Brush Grubber with Fiberglass Ironclad Handle - Model# BG-03
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Sagebrush marvel!
I live at 9,000 feet and have 5 acres of aspen, pine and spruce trees plus 35 acres of sagebrush. I am removing the sage brush up to 100 feet from our home for fire protection. The Brush Grubber #BG-03 is well designed and constructed. It was almost completely assembled upon arrival, only requiring the fastening of three bolts and nuts. I had removed thousands of sage brush with the Brush Grubber HD and my tractor but it was a lot of work. The BG-03 can handle almost 3" diameter sage brush stems and I removed hundreds more in just three hours, much faster than with the tractor. It works so well, I plan to use nothing else for this job in the future. It works as described, I have not had difficulty with the grip pads slipping, and am delighted with this product. I am 78 years old and had no trouble using the Brush Grubber.
September 22, 2012
Grubber issues
To begin with - I enjoy assemblying newly received products such as this - but NOT when there are missing parts. Once I found my own hardware to make up for those missing - I was able to figure out how everything went together. [I suppose if I had the time - I could have returned the item or requested the missing parts - but I needed the tool to do the work - NOW]
The "trigger" mechanism is OK but since in the released position it will fall to the bottom of the handle away from the operator, I had to make a stop so that one person could effectiely use the tool. All of that done - I went to pull sumac trees. Not very deep rooted - I used to use a pick and shovel - but now thought that I had the right tool for this job. Well NOT so! The "GRUBBER" jaws would not bite into the wood so the bark that was held slipped right off the tree. Three tries and I finally hooked into a root / joint and pulled out the tree. Second tree - same problems only now the cable for the "trigger" pulled out - or broke off at the handle end where it was crimped. So now the "GUBBER" is back in my shop - look like I will need to find more parts since there is no adjustment in the cable I will need to completely replace it.
I should have just built the whole tool myself! I would NOT recommend purchasing this item - unless you want it as a starter for building your own adaption of the tool - one that works!!
June 25, 2009