People often refer to big trucks as "stump pullers"
My stupid question:

Can you really pull an old stump out with a truck?
I've got 4 stumps (pine tree) on my property from the ice storm, what's the best / safest way to hook up to them and yank them out? Is this possible?
I've still got my brothers PSD here, and I'd use that

If this really is possible, and not some urban myth, then I'll give it a try and take pictures and stuff.

Thanks
Habibi

 

 

Habibi

I think that "Stump Pulling" is just a descriptve term for a large amount of torque but that's not to say it couldn't be done with a truck.
Obviously, it's going to depend on how well rooted the stumps are and the amount of traction you can get.

I think using the bro's PSD is the way to go.
Personally, I don't think my 4.6 could pull a greasy stick out of a dead dogs bum but give it a go anyway.

 

As a side note to all folks who have chimed in regarding Star Trek "science". It's a TV show, they made stuff up, it isn't real. Whew. I feel better now. I have attached what could possibly be the best "200 words or less with math anyone with a $2.95 calculator can do" explaination:
You probably have the idea that if you are standing in a bus moving at speed u, and you walk forward at speed v, your total forward speed w is expressed by the straightforward sum u + v. Alas, this is a cruel illusion.

In reality, what we might call "addition of velocities" is governed by the awe-inspiring equation

w = (u + v)/(1 + uv/c^2)

where c^2 is the speed of light squared. (This may give you pause next time you hike to the can on a Greyhound.)

At so-called Newtonian (i.e., slow) speeds, the term uv/c^2 is pretty close to 0, and the equation reduces down to the familiar w = u + v.

However, if we are traveling at, say, 0.9c (nine-tenths the speed of light), and we shoot a bullet forward also at 0.9c, we discover via the above formula that the slug does not attain an overall speed of 1.8c (i.e., more than the speed of light), but rather a modest

(0.9c + 0.9c)/(1 + [0.9]^2) = 0.994c

(roughly).

Does this mean the bullet just dribbles out of the gun like a freaking gumdrop, for Chrissake? Not at all--to you, the space traveler, everything looks normal.

However, a stationary observer would note that you were suffering from the unique effects of the Fitzgerald contraction--which is to say, (1) time would slow down for you (although you wouldn't realize it), and (2) you and your spaceship would get compressed like an accordion along your axis of travel.

Anyway, if you ponder this matter awhile, you will inevitably come to the following conclusion: the faster you go, the slower you go. Ergo, the speed of light cannot be exceeded.

 

Oh wow... I read that and now I have a headache. Whew....

Where's that ALEVE?


RP

 

It's possible, but don't bother. Most trees are tougher than you think. Often a tree vs car accident results in a totaled car and a mildly scarred tree. Pulling a stump is easier said than done for various reasons, not the least of which is the fact that tree is "designed" to resist forces (wind) from pulling it out of the ground. Add to that that the root system can withstand 50mph+ winds over hundreds of square feet of sail area (leaves/branches/etc) extended along a lever (trunk) which would increase the total force. Unless you have a very large truck or a very small stump my advice to you is this:
The only thing you should hook to the back of your truck for stump removal is a trailer-mounted stump grinder from the local rental joint.

 

Thanks for answering the stump puller thing, I had a gut feeling it wasnt the best idea, but wanted to hear it for sure. I'll rent the stump grinder one day.

Now, Star Trek always talks about light years, I always thought 1 Light year = 10 trillion kilometers, am I right? I could do a search on google, but I won't. I'll wait for someone to answer.

Regards
Habibi

 

One light-year,
the distance light travels in one year, equals 5,879,000,000,000 miles ...

Since I don’t know metric you’ll have to calculate that one out your self, especially since your so damn lazy to look it up on the web…

 

9,500,000,000,000 kilometers = 1 light-year

 

Habibi:

Short answer is NO

 

Don't know what it means.
Is it some kind of expression.
Most be a popular word, see it a lot in threads lately.
I have never seen it in 1999-2001 or maybe I didn't pay much attention to it.

Can someone explain it to me.

Thanks

 

Owned- being dominated, embarrassed, put into ones place, or surprised in an awkward or painful way.

 

in regards to stump pulling.

depends on what your are pulling out.

i have pulled out cedar stumps from trees that had trunk that were about 6-8 inches in diameter. the root base was topical, and spread out wide. dont think i would do the same with an oak as i think those roots curve out a little, then dive straight down.

might sound silly, but i have also pulled out roots on some bigger shrubs. (like some pretty big rhodedendrums and others).

dont know why, but i just thought of monty python & the holy grail. (bring us a shrubbery)

4wd low, and a frame mounted trailer hitch, does come in handy.

rented a honda powered stump grinder once (fit in the bed) and that machine was amazing. had to remove a huge ash stump, and this thing went through it like a hot knife through butter.