I will say that doing most of those things has probably tweeked my tractor.

Jun 29, Using a truck to fell a tree is absolutely the best method to drop one on a dime. The trick is to get a pull with the truck then set the breaks. Have your groundies get on the rope after you have the pull with the truck. Your notch is critical. I have had huge tops. Mar 30, As the two began cutting the tree, the tree snapped and fell directly onto the Kubota. The impact knocked the man unconscious and pinned him in the seat of his tractor. The tractor rolled 30 feet backwards down Payne Drive.

The man was rescued and regained consciousness before he was transported to the hospital with multiple traumatic treenotch.barted Reading Time: 30 secs. Jul 07, Tree removal with a tractor. A grove of jack pines suffering from winter kill created the opportunity to thin out the dead trees and knock them treenotch.bart. Oct 03, Raising a bucket and pushing on limbs or tree trunks applies elevated forces that readily overturn almost any farm tractor.

Review Fact Sheet E 34, Tractor Overturn Hazards, for a full explanation of the principles regarding tractor overturn hazards. Dragging and Pulling. Not all tree cutting activity takes place deep in the treenotch.barted Reading Time: 9 mins. Apr 04, Larger excavators (most recommend 18k lbs for a land clearing project) can be used like a dozer, and the boom can be used to push trees down away from you.

Excavators can also be equipped with mulchers, grinders, and grapple buckets to take care of a variety of treenotch.bar Feb 14, also wrt pushing trees over oi know of one guy that was killed using the tractor to try to push over a tree, tree came down the wrong way nd flipped him charlie barrett February 28, common sense is your best tool, use it often.

It is easy to dump objects and material back on yourself and the tractor if you are curled ALL the way back and raise to MAX height so be mindful of bucket position when lifting high.

if you are in doubt about what you. Some are 4" diameter. It's such a feeling of victory!! I almost gave myself a heart attack last summer before the chain sawing and using pruners. The tractor makes it so easy--and FUN! First I push them about feet above ground level, them dig under. Keep repeating till the tree gives up the ghost. This is a strong little tractor. Sep 16, 2, Posts. #7 Sep 16, On my old 40 Utility I tried a 16" 2-bottom plow once.

Just once. I may as well have chained the tractor to a tree.:laugh: I removed one of the bottoms and as a 16" 1-bottom I could still get it stuck on occasion.

The 40U was close to pounds, had R1 ag tires, and was a good bit longer than a r. On September 26,a year-old male part-time logger died while trying to push over a dead tree with a tractor when he was knocked off the tractor and pinned under the rear tire. The Wisconsin FACE field investigator learned of the incident through the newspaper on September 28,