Use the mechanical advantage of a powered winch and pulleys to remove/pull stumps.
Equipment used:
Homemade winch/auto/tree mount, 3/8” thick steel material
12000 lb. Off-Road Vehicle Badland Electric Winch #61889, Sold by: Harbor Freight, $299.99
Keeper 04629 25' x 2" Ratchet Tie-Down with J-Hooks, 4 Pack, Sold by: Amazon.com LLC, $53.85
Rugged Ridge 11235.06 7/8" Black D-Shackles - Pair, Sold by: Amazon.com LLC, $30.99
Smittybilt 2748 Snatch Block - 36,000 lbs. Rating, Sold by: Amazon.com LLC, $89.99
4 of 3", 8' Tree Saver, Winch Strap 30,000 LB Capacity, Sold by: TGL-Global, $14.25
I was unsure how well this would work so I started pulling stumps without the roller fairlead and I was unsure how well this would work so I started pulling stumps without the roller fairlead and brackets installed. On the first pull I used two trees or stumps as the anchor and two pulleys to pull one medium sized stump. The two pulleys provides three times pulling force at the stump to be removed. This worked so well, for the next medium sized stump I used only one pulley which still provided two times the pulling force at the stump to be removed. The roller fairlead was installed later and does a great job guiding the cable.
