You folks have me all excited about the Brush Grubber. In the Norther Virginia Piedmont, we are being attacked by an extremely invasive bush call the Autumn Olive. They will take over your entire property if not addressed. They grow up to 20 feet tall, and 4" in diameter. If you cut them down, or burn them, they come back with a vengeance. Once they leaf, they grow 4" thorns along the branches, so you can't get near them.
I had hundreds before I tackled them one winter. I cut them down, small ones with a lopper, larger ones with a chain saw, then coated the stumps with the strongest stump killer I could find. They came right back. They grow a sweet berry in the spring which are eaten by birds, then spread from bird droppings. When they came back, I cut them again and this time sprayed the stumps with Roundup. It killed some, some came back. Every time I see new leaves on the stumps, I spray Roundup. This is slowly killing them off.
I have too many mature trees to get to them with a Bobcat, as one neighbor did. As soon as I saw this thread, and read the posts, I went to Amazon and ordered one. I think the roots are fairly shallow, so am expecting the X500 to pop them out of the ground. The ground is soaked from steady rains all winter, so that will help.
The Brush Grabber arrives Friday. The first day of no rain, I'm starting. At this point I have dozens to pull up, not hundreds. Wish me luck................
Oh, and once again - Thank You all for providing another way I can get some seat time on my John Deere!