IslandTractor
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- 2007 Kioti DK40se HST, Woods BH
Those are about the same or a little bigger size as the "choke cherry" that makes up about 50% of what I am dealing with. The issue will be how deep the root system is and whether those trees have a significant tap root or not. To my delight the choke cherry has no tap root of note and the lateral roots are almost all within about a foot or so of the surface. I'll be interested how the ripper does on the oak roots.
If I were approaching one of those I'd rip all four sides then push with the loader/grapple to knock it over. Remaining roots usually just break when you lift the root ball to push or drag it away. One thing you will find is that those lateral trunks that hang out will interfere with getting the ripper close to the main root ball. Sometimes I just work around those and sometimes I use the ripper to just break them off separately. Choke cherry is easy to break, not so sure about your oak.
Good luck.
If I were approaching one of those I'd rip all four sides then push with the loader/grapple to knock it over. Remaining roots usually just break when you lift the root ball to push or drag it away. One thing you will find is that those lateral trunks that hang out will interfere with getting the ripper close to the main root ball. Sometimes I just work around those and sometimes I use the ripper to just break them off separately. Choke cherry is easy to break, not so sure about your oak.
Good luck.