Safe or not ?

My question is, was trying to remove that stump that way ok to do or foolish. I read about the tractor accidents here and that worries me. With the scoop caught on a stump if the tires would have kept going could the tractor have flipped over. I figured the stump would come out of the ground. It was a real small stump.

I figured having an implement on the back would act as a wheely bar. But then I read the lift has no down pressure. So I don't think it would work real good as a wheely bar.

I got another thing out in the front yard that I need to pull out of the ground. But I'm kinda afraid to try. It's one of those anchors that the guy wire off a telephone pole attaches too. They removed the pole but left the anchor. I would like to pull it out but don't if it is safe to do.

I'm a new tractor owner and some day I hope to be an old tractor owner.

Pooh Bear

All that said.. a 2-3" stump.. I'd dig around it.. then machetti or axe it out.. then backfill and forget. Splitting it in quarters with an axe or wedge from straight down.. will splinter it and make it very easy to chop out.

I have an old beater chainsaw I use for small stump cutting. I dig around it then cut it off. bar and chain are almost hosed.. but unit was cheap and old.. It cuts fence post tops good too.

Soundguy

Yep, scoop was at ground level, so definitely below the axle.
I was a math major in college.
I understand the geometry pretty well.

Saw a phone company truck out there today so I asked them about removing the anchor. They said forget it and that it had big bell shaped piece of concrete on the bottom of it 6-8 feet in the ground. They did say I could saw it off below ground level.

Thanks for all the info.
I read about these tractor accidents and they worry me.

Pooh Bear