stump grinder question

[no tree to big]

Having a small machine as your sole machine = avoid if possible
Having a small machine to compliment your big grinder =sure why not
In t ge long run yes Having a small grinder vs no grinder is better then nothing

 

[CalTreeEquip]

You can usually get a SC252 for $4,000 to $8,000.
The handle bar units stay under $5,000 most the time.
http://www.californiatreeequipment.com/photos/stump_grinder/06-rg20-1.html

 

[miko0618]

How close is that to the non self propelled 15 hp version? There is 1 local for $1500

 

[miko0618]

 

[CalTreeEquip]

The handle bar units will beat the hell out of you but basically the bigger the engine the easier it is to grind a stump.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Miko, they are night and day. There is no comparison.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

It's like comparing your altec to a dr chipper.

 

[miko0618]

Lol. A dr chipper is useless.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

So are those 12 hp grinders

 

[Dillweed]

You can usually get a SC252 for $4,000 to $8,000.
The handle bar units stay under $5,000 most the time.
http://www.californiatreeequipment.com/photos/stump_grinder/06-rg20-1.html[/QUOT
He's right. Save $5,000 for a used vermeer sc252. I did, and could not be happier.

90% of the time rentals have an issue, whether it be belts, teeth, hydraulics. I know from years of renting from may different companies. A properly running 252 will get it done.

It's wonderful to complete the job with no loose ends and get paid without relying on subs for the stump grinding. I only sub on big stumps. Another note, when you sub, you tell them what you will pay them, don't let them tell you. They'll take it. They should be grateful and give you wholesale prices.

 

[TimberMcPherson]

I love my 13hp beaten up, ex rental dosko. had it for over 7 years, and its paid for itself over and over and over and over again, aside from teeth and a couple of belt adjustments it never has had anything done to it.
Its got a job coming up thats worth over a grand (half of what I paid for it), 2 stumps 20 inches around that the bigger grinders would never access. It wont be fun but will be easier than using our chainsaw grinder.


Grinders only come in two sizes, to big and to small.

Our smallest trying not to wake the dead

 

[mckeetree]

So are those 12 hp grinders

I remember when I started in the tree business for myself back in Jan. of 1986 my first grinder was 12 hp promark. Damn near useless if you had many stumps to grind. I moved on up to a self propelled 20hp Dosko along about summer of 1988. I bought that one new. Then about a year after that bought a 30 hp Vermeer 630. That was about the time I came to the realization if a stump grinder is less than 40 hp you are not going to turn out much stump grinding production.