PTO Stump Grinders

[xander9727]

I have a 40 hp massey turbo diesel tractor and have been looking at pto mounted stump grinders. I have never seen one of these run. The particular one I was looking at it at this link http://www.wikco.com/Stump.html
The main reason I am thinking PTO is I don't want to spend $15K+ on another piece of equipment I will have to trailer and maintain. We usually haul the grindings off so having the loader and bucket there makes it easy. I currently have a 20hp promark self propelled that makes fast work of stumps 24" and smaller. I would like to have something hydraulic for larger stumps. If anyone has any experience with these your feedback would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

iv'e used pto stump grinders some are good some not ..i reckon your 40 hp tractor might not be big enough ..for large stumps you realy need 80 hp+ ,also you realy need to find out the hp at the pto ,it will usualy be a lot less than engine hp ,iv'e found that stump grinders for tractors and skid sters need a lot of hp to work fast

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

i just looked at the link that grinder looks as though she chucks the chips far and wide ..they certainly talk the machine up but id definatly have a demo first as like ive said most pto stump grinders that iv'e used and seen always seem to lack grunt..mind you i bet there big model on a 100 hp would work fairly well

 

[a_lopa]

they can work very well the ones ive seen are 80+hp exellent on big rows of stumps

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

take a look www.ahwi.com

 

[Hunter]

The company that makes the stumper 280 has a PtO stump grinder that work well.
Hunter