Loader Stump bucket

[harleyrkc]

Has anyone used a stump bucket with the CK3510?
httpss://www.palletforks.com/tstgrap.html

 

[ritcheyvs]

I got a Titan stump bucket for my DK45s. It's built like a tank but it is seldom useful, mainly because it's too wide at the front end. That makes it hard to drive it into the dirt. I thought it would be a handy implement but I almost never use it. To dig a stump you need to cut the roots all the way around and it's often hard to get the tractor into the needed positions to do that. I think a ripper would be more useful for stumps.

 

[finn1]

I wouldn’t recommend one for use on any CUT. The loader arms are spindly and weak compared to a skid steer or CTL, both of which are designed for digging in the earth.

 

[ksbrdmkr]

I have a 4 foot stump bucket that I dug out a 15 in mulberry stump. Had to dig around the stump a couple of times to pop enough roots out. The DK45/loaded rear tires would still come off the ground when working with the tip of the bucket. Had to work slow and easy, another 5000# of tractor is what the bucket needed.

 

[DieselBound]

My B7800 could handle a stump bucket (the B7800 is indestructible), but wouldn't put one on my NX. If I have to remove stumps I rent an excavator: and I have some HUGE stumps, so it's pretty much a given I need a big, function-correct machine to do the work.

It doesn't take much to screw something up and end up with a huge repair bill: I recently blew out a loader dump cylinder when over-driving the grapple on my NX- cost about $700 to repair; I could rent a nice excavator for several days for that kind of dough!

 

[TractorGuy]

After digging stumps for a few years with a full size backhoe I can't imagine a stump bucket on a CUT would be of much use. That stump bucket grapple you linked looks like the grapple would interfere with digging.

That said I dug out a pretty ornery Crepe Myrtle with a 3 pt bucket scoop and my old 855 JD. Took several hours but I got that sucker out. Ended up having to wrap a chain around the root ball and jerking it till it cut under the stump. Actually transplanted the tree and it survived.

Still, for just a few you would be better off renting something made for digging.

 

[harleyrkc]

Thanks for the advice guys. It appears I'd be better off waiting to remove stumps until I dig my pond at which time I'll have a decent sized excavator onsite and can address a few other projects at the same time.

 

[DieselBound]

Thanks for the advice guys. It appears I'd be better off waiting to remove stumps until I dig my pond at which time I'll have a decent sized excavator onsite and can address a few other projects at the same time.

Good plan. That's what I do.

My equipment rental guy sees plenty of rentals in which people don't know what all they're going to do.

I don't think anyone makes a stump bucket that would handle this stump:



Not the biggest stump I've dealt with: this one was too close to the fence and gate to dig up the area to bury it- I usually just pop them out, dig, and then drop them back in and fill over.

 

[Phantese]

Keep in mind a stump bucket on a compact tractor is useful for stumps under about 8" I had a CK 4010 and I designed this bucket and find it very useful, but I kept it shorter than most so I could keep maximum force close to the pivot pins (the further out you go the less effective force you can exert) Mind you I did get this big stump out with it very easy but it was cut a year before I tried it. This one works great,Hope this helps.

 

[ritcheyvs]

The idea of the long stump bucket is that you can "lever" out the stump by pivoting on the far (pointy) end. I think you have the right idea with the pointy front end. My (almost useless) Titan bucket has a wide, flat front (but with teeth) and I can barely penetrate the earth with it.