You should have just got a rolling start, I can't imagine you having to get on it that much to pull the shrub out. You could have just yanked it out.

 

i agree that strap was definetly not long enough

 

I still did a 20' rolling start... but trying to control the torque is really hard and it still messed up the lawn. But I wouldn't be dumb enough to pull on a taught line. I always do a rolling start... that's another reason I got a really long strap. It also saves the clutch by a lot because by the time 20' is up, my foot is off the clutch and just on the gas. But I don't think my 30' was long enough... but the amount of room I had to work with was small.

I might just have a lead foot though.

However, being it was a tad bit small strap... it showed off the truck and it's abilities.

 

What would the cost be on a job like that?

 

30ft Tow Strap from Wal-Mart - $25

Long Bed XL with 5spd and V6 - $17K (possibly a little more with the "Premium Kumhos"!)

Final pic of the killer shrub being pulled off by a little kid on a riding mower - priceless

 

Hey!!! That little kid on the riding mower was me...

Good to know at 21 I still look little...

I love it when I get a case of beer and I'm all shaven and neat, the clerks think I am underage until they run my ID through the machine.

Interesting thread... eh?

 

That appears to the be the work of the "revenge of the shrubs" which generally happens during off road adventures...

 

I have done the same task before, but also pulled some trees, using one of these:

 

I'm with you but I just something like this, a little bigger though and it's got a roof. . No backhoe either, just a mower deck. .

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9G_Rtpewj...38Kubota_3.jpg

PS: John Deere sucks!

 

Those NH skid steers are highly advertised where I live... I was thinking of getting one next year. But kind of pricey unless I was really into landscaping or other outdoor work. But some of the attachable implements are insane! It's either that or a midsize tractor.

 

New Holland skid steers are the best IMO. I have used CAT, Bobcat, Case, and a couple other brands. New Hollands are the best hands down IMO.. Skid steers are so much fun to operate!!

 

If you can drive a zero turn lawn mower, you can hop in a skid steer and get a hold of it in a short time. Go for it! . . or you could always get a mid-sized Kubota. I love mine, I just wish I didn't have that damn John Deere mower deck on the back of it!

 

Hey, there's a bush in the white house, think you could rip him out?

 

nice

 

i thought we only did that kinda **** in texas haha. you need duct tape on your chain to make it officially redneck though