foggy1111
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My little review on a Woods Stump Grinder. I picked it up from the Implement Dealer on Saturday. I bought it with the "hose kit" which is four hoses and fittings for the two cylinders on the machine....two of them being reduced orifice fittings. I finally got all the right hydraulic connections and hooked it up today.
I bought four "extension" hoses and the couplers to hook everything up to my loader's joystick valve. I then connected the loader's lift cylinders to the 3rd function SCV on my tractor via the existing hoses I have for my grapple. After adding grease to the gear box and greasing the fittings and hooking up the PTO....it was off to give it a whirl.
I have ground over 600 stumps on my land via rental grinders in time gone by....so I am not new to stump grinding. This Woods has lots of good features like a Sandvik Grinding Wheel and carbide teeth. A five year warranty on the gearbox and a slip clutch. In looking it over it is well built....as you expect from Woods.
My land is 200 miles from where I live and where I have the tractor currently....so I went over to a neighbor with a few stumps that need grinding. The first two were pretty rotten....and I basically destroyed those in major chunks in a few minutes....as expected.
The next two were fresh hardwood.....but only about 8" in diameter. I took a pretty good pass (maybe 3") and when I was going to re-position for the next pass I pushed the wrong way on the joystick and "buried" the teeth into the stump.....smoking the clutch for a second. At least I now know the clutch is working properly.
After switching the hoses around for up and down (which I shudda done earlier) I had no more events and made quick work outta those hardwood stumps. Power is a non-event...and this grinder will grind stumps very efficiently.
About the only issue I have is learning to use the hydraulics....which will just take a few more stumps. AND....the vision from the tractor seat is not the same as standing alongside the grinder. I think I have a plan which will enable me to position the grinder better....but it will take me a bit to get that down. Still.....its going to be hard to beat being closer to the action when setting up (as you are when using a self-contained stump grinder). (Adding a remote camera (like a back-up camera) keeps coming to my mind....who knows....lol)
From what I know to date.....this is going to work out pretty well for me. From EVERYTHING I have read or heard this grinder serves people well.....and the price is pretty good to boot. I paid $3500. + Tax....not too shabby IMO.
I think this grinder is perfect for the land-owner or farmer with numerous stumps to grind. I'm not sure if it's the right thing for a commercial grinding biz (?). I'll add information after I grind more stumps.
I bought four "extension" hoses and the couplers to hook everything up to my loader's joystick valve. I then connected the loader's lift cylinders to the 3rd function SCV on my tractor via the existing hoses I have for my grapple. After adding grease to the gear box and greasing the fittings and hooking up the PTO....it was off to give it a whirl.
I have ground over 600 stumps on my land via rental grinders in time gone by....so I am not new to stump grinding. This Woods has lots of good features like a Sandvik Grinding Wheel and carbide teeth. A five year warranty on the gearbox and a slip clutch. In looking it over it is well built....as you expect from Woods.
My land is 200 miles from where I live and where I have the tractor currently....so I went over to a neighbor with a few stumps that need grinding. The first two were pretty rotten....and I basically destroyed those in major chunks in a few minutes....as expected.
The next two were fresh hardwood.....but only about 8" in diameter. I took a pretty good pass (maybe 3") and when I was going to re-position for the next pass I pushed the wrong way on the joystick and "buried" the teeth into the stump.....smoking the clutch for a second. At least I now know the clutch is working properly.
After switching the hoses around for up and down (which I shudda done earlier) I had no more events and made quick work outta those hardwood stumps. Power is a non-event...and this grinder will grind stumps very efficiently.
About the only issue I have is learning to use the hydraulics....which will just take a few more stumps. AND....the vision from the tractor seat is not the same as standing alongside the grinder. I think I have a plan which will enable me to position the grinder better....but it will take me a bit to get that down. Still.....its going to be hard to beat being closer to the action when setting up (as you are when using a self-contained stump grinder). (Adding a remote camera (like a back-up camera) keeps coming to my mind....who knows....lol)
From what I know to date.....this is going to work out pretty well for me. From EVERYTHING I have read or heard this grinder serves people well.....and the price is pretty good to boot. I paid $3500. + Tax....not too shabby IMO.
I think this grinder is perfect for the land-owner or farmer with numerous stumps to grind. I'm not sure if it's the right thing for a commercial grinding biz (?). I'll add information after I grind more stumps.
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