Found a New Use for the YJ

[Karl]

We found a new use for my son's YJ today. We have had some evergreen bushes on the side of our house that I have hated for 16 years. I gave up trimming them a couple of years ago and my wife finally said they were too overgrown and had to come out. :clapping:

These bushes have 6-8" trunks and stand a good six feet high. We hooked up the YJ with 12' of 5/16th chain and gave a tug. All we ended up doing is digging four ruts (Ox lockers work well). :naw: Out came the chainsaw to trim away the limbs. We dug out some of the roots and gave another tug. It came out reluctantly but it did come out. I timmed the bushes and my neighbor helped hook up for the next one. My son decided that he did not like to dig so he gave a snatch or three and out it came. Well, this worked fine for about 15 of the bugggers. :beerchug: We then found the weakest link during one snatch when the link holding a hook let go. :bopeyed: I put the hook back on and we finished up the last five.:beerchug:

My neighbor asked if "we had built that thing to pull stumps?" No but it did a great job. Two days of hard labor done in one afternoon.

The YJ is set up with a tired 4.2L, TFI ignition, MC 2100 carb, AX-15 tranny, Posi-lock, 2" lift (I think) BFG 33" MTs, 4.10 gears, Super 35 rear, and dual Ox lockers. We used a 4WD receiver hitch with a receiver hook and brand new chain & hooks.

[Al Johnson]

That's pretty funny, as I was doing the exact same thing for some bushes in my son's back yard! Didn't even require 4WD to do it, RWD was just fine. His bushes were smaller, though.

Jeeps as agricultural implements is not new, but they work just fine for it!

:D

Al

[GPER]

I have always used my Warn 8274 on bushes and it helps to soak the ground around the bush first. The old winch is getting tired and needs a rebuild.:jammin: :jammin: :jammin:

[richmond88yj]

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[kar298]

i did the same thing at my parents house with 2 big shrubs just hooked up a strap and backed up worked very well

[Jimbob]

Gotta love inline 6 grunt for stump pullin!

[JPChick]

its not just the 6s, my 4banger does wonders! Hey, all jeeps do what you want as long as you know how to treat them well...

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[LeadFoot]

I'd be wary of using chains for sudden pulling. They are extremely strong when not yanked on. Thats how they snap. I broke one chain that way and having it go past my head by about 2 feet made me never do that again.:bangnerd:

[Karl]

-=- originally posted by LeadFoot -=-
I'd be wary of using chains for sudden pulling. They are extremely strong when not yanked on. Thats how they snap. I broke one chain that way and having it go past my head by about 2 feet made me never do that again.:bangnerd:

We had it choked down so that the chain was only about 6' long so that it couldn't fly too far. My son only let the chain slaken a couple of inches. When the link broke the chain only flailed about a foot. We did pull one stump out in pieces. The first pull caused the main trunk to break off and hit the tailgate. We then dug down and wraped the chain around the roots and it came out easily

I don't like using a winch because cable can really fly a long way. We thought about using a strap but that can store a lot of kinetic energy.

[acejeeper]

Grew up on a dairy farm, neighboring farmer regularly towed his hay baler with a jeep.

[coolhand]

About 16 yrs ago I would regularly pull trees and stumps out/down with my Dad's "58. 95 HP, 5:56's and 33's is all the power you need.:brows:

[myndphuct]

after hurricane isabel I used my little 2.5 yj with 4.10's and 31's to pull 600-800 pound chunks of tree trunk up out of a 6 foot deep ravine. no prob at all, didn't even spin my tires on grass. :) jeeps rock.

[mudonmybigjeep]

-=- originally posted by myndphuct -=-
after hurricane isabel I used my little 2.5 yj with 4.10's and 31's to pull 600-800 pound chunks of tree trunk up out of a 6 foot deep ravine. no prob at all, didn't even spin my tires on grass. :) jeeps rock.

doubt it.

[speed_buggy]

We pulled 6 agaves out once, with my dad’s land rover. We tried the Warn on them first, but it didn’t have the grip, the rover just slid. So we pulled and tugged.

FYI within 4 years every axle shaft we had in that day ended up snapping. After the first 2 of the 4 snapped, we took the rest out and they had a twist in the spline. We left them in till they broke, Rover parts were not cheep in the 80s. but they are easy to change.

In retrospect, the long term wear and tear that we put on the rover was not worth it.

[ryates]

We had a great time pulling bushes with my 2.5L YJ (33" tires) until I my U-joint on the driver's side axle snapped in two places - guess that locker worked a little too well.

-Rob Y.

[sstaurus]

To avoid flying stuff when ropes/chains break, it's best to cover it with a blanket (or something similar) and open up your hood when backing up (so as not to impale the driver).

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.