FEL (quick attach) Tree Spade

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What did you find was the biggest shortcoming of the Paumco unit?

I don't see any shortcomings in my Paumco spade. I have the model which slips over the end of my FEL forks. If I had it to do over, I would purchase the model which also connects to the lower bucket lip, as well.

However, for digging stumps, as PhysAssist tried to do, the bucket will actually be in the way. You put the Paumco on your forks, and you can do a lot of stump digging, with ease.
 
   / FEL (quick attach) Tree Spade #12  
I've been considering the Paumco spade to add to my bucket for transplanting a number of small trees and shrubs i need to move. I have a phd to use for planting, but does the Paumco spade actually dig a hole like the videos say? How about in rocks?...
thanks
ETA has another one, made by Long, for much more money. It is clearly built like a tank compared to the Paumco unit, but the price reflects that.

so for those of you who have bought the Paumco unit, for the bucket, have you used the spade for tree work, or just stumps?

thanks
 
   / FEL (quick attach) Tree Spade #13  
FWIW, the Paumco combo-spade was the first non-kubota implement we purchsed, but i think if I could go back, and do it over, I wouldn't buy it again.

It's a chainon version of those above- about 2 feet long by 20" wide.

Don't get me wrong, it can be useful, but mainly for more selectively picking up rock or logs.
What we wanted it for and were led to believe it would work for on our Kubota B2320 was to dig up stumps-and I believe we were sold a bill of goods by Paumco's owner, who told me that it would be able to do that on our tractor...

Not enough weight in your tractor? Did it do any damage to your bucket?
 
   / FEL (quick attach) Tree Spade #14  
Not enough weight in your tractor? Did it do any damage to your bucket?

Well, having loaded our rears and using our greater than Kubota recommended weight ballast box has helped, but since all weight is in back, it hasn't helped that much.
I really think that it is a weight and power issue.
It had not damaged the bucket until last fall- mostly because it is chained around the whole thing.
Unfortunately, last fall while we were digging drainage trenches, we found a boulder, and as we were digging it out, the turn buckle/chain tensioner [lever type, not ratchet] opened up without us noticing it, and our bucket lip turned into a grin...
 
   / FEL (quick attach) Tree Spade #15  
Well, having loaded our rears and using our greater than Kubota recommended weight ballast box has helped, but since all weight is in back, it hasn't helped that much.
I really think that it is a weight and power issue.
It had not damaged the bucket until last fall- mostly because it is chained around the whole thing.
Unfortunately, last fall while we were digging drainage trenches, we found a boulder, and as we were digging it out, the turn buckle/chain tensioner [lever type, not ratchet] opened up without us noticing it, and our bucket lip turned into a grin...

You can fix that grin with a hydraulic jack and a chain. Jack it slightly past grin, into the frown territory and let it spring back to straight.
 
   / FEL (quick attach) Tree Spade #16  
You can fix that grin with a hydraulic jack and a chain. Jack it slightly past grin, into the frown territory and let it spring back to straight.

Hi James,
Thanks- I used your links to search out bent bucket lip posts, and found quite a few that also suggested that.
I'm leaning towards putting spade back on, resting it on top of another boulder, and bouncing up and down on it, or jacking on it as you suggested.
 
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simply for fyi, I bought the WR Long tree scoop almost four years ago and two things were obvious. It's physically large, and I bet it would take 200hp to bend the thing, massively built. My L Kubota does not have the power to use it properly, will not push down into ground far enough. It does, however, work well making short ditches for water drainage and it works awesomely for ripping out stumps.
 
   / FEL (quick attach) Tree Spade #18  
simply for fyi, I bought the WR Long tree scoop almost four years ago and two things were obvious. It's physically large, and I bet it would take 200hp to bend the thing, massively built. My L Kubota does not have the power to use it properly, will not push down into ground far enough. It does, however, work well making short ditches for water drainage and it works awesomely for ripping out stumps.

The Paumco combo-spade is likewise bullet-proof, in fact, another reason, I think it has worked better recently is that since I first posted, I have spent several sessions with my angle grinder sharpening the rather blunted "cutting" [more like bludgeoning] edge that it shipped with.

If I had a skid steer, or telehandler, I doubt it would have even been an issue, but with my little tractor, every edge I can get helps [intended].
 
   / FEL (quick attach) Tree Spade #19  
The Paumco combo-spade is likewise bullet-proof, in fact, another reason, I think it has worked better recently is that since I first posted, I have spent several sessions with my angle grinder sharpening the rather blunted "cutting" [more like bludgeoning] edge that it shipped with.

If I had a skid steer, or telehandler, I doubt it would have even been an issue, but with my little tractor, every edge I can get helps [intended].
My bucket spade (well pallet fork spade) from them has held up on my L3200 & now much beefier L4060. Not that useful, but way beats a shovel when I can't be bothered to blow half a day or more to go borrow a backhoe from a friend. Planted a number of live xmas trees with mine & replaced a few burried downspouts. Not a great tool, but a good economical one.
 
 
 
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