3-Point Hitch use a Grading Scraper
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Egon
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For starters work with your present equipment before spending money.
For the stumps try popping them with your loader first. Dig into the stump and then curl for lift while pushing. One of toothed attachments as has been shown would be ideal. The grading scraper should be fine for finishing off the road.
As you progress on the job you'll find you get fussier about making a nice trail.
Ideally, a road grader would be the ideal machine. It would take out the stumps, grade the road and leave a windrow of stumps on the side. A doser would be the next choice. A couple of passes and the stumps would be loose letting you use your grading scrapper to finish the trails.
For the stumps try popping them with your loader first. Dig into the stump and then curl for lift while pushing. One of toothed attachments as has been shown would be ideal. The grading scraper should be fine for finishing off the road.
As you progress on the job you'll find you get fussier about making a nice trail.
Ideally, a road grader would be the ideal machine. It would take out the stumps, grade the road and leave a windrow of stumps on the side. A doser would be the next choice. A couple of passes and the stumps would be loose letting you use your grading scrapper to finish the trails.
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I had the same situation about 20 years ago. The skid trails I inherited were really rough. Some still are. They are evolving into good tractor roads over time. I work on them slowly. First I made them into 4 wheeler roads so I could get around. I removed the downed logs and slash and cut the stumps as close to the ground as I could to do this. Just needed a chain saw. Once I could get the wheeler around I started mowing them with a trail mower to keep the berry bushes and stump sprouts under control. That thing can go a lot of places a tractor and bushhog can't.
Then I just started using the roads with the tractor if I could. ( I had boulders, holes, skidder ruts, and steep side hill slopes to deal with also which stopped the tractor ). After a few years all those little stumps just sort of disappeared or got pulled up skidding logs over them with the tractor. I ended up with trails like this
I finally bought a small dozer to fix the problems on the roads I couldn't get the tractor on. The rake makes the small stumps easy to deal with. If you really want to get your small stumps out rent or hire one of these.
This is just what I did. Maybe you can get some ideas from it.
gg
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Then I just started using the roads with the tractor if I could. ( I had boulders, holes, skidder ruts, and steep side hill slopes to deal with also which stopped the tractor ). After a few years all those little stumps just sort of disappeared or got pulled up skidding logs over them with the tractor. I ended up with trails like this
I finally bought a small dozer to fix the problems on the roads I couldn't get the tractor on. The rake makes the small stumps easy to deal with. If you really want to get your small stumps out rent or hire one of these.
This is just what I did. Maybe you can get some ideas from it.
gg
If there we
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TSO
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If you are planning to build a road over top of stumps, you would be better suited to rent a backhoe and dig them out then to use a stump grinder or chemical. The reason is, as the stumps rot under the ground over time, they will cause holes and depressions to form in your road.
great pictures Gordon ... looks a lot like my place ... i have a backhoe that fits the back of mt TC 40 i will use it on the big stumps .. i also have a tree shear which i can get the smaller stumps down to about an inch high .. i think most folks agree that if i use a grading scraper ( over time ) it will make things smooth enough for me to make passes with the brush hog ... rocks and stump holes are part of life up in Maine
i just need to be able to get in and grab wood when i need it ... thanks again ... jim <><<
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If you are going to jerk the stumps out of the ground, you could put them around the property line piled up as high as you want as a 'stump fence'. Saves burning them. They will rot down over time.
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jim41, I recommend a combo 3 point and front end loader tree puller, read this thread by LouieJunior: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/318149-tree-puller-pleased-my-new.html?highlight=
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A lot of loaders have been bent or broken trying to pull out stumps. I had about 80 acres cut off in a patchwork.
a. I told the loggers I wanted some trails. They dragged fully limbed trees down their skidder trails to clean them up. They were at least 8' wide with no stumps so I disked and dragged them. Planted roadside mix and maintain them with a rotary cutter.
b. I tried to make my other trails where the stumps weren't
c. In those areas with stumps, I cut the stumps off as close to the ground as I can and maintain with a rotary cutter.
d. I wish I would have had one of these:
a. I told the loggers I wanted some trails. They dragged fully limbed trees down their skidder trails to clean them up. They were at least 8' wide with no stumps so I disked and dragged them. Planted roadside mix and maintain them with a rotary cutter.
b. I tried to make my other trails where the stumps weren't
c. In those areas with stumps, I cut the stumps off as close to the ground as I can and maintain with a rotary cutter.
d. I wish I would have had one of these:
