fun than the mules.  Pop
let me blow a few.  The last 5 hickories were taken out by the next owner
some time in the 70's.

Sorry... no tractor was used.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas O. Mehrkam" <tomehrkam at houston.rr.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:31 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] How about Tractors.


> Dad and I cleared 25 acres with a Farmall H and a log chain. I was
> 15. He would hook up the chain and I would pull the trees.
>
> We would leave a little slack in the chain. When the tractor came to
> the end of the chain either the tree would come out or the tractor would
> dig a hole. Dad would then take an Axe and cut some roots and the tree
> would come right out.
>
> Gene Dotson wrote:
>
> >     Ralph;
> >     This is how I have been doing most of my clearing. Have so
> > much small growth of about 1 1/2 inches that the blade just
> > pushes over and the roots are still there attached to the tree
> > that is now laying flat on the ground. Then you have to get
> > below ground lavel and take a lot of dirt to get the tree.
> >     By pulling them out, I get most of the roots and does not
> > leave the ground so rough. The fence rows I won't even bother
> > to level with the dozer. They are smooth enough to plow and
> > what I can't work with the plow and disc will still be smooth
> > enough to mow.
> >     Springtime is the best time to pull trees. Just after the
> > ground thaws and the surface gets dry enough for good traction.
> >     Hardest trees to pull out have been the hackberry and
> > hickory. A 4 inch hackberry will make my little dozer set and
> > dig before it comes out with the chain as high as I can reach.
> > They are very tough and springy too.
> >     Apple trees are easy to pull, as are maple and wild cherry.
> >
> >                             Gene
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net>
> > To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:41 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] How about Tractors.
> >
> >
> > : I used to help my Dad pull down some of the bigger trees that
> > the tractor
> > : and blade could not handle. The height makes all the
> > difference. The old
> > : Cancade blade on the 50 would only lift maybe 18 inches off
> > the ground. At
> > : that level, the trees are pretty solid. But hook a chain and
> > long cable on
> > : about ten feet up and that tree would pull out quite easily
> > most of the
> > : time. It was a good method if you only need to move a few
> > trees but I
> > : wouldn't want to take on a whole forest that way.
> > :
> > : Ralph in Sask.
> > : http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/lgoff/latestpage.html
> > :
> > : ----- Original Message -----
> > : From: <pga2 at hot1.net>
> > : To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > : Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:28 AM
> > : Subject: Re: [AT] How about Tractors.
> > :
> > :
> > : > Yep. I remember the phone company pulling over a dead one
> > for us when I
> > : > was a kid, probably 4 or 5. They used a cable hooked to a
> > regular phone
> > : > company pickup with the utility body. No problemo!
> > : >
> > : > Phil
> > : >
> > : > > Mike,
> > : > >
> > : > > I think you'll be amazed how easily an apple tree is to
> > push out.  I
> > : > > know I was.  Just put the blade against them fairly high
> > and SHOVE.  The
> > : > > few roots are shallow and snap easily.
> > : > >
> > : > > George Willer
> > : >
> > : >
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