Loader Stump Yard Wars

[Deano]

I just don't have enough use for a backhoe to justify the expense, but yesterday it was looking awful good.

James K0UA

I will say, I thought the same thing...till i got a backhoe...now I use it more than I ever thought I would. Nice job by the way!:thumbsup:

 

[k0ua]

I will say, I thought the same thing...till i got a backhoe...now I use it more than I ever thought I would. Nice job by the way!:thumbsup:

I know, I have thought about it several times. but we don't have a lot of deep dirt here, unless you buy it!.. We have a lot of rocks.

James K0UA

 

[Chilly807]

I will say, I thought the same thing...till i got a backhoe...now I use it more than I ever thought I would. Nice job by the way!:thumbsup:

Yeah.. I'm sitting squarely on the fence. I want one, even need one once in a while.. but there's other things I need more first.

Sean

 

[Gary Fowler]

I have pretty much removed all the trees I am going to remove unless mother nature blows one over like it did a few weeks ago. Huge oak that will require a lot of digging to get it out or just leave it as it is down in the pasture not far from another stump from a tree that was struck by lightning and died. Both are over 3 feet across.
I use my backhoe mostly for small chores like removing the yearly crop of rocks that pop up from the winter freeze, digging holes for planting trees, the rare grave for dead animal and that is about it.

 

[Chilly807]

I have pretty much removed all the trees I am going to remove unless mother nature blows one over like it did a few weeks ago. Huge oak that will require a lot of digging to get it out or just leave it as it is down in the pasture not far from another stump from a tree that was struck by lightning and died. Both are over 3 feet across.
I use my backhoe mostly for small chores like removing the yearly crop of rocks that pop up from the winter freeze, digging holes for planting trees, the rare grave for dead animal and that is about it.

We're much the same, although we have a few more stumps in our future. Most aren't in a bad spot to just leave to mother nature, nothing close to the house at all. My use would be mostly refreshing ditches, bailing out our horse pond as much as I could reach (which is another issue with small 'hoes), general maintenance digging.. and just digging for the pure fun of it. Yeah, kid at heart here..

Sean

 

[kebo]

If you need to weaken it by cutting some of the roots, I recommend using a sawzall with a pruning, or wood cutting blade. Or......... borrow a neighbor's chainsaw.

A sawzall with a 12" blade will work wonders on tree roots! I have used mine to take out a couple stumps myself, and it's a bit safer than working with a chainsaw.

 

[RaydaKub]

Remember the "good ol days' when you could run down to the hardware or feed store and buy a case of dynomite?

Now a days I rarely have to fool with a stump, rent a excavator when I do.

The sight of those stumps flying through the air and across the field is forever burned into my memory.

My dad used to tell about removing some cottonwood stumps one time. A large cottonwood can easily top 7 feet in diameter, so you can imagine the size of the root ball. Well, they had a new guy on the crew and told him to go put dynamite under one stump and handed him a bundle. They set it off and the whole ball ended up on the other side of the road about 200 feet away. They asked him how many sticks of dynamite he used. The whole bundle. Nobody told him 1 or 2 was enough... Would have loved to have seen it, but I wasn't even a glint in my dad's eye yet.

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[radioman]

A sawzall with a 12" blade will work wonders on tree roots! I have used mine to take out a couple stumps myself, and it's a bit safer than working with a chainsaw.

A LITTLE?! lol .. try alot safer. once chainsaw touches dirt - its all over. all it does is rub rub rub.

My dad used to tell about removing some cottonwood stumps one time. A large cottonwood can easily top 7 feet in diameter, so you can imagine the size of the root ball. Well, they had a new guy on the crew and told him to go put dynamite under one stump and handed him a bundle. They set it off and the whole ball ended up on the other side of the road about 200 feet away. They asked him how many sticks of dynamite he used. The whole bundle. Nobody told him 1 or 2 was enough... Would have loved to have seen it, but I wasn't even a glint in my dad's eye yet.

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Now I would've love to see that!

 

[CompactTractorFan]

A sawzall with a 12" blade will work wonders on tree roots! I have used mine to take out a couple stumps myself, and it's a bit safer than working with a chainsaw.

I 2nd that. Also, make sure you get a "pruning" blade.

 

[sparc]

Along the same line, how about sticking an 8 foot copper coated ground rod in the top of the stump and wait for the next lightning storm. KABOOM.. kindling.

James K0UA

Just don't put a fuse in there or Soundguy will be upset.


Just kidding of course Soundguy.

 

[6011Artist]

When doing jobs one uses what he has available. Years ago I cut 30 or so small trees and left the stumps to rot. What a nightmare mowing around/over them. I said I'd never do that again.

So now I take my post hole digger (tractor) and dig a couple holes as close to the stump as I can get and dig around it as good as possible with a shovel and then start washing the dirt away from the roots with a garden hose (pressure washer causes too much spatter). The holes drilled with the phd gives me a place for my water and dirt to run off to. I can usually get one out in an hour or so doing it this way. I cut the tree off about head high leaving me a good long stump for leverage when pulling. Just wash the dirt away and cut the roots as you go. As you wash, you find more. After getting most of the ground level ones cut the tractor can usually pull the ones missed growing straight down...usually. But washing the dirt away lets you see what you are dealing with and gives you clean cuts without dirt in the way.