digicamnut
Silver Member
I'm fixin to get a Kubota L3400 what would be a inexpensive stump grinder to get?
Stump Grinders
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jkelley8
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There is a company in Houston area called "Stumpster" 800/527-2881
Stumpster Stump Grinding and Tree Removal Online - I have one of their older units and am very pleased
with it. I have no idea about current pricing - They are close enough to
you to go and see for yourself what they may have and how it would fit
your needs.
Stumpster Stump Grinding and Tree Removal Online - I have one of their older units and am very pleased
with it. I have no idea about current pricing - They are close enough to
you to go and see for yourself what they may have and how it would fit
your needs.
Ductape
Elite Member
Good luck ! I asked for info on PTO stump grinders a week and a half ago and only came up with one TBN member who owned one. Check back a page or two to find my thread on them. I'll keep an eye on this thread....... perhaps its just cuz no one like me here. 
DavidVT
Gold Member
I wanted to get a stump grinder but backed off after sticker shock....
I ended up renting the services of a large excavator for about 9 hours.
I had the excavator rip out the stumps and drop them in small clusters.
I used my tractor to collect the stumps and fill any holes.
Best $900 I've spent and I have no rusting stump grinder behind the barn.
Not for everyone but something to consider...
Good luck
I ended up renting the services of a large excavator for about 9 hours.
I had the excavator rip out the stumps and drop them in small clusters.
I used my tractor to collect the stumps and fill any holes.
Best $900 I've spent and I have no rusting stump grinder behind the barn.
Not for everyone but something to consider...
Good luck
podagrower
Silver Member
Here's my two cents.
I have a friend with a 3 point stump grinder, I don't know the manufacturer, but it is quite effective. It is hard to judge how far back into the stump you are going to cut when looking down from the seat, however. I recently needed to grind two stumps (1 15" oak, 1 6" pine). In order to borrow my friends stump grinder, I would have to borrow his tractor as well, becouse his stump grinder needs two rear remotes to operate, and my tractor only has one. With the price of fuel to drive two hours to get his tractor, drive two hours home, grind two stumps, fill his tractor with fuel (the least you can do when borrowing), drive two hours back to his house, and two hours back home, I figured it would be easier to rent a standard stump grinder.
Half day rental was less then $150, and I managed to get probably 20 stumps ground down. Most were 6" pine, but there were two 15" oak and two 15" pine.
My advice, if you can, take out the offending trees, work around the stumps, and rent a stump grinder to finish them off.
I have a friend with a 3 point stump grinder, I don't know the manufacturer, but it is quite effective. It is hard to judge how far back into the stump you are going to cut when looking down from the seat, however. I recently needed to grind two stumps (1 15" oak, 1 6" pine). In order to borrow my friends stump grinder, I would have to borrow his tractor as well, becouse his stump grinder needs two rear remotes to operate, and my tractor only has one. With the price of fuel to drive two hours to get his tractor, drive two hours home, grind two stumps, fill his tractor with fuel (the least you can do when borrowing), drive two hours back to his house, and two hours back home, I figured it would be easier to rent a standard stump grinder.
Half day rental was less then $150, and I managed to get probably 20 stumps ground down. Most were 6" pine, but there were two 15" oak and two 15" pine.
My advice, if you can, take out the offending trees, work around the stumps, and rent a stump grinder to finish them off.
SLOBuds
Gold Member
Yea, sorry, I need to agree with a couple of folks here. They really are not cost effective.
We got hit with pine bark beetle here and I've felled 20 or so mature Pines in the past 4 years. After that experience I have a couple of observations.
Right here on TBN you can read a lot of information about ways to fell trees. My opinion after going over all of that information is that a lot of time and effort can be saved by using a simple 'pushing' technique. This is basically a technique of cutting several of the roots while the tree is standing, and then pushing it over roots and all. The roots are removed with the tree.
There are derivatives of this technique. Like cutting the tree down at 8' height then pushing from there.
If you need to feel a tree over a certain size, then pushing may be too dangerous. I question that a bit, because sawing is dangerous also. But if the tree begins to fall unpredictably during the procedure, at least you are on your feet rather than tucked inside a tractor - able to escape faster in different directions.
Regardless of the technique you use, this is DANGEROUS business. Or potentially dangerous. Be sure to plan your approach well and thoroughly understand the dynamics of how the tree might fall under varying circumstances.
So now the tree has been sawed down, and the stump is in the ground. If you have patience, let mother nature soften it up a bit. A year or 2 will make a big difference on how easily the stump will come out even with a loader, or better to use a backhoe.
If you don't have patience, and you don't want to deal with the longer process of digging stumps out, then the grinder works just fine. But I am agreeing about the cost/benefit analysis of others: just rent one or (as in my case) have someone else do it.
I felled about 20 pines, and there were stumps all over the parcel left from the previous owner. This was before I was aware of the pushing techique. So we hired a person to do the work and he spent maybe 10 minutes on each stump, max. That includes the transport time with the machine.
We got hit with pine bark beetle here and I've felled 20 or so mature Pines in the past 4 years. After that experience I have a couple of observations.
Right here on TBN you can read a lot of information about ways to fell trees. My opinion after going over all of that information is that a lot of time and effort can be saved by using a simple 'pushing' technique. This is basically a technique of cutting several of the roots while the tree is standing, and then pushing it over roots and all. The roots are removed with the tree.
There are derivatives of this technique. Like cutting the tree down at 8' height then pushing from there.
If you need to feel a tree over a certain size, then pushing may be too dangerous. I question that a bit, because sawing is dangerous also. But if the tree begins to fall unpredictably during the procedure, at least you are on your feet rather than tucked inside a tractor - able to escape faster in different directions.
Regardless of the technique you use, this is DANGEROUS business. Or potentially dangerous. Be sure to plan your approach well and thoroughly understand the dynamics of how the tree might fall under varying circumstances.
So now the tree has been sawed down, and the stump is in the ground. If you have patience, let mother nature soften it up a bit. A year or 2 will make a big difference on how easily the stump will come out even with a loader, or better to use a backhoe.
If you don't have patience, and you don't want to deal with the longer process of digging stumps out, then the grinder works just fine. But I am agreeing about the cost/benefit analysis of others: just rent one or (as in my case) have someone else do it.
I felled about 20 pines, and there were stumps all over the parcel left from the previous owner. This was before I was aware of the pushing techique. So we hired a person to do the work and he spent maybe 10 minutes on each stump, max. That includes the transport time with the machine.
rtdiggr
Platinum Member
Did you try the search feature? Mine was around $5000 with tax CND funds. it uses 1 remote for the rear. if you have any question it will try my best to help out. Shane
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-your-power-take.html?highlight=stump+grinder
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-your-power-take.html?highlight=stump+grinder
IslandTractor
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A 3pt stump grinder would not be such a great investment IMO, especially considering they cost almost half of what a BH does but do only a single task.
I own a dedicated 10hp Bearcat stump grinder. I used it until I bought a tractor with a backhoe. Now my neighbor borrows it sometimes but otherwise it sits in the barn.
I own a dedicated 10hp Bearcat stump grinder. I used it until I bought a tractor with a backhoe. Now my neighbor borrows it sometimes but otherwise it sits in the barn.