TYM T-700 stump removal

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Hi, I want to stop in and give an update on my new to me TYM T-700. I have put 21 hours on the clock in the last 12 days it has run my 8.5' Matthews company flail mower, cleaned up 26 trees from the storm damage we had back on the 24th of August using my chainsaw and the grapple bucket., most recently-today I removed 12 stumps in about an hour and a half. I am well pleased with the quality of my stump bucket. There was a small learning curve and I adapted fairly quickly. This tractor has lots of torque and with its weight-approximately 8600 pounds with loader I can run just above idle 1200 rpm in low or put in creeper and after severing the roots I have been able to move the stump out of its hole.

 

[tacticalturnip]

That stump bucket looks right at home! Good to see you're enjoying your new toy tractor.

 

[Rustyiron]

It's always refreshing to hear about a happy "customer"
Good job.

 

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I wanted to post a quick update. I have put 37 hours on the clock in the last 25 days I have more stumps to tear out and more logs to cut u and fetch with this TYM T-700. Here is a pic of a log I grabbed yesterday Approximately 1 mile round trip and I made 6 trips.

 

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So, I had a couple minutes today and tore a large stump out that I started to work on a couple days ago. I am going to try to video the next stump I tear out. Here are some pics cause I know you guys like pics. It doesn't take long and everything is wet.

 

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My question is: what do you do with them after you tear them out? Why I like my stump grinder. It leaves no holes to fill in and no stump to deal with either.

 

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My question is: what do you do with them after you tear them out? Why I like my stump grinder. It leaves no holes to fill in and no stump to deal with either.

I have a big brush pile that I am going to burn I will start in the morning and as it burns I will drop the stumps on the pile when I am done burning I will till the ash into into the ground. I am going to get 40-60 yards of compost and I will work that into the same area. I will be growing vegetables in that area. I also like to plant pumpkins and then we invite family and friends out with their children and let them go pick their pumpkins. I agree that a stump grinder would be way better to use but I can't really see spending that much money on one. Even used ones they want 3000-3500.00. With the way prices have gotten out of control on pretty much everything, I can't bring myself to buy one. If I would of had my thinking cap on I should of checked to see how much it would cost to rent a stump grinder. Thanks for asking!

Dave

 

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I literally pulled a couple out of the ground (and left a large hole I had to fill in) with one of my M9 Kubota's in the past, the farm is on sandy loam so if we get a lot of rain, it's pretty easy to pop them out. I'd cut them with about 8 feet of trunk sticking up, hook a heavy chain near the top of the upright trunk, put the tractor in FWA in low range and pop them right out (really the only time I use FWA other than when plowing and blowing snow as we live 2 miles from the pavement so if we get a bad snow, the only way we can get out is plow and blow my way out...

Anyway, after leaving some pretty big holes I had to fill in, when I bought the stump grinder so no more holes and.. For some reason, burning stumps isn't kike burning branches and brush. In my case they don't want to burn readily. Actually took me a couple brush burns to consume them and I'm a closet pyro anyway.

Kind of looking forward to winter and snow,. now I'm retired because I don't have to go anywhere so I think I'll leave the blower and the plow in the barn this winter and stay home and toast my tootsies in front of the wood stove instead.

Have fun and don't screw up your front loader. Looking at your pictures, I have to assume that attachment puts a lot of strain on the loader.

 

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Even used ones they want 3000-3500.00.

I won't tell you what I paid for mine then but if you lived close, I'd have let you borrow it. It's basically indestructable and it's actually fun to use.

 

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I literally pulled a couple out of the ground (and left a large hole I had to fill in) with one of my M9 Kubota's in the past, the farm is on sandy loam so if we get a lot of rain, it's pretty easy to pop them out. I'd cut them with about 8 feet of trunk sticking up, hook a heavy chain near the top of the upright trunk, put the tractor in FWA in low range and pop them right out (really the only time I use FWA other than when plowing and blowing snow as we live 2 miles from the pavement so if we get a bad snow, the only way we can get out is plow and blow my way out...

Anyway, after leaving some pretty big holes I had to fill in, when I bought the stump grinder so no more holes and.. For some reason, burning stumps isn't kike burning branches and brush. In my case they don't want to burn readily. Actually took me a couple brush burns to consume them and I'm a closet pyro anyway.

Kind of looking forward to winter and snow,. now I'm retired because I don't have to go anywhere so I think I'll leave the blower and the plow in the barn this winter and stay home and toast my tootsies in front of the wood stove instead.

Have fun and don't screw up your front loader. Looking at your pictures, I have to assume that attachment puts a lot of strain on the loader.

I like the idea of leaving a bigger stump-more leverage! It definitely puts stress on the loader. I am going to try and make a video tearing out a set of stumps so I can see what's going on up front. I for sure don't want to mess the loader up.

 

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I won't tell you what I paid for mine then but if you lived close, I'd have let you borrow it. It's basically indestructable and it's actually fun to use.

I don't wanna know lol. I wouldn't borrow it, I would be too worried that I would break it-even if I couldn't break it.

 

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I for sure don't want to mess the loader up.

I rarely use the front end loader for anything but bucket work and loading round bales (I have a bolt in the bucket floor hay spear) but I also have a couple buckets that will interchange on both the tractors. One is a light duty material bucket, the other is a heavy duty excavation bucket with a double floor and reinforced cutting lip. That is the one I have the spear on. A light duty bucket with a spear lifting 1000 pound bales or a set of clamp on bucket forks will pretty quickly put a 'smile' in the bucket floor and render the bucket basically nit useable. I've repaired a few already and it's pretty involved because you have to cut the floor away from the sided of the bucket before straightening it as putting a 'smile' in the bucket floor, also pulls the bucket side sheets inward so the have to be cut away first and then reweled once the 'smile' is removed.

In extreme cases, the 'smile' will also crack the welds on the side sheets, depending on how acute the smile is.

When I popped the trees, I always used the drawbar and put a canvas tarp over the chain so if it let go, it wouldn't turn into a missile.

 

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I rarely use the front end loader for anything but bucket work and loading round bales (I have a bolt in the bucket floor hay spear) but I also have a couple buckets that will interchange on both the tractors. One is a light duty material bucket, the other is a heavy duty excavation bucket with a double floor and reinforced cutting lip. That is the one I have the spear on. A light duty bucket with a spear lifting 1000 pound bales or a set of clamp on bucket forks will pretty quickly put a 'smile' in the bucket floor and render the bucket basically nit useable. I've repaired a few already and it's pretty involved because you have to cut the floor away from the sided of the bucket before straightening it as putting a 'smile' in the bucket floor, also pulls the bucket side sheets inward so the have to be cut away first and then reweled once the 'smile' is removed.

In extreme cases, the 'smile' will also crack the welds on the side sheets, depending on how acute the smile is.

When I popped the trees, I always used the drawbar and put a canvas tarp over the chain so if it let go, it wouldn't turn into a missile.

I like the idea of pulling them over instead of pushing them! I will give it a try with the blanket on the chain of course. Thanks for the idea.

 

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I like the idea of pulling them over instead of pushing them! I will give it a try with the blanket on the chain of course. Thanks for the idea.

You won't pull a monster over but with me, anything under a foot diameter trunk is doable in front wheel assist and I always have a helper with me to watch to make sure nothing goes wrong and you need to have a long enough chain to where, when it comes out, the trunk don't hit your tractor. Using the drawbar instead of the loader removes all strain and possible breakage and that is what the drawbar is for anyway. My M9's are pretty heavy to begin with, not sure of the exact weight but both run cast center rear wheels and I'd not want either one to run over my foot either.

 

[TractorTYMe]

Hot diggety, that T700 came to use in many glorious ways for you there.

 

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Hot diggety, that T700 came to use in many glorious ways for you there.

Yes sir, I am getting some use out of it. Lots more to do and winter is coming. Looking forward to being warm this winter. Thanks for the reply!

 

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You won't pull a monster over but with me, anything under a foot diameter trunk is doable in front wheel assist and I always have a helper with me to watch to make sure nothing goes wrong and you need to have a long enough chain to where, when it comes out, the trunk don't hit your tractor. Using the drawbar instead of the loader removes all strain and possible breakage and that is what the drawbar is for anyway. My M9's are pretty heavy to begin with, not sure of the exact weight but both run cast center rear wheels and I'd not want either one to run over my foot either.

Thanks for the pointers! I should have 50ft or so of logging chain to use so should be able to keep the stums at bay.

 

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Here are a some more pics of the stumps I tore out yesterday and then grabbed with the grapple to put on the burn pile. I will be making a short video of a tear out in the near future.