i hate ivy!!!

A nasty fence of ivy to clear, roots and all plus a budleia...... Thank goodness for my jakall rail road jack!







The budleiah stump weighed around 50 kilos with 3' long roots!





Wasnt quite anticipating the quantity of waste or id used the pick up and trailer, never mind I improvised to shift it 800 yards to the waste area!!!

All done in two hours.

The jackall and chain is one of the most versatile lifting tools I have, great for winching windblown trees, pulling out gate posts, stumps or anything else. By working around a stump and pulling on individual roots ive pulled out stumps over 2' wide.

 

Nice work Paul. I have some of the large leaf Ivy on my fence and it has a mighty trunk ! To be fair its holding the fence up tidy against the wind:D

I used to do the pole and twisted rope trick on fence posts :wink:

 

Nice work Pro!...I used one a few years back when working at the old rail station to lift sunken tracks out of concrete. Certainly worth their weight:thumb:

Hope you didn't drive over that lovely lawn mate:D

 

Paul, I have looked and looked and looked and there appears to be missing a pic.

 

Pal, no I pulled it across the grass by hand!

Clair..... Youll have use your imagination!!!

 

:luv::luv:I was:luv::luv:

 

Is that lift thing lke the high lift jacks for the Landrovers?

 

Good work. I have a portable winch for stuff like that

 

Wow thats a pretty bad ivy problem I've got a neighbour who has ivy growing along most of the 30 meter length of his garden fence. Its a royal pain in the **** trying to stop it growing over, through and under the fence and taking root in my garden. I want to spray it with roundup but I doubt that would make me very popular.

 

LMR, its the same thing.

 

Ahhh thought it looked familiar. Damn I left mine in my ex's garage when I dumped him :dh:

 

I chuffing well hate ivy too, especially when it's as thick as your wrist up the tree I'm about to ascend. Good idea to use a jack like that. Ever used a tirfor for the same job? :D

 

"Ever used a tirfor for the same job? "

Prior to getting the jackall yes, only trouble is getting an anchor point, no probs in woodland but diificult in a small garden even using screw in ground anchors.

The only thing worse than ivy is kifsgate rose!!!!