Stump Grinder for articulating loader

[GarethVW]

Does anyone know of any stump grinders that are for articulating loaders? I was thinking that it wouldn't have to be a very complex design because they already go back and forth-unlike a bobcat. Would it work to have a wheel ridgidly mounted and use the articulation for the sweep? It could run off the aux hydraulics or there could be a dedicated engine like the grinder for mini skids with the 40 horse gas engine. But it could be a diesel with 65+ hp.... a 4bt cummins would be quite the setup.

 

[GarethVW]

Hey also. Why when I post does it not come up in bold?

 

[treeoperations]

how serious of a stumper are ya looking for, i have a 30 hp engine with a cutter wheel direct driven off it that i swing on my 323 excavator, itll wipe its arse with any other stumper but thats only due to being direct drive and only spinning the cutter wheel. the issue comes with it being a bulky unit.

in a ideal world you would mount a secondary motor some where on the machine and bolt a hydralic pump to it and run lines out to a hydralic cutter unit. ive seen it done on a 20 ton digger it was a short tail swing, they pulled the counter weight off, built up a frame and mounted a 400hp cummins in there with a monster pump bolted on, what a stump eating weapon

 

[gr8scott72]

Hey also. Why when I post does it not come up in bold?

Because you've already viewed the post once you submit it. They are only bold before you view them.

The only exception is when your response post is the first on a new page. Then, even after viewing, when you go back to the forum, it will be in bold for some reason.

 

[GarethVW]

Wow. I wasn't thinking about anything with 400 hp but that would be cool. I like the direct drive idea because it seems like it would be less money and less complex. Would the side to side swing on a loader work to swing a stumper?

 

[treeoperations]

swinging by using machines steering would work but id be worried about it digging its wheels into the ground with the movement.

on my direct drive stumper theres no clutch just 4 belts to transfer power and stop the engine from breaking when i stall it out.

the 400hp stumper has a 42 inch wide cutter to devour anything and everything and it does it fast, and being on a excavator it can reach everything.

 

[ASD]

swinging by using machines steering would work but id be worried about it digging its wheels into the ground with the movement.

on my direct drive stumper theres no clutch just 4 belts to transfer power and stop the engine from breaking when i stall it out.

the 400hp stumper has a 42 inch wide cutter to devour anything and everything and it does it fast, and being on a excavator it can reach everything.

I need pic's please

 

[treeoperations]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5rZY3sBqlE

the guy with the digger stumper based his machine on these but digger mounted obviously

 

[tntree]

Check this out 38HP direct drive the first one in production in the US.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeJ4mPvtoPs

My experience with Hydraulic powered ones don't work for a professional

 

[Blakesmaster]

My experience with Hydraulic powered ones don't work for a professional

Wha?

 

[tntree]

Wha?

ahhh my bad, let me fix

"My experience with Hydraulic powered (stump grinder attachments) ones don't work for a professional"

I was strictly a residential Arborist company so I never ran one of those Hydra maxs, but I have seen that Machine run on land clearings and it is EXPLOSIVE what an incredible stump destroyer.

The pix, 10 minutes into a 8" a elm stump I gave up.
I have not heard any favorable opinions of the high flow grinder attachments out there either

Hey how the heck do you get the pix to show like that? I hate the click on "Attached Images" crap

 

[Blakesmaster]

ahhh my bad, let me fix

"My experience with Hydraulic powered (stump grinder attachments) ones don't work for a professional"

I was strictly a residential Arborist company so I never ran one of those Hydra maxs, but I have seen that Machine run on land clearings and it is EXPLOSIVE what an incredible stump destroyer.

The pix, 10 minutes into a 8" a elm stump I gave up.
I have not heard any favorable opinions of the high flow grinder attachments out there either

Hey how the heck do you get the pix to show like that? I hate the click on "Attached Images" crap

Yeah that little attachment looks pathetic as all get out. To post pics right on the thread you just need to post them elsewhere on the internet ( i.e. photobucket ) or just steal them from someone else's site ( I don't actually own a T185 surprise, surprise ). Copy the url where your have the pic, click the little picture frame looking jobby with the mountains on it in the reply to thread and past the url in there. Voila. I wish more people would learn this, it's actually easier and makes looking at pics a lot quicker.

 

[Blakesmaster]

It's actually better to upload the photos here and then embed them that way when someone's photobucket account takes a dump the photos are still here instead of a red X.

True, true. I like having all my pics at the bucket though so I can access them from anywhere if my computer were to crash and uploading pics twice is a real pita.

 

[gr8scott72]

It's actually better to upload the photos here and then embed them that way when someone's photobucket account takes a dump the photos are still here instead of a red X.

I have pictures with valid links in my photobucket account that are 5 or more years old.

I MUCH prefer photobucket than trying to individually upload pictures to any forum that I want to show them on. Plus, you have to resize them to upload them here. Photobucket does that automatically.