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Dick Adams[_2_] Dick Adams[_2_] is offline
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Default How to remove a small tree

DanG wrote:

I really hesitate to suggest this. A chain, a pickup truck,
and a lot of common sense can either pull the whole thing or,
at least, provide enough tension to make digging and axe
work more productive. Without the common sense your results
may differ.


To make it easier, go to the branch line and start
digging around the tree. If the tree does up uproot
immediately which it only does on really small trees,
cut the exposed roots behind the tree, back up, and
give it a jerk.

A slow pull, cut some expsosed root behind the tree,
and give it a jerk has always worked for me.

Before you do it, make sure you have a place to dump
the tree and make sure you have dirt to fill the hole.

Dick