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I had some old overgrown bushes that needed to come out, three total. What else is a guy to do but pull the truck into the yard and get out the chain. :seeya:

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Clean up was a bitch!

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99silveradoz71 Senior Enthusiast

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The only reason these days to plant bushes I think is to be able to pull them out with the truck later on. :)

All my stuff is pretty low maintenance, but I do miss having bushes to pull out.

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Should have tied all 3 together.

Then you could have had more time to drink additional adult beverages.

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Believe me I drank plenty of adult beverages by the time I was done.

 

The only reason these days to plant bushes I think is to be able to pull them out with the truck later on. :)

All my stuff is pretty low maintenance, but I do miss having bushes to pull out.

 

 

Agreed. That's part of the reason these came out. I hate mowing around stuff. Besides that my yard looks way bigger now.

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bark387 Enthusiast

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Nice pics!

 

I attempted something like this years ago with my 79 Malibu wagon. Unfortunately, the bush won and tore off my tailgate. Damn those beers! :):thumbs:

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Chevele72 New Member

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We live here in Florida, Hurricane capitol. I had a 64' oak go down in '04. The city said if you can get it to the curb we'll take it. Well after cutting the tree up to a 10 stump I hooked my new '03 2500HD 6.0 gas 2wd to a 11' root ball and started draggin'. I had a friend of mine that worked for the city, when he got to my street he called me and asked how I got it there, I told him to look at the big white truck in the driveway! He's a F$%^ guy and didn't believe it till he saw the marks in the street. Today it only has 32k on it and no issues. Just use it for towing. But they tore my yard up trying to load it in the truck,,,,,,,, :lol:

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