One of those nagging items on my "honey do" list has been to take out all of the 20 year old landscaping in front of our house. Last Fall I tried to remove the first bush/tree with a 1/2 ton pick-up. I did a nice job of tearing up the lawn and little else.

Well... fast forward to last weekend. I had reserved a Dingo for Saturday morning (for those of you who don't know what they are: Toro | Compact Utility Loaders, Dingo Compact Utility Vehicles) expecting to spend the whole weekend digging everything out. Since I had Friday off, I decided to give that old bush/tree another try with the F350.

After hooking up, I had the truck in 4 Hi and the ELD engaged. I turned on the reverse camera (thanks to the LockPick) and started pulling out the slack. After pulling forward a number of feet I felt absolutely no resistance and figured that the strap had come off. I did though catch a glimpse of something moving in the rear view camera but couldn't tell if it was the strap coming through the shrubs (too bad the camera can't display further).

I got out of the truck and to my surprise I found that I had cleanly pulled the bush/tree out! I continue to pull all of the rest of them out and it was only until I got to the last one that I struggled a bit. The last one required that I went to 4 Lo -- but it did say UNCLE!

After I finished, I called the wife out to have a look and told her the truck is beginning to pay for itself. She was impressed and said only 2 things:

1) Great! You saved $160, what about the rest of the $51,800?
2) You made a nice pile -- now get it down to the recyling center!

 

Nicely done.

 

Nice! I didn't even see "Stump Puller option" on my sticker!!

 

That is great! I have been very please with the ELD when out in the fields or pulling up some muddy steep grades.

 

Shhhhhh. They might tack that on the 2012s.

 

Solid proof that the 6.7 is a Stump Puller!

Wives are funny with their whole 'bringing us back to reality' comments.

I figured my Charming Bride wasn't the only one with that exceptional skill.

 

Where is the hitch for the Plough? I cant fint it on my truck

 

Ha, no kidding. Some ag tires and hydraulics, we'd be doing some crazy stuff.

 

I guess it's not that crazy since way back in the 40s they made a one bottom plow for a ****** Jeep. I've seen one in action a time or two. What it lacks in width it sort of makes up on ground speed, but it is very difficult to do a neat job with.

I would have to think our trucks would probably be good for about a 4 bottom plow! Now you have me thinking since I just happen to have a 4 bottom 16" trailer plow sitting around. I would have to get creative with the hydraulic lift, but it just may be worth a try! I mean the truck only weighs about 1500 lbs less than a suitable tractor to pull that plow and has a little more than a 300 hp advantage.

 

I remember seeing one!

Farm jeep plowing field - YouTube

How about hooking up a mower deck for those of us with the PTO?

 

Oh my! A Jeep that mows too! Jeeps on the Farm #1 - YouTube

 

I like the direction this is going. 720, let us know if you try it, but I know we are just spinning ideas, unrealistic ones.

 

since I am closer than most a hands on inspection would be needed.

 

Scott,

It would be next Spring before we drag the plows out to play, but you are more than welcome to visit. You never know what is going to happen when you combine a bunch of rednecks and some excess horsepower!

 

Let me know if you decide to try the experiment. Easy trip over from Delaware...