Weed grubber.

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After reading a post on TBN about the Weed Wrench I had to try making one this weekend. http://www.weedwrench.com/I printed the patent drawings as a guide. http://www.google.com/patents?id=9L4...age&q=&f=falseI added an additional pivot point where the original design seems to use the slop in the slider to compensate for the arc path of the handle pivot. The handle, fixed jaw support, and base are 1x2x1/8" tube. The slider is 1.5 x 1.5 x 3/16  and the slider sleeve is 2 x 2 x 3/16. I gobbed some hard facing on the jaws and ground it sharp to make grippers. The 5/16 SHCS (180,000psi) pivot bolts seem to be holding up in the single shear pivots. I tried one of mild steel and it bent. Oh yeah, it works really good! I was having so much fun with it I gave myself a sore back!  I did make sure and show my 14 year old Matthew how to work it. Now I just need to clean it up and paint it.    Lincoln SA200, HH135, Lencospot, HF80 Inverter, Rockwell 11x35 lathe, HF drill mill, Kama 554 tractor w/ FEL & BH, Belarus 250AS, lot's of Chinese tools
Reply:kinda like a stake puller.HH187Hobart 500i plasma cutterClark 4.5" GrinderDewalt 14" chop saw30 gallom 1.6 hp compressor10 gallon pressure pot sand blasterlots of hand tools
Reply:I can see maybe beefing it up a bit and hooking a chain or cable to the top of the handle and then to a vehicle, lawn & garden tractor, pickup truck, whatever. It is a pretty neat idea.
Reply:Thanks for looking guys, Ken - Yeah, I think it would work as a stake puller but for grubbing it should do a better job of gripping a plant without breaking it off.Trapper,For grubbing with a vehicle/chain the preferred device seems to be a bipod leaning towards the tree with the chain going over the bipod (through a notch at the top) and down to the base of the tree.Lincoln SA200, HH135, Lencospot, HF80 Inverter, Rockwell 11x35 lathe, HF drill mill, Kama 554 tractor w/ FEL & BH, Belarus 250AS, lot's of Chinese tools