Sweet. Question: I have about 100 or so stumps in the ground right now, ranging from 10" to 36". Based on what you "borrowed" for that work, can I get that done in a weekend? I'd love to rent one of those, but all I have around me are mini-excavators and TLB combo machines, and at $200/day, I don't really know how much I can expect to get done with those machines.
Sweet. Question: I have about 100 or so stumps in the ground right now, ranging from 10" to 36". Based on what you "borrowed" for that work, can I get that done in a weekend? I'd love to rent one of those, but all I have around me are mini-excavators and TLB combo machines, and at $200/day, I don't really know how much I can expect to get done with those machines.
That's why I'm leaning towards just buying a stump grinder...
Thanks... I'll try to find one to rent. I should probably cut down the remaining trees first though, like you said... I have another 50 or so that I want to get down before I start digging or removing stumps.This was a hitachi zaxxis 135. Great machine, I had about the same amount of stumps and roughly the same size and yes you can do it in a weekend. With probably 8 hrs on the machine. This rents for 395$ a day which I always get my machine Friday morning gives you three days to put 8 hours on it but I generally will be closer to 16, try and organize my projects so I can get max use out of machine. I use my tractor for moving and staging the smaller stumps. The bigger stumps in the 36 d range you will probably have to dig around but the small stuff will pull right up especially if there is a decent amount of stump above ground. A couple rental places around me have blades on these machines as well which helps in filling the holes and leveling after. If you can afford a 160-200 I would think about that as it will tear out stumps even better. Watched a neighbor take out his stumps with a 200. Made the 135 look like a mini you will have a lot of fun though
Darned cows seem to waste about as much hay as they eat, what they don't stomp in the mud, they crap on and waste even with the hay ring around it the pull out big chunks and stomp on it. If cows are the stupidest creature on earth, then they must not be far behind.A couple pictures with the Big LS cleaning up where I fed the cows rolls last winter.
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Darned cows seem to waste about as much hay as they eat, what they don't stomp in the mud, they crap on and waste even with the hay ring around it the pull out big chunks and stomp on it. If cows are the stupidest creature on earth, then they must not be far behind.