I for one want to see your car uprooting trees, are they buried in loose sand or something???
I have a few very small trees that I have tried to uproot without digging them out some 1st, used 2 different rwd trucks including my Tacoma with the E-LSD engaged, not even sure that a 4wd would be able to…
Now dragging trees or very large limbs is normal, I am asking about uprooting trees only…
I love seeing someone not afraid to use their vehicle for more than a ride… lol
Use whatcha got!!!
At my first house, I had a medium sized bush next to the garage I wanted to remove. I wrapped a stout chain around the base where all the branches sprouted from and was using my 3/4T 4x4 truck to pull it out. I almost ripped the back end off and the bush remained steadfastly rooted in the ground. After a while, my neighbor that owned a landscape company with large tree moving spades came by to remark- they can be tough to pull out like that…smiling…
You’re using your car to pull down trees? What the ■■■■ man? What do you do with the tree when it’s down? Cut the limbs and throw them in the back seat to take to the dump? Sheesh.
Get real. Buy a pickup.
It might be more financially smart to rent one for the limited times it’s needed. Several places around here rent trucks, even by the hour.
+1
Lowe’s rents 3/4 ton trucks at the rate of $89/4 hours.
Other rental places might be more reasonable.
Yeah, I have a 30 year old Schefflera that was nocked back to its roots by this years freeze. Still debating on attempting to pull it out with my truck.
I looked at my car, no place that I can see for a screw in eye bolt for a tow truck, there is a plastic, underbody cover from the air dam to the lower A arms, I wonder if they would pull it from the rear. Hope I never find out
Point is low profile tires have a function to a certain extent. Less flexible sidewalls for better control. Not for appearance. For on the road cars&trucks there is a point of diminishing returns.
The car has more weight over the drive wheels, and in reverse it is rear wheel drive. And you can see what you’re doing through the windshield. The small trees are then dragged over to a burn pile. Uprooting them prevents them from growing back.
I’m talking about a tree small enough that by just looking at it you would think you could pull it up by hand, like 1’ diameter and 6-7’ tall, was able to pull 2 up with a truck, but one is being stubborn… lol
That is what it was like pulling shrubs out from our home in Ohio. I had to get a running yank with my 5900lb Avalanche in 4 wheel low. The clay locked them in like cement. 
In the sandy soil in Florida, pulling bigger bushes required putting the truck in gear and backing up in 4WD high. They gave up without a fight. I could have pulled them with the Mustang. 
Just a remember that when the transmission in your “tug-about car” starts failing by slipping and not shifting, you should post your “what’s wrong” questions in the “Maintenance/Repairs” category, not the “General Discussion” category…
You know, if your car can’t just tug the tree out and you pull on a tree until it gives, by pushing the throttle just enough to keep constantly tugging on the tree until it gives, you will exceed the towing overcapacity of your automatic transmission and it causes extreme heat, breaking down the transmission fluid and damaging internal components. This leads to burnt fluid, warped clutches, excessive wear, and inevitable premature transmission failure. The engine-driven pump often fails to keep up, leaving internal parts unlubricated.
Finally, the Steck I-Bolt Universal Tow Eye was designed for quick loading onto rollback wreckers. It was Not Designed for Rescue: The I-Bolt is designed for loading disabled vehicles on a flatbed, not for “snatching” or heavy-duty recovery from ditches or mud. Its Pulling Capacity is certified only for a straight pull of up to 1,500 lbs. (Don’t argue with me that your car weighs more… those are the design specs…). And it is designed only for Straight Line Pulling Only: It should only be used for pulling straight ahead; it has minimal strength for side forces and will bend the mounting frame it pulled to the side…
Leave the eye bolt in place. When not in use, place the top part of a plastic champagne flute in it, use as a bud vase.
If you want an old car, buy an old car. Just make sure it is rust free. The only thing my 66 Valiant lacked that I would have wanted is cruise control.
I only pull them if they are already down. Just over near the wood pile, then cut and stack them. It beats cutting them up and having 100 loose pieces to move 100+yards.
Leaving that I-bolt in place would probably fall under the same rules, regulations, and laws that mandated strict pedestrian safety regulations. Starting around the 1960s regulations required hood ornaments to be collapsible or removed to minimize injuries (like impalement) to pedestrians during a collision.
Huh? I never said I wanted an old car.
True, but unless the fine is >$200, nobody is going to enforce it, just like left lane loafer are ignored. On the ticket, bud vase with rose on front of car.
Oh, I agree, there probably would be no enforcement, but the first time a pedestrian is impaled on an I-bolt, you can add four more Zeros to the $200 fine and expect the courts to award that amount.
Not always!
While this particular left lane loafer avoided a ticket, I think it’s fair to say that the NJ State Trooper got his point across. (If you don’t want to hear any obscenities, I suggest that you mute your speaker)
