Hew needs a stump grinder ?

[mattfr12]

Scale only goes to 15 k took more than that to get it out with all the dirt weighed in right under 8k

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[mattfr12]

Hiding the stump so we don't have to pay extra at the dump. Looks like a little pine log now

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[swyman]

That boom has a scale to? That is really awesome. You should never have any DOT over weight tickets! My brother in law farms and bought a used dump cart, basically a monster gravity wagon to haul the grain out of the field so the combine doesn't have to stop. Anyway it had a scale and since then the MDOT have been stopping and handing out tickets like crazy, come to find out they have a scale built in the expressway that reads speeds and weight per axle. It has saved him a lot of money. Although I don't know how much they would come after tree service equipment as I have not been stopped YET and other local tree services I have talked to haven't been stopped either. It's a cool feature anyways!

 

[mattfr12]

That boom has a scale to? That is really awesome. You should never have any DOT over weight tickets! My brother in law farms and bought a used dump cart, basically a monster gravity wagon to haul the grain out of the field so the combine doesn't have to stop. Anyway it had a scale and since then the MDOT have been stopping and handing out tickets like crazy, come to find out they have a scale built in the expressway that reads speeds and weight per axle. It has saved him a lot of money. Although I don't know how much they would come after tree service equipment as I have not been stopped YET and other local tree services I have talked to haven't been stopped either. It's a cool feature anyways!

i bought an after market one for like 2 grand was cheaper than having them put a load cell on. i just have a dynamiter that you reset like your bathroom scale every time you lift something. ya the ball was over 8 foot across we have it longways in the truck. still packed with dirt. a pine stump if you get right up beside it, it will normally pop it right out.

ya thats one of the reasons i bought the scale i have a clicker i put in my pocket when loading wood and every 1k pounds i give it a click so i know where I'm at in weight once i put 18-20k in i usually quite at 20k i could be over and i might not be all depends on how much fuel i got in the tanks. the fuel tanks are 100gal on each side. i only fill it up like once every month.

 

[mattfr12]

on like a pine tree removal we rarely tug a chipper anymore theirs a hook lift truck behind the boom we can normal lift it in way faster than it could be chipped. we haven't used a chipper in a few weeks their all in for their winter maitence.

 

[swyman]

It's hard to tell from the pics but is there a tailgate on that rig? Didn't know if you need one in this bus. All I do know is the DOT around here get writers cramp, if you get pulled over you will be in violation of something, even if your washer fluid is out and that is a true story.

 

[treemandan]

Now Matt, you ought to know better than to #### with the guys at the dump. Come on, ride the straight and narrow before you #### it up for the rest of us.

 

[mattfr12]

Now Matt, you ought to know better than to #### with the guys at the dump. Come on, ride the straight and narrow before you #### it up for the rest of us.

im kidding about it i pay per year so i can dump anything

 

[arbor pro]

I miss my old knuckleboom. Before I bought my 18" chipper, I used a knuckleboom with 18' dump box for all my cleanup. We'd lay out a 30'x4" strap and pile all the brush on it, then choke one end through the other and scrunch it all up into one tight bundle to lay in the bed of the truck. Then we'd lay out the boom over the top and flatten it out some more before loading the logs on top to weight it down - never needed to tie anything down, when done, we just laid the extended boom over the top of everything.

Could really heap a lot of stuff into that truck. Just got tired of paying increasing dump fees so started chipping the brush and giving the logs away to firewood guys. Miss the truck a lot but don't miss the maintenance on it. Always had hydraulic issues with the Hiab boom and once broke a stabilizer (outrigger leg) off while trying to pull out some junipers! Man, that was scary!

AP

 

[tree md]

Beleive me, I am about ready to give mine away too... Knuckle busting sonofa &^$#&^@!!!

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Beleive me, I am about ready to give mine away too... Knuckle busting sonofa &^$#&^@!!!

If your giving it away, I will be right out to pick it up before you change your mind. lol

 

[tree md]

Well, I pinched a big blood blister up on the palm of my hand turning the wheel while I was working on the teeth the other day, skinned one of my knuckles working on the belt and just found out I bought the wrong sized belt for it this morning. Going to have to run to town real quick and replace it. I'm just buying a regular belt from the automotive place to get me by for tomorrow. I'm ordering one from Rayco but I'm not sure of the length. I measured it with a rope this morning but I was obviously off a tad. Joy, joy!

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Seems like its always something

 

[arbor pro]

Well, I pinched a big blood blister up on the palm of my hand turning the wheel while I was working on the teeth the other day, skinned one of my knuckles working on the belt and just found out I bought the wrong sized belt for it this morning. Going to have to run to town real quick and replace it. I'm just buying a regular belt from the automotive place to get me by for tomorrow. I'm ordering one from Rayco but I'm not sure of the length. I measured it with a rope this morning but I was obviously off a tad. Joy, joy!

I thought we were talking about knucklebooms? you talking about a stump grinder? I'm confused...

edit...forget it - just went back and read the title of the thread. now I get it.

 

[mattfr12]

I miss my old knuckleboom. Before I bought my 18" chipper, I used a knuckleboom with 18' dump box for all my cleanup. We'd lay out a 30'x4" strap and pile all the brush on it, then choke one end through the other and scrunch it all up into one tight bundle to lay in the bed of the truck. Then we'd lay out the boom over the top and flatten it out some more before loading the logs on top to weight it down - never needed to tie anything down, when done, we just laid the extended boom over the top of everything.

Could really heap a lot of stuff into that truck. Just got tired of paying increasing dump fees so started chipping the brush and giving the logs away to firewood guys. Miss the truck a lot but don't miss the maintenance on it. Always had hydraulic issues with the Hiab boom and once broke a stabilizer (outrigger leg) off while trying to pull out some junipers! Man, that was scary!

AP

ya i hear you thats why i buy my stuff off the showroom i know a lot of people can't do this but everything i have up to this point was all bought new from the dealer no demo hours nothing. i know the past of everything i have to the T.

i wouldn't buy a used crane or boom to much risk they are beat pieces of machinery look at what people do to bobcats. i never beat my stuff i finance everything for 5 years and then at 8 years i sell it and get a new one that way i get three years of solid profit off of each machine with no payment. the only thing i probably won't do this with are my skid loaders and chippers some of them just don't see to much use my bobcat has 500 hours on it and it took me 5 years to do that i actually put less than 40 hours on it a year at this point with the arrival of the boom.

i understand why people buy used and respect it to the T but i wouldn't recommend buying a used bigger boom because usually one like mine is used like a crane everyday and if you read the manual it says mandatory retirement after 10 years in service. terex says for an overhaul at 10 years i think i can't remember pretty sure i read that tho. 10 years in service your supposed to take it to a dealer for a complete overhaul.

 

[mattfr12]

Well, I pinched a big blood blister up on the palm of my hand turning the wheel while I was working on the teeth the other day, skinned one of my knuckles working on the belt and just found out I bought the wrong sized belt for it this morning. Going to have to run to town real quick and replace it. I'm just buying a regular belt from the automotive place to get me by for tomorrow. I'm ordering one from Rayco but I'm not sure of the length. I measured it with a rope this morning but I was obviously off a tad. Joy, joy!

what kinda stumper do you use I'm in the market for one just not sure witch to get. i was thinking one of the bigger bandit's on track or morbarks but i usually wait a year at least before i buy i keep looking at stuff reading horror stories. i been thrown under the buss by vermeer in the past their not even on my list anymore. my sc352 turned into a pile of junk and so did my bc1000 with terrible customer support.

they acknowledged the problems thies machines had and wouldn't fix them. just told me they had them worked out on the newer models and wanted me to buy a new machine. wich i think is just terrible. so i left them in the past. i liked that sc352 grinder to didn't do to bad for a 40hp machine.

 

[tree md]

I've just got a little Rayco self propelled RG 20. It's good for getting into tight places and doing small to medium stumps. I usually sub out larger stump jobs. Mine is good for doing most of the stumps on the jobs I do but any really big tree I get or jobs with lots of stumps I sub. Especially when I am busy. I've only got around $500 into this machine and I made that back on the first job I did with it. Really it's something to mostly keep my groundy busy. A 252 is what I would really like to have but there are other things I am more interested in purchasing and doing first.

I have had good luck with my local Vermeer dealer. The have even worked on my old Bandit chipper. If I was really into doing stumps I would want a 40 HP machine or better. To tell the truth I make much better money when I am making stumps, not grinding them.

Gotter fixed anyway. I got three small removals tomorrow where I have to grind stumps. What a difference a new belt makes!

 

[mattfr12]

I've just got a little Rayco self propelled RG 20. It's good for getting into tight places and doing small to medium stumps. I usually sub out larger stump jobs. Mine is good for doing most of the stumps on the jobs I do but any really big tree I get or jobs with lots of stumps I sub. Especially when I am busy. I've only got around $500 into this machine and I made that back on the first job I did with it. Really it's something to mostly keep my groundy busy. A 252 is what I would really like to have but there are other things I am more interested in purchasing and doing first.

I have had good luck with my local Vermeer dealer. The have even worked on my old Bandit chipper. If I was really into doing stumps I would want a 40 HP machine or better. To tell the truth I make much better money when I am making stumps, not grinding them.

Gotter fixed anyway. I got three small removals tomorrow where I have to grind stumps. What a difference a new belt makes!

ya the only reason i keep one is so I'm a one stop shop to make a tree disappear i hate grinding them.

 

[ROPECLIMBER]

A root ball set out for fema back in 08 for huricane Ike, used the back side of the boom with chains to lift it so it wouldnt "root plow" the gravel drive, pun intended,

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[mattfr12]

I've just got a little Rayco self propelled RG 20. It's good for getting into tight places and doing small to medium stumps. I usually sub out larger stump jobs. Mine is good for doing most of the stumps on the jobs I do but any really big tree I get or jobs with lots of stumps I sub. Especially when I am busy. I've only got around $500 into this machine and I made that back on the first job I did with it. Really it's something to mostly keep my groundy busy. A 252 is what I would really like to have but there are other things I am more interested in purchasing and doing first.

I have had good luck with my local Vermeer dealer. The have even worked on my old Bandit chipper. If I was really into doing stumps I would want a 40 HP machine or better. To tell the truth I make much better money when I am making stumps, not grinding them.

Gotter fixed anyway. I got three small removals tomorrow where I have to grind stumps. What a difference a new belt makes!

truthfully i can't say i could really make money grinding stumps. i need one on tracks for sure the job I'm on now we cut down over 100 trees already in the last month. its a preservation project removing undergrowth anything leaning heavily and widow makers. i gotta get all the stumps here in a few months. and my bobcat couldn't make it to most of these stumps. i carry my chainsaw in a backpack i got from baileys along time ago the terrain is so bad. its a very widespread property i marked the stumps with a handheld gps so i don't forget where their at.