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By Bob Hess

Over the years, people who do weeding have dreamed of a tool to help uproot the big ones. Such a tool has been invented and is appropriately called the "Weed Wrench." The Weed Eradication Group has one and Bob Young finds it very useful.

The Weed Wrench is a tool designed to remove woody plants by uprooting. It is a portable, manually operated, all-steel device. Its powerful stem-gripping jaws with an 18:1 leverage ratio are teamed with a 6:1 leverage ratio for pulling.

The tool has proved to be an efficient and safe means of selectively and permanently eliminating unwanted shrubs and sapling trees. Persons of ordinary strength can use it effectively after a few minutes of familiarization.

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