Backhoe Dealing with pine trees

[1930]

Anyone here ever had to deal with their removal? Ive got a lot to remove. Ive already played around with them enough to know they arent very cooperative.

Sandy soil, tap roots go straight down and the trunk only gets larger underground.

Ive just ordered a Kubota tractor/backhoe and I plan to see what I can do, surely I can remove the 4 inchers and under but that still leaves alot of larger.

Im thinking of digging down one side ( once the tree is felled ) and just cutting off the stump underground with a battery powered sawzall but its worth asking here others experiences.

No Im not interested in hiring someone to come in and do it for me nor rent a piece of equipment at this point but thanks.

 

[Jstpssng]

Unless you are planning on selling the wood as sawlogs cut the stumps as high as you safely can. That will give you a little more leverage to pull on once you get the roots loosened up. I dug out some surprisingly big stumps with my little L275 and a small "CadPlan" backhoe which just rode on the 3 pth, although I was left with some pretty big holes.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Pretty small machine to deal with trees. MAYBE, the biggest TLB that CAT or DEERE make would be effective, but messy.

I have only cut them off and ground off the stumps. Or got an excavator to dig them out, making a huge mess.

Some places won't even allow you to burn stumps.

Grinding Pine Stumps. FUN but time consuming nevertheless.

 

[Wasmeneh]

Probably easier to cut them and,just grind the stumps. You can grind them below soil level. Had a lot of pines come down in the last hurricane. The tree guys that showed up were able to rip the downed stumps up with a Kubota skid steer with a grapple.

These were old growth long leaf pines probably 24" in diameter. Took the Kubota about 15 mins. to tear out each stump. The rest that were cut and not blown over I just had the stumps ground. Good luck

 

[Thomas]

Each stump will mostly be new challenge to remove,keep digging around the stump until roots broken or cut free.

 

[oosik]

I thin my pine stands every spring and chip them. Around 900 small( 1" to 6" on the butt ) pines. I leave about a 4" tall stump. It rots and turns to tan powder in about three years. The big 'ol ancient pines - up to 40" - will take all of ten years.

 

[Richard]

I don't recall that it was a pine tree but my wife's cousin next door had a tree he wanted dropped.

I dug on three sides of it, leaving the 4th side as sort of a 'hinge' to help prevent it falling back towards the house.

Otherwise, I simply dug on three sides, huffed, puffed and pushed it over.

Yeah, it was a bit nerve racking since "things happen" but it all went according to plan.

Since whole tree fell, it popped the root ball up.

Nice thing is, once I was done, I was done. HE was the one that cut the tree up & got rid of it. I got to MAKE the mess while he cleaned it. Doesn't get much better than that!

 

[Richard]

This is with an industrial backhoe with a 15 1/2 foot digging depth.

 

[Diggin It]

and just cutting off the stump underground with a battery powered sawzall but its worth asking here others experiences.

You'll burn the tool up that way. Don't ask me how I know. At least the battery ones. I use my electric one now even if I have to drag a generator out.

How many do you have and how fast do you need it done? There are hydraulic shears that cut at or below ground level. Not sure if they go on the FEL or the rear thee point.

 

[Jstpssng]

How big are the trees which you are talking about, and how many are there? You mentioned 4", but what are the biggest? That will have a lot of bearing on how well they come out. If you can cut them this year and let them set for a year or two they also will come out a lot easier.
Assuming that the B6100 is your existing tractor, how big is the one which you just ordered?
Lastly, what do you plan to do with the ground once the stumps are pulled, and how soon before you do it?
With patience and time you can do a lot more with smaller tractors than some people realize.

Edit: I saw on another thread that your new tractor is a L2501.