How to use mechanical advantage pulling stumps with rope come-along and snatch blocks
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- How to use mechanical advantage pulling stumps with a rope come-along and snatch blocks. If you understand how to make use of the mechanical advantage gained by using snatch blocks you can generate a lot of force with your bare hands. I'm using the Masdaam rope puller to remove this stump and it worked like a champ.
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Maasdam with 100' of rope
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Bare Maasdam without rope
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I have this puller in the truck all the times, last winter we were able to help a truck get back on a mountain road in the snow, they were very close to the edge and I couldn't get around to pull them forward so we used a snatch block from a tree when pulling both truck were wanting to go up hill. It worked and is very versatile
Great video! I am in the same situation now, I was going to have my SUV car pull it but that just made me too nervous, so now, after seeing your video, I cancelled my Amazon order and decided to go with human power and the multiple snatch blocks. I bought a 100ft of Double Braid Polyester Arborist Bull Rope and snap shot at 6:34 really helped! That is what I needed to feel confident that I had what I needed. I'll provide feedback on how it goes. Thank you for this video!
Thank you for the post-explanation! I’ve been down this rabbit hole for hours and I think I finally have a little grasp on how it works. Appreciate you, sir!
Appreciate the lay out at end
Wrong spot to put the blanket. If the things breaks and actually flies, it'll just go under the blanket. Having a bit of rope between blanket and snatch blocks allows the blanket to fall and the snatch blocks will go above the blanket so the blanket is captured by the system and can then dissipate the energy of the snatch blocks.
Nice demonstration. I plan to try this someday soon. By the way, were any gentle earthworm creatures bruised? I am guessing you went slow to give them time to borrow away.
Do you worry about the countless microbes you kill when you walk over them every day? Or the poor innocent bacteria you kill when you wash your hands? You monster!
I'm in pretty much the same situation as you. I've been trying to get an old overgrown bush stump out of the ground for a little while now. I came across your video and just finished purchasing pretty much the same equipment as you. It looks confusing at first but after watching your video a few times I think I got it down. With any luck I'll give it a shot this weekend and I'll report back after. As of now, I've subscribed and I look forward to watching some more of your videos!
how'd it go?
@acatinatux9601 Ugh it was much more of a headache then I thought. I ended up buying more snatch blocks. (In the end I think I had a total of 6 or 7). I started making progress, pulling and then going back and cutting the roots that kept exposing themselves. By this time it was getting dark out (I should have started earlier) and I didn't notice the excess rope getting caught up in the come along which brought everything to a halt. I still haven't been able to free the rope but with the progress I made we were able to eventually dig and cut the rest of the roots and eventually get it out. Thanks for asking though!
@7.02 - very true!!!! this is most helpful! will be referring to this video for my first attempt. thank you.
I think you'd get a more powerful pull if you took advantage of the leverage acquired by hooking to the top of the stump rather than the base. Thanks.
It would be much more likely to break the stump.
Very informative. I was wondering if you have info on the snatch blocks you used? Thanks for the upload
for added strength, make a loop out of the chain on the tree and tie off to the loop then you have 2 chains supporting you. Otherwise its just the one chain. I broke mine doing it your way.
Very good video, thank you for sharing
I didn't see the link to tackle box
Greetings,
Next time try leaving your stump slightly higher...I recommend about 6 ft...another advantage. BTW....my block and tackle is on order.
Thanks for the video.
Chief Ken Bauer, USAF (Ret)
Adam, very helpful. I’ve pulled a couple stump the hard way! Want to try snatch blocks. I destroyed my last steel cable comalong. Curious about your come along and rope. Is it specifically made for rope? Just thinking of future uses and if I should try rope or steel cable. Either way I have to get more length so deciding between rope or steel. I honestly never thought rope would be strong enough.
Check the description for a link to what I used. You can do more research from there but I believe that rope is rated for something like 7 or 8000 pounds. It’s pretty strong stuff.
It's so much easier to pull the tree over before you cut it down.
Good vid Adam - appreciate the extra info of why you were doing that rigging. I'm thinking of getting this puller - did you have any issues of rope slippage during use? I've learned some ppl have unexpected slip & it can jeopardize the pull (because the load can re-set itself). Also, do you have any thoughts on the Maasdam strap puller - is rope better than a strap? Thanks again!
I’ve never experienced any rope slippage. I wonder if the people who have reported that we’re using it with something other than a 3 strand rope. It will work with 12 strand but is designed for 3 strand. No experience with a strap puller but I would think rope will be much easier to deal with than a long strap. It’s a handy tool with lots of uses.
@@adamj8293 Thanks Adam for the quick response - ok, did you buy the Maasdam puller kit (with designated lengths of rope included), or did you use the bare puller with a 3 strand rope you already had? Curious because Maasdam seems to want their rope pullers to use a very specific 3 strand & grade of high performance Dacron/polyester rope. If you bought the kit (A20, A50, A100), do you recommend a certain rope length over the others?
Your stump is like 4 feet tall, you could have made it easier if you attached your chain about 3ft high to get leverage, your rope is so low to the ground is it like you are trying to plow it out of the ground. As far as being weary of the chain slipping, you could have notched the higher point and wrapped your chains in the notched so it wouldn't slip.
This is a simple system. In a compound system, 8:1 MA can be achieved using 3 blocks.
If grannie had wheels, she would be a truck
@@billhenry7833 Well, if grannie had wheels, maybe I’d take her for a ride. I’m quite fond of her generation, actually.
Not much of a stump. An axe could get that out in a couple of minutes.
Ever seen where they use a tire on the end to give it upwards lift? A quick Google search might be informational.
Why did you put the blankets on the rope?
In case the rope snaps (or any other part of that end of the setup) it will dissipate the kinetic energy and hopefully protect the operator of the winch.
@@double0newb thanks
I think the blankets should have been put more near the middle vs near the tree. If there is a failure near the snatch blocks, the rope will retract and could slip out from under the blanket, repositioning the blanket farther away from the stump could weigh on the loose flying lines better IMO but I've never been in that position, so it is just my theory.