Removing bushes with a farm jack

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The DIY tripod farm jack works very well on bushes, shrubs, small trees, etc. Be careful to wear a safety helmet, eye protection and gloves. The equipment can shift and there is a lot of potential energy stored ready to conk your head. Some farm jacks are better quality than others.

[@DerMoelly]

OMG, you Americans make a HUGE show out of everything... all that's missing is the melee suit! Despite everything, the idea of how you did the construction is brilliant! Happy Easter and greetings from Germany!

[@DrBDIY]

Guten Tag, Frohe Ostern. Unfortunately were we live, the roots of these small pushes dig deep into the limestone searching for water. They are a pain to dig out.

[@ElPePe10300]

The helmet did the job

[@JonnyDIY]

Nice job! Thats a whole lotta bushes! 😳 loved the safety getup too. Neighbors must've been like wth going on? 😂 I know I've got that same look plenty of times 😆👍

[@DrBDIY]

You got that right!

[@01splitpea]

Great job, lads! You just taught me something new!

[@DrBDIY]

Glad to hear it! Safety first.

[@RickCuellar]

I just used this technique getting dead bushes out and wow, it WORKS!

[@DrBDIY]

Great!

[@chelseagarrett7142]

Thank you for the awesome video...im headed to HD to pick ip some 2x4 to make these support legs. Great job wearing the safety gear. Ive seen first hand how dangerous thes farm jacks can be. little to no time to react when it slips. Dead bushes, here I come :)

[@DrBDIY]

Good for you. If there isn't rain, you can drench the roots as it will make them loose and easier to raise. Safety first !

[@euartista]

Great job

[@DrBDIY]

Thanks! Safety first.

[@chrisandberitingermany7341]

Hi nice video, may I recommend putting some sort of "wide feet" or you wood stand for more support so that they dont sink in the ground. regards from Christian in Gemany

[@DrBDIY]

Thanks for the comments. You make a good point for some geographies. I didn't need wide feet for two reasons. The first was that most of the pressure is still forcing down on the jack. The legs are for balance mostly. The more important reason, and the reason I didn't use a shovels, is that our ground is full of stone. We have pieces from 5 inches to 5 feet. Digging is a hard chore that we try to avoid without a machine. The legs have no possibility of digging into the ground.

[@01splitpea]

Brilliant! Which do you suppose the sturdiest farm jacks are? Job well done!

[@DrBDIY]

I would just recommend NOT getting a jack where the round jacking handle is flattened at the bottom and welded into a mechanism in the base. If the round handle bends, there is not way to fix the jack outside of cutting and re-welding. See this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWLTlmuthcl_r5o

[@wittttttt]

What's the other technique you mentioned at 15:20? Did you make a video on them? They look like they can be easily pulled with the farm jack. Have you tried?

[@DrBDIY]

I ended up cutting them at the ground with a chain saw. The other technique is to wrap a chain around the base, have the chain come upwards, and over the top of a car tire. Then pull the chain with a car. The tire will make the force upward. I did non't have a video but you can search for others.

[@haoxy]

The branches above are like this

[@ravallejo1987]

How long of a chain do you use?

[@DrBDIY]

Three feet is enough, but maybe longer depending on the diameter of the bush/shrub base. You can wrap extra chain.

[@ammer1010]

Great video thanks. the jacks are designed that way to bend the handle just before the weight tolerance limit to prevent explosion

[@DrBDIY]

Yeah, I hear you. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWLTlmuthcl_r5o The jack was rated 7000 lbs. I wasn't close on a small bush. It bent.

[@dannykrinkle4726]

You should consider wearing safety equipment when using tools 😆

[@DrBDIY]

Ha ha, good one. Better safe than sorry!

[@MrKenstar2]

Why

[@GrrrRu]

Tearing off the branches from the roots) yet the result is good.

[@DrBDIY]

The tap root and top of the plant come up, so it cannot grow any longer. The remaining roots decompose in the soil.

[@colincanhelp]

Thee safety gear is sooooo overboard.

[@DrBDIY]

Maybe. I have seen several of these jacks slip and schwack people in the head or face. Too much pressure close to the body.