An apparatus for extracting trees, stumps, posts and similar structures from the ground is attached to a 3-point hitch tractor accessory. The apparatus comprises a base frame and a lifting frame. The base frame includes a pair of vertical guides for confining a corresponding pair of vertical rails on the lift frame. A piston/cylinder type of linear motor is connected between the base frame and lifting frame to translate the lifting frame relative to the base frame. A pair of independently controlled gripping cylinders that are connected to respective gripping cams are mounted on the lifting frame. A tree is extracted by engaging the gripping cams against the tree and translating the lifting frame.

A stump removal tool operable to sever a tree stump. The stump removal tool including an anchor fixedly couplable to the stump, and a cutting assembly adjustable between a closed position and an open position, and where the cutting assembly is removably couplable to the anchor.

A tree removal device configured for coupling on a working vehicle is usable for slicing tree roots. The working vehicle has a front element which is pivotal relative to a frame of the vehicle about a lateral axis in front of a forward end of the frame, thereby allowing a knife element of the tree removal device to be pivoted into the ground for performing a cutting action with a sharpened cutting edge so as to slice the tree roots.

An object lifting, pulling and digging apparatus has a pair of jaws that can be opened to enable positioning the jaws around a post, tree, and/or bush then closed around the post, tree, and/or bush. The jaws can then be raised to pull the post, tree, and/or bush from the ground. The jaws of the apparatus can also be closed and angled downwardly to drive the distal ends of the jaws into the ground, where the jaws can then be moved upwardly to dig the post, tree, and/or bush from the ground. The apparatus can easily be attached to a vehicle equipped with a universal quick attach hitch and having auxiliary hydraulics, for example, a skid steer type farm or construction vehicle.

An object lifting, pulling and digging apparatus has a pair of jaws that can be opened to enable positioning the jaws around a post, tree, and/or bush then closed around the post, tree, and/or bush. The jaws can then be raised to pull the post, tree, and/or bush from the ground. The jaws of the apparatus can also be closed and angled downwardly to drive the distal ends of the jaws into the ground, where the jaws can then be moved upwardly to dig the post, tree, and/or bush from the ground. The apparatus can easily be attached to a vehicle equipped with a universal quick attach hitch and having auxiliary hydraulics, for example, a skid steer type farm or construction vehicle.

A stump extraction device comprising two opposite jaws, two opposite cutting blades connected as extensions of the jaws, a rotation device, and fixing elements which are fixed to the rotation device and by means of which the stump extraction device can be rigidly fixed to a desired object. The rotation device is configured to rotate the body and the jaws with respect to the fixing elements. A moving working machine comprises the stump extraction device and a knuckle boom assembly, to an end of which the stump extraction device is rigidly connected. The moving working machine may be a crawler excavator. In a method, roots in the ground are cut off from a stump by closing the jaws and the stump is separated from the roots by lifting the stump extraction device by means of the knuckle boom assembly.