Heavy Duty Weed Removal Tool

[projectswithrich]

I needed a tool that could remove short weeds with root balls as well as tall weeds with stalks and much deeper roots. For small weeds, this tool easily digs them out and on ones with deeper roots, it grabs their stalks and pulls out the weed along with the roots. It works great on privet, bramble thorn stalks, and weed type grasses.

[BuffaloJohn]

This looks like a complete rip off of a commercial product.

https://grampasweeder.com/

also sold in many places - including here:

https://www.amazon.com/grandpas-weed...dpa%27s+weeder

[DIYer]

Thanks projectswithrich! We've added your Weed Puller to our Farm and Garden category,
as well as to your builder page: projectswithrich's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

Weed Puller by projectswithrich

tags: puller

[projectswithrich]

BuffaloJohn,
It definitely would have been much easier and quicker to purchase the production tool. Originally, I planned on it but then I experimented with removing the invasive plants we have in our yard. A lot of them are very narrow, pencil diameter, and have deep roots. They are also very strong and rigid. The production tool works more by digging and reaching under a weed and I needed something that could grab hold and then pull. In my case, having jaws with a lot more surface area for clamping was necessary.


There was the option of modifying the existing tool, but it is a cast piece so mig welding would likely be a mess and I would only be reusing the pivot and lever anyway so I decided to create a heavier duty version of a slightly different design, made of readily available materials, that better suited my needs.


By no means did I want to imply that I invented the concept of the tool. This is scratch built homemade tool that is a modification of a proven design. I will definitely not be going into production with these. It is one of one made for my personal use.


Thanks
Richard