Stump Grinder Grinding or Stump Cutter Cutting?

[familytreeman]

In this industry, I have heard the machine/job of removing stumps called both.

I have seen men with teeth missing operate their machines with dull teeth:monkey: with dust flying...

This is what I call 'stump grinding'.

I have seen professional men with face shield/machine shield operate their machines with sharp teeth with mulch flying...

The latter of the two will tear thru the stump in much less time, and also generate a reusable resource.

I call this stump cutting.

I refer to it this way when selling the work to my clients.

 

[tomtrees58]

grinding stumps is just that tom trees

 

[kevin callahan]

in the end the guy that is grinding may not be doing it safe. But he is probably just trying to feed his family. the only way he knows how.

 

[ozzy42]

Vermeer has tried so hard to call their machines stump cutters,but everybody I have ever known calls them stump grinders,including vermeer owners.

It's like when they wanted us to stop calling the place we got our used auto parts from "junk yards"

 

[TDunk]

I had a guy ask me if i had a stump jumper one time. Took me a few to figure it out.

 

[pdqdl]

Stump jumper is the steel disc on the bottom of a field mower. It helps the mower get off the stump from the tree it just pulverized.

Regarding "cutters" vs "grinders": Tradition says it's a grinder. There is no Yellow Pages section for "Stump cutting".

And most of the manufacturers advertise their stuff as "stump grinders". I believe that this new language is driven by the marketing departments of companies that offer two different product lines: "grinders": tub and otherwise, and "cutters": a term saved for stump grinders.

I had this conversation with one of my guys just last week. It is a settled argument, from my point of view.

"Grinders":
Bandit:http://www.banditchippers.com/index.php?option=com_models&itemId=15&lineId=26
Morbark: http://www.morbark.com/Equipment/Equipment.htm
Beeline: http://www.mystumpgrinder.com/
Ditch Witch: http://www.ditchwitchmidwest.com/compact_stump.cfm
Bobcat: http://www.bobcat.com/attachments/stump_grinder
Slashbuster: http://www.slashbuster.com/stump-grinder.htm
And a whole lot of other dinky companies.

"Cutters":
Vermeer: http://www.vermeer.com/vcom/EnvironmentalEquipment/Line.jsp?PrdlnID=3610
Rayco: http://www.raycomfg.com/stumpcutters.htm

 

[MonkeyMan_812]

I was stump removing the other day when a chip flew into my right nostril. Perfect shot. Whats the chances? Bet that wont happen again for awhile.

 

[ozzy42]

I was stump removing the other day when a chip flew into my right nostril. Perfect shot. Whats the chances? Bet that wont happen again for awhile.

Better be very carefull and not quote to your customers thatyou are a stump remover.You could be all day on a 75$ stump

As for the chip in the nose,,,,It's happen a few times to me ,,,it sucks.

 

[familytreeman]

plastic shield

I just want everyone to BE SAFE, I helped a guy put a plastic shield on his machine, it came off a motorcycle, but it really protected him.

Hanging below that I used a mudflap off a semi.

 

[tree md]

I've always heard it called stump grinder. Never heard it called stump cutter before. Even the Vermeer dealer here refers to them as stump grinders. But what do I know, I'm just an old hillbilly treeman in Oklahoma. I do have all my teeth though... Even if some are store bought...

Did I mention that I hate grinding stumps? I let my emloyee do that... The toothless one.

 

[ozzy42]

I beleive this link can put to rest the issue of what vermeer calls them.

http://www.vermeersoutheast.com/UsedListing.aspx?type=Stump+Cutter&category=Tree Products

I agree they will allways be called stumpgrinders in the industry,they can't change the name after the fact,but that is what vermeer wants to call them.

 

[pdqdl]

Arrr, Ozzy!

I beat you to it!

 

[ozzy42]

Arrr, Ozzy!

I beat you to it!

Sorry,you'd think as big as the page was I would have seen it.:monkey:

As for me ,I'm still gonna call it stump grinding;Stump cutting is what I use the MS361 for.

 

[Bearcreek]

My mom grinds wheat for bread and my dad got a grinder for coffee beans. Its not called cutting wheat or cutting coffee. Seems like its the same idea to me.

 

[ozzy42]

:deadhorse:I'm officially opting out of this thread.