Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Bought a chain today

20' long with links made from 3/8" diameter steel. Heavy hooks on both ends. Me and that 8N have an appointment with that big ugly ass bush growing in the back yard.

Better watch it, that bush may whip that 8Ns ass!!!!!!

I hope you are using a draw bar.

If you are pulling off the hitch arms, keep them low.

Lost a great uncle to a stump. The log he was pulling hit it, the tractor flipped.

Pulling things from the ground can get sporty.

A 1/4” chain is plenty for an 8N

This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you're not already very knowledgeable about pulling heavy stuff with a tractor, please study up on it. I lost a very good friend who decided to skid logs with his tractor. He was a very smart guy, a fellow toolmaker, but he made one fatal mistake with his tractor in the woods.

Be careful not to flip that tractor over backwards.

That’s what pickup trucks are for. I’ve pulled out a veritable triple canopy jungle with my truck. Trees, rhododendrons and everything else has come out like buttah.

That chain by itself is a big load for that 8n. Save yourself and your tractor a lot of unnecessary anguish and don't try to pull a stump. Trust me on this.

Kinda what I was thinking.

More chain than tractor...

DF

A good 4WD pickup will pull more than that 8N.

DF

Yeah,..I'm using a drawbar,....and a 1/4" would probably be enough. But I don't like the idea of a link breaking and the chain popping me in the back of the head.

Bush is about 2/3rds gone. Time for a break.

Be cautious of the airbags,

Maybe so. But a decent 4WD pickup would cost about 5X what I paid for the 8N,...before you started making insurance payments on it and figuring in depreciation.

I can pull more by myself than that 8N tractor.


Be careful, stumps have hurt many a man.

Gotcha.

Figured you may already have a 4x4 P/U...

8N's are good tractors, but they tend to jump more than lug when hooked onto something like that root.

And, those saying to be careful so it doesn't tip over on you, that's another issue. Been more than one guy bought the farm doing such as that.

DF

Killed their fair share too.

I never figured on trying to pull tree stumps with an 8N. It's going to pull honeysuckle bushes, some old clothesline poles,..and the big fun will be when I hook it up to that old chicken coup out back.

People make the mistake of pulling sideways instead of up on brush. An old landscaper trick is to get a car or truck tire rim, place it next to the base of the bush and put the chain over the rim to pull up. Otherwise you are pulling against the ground with no leverage.

You won’t have any problems with them. 3/8 chain will be more than sufficient unless it’s chinese.

that sounds like a good trick. a round out of a tree might work too.