3-Point Hitch stump grinder on PTO shaft for BX1860?

[Gale Hawkins]

Per Steve (and my notes) at Iowa Farm Equipment 563-946-2121 ext. 104 the Shaver brand 3 point hitch unit is $4999 for the 24" and $5999 for the larger 34" cutter. They are made in IA.

He said the better value today is for the Work Saver brand (IL built) and that it makes the cut with less vibration but the other one is still fine.

The Work Saver is 2" larger with the 26" selling for $3899 and the 36" goes for $4699 at their company but the retail list prices are about the same for both units.

He said if he was using one either brand would be fine. If he was paying for one to use himself it would be the Work Saver.

He states many get 200-400 stumps before sharping the bits and they also sell them as a replacement item.

I plan be down I-80 in a few weeks and we were talking the sales tax difference picking up at the store vs. shipping it to KY. The shipping cost was less than the sales tax in my case so driving the PU so I could haul it home would not make $$$ or comfort sense.

If one had many stumps the grinding over digging with a backhoe/FEL could make sense but $5K is a lot of money to be setting most of the time. At $2 per inch of stump I am not sure it would be a big money maker. That would be determined by inches per location I guess.

 

[DelSc]

I read in the attachments forum about a pto stump grinder by Woods called the TSG50. There is a guy who uses one with a BX24 and was pretty pleased with it. Its rated for 15 to 50 pto hp. Might be worth a search if your looking at them.

 

[keyman1808]

I couldn't justify the price for it sitting 99 percent of the time. Maybe if I had several hundred to do thats a different story.

 

[Gale Hawkins]

I hear you on the $5K setting unused 99% of the time. Now if one had about 20 brothers and cousins living in the same area it might work out as a family project.

Seldom is owning your own equipment the cheapest route vs. hiring it done but it can be fun having your own stuff. I would have been fine without the backhoe since I had a tractor/bush hog/box blade already but I did "want" one.

 

[955er]

If you rent, make sure the stump areas are all free of rocks and other debris. Those replacement teeth cost quite a bit and are not always covered on the insurance you can purchase.

 

[jsygrovehpi]

Rented one 2 weeks ago for $135. Had a huge v-twin engine on it. Looked a lot larger than the Kawasaki 20 HP engine on the JD 425. My guess it was in the 20-25 hp range. 'Only' weighed 550 lbs but was self propelled. Also couldnt see what you were doing and had to do everything by feel. The place installed brand new teeth on it for us. Told us that if we break the carbide tips off that they would be $10 each. There were 12 teeth total on the machine (6 pairs of 2).

The genius loading my fathers diesel had it at 100% power when he hit the bottom of the ramps set up and it started jumping kicking the ramps out and dumping the machine on its side allowing the new carbide teeth to dig into the tailgate (thank God for bed liners! ). I would have been more upset if he didnt effe up his hand really bad. Apparently the same guy unloaded my father's truck Monday morning and once again dumping the machine on the way off the ramps.:thumbdown::mur: