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Nov 30, If you are like me, digging up bushes and trees SUCKS. And never gets all of the roots up, unless you dig a monster hole. So here is a MUCH better way, and. Aug 04, Tools I Use - shrubcleanup.bar Materials - shrubcleanup.bar Books - https://ki.

Feb 24, With the help of your garden shovel, start digging up the soil around the shrub or whatever is left of its stump. By digging all around, you will be able to expose the roots of the plant. Now, with the trowel, remove as much soil as possible from the roots.

Jack and lever assembly. Apply tons of pulling force to shrub roots using a jack. Place plywood scraps under the jack and jack stand so they don’t sink into the ground.

If you have shrubs that you want to remove, here’s how to get the roots out without hours of digging and chopping. Use shrubcleanup.barted Reading Time: 1 min. Mar 23, Best way to remove shrubs or small stumps is to wrap a loging chain around them and hook it to the hook on the front of your 4 wheel drive truck or tractor.

With the chain slack, back up fast and put in neutral before chain is tight. This is called redneck gardening.