Push The Little Root Balls...And Make 'Em Come Up

As previously mentioned, we were pulling root balls this weekend at the property. These were no ordinary roots. These were the ones that we had walked by several times before and attempted self inflicted hernias on trying to pull out by hand. These things called for machinery…like a Jeep. We love ourselves some overkill!! Seriously though…in some cases I was afraid we were going to pull up molten lava and journey our way to the center of the earth. In case you were wondering what this process looks like (and even if you didn’t) I’m going to show you.

First you have to locate a root. Not a problem:
Then you must find a creative way to wrap a chain around the root, so as to actually pull the root out…as opposed to skinning it:Then you attached the other end of the chain to the Jeep:Slap that puppy into reverse and away you go… That’s how it goes in a perfect world, or if you are Wolf… Hi Wolf…
In my world, (because, yes, I actually got to drive the big Jeep!!) I skinned more than I pulled. Eh…you win some, you loose some. But I was so proud when I pulled my first one:
It weighed 10lbs 5ozs and looked to be about 3 feet long. I thought about knitting up a little hat for it.

Moving on… This was how our day progressed. Search for roots, attach chain…hope for the best and pull. Now that we have the bigger stuff out…we can FINALLY have them come in with the disc plow and get this party started.

Watch out…I may be getting the hang of this…