This is amazing! I just ordered an Extractigator Classic to deal with invasive Scotch Broom on my property. I'd never heard of this before and it was invented and made less than 40 km from where I live! I look forward to playing Saruman and ripping those blasted shrubs out by their roots!!
I see moving around to different positions loosens the many roots instead of tearing out the stem a few inches below the ground. I will try your method where many wild trees roots all combine to have a matt all intertwined. Thanks for sharing.
Been thinking about making something similar. Similar use at least (pulling up stuff with the roots), the function I had in mind was quite different though. I guess time will tell if my idea will even work... :) Thanks for more inspiration!
In conservation efforts people that use these pullers never accomplish much. Too heavy, too slow and rips up the soil. Good tool if you actually have to remove roots but rarely the case except in garden beds. Loppers or chainsaw depending on size cut to ground treat stump. I can cover more ground in an hour than 4 people working 2 hours using a puller, facts
I have done exactly the same before as you suggest. In fact, I am quite an experienced forest worker myself and I think I understand what you mean. Yes, it's fine to be complacent and think you've done an effective job with the chainsaw or brush cutter. Yes, you completely forget that small trees and shrubs have half of their growth underground. You can't see that with the naked eye. Then it just happens that something new grows from the roots when you are away. After all, you don't stand around and watch it happen. There will also be new ones from seeds and then there will just be more and more of them. Fine enough if you like to use chainsaws and scrubbers. An effective pee in the pants strategy. You can also pull up trees and bushes by root. Then you don't have to cut down the same trees and bushes again and again, while more and more of them come. It is your own free choice. I have tried both during my life as a forest worker and have no doubts about which strategy I choose. It's a free world.
@@LegrejLeforlivet nonsense. Might be some resprout, very little. if any though if properly treated. I've monitored large areas for 10 years and what you claim is rare almost non existent. No "forestry worker" uses these tools on large scale projects, not a single one. Thing is a novelty like goats and unless you need to pull the roots which often you don't they are ineffective on serious efforts. Completely ineffective and overly physical. so much so I refuse to work with people that insist on using them. For a homeowner they might be of value for a variety of reasons. But you want to kill a large amount of trees and cover a large area they are garbage. Fortunately for you most people are ignorant and will use them on conservation sites
Well…. I tried the cutting and treating with Garlon. Works great but two of my dogs got cancer. The vet thinks the stump killers could be a contributing factor. I chose to go with mechanical removal over the chemicals. I use my tractor with a puller when I can and use the puller like this for tough to reach places. To each his own. Will I use chemicals? Sure but not as much as I was. Having 80 acres of buckthorn is a huge chore. You need everything out there….chainsaws, loppers, chemicals, pullers…
4:50 that wonderful, crunchy sound of the roots tearing out!
This is amazing! I just ordered an Extractigator Classic to deal with invasive Scotch Broom on my property. I'd never heard of this before and it was invented and made less than 40 km from where I live! I look forward to playing Saruman and ripping those blasted shrubs out by their roots!!
I see moving around to different positions loosens the many roots instead of tearing out the stem a few inches below the ground. I will try your method where many wild trees roots all combine to have a matt all intertwined. Thanks for sharing.
I purchased a classic in November of last year and love it!
This did a lot more to sell me on it than the official website's videos!
Thank you for the comment.
I´ve used Extractigators for a lot of years. Everytime it´s with a smile and this "I love it"-feeling.
Been thinking about making something similar.
Similar use at least (pulling up stuff with the roots), the function I had in mind was quite different though.
I guess time will tell if my idea will even work... :)
Thanks for more inspiration!
Great video! Thanks
How do purchase in US?
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In conservation efforts people that use these pullers never accomplish much. Too heavy, too slow and rips up the soil. Good tool if you actually have to remove roots but rarely the case except in garden beds. Loppers or chainsaw depending on size cut to ground treat stump. I can cover more ground in an hour than 4 people working 2 hours using a puller, facts
I have done exactly the same before as you suggest. In fact, I am quite an experienced forest worker myself and I think I understand what you mean. Yes, it's fine to be complacent and think you've done an effective job with the chainsaw or brush cutter. Yes, you completely forget that small trees and shrubs have half of their growth underground. You can't see that with the naked eye.
Then it just happens that something new grows from the roots when you are away. After all, you don't stand around and watch it happen. There will also be new ones from seeds and then there will just be more and more of them. Fine enough if you like to use chainsaws and scrubbers. An effective pee in the pants strategy.
You can also pull up trees and bushes by root. Then you don't have to cut down the same trees and bushes again and again, while more and more of them come.
It is your own free choice.
I have tried both during my life as a forest worker and have no doubts about which strategy I choose. It's a free world.
@@LegrejLeforlivet nonsense. Might be some resprout, very little. if any though if properly treated. I've monitored large areas for 10 years and what you claim is rare almost non existent. No "forestry worker" uses these tools on large scale projects, not a single one. Thing is a novelty like goats and unless you need to pull the roots which often you don't they are ineffective on serious efforts. Completely ineffective and overly physical. so much so I refuse to work with people that insist on using them.
For a homeowner they might be of value for a variety of reasons. But you want to kill a large amount of trees and cover a large area they are garbage. Fortunately for you most people are ignorant and will use them on conservation sites
Well…. I tried the cutting and treating with Garlon. Works great but two of my dogs got cancer. The vet thinks the stump killers could be a contributing factor.
I chose to go with mechanical removal over the chemicals. I use my tractor with a puller when I can and use the puller like this for tough to reach places.
To each his own. Will I use chemicals? Sure but not as much as I was. Having 80 acres of buckthorn is a huge chore. You need everything out there….chainsaws, loppers, chemicals, pullers…
@@MNSkeetFamily vet thinks... maybe but very unlikely that is the cause unless you bath them in it