TMGT
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Minimal roots are left, I will still be grading down slightly which will remove most of the other roots.Looks like a great tool ! Lots of commercial excavation companies use rippers, not just for trees but just about anything where you need to bundle the force.
Just wondering: how many roots are left in the ground, and arent you afraid your shop foundation will settle when they rot ?
My father cut an oak at the end of the driveway when the mill in town, who brought hog feed in 50kg bags on a haywagon drawn by a 15hp Deutz, closed, and he had to order in bulk at a larger cooperation, whose trucks couldnt make the turn. Say somewhere in the 70s.
When i was a kid we layd pavers around it, so the top of the stump was flat with the pavers although it was still a hump..
In my early twenties the stump started sinking, and i paved pavers over it. Right now, theres a dimple in the street.
Off course this was a 2 feet oak stump, not some flywood roots, but i personally dont like the idea of decomposing organic material under a foundation: We always dig foundations at least 2 feet untill subsoil, though at my brother in laws house, on an old river arm, they dug 6 feet before finding subsoil without organic matter. Though we live in a river delta, no hard place in miles around![]()
The footers will still be 16in depth. Most of the roots will pull up while removing them.
As you can see, the rootballs are pretty complete.
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