Anyone have a MechMaxx 3-pt stump grinder?

[RjCorazza]

I've taken care of a 3 stumps already. How do you prevent the tractor from stalling? The stump grinder would shake like crazy and engine would stall when I'm taking too much of a bite. Do I adjust the slip clutch so it slips more?

Also make sure the 3 point lower arms are adjusted tight, and grind starting on the left side of the stump (as viewed from the operator's position).

 

[Runner]

I've taken care of a 3 stumps already. How do you prevent the tractor from stalling? The stump grinder would shake like crazy and engine would stall when I'm taking too much of a bite. Do I adjust the slip clutch so it slips more?

Just stop and back up a little to let the unit spin up again, then adjust your three point so as to not take as big a bite and then start moving forward again.

Also, when it starts to bog, you can just turn the steering wheel slightly so that the rear end of the tractor swings a little to the right, which takes some of the pressure off the wheel. Sometimes that's all you need.

I adjusted my slip clutch to the spec. from the instructions and found that it was constantly slipping, even when not taking too big of a bite, so I readjusted with a couple more turns. Works better now.

 

[deezler]

I've taken care of a 3 stumps already. How do you prevent the tractor from stalling? The stump grinder would shake like crazy and engine would stall when I'm taking too much of a bite. Do I adjust the slip clutch so it slips more?

Ok, one engine stall, we'll forgive ya. But 3 strikes? yer out.

Just kidding but for the sake of your nice tractor, be careful! Slip clutch pressure, small bites, correct side of the stump, etc. All of the advice above is good.

More simply, if you feel the tractor bogging down from a big bite, let off the hydro pedal so it can recover - avoid the stall at all costs.

 

[JJT]

Slow and steady with small bites. I agree the clutch is too tight, it needs to slip before taking out the tractor.

Had a neighbor that ignored his slip clutch, he no longer has a working rear pto. The tractor needs to be split.....

 

[nc73]

Didn't realize I got this many responses... I did 3 tiny stumps today and only stalled once but that was my fault, forgot to get the rpm's up. Adjusting the clutch did the trick. Only 6 stumps left! Well I have 5 more trees to take down so that'll be fun. 11 more stumps!

 

[pmsmechanic]

Time to tell my 11 stump story. I bought a Woodland Mills WG 24 PRO. I thought about a MechMaxx but was concerned about the whole tariff situation.

Anyways it was delivered and I got it all set up and on the tractor. I had 11 stumps to grind. None were very large and some were well rotted. In an hour I was done and honestly I was not pleased.

In the mean time Woodland Mills sent me an email welcoming me to their family etc.

This was part of my response: I'll be honest and say that initially I was rather disappointed in my new stump grinder. I had about 11 stumps of varying sizes to grind and I was done in about an hour. I was really looking forward to having more than an hour's worth of fun out of my new stump grinder. Fortunately my wife mentioned to her friends that I had purchased a stump grinder and so after a few days I was off to the neighbours to have more fun.

And this was the response from Wood;and Mills: I'm not going to lie, when I started reading your email, I got a little worried. Then I kept reading and burst out laughing!

Woodland Mills sent out 2 hats. A pink one for my wife and a green one for me.

Have a good day!