Source of Shrub Grubber device?

Just recently, I found a link on one of the threads for an excellent shrub grubber made in Canada. (It's not the WeedWrench) I thought I bookmarked it, but somehow I didn't. Does anyone know where that link is? The product is not the one listed in DG tools site, and I haven't been able to locate it on Google. It looked really good. It had a big orange handle, a clamp and a curved fulcrum at the base (rolls when pulled back), and was developed in British Columbia, Canada. Can anyone help me find it? Thanks.

This one is in Canada:

The Extractigator (BC, Canada)
http://www.extractigator.com/

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I found these - not in Canada though:

Root Jack sold by Peaceful Valley
http://www.groworganic.com/item_GO950_Root_Jack.html?welcome=T

Brush Grubber (use with light tractor) sold by Gempler’s
http://www.gemplers.com/product/156222/Brush-Grubber-Brush-Tongs-Tree-Tongs

Honeysuckle Popper sold by Mr. Honeysuckle
http://www.misterhoneysuckle.com/

Thanks so much! The Extractigator is the one I was looking for. I need it bad!

Hey CompostR, your reply to Hoo is a lifesaver for me. My invasives jungle is closing in on me. I have only seen reviews of the WeedWrench and given that my property is hilly and rocky, I was afraid to buy it based on one negative review.

Anyone out there used the products mentioned? I am a 60 year old woman planning to take out invasive shrubs by myself. They are sumac, the wild rose everyone talks about (Rugosa?), forsythia, blackberry, and various other woody multistemmed shrubs I cannot identify. I think I may also take out some low growing 25 year old junipers from my old fashioned foundation plantings if I still have the energy.

CultivatingKate - the only puller I have used so far is a fence post lifter!

Here’s a good discussion of the "weed wrench" in the “Garden Products” forum:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/617764/

and some more in this fortum:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/813834/

You might want to try to identify some of the shrubs you don't know yet - wait till they bloom - it is easier. The sumac and blackberry may be native plants (plants that were here before the settlers). Natives are disappearing and play an important role in all kinds of insects and wildlife. They are being choked out by non-natives (plants from Europe or Asia, for example) which have no insect or disease enemies to keep them in check. A lot of time the non-natives are called "invasive." OK, that's my speech : )

But, I realize sometimes even natives can be "invasive" in the sense that they spread to areas where you don't want them. I know thorny blackberries are one of these. But, we are thinking of planting them for a living fence!

I am 55 and slowing down considerably! So, I can totally sympathize. I just do one thing at a time - I do not "multi-task" anymore!



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My 'Extractigator' has been shipped from Canada. I expect to be using it in a few weeks at the latest. I will let everyone know how it works.

The Weed Wrench was just written about in Horticulture Magazine. Somehow this gives me a degree of comfort about it! I have not decided what I will order yet. My hubby wants me to use his heavy duty jack and some "ingenious" idea of his for getting the leverage I need. Sometimes his creative ideas work out really well , and sometimes.....