Thank you for the complete instruction on Mesquite Tap roots, I have proof for not mowing and cutting the trees down at the ground. Very helpful video. The young man is getting skilled at important tasks.

This is a helpful video. With so many coming up in South Texas, I have been looking for ways to get the ones too small to use the tractor for. I don't want to dig holes 100 times to get these small ones out. Thanks for sharing.

Thank you so much for the info! We're in the process of clearing some land to live on, and the mesquites are a pain

For those trying this now make sure the soil around the root is wet then it will pull up a lot easier

things are no joke. pulled like a 5 inch tall sappling out of the ground and its tap root was like 2 feet down already lol

Nice job. I was waiting to see those Texas plates lol

Always good to wear eye protection when removing mesquites and working around mesquite thorns.

@Mrpaint06

4 жыл бұрын

Great point!

Mesquite bush also make good quail habitat. If you let them grow and cut them down let the root grow big for future fire wood.

Looks cool, my ranch is nothing but these darn roots and cactus.

Interesting... I am going to try this on my property after it rains this week! Thanks

@Mrpaint06

4 жыл бұрын

Did it work?

@robertdbettis

4 жыл бұрын

Mrpaint06 I never actually could get my hands on a rim because all the junkyards were closed due to CoVid19 but I did try it without the rim and it always just broke at the surface

Great way to pull posts up from the ground too.

They are a pain but i wpuld keep a few that are out of the way. The beans can be used as survival food.

Nice work young man...

I'm having problems with 2 full grown mesquites in my yard side yard. Mesquites are a pain in the behind. I'm trying to get someone out here on my property to cut both of them down, grind the stumps and pour a strong herbicide on what's left of the stump. But, I suspect, from your video that the tap root will likely try to come up somewhere else. Any suggestions?

@joycej9415

Жыл бұрын

Yes I have had 2 landscapers tell me you have to dig up the root and they don't want to try that!

Great video I’m going to try this.

These trees are hard to kill because of the long roots..

@Mrpaint06

5 жыл бұрын

They are very hard to kill. We looked at using chemicals like Remedy and Sendero but these mesquites had been mowed over several times, so the root system is mature but the foliar area is very small. So rather than trying to use chemicals, we're using the manual method, which by the way has a 100% kill rate!

Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing

The truck pulled it. Lol nice video.

What type of knot is anchoring the rope to the rings?

@Mrpaint06

4 жыл бұрын

Not much of a knot guy, so I'll likely get this wrong but I think they're just two overhand knots.

@joycej9415

Жыл бұрын

Looks like a larkshead knot to me?

Thanks for posting

@Mrpaint06

4 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for watching!