cars again: why suvs suck - Page 3

hot_pastrami · 10-22-2004, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by wolf

But why does the stump appear to be leaning opposite the direction of pull?

I think that the pictured acivity is actually stump pushing. The strap shown is heavily starched to give it surprising stiffness. The Jeep is backed up slowly, and the stump pops out like a cork.

Whenever I get surprising stiffness, I'm always up for a little stump pushing. Cough.

FloridaDragon · 10-22-2004, 11:17 AM

I wondered if anyone would catch that little fact...

well, the stump in question was kinda well anchored ...as trees usually are. So you pull the stump one direction to break more roots on the other side of the stump, then unhook, go to the other side and pull some more....if I had a HV maybe I could have just pulled it out in one clean pull but not so with my GC.
This pic shows the stump being bent back the way I was pulling...eventually the sucker came out. The tree in question was about a 70 year old pecan tree...sorry to see it go.

FD

Clodfobble · 10-22-2004, 03:11 PM

We pulled out bushes in front of our house like that--with a minivan.

Griff · 10-22-2004, 04:26 PM

Little hint for stump pullers, just wrap the chain or strap around the stump so it twists on the way out, breaking the roots.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-22-2004, 11:19 PM

Looks like interesting wood, FDragon. Lots of color variation.

wolf · 10-23-2004, 12:17 AM

I'm thinking there are probably some really good burls in them thar roots.

FloridaDragon · 10-23-2004, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I'm thinking there are probably some really good burls in them thar roots.

Bet there are ... kinda felt bad not using the wood for something constuctive. Unfortunately no one in the area there that I know is into wood working. Even something as simple as firewood is out as pecan pops and burns poorly. Plus there is lots of oak trees down so plenty of firewood for all.

Here is another shot of the logs we were dragging around.

FD

zippyt · 10-23-2004, 11:29 PM

Now wait just one sec , you were useing a jeep to drag that log around when you had a perfictly good dodge TRUCK sitting there ??????

FloridaDragon · 10-24-2004, 10:07 PM

The truck was too wimpy...my Jeep is better. :p

garnet · 10-25-2004, 12:40 PM

I couldn't get through that entire article. A little dry for my taste. zzzzzzzzz.

Sure, you can drive whatever vehicle you want, and some people need larger vehicles for kids, work, whatever. I just get bugged when I see a solo driver in his 12-mile-per-gallon Lincoln Navigator sucking up gas and driving up prices for the rest of us. And I can't stand how some SUV drivers behave in parking lots. They're driving a 4WD vehicle that was designed to go off road, yet they crawl over speedbumps in grocery story parking lots. Yes you should slow down, but a speedbump does not mean STOP--don't worry, a little speed bump won't damage your $50,000 gas guzzler.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-25-2004, 09:20 PM

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don't worry, a little speed bump won't damage your $50,000 gas guzzler.

Don't be too sure.

FloridaDragon · 11-30-2004, 10:29 PM

spent the thanksgiving holiday in Pensacola and was pulling stumps again.

Need a bigger tow strap...that one was 17,000 lb breaking strength and I broke it.

FloridaDragon · 11-30-2004, 10:31 PM

and finally out of the ground...

wolf · 12-01-2004, 12:16 AM

I take it that the movie theater and the arcade closed down?

10-22-2004, 11:17 AM	#32
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	I wondered if anyone would catch that little fact... well, the stump in question was kinda well anchored ...as trees usually are. So you pull the stump one direction to break more roots on the other side of the stump, then unhook, go to the other side and pull some more....if I had a HV maybe I could have just pulled it out in one clean pull but not so with my GC. This pic shows the stump being bent back the way I was pulling...eventually the sucker came out. The tree in question was about a 70 year old pecan tree...sorry to see it go. FD Attached Images

10-22-2004, 04:26 PM	#34
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Little hint for stump pullers, just wrap the chain or strap around the stump so it twists on the way out, breaking the roots. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-22-2004, 11:19 PM	#35
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looks like interesting wood, FDragon. Lots of color variation. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

10-23-2004, 12:17 AM	#36
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm thinking there are probably some really good burls in them thar roots. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-23-2004, 11:29 PM	#38
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	Now wait just one sec , you were useing a jeep to drag that log around when you had a perfictly good dodge TRUCK sitting there ?????? __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-22-2004, 03:11 PM	#33
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	We pulled out bushes in front of our house like that--with a minivan.

10-24-2004, 10:07 PM	#39
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	The truck was too wimpy...my Jeep is better. :p

10-25-2004, 12:40 PM	#40
garnet ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 657	I couldn't get through that entire article. A little dry for my taste. zzzzzzzzz. Sure, you can drive whatever vehicle you want, and some people need larger vehicles for kids, work, whatever. I just get bugged when I see a solo driver in his 12-mile-per-gallon Lincoln Navigator sucking up gas and driving up prices for the rest of us. And I can't stand how some SUV drivers behave in parking lots. They're driving a 4WD vehicle that was designed to go off road, yet they crawl over speedbumps in grocery story parking lots. Yes you should slow down, but a speedbump does not mean STOP--don't worry, a little speed bump won't damage your $50,000 gas guzzler.

11-30-2004, 10:29 PM	#42
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	spent the thanksgiving holiday in Pensacola and was pulling stumps again. Need a bigger tow strap...that one was 17,000 lb breaking strength and I broke it. Attached Images

11-30-2004, 10:31 PM	#43
FloridaDragon ... Maintaining .... Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: FireAnt Hell Posts: 196	and finally out of the ground... Attached Images

12-01-2004, 12:16 AM	#44
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I take it that the movie theater and the arcade closed down? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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