Ted Summey
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- Joined
- Feb 22, 2012
- Messages
- 729
- Location
- Germanton, NC
- Tractor
- Kubota MX5100F IH McCormick Farmall 140, Massey Ferguson 135
A farm IS a long term project. A stump grinder just seems like it would make it a torturous project.
They are loud, the work they do is hard on a machine and hard on an operator that has to run one. Grinding the stumps on 100 plus acres will take years and possibly multiple stump grinders. It sounds like a very loonnggg trip to THE Hot Place to me.
You mentioned that some of the acreage is in pines - approximately 60 acres - what size pines? You could get this acreage into shape quickly by either pushing them out with a dozer OR digging them out with that John Deere backhoe someone suggested. If I had to choose between a stump grinder or a backhoe, backhoe all the way baby!
If grinding the stumps is part of your dream farm scenario, grind the hardwood stumps (approximately 35 acres) and get rid of the pine stumps the easy way. More land can go into production quicker that way.
They are loud, the work they do is hard on a machine and hard on an operator that has to run one. Grinding the stumps on 100 plus acres will take years and possibly multiple stump grinders. It sounds like a very loonnggg trip to THE Hot Place to me.
You mentioned that some of the acreage is in pines - approximately 60 acres - what size pines? You could get this acreage into shape quickly by either pushing them out with a dozer OR digging them out with that John Deere backhoe someone suggested. If I had to choose between a stump grinder or a backhoe, backhoe all the way baby!
If grinding the stumps is part of your dream farm scenario, grind the hardwood stumps (approximately 35 acres) and get rid of the pine stumps the easy way. More land can go into production quicker that way.