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Remove Bushes and Stumps the Easy Way With a Farm Jack (AKA Hi-Lift Jack): We recently bought a year old house, and the previous owners loved unruly bushes and trees.
We had quite a few that were touching the roof of the house or spilling over onto the neighbors driveway, so we decided to get rid of the bushes and tr Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins.
Feb 08, Western Canada.
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These show two strategies for using different kinds of vehicle jacks to uproot shrubs or trees, for removal. You can use the same approach with old fence posts that you want to remove (I think the"farm jack" or"jackall" type would nearly always be better for this task).
There's this illustrated article from Handyman. Start by digging around the base of the shrub and cutting all the roots you can get at. Then lay scraps of plywood on each side of the shrub. Set a jack stand or concrete blocks on one side and set up your jack on the other.
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Lay a beam across them and tie the root to the beam with a shrublop.clubted Reading Time: 1 min. Trim and maintain your shrubs in organized shapes or styles. Cut down overgrown or damaged shrubs. Fully remove root systems to prevent rot or new shoots. If you want to give your lawn a new look or keep the landscaping in order, start with your shrubs.
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