Dude, this is brilliant! I removed 30+ feet of hedges in 3 hours time! Thank you so much for the awesome idea. It worked like a charm. It even uprooted a small tree. My engine hoist was rated a little higher than the one used in this video. Thank you kindly Mr. Morgan Jones. Cheers.... -Jerry

I watched this video two weeks ago. Today I removed 80 ft. of old growth Privet hedge with a portable hoist. Absolutely brilliant idea. I praised this idea many times throughout the day. Thanks very much for the idea.

My hedges were larger, so I lifted them with the hoist until the ground swelled around the trunk. Then I used an axe and a spade shovel to break the roots. Some took time to remove, but it was worth it when the roots finally popped and the hoist lifted out the hedge. Fortunately I was able to borrow a hoist. I would have wasted money renting one because the job took longer then I anticipated and there is a learning curve for getting familiar with using the hoist. Thank you for this helpful video!

mind...blown.. ive been looking at ways to remove hedges easier for ever..you just saved me alot of money

That worked well. It looks much better to me - cleaner. And you have a clean slate to plant something more attractive. Thanks for the idea.

Glad to see this works, as I was contemplating using the same method. The privet I've inherited is rather more "established" than this (read neglected and reaching about 14 feet).

Morgan, that is a genius idea! Thanks so much for sharing it

If you take your time to do a good knot at the base of the hedge roots, then it won't slip so easily as the bark comes apart like your one shrub showed. I am not sure if a chain works best with a slip hook or a tow strap wrapped well around the base root structure, but you really need to put a good knot there to ensure it does not slip at all. This method is actually better than using a farm jack and tripod setup, in my opinion. Thanks for sharing the video.

This is my project for this weekend. I am going to call the rental place and reserve an engine hoist. I hope that this is as easy as it looks. I was wondering how I was going to get the roots out. Great job and cool music too. Thanks.

Right On, Thanks for the tip!

OmgASH thanks so much for this! I hired one for my hedge removal for off street parking and was all done in a couple hours! 😅

I tried this with a HSS 500Kg hoist similar to what you used but it simply didn't have enough pulling power for my well established hedge which is a mixture of Beech, Holly, Laurel and Hawthorn. It looked like if the hoist had more lifting power it would've worked but it would lift so far and just refuse to budge any further. I need to find something rated 1000 or 2000 Kg I reckon. So to others looking to do this, it's a good idea in principle but make sure your hoist is up to the job.

Just an FYI, we have clay soil and tried this with two different 500Kg engine hoists. First one maxed out before pulling the hedge out, second one broke the hoist before pulling the hedge out. You must be lucky to have either nice small roots or loose soil.

That's cool. I bet this would help out on small stumps with a bit of root removal.

This is great. Back beat was good too! Cheers bro!

Awesome idea! do you think you can show me how to tie the slip knot onto both ends of root and engine hoist?

Nicely done mate. 60 feet of the buggers 8 feet high around the back here gong bye bye next summer (or, as soon as the baby birds are done doing their thing in them...). Thank you.

I love this!! Thanks. Oh, and great music selection.

Just what I need! Thank you.

I like this, great idea I might have to adopt :)

Great you taught me something with stuff I have laying around the house.

After watching this video 12 months ago I finally got round to removing 20m of hedge using this method. Cost me £10 to hire one off gumtree and was brilliant. I found using a chain round the stump was the best and used a clove hitch each time.

Nice video...easy peasy!!

thanks ever so much going to give it a try. good idea.

brilliant idea

Great Idea!

I wonder if this would work on bigger more rooted hedges like ficus hedges

How do you keep the hedges from slipping if the strap ends up stripping the bark? We had cut the hedges down to about 1 foot in height before using the engine crane, but when using either the chain or the tow strap, we kept having the bark strip away and thus the chain/strap slip on us. Will the slip knot prevent this from happening?

Nice work

Incredible! May I ask if you think this would work with ficus hedges? Their roots are long and horrible! Thank you for the video

Great video. I am going to have my husband watch it. Thanks for posting!

Beware of the hoist hitting you if the stem fails. There can be an enormous amount of force suddenly released.

Wow!! That’s awesome!

What is the model of that hoist?

where can i buy the machinenorman

Did you use anything in the soil to ensure no more bushes would start sprouting up? Or did the hoist just take care of all that trouble?

Brilliant!

How many Tons is the hoist or crane capacity?

How deep were the deepest roots of this hedge bushes? Did they go 1 foot deep or 2 feet or more or were they less?

What is the pulling power of that hoist?

Worse case scenario, drill a 10mm hole through the main trunk, stick an iron pin into it, then tie the rope or chain around it, then pull out, ive got a major job coming up, that involves pulling up small trees and this will do the job perfectly, nice one fella

Brilliant cheers pal 👍

Questions would this hurt my house if hedges are all up against the house

How do I do a double double thumbs up for that one!

Awesome man. I got a similar 5 ton engine hoist, but my hedges have a base root trunk whatever that is about the size of a small basket ball. Some of the roots coming off the truck are as thick as a baseball bat.... I need something serious to get these out..... any ideas?

Is that a 1ton

Where did you get the rope that you tied to the hedge. What is it called. Thnx

This is genius

i used a similar method but i used a works tipper van just parked next to the bush strapped it up and used the hydrollic tipper to pull out, the only problem was it pulled that hard that when the roots were clear it launched into the air and onto next doors car XD

Tried it but mine are 30+ years and are 28 feet tall. Doesn’t work. Must cut the root. Works on small ones.

where do you get the hoist

How many have an engine hoist just laying around...

clever

Planting grass would look nice.

It’s easy! *pulls out engine hoist* (Real talk this is a great idea)

Am I the only person here that doesn't have an engine hoist? Brilliant idea though. Can someone lend me a hoist? 😁

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I think it looked better with the hedges there

U can allways flam thrower them

Clever. But looked better with the hedge. 😋

Music is ANNOYING!!!!!!!!

I don't recommend this method. I bent the engine hoist pulling out a laurel bush. You have been warned!

good idea to bend a hire company tool than your own hoist .not a good idea .

thats a good hoist

Bloody music

Now if you had a couple empty pots you could have sold those hedges locally on the web.Those were worth at least 10x the cost of the rented hoist. OOPS!

Go ī

Love the Vaccines, I didn’t take too much notice of the video.

I hate hedges, bushes, and shrubs in general.

Good stuff though the DJ needs sacking !

Like a dumb nut I cut the hedge down with a chainsaw and now it's spring and the new hedge is coming up. The old English tradition sucks.