My unfortunate stump grinding man

[treesquirrel]

Today was a really tough day. I get a call from my stump guy while on my way to the job site. he is panicked and tells me he flipped his grinder upside down.

I hurry to the site. I use my bobcat to upright the grinder. I then tell him we will have to get any oil out of the head that may have gotten in there. Well, long story short we have to dang near dismantle all the stuff off the engine to access the fuel injectors to remove them. We get it all apart, then turn the crank over several times to blow out all the oil. once we are satisfied we got all the oil out we re-assemble it all and fire it up.

Thank God it ran just fine. He went on the grind all the stumps but I spent 5 hours of my day dismantling and re-assembling the engine with him. Oh well, I'm real happy he did not end up with a damaged engine. He was very grateful and even offered to do the work free but I insisted on paying him. He had a bad enough day and definitely could use the cash for some minor repairs.

The really bad thing is that this grinder had only 26 hours on it. Brand new Carlton 7015.

Note to others, be careful on even slight hillsides with this unit. This one was the rubber tire not the tracks. It flipped on a little undulation that really looked like nothing to me. One one of the wheels got off the ground over she went.

 

[tree md]

Grinding on hills sucks. I hate grinding stumps period. I was doing a lot of it last year because I needed the work and the money and that was the only calls I was getting. I've got a good sub now and he's a lot faster than my guy so I have just been paying him to do it. He's been a God send. He's actually turned me on to a few jobs. Great guy. when he is out on a job where I am still doing the removal he jumps in and works the ground. He's an A+ ground man. Knows everything. Running ropes, running and working on saws, everything. We plan to do a lot together in the future.

 

[treeman82]

Last week I was given the chance to try out a Bandit 2900 stump grinder which is on tracks. Long story short, I wound up throwing a track on the side of a hill at 4:00 while trying to get the machine back to the road so I could be done for the day.

 

[mikewhite85]

I flipped a 20 hp Rayco a few weeks back but was able to upright it pretty quick but whoa there was a lot of smoke! The neighbor called the cops and came rushing over, ready to put out a fire! Thankfully, the grinder was fine.

 

[pdqdl]

We have flipped our Rayco 1620 super jr a whole bunch of times. It has removable double tires for stability and when removed, it slips through small gates. I can't seem to get anybody to put the wider wheels back on.

That is one advantage to the gas engines: cleaning the cylinders out is a whole bunch easier.

 

[Bowhunter01]

You might want to check out a stump grinder for your bobcat, especially if you have a high flow machine. I've got a SGX60 for mine, made by bobcat, and it does a great job. I've ground some 60" stumps with it. Plus, it fits on the trailer with your other attachments. If you can get your loader to the stump, you can grind it.

Got a new set of teeth for mine yesterday am, got about 30 stumps to do this weekend. :greenchainsaw: