Look at the roots on this beast.

[Frankenkubota]

Man eating, squid! Not man, eating squid.

She fought me hard, but I bet her adn got her out of the ground.
That's a 24" bucket and she still trailed off another few feet out of frame.

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[Tinhack]

It looked too clean so I was going to ask if you found that on the side of the road. :laughing: Then I read your explanation of the sandy soil. Still quite a feat! Thanks for sharing. :thumbsup:

 

[stuckmotor]

There's a sand ridge two or three miles from the farm. I've never known how so much sand got there in the midst of all our clay.

 

[Seven Gables]

Here's a few pics of some sweet cherry stumps I've taken out of my orchard. I've taken about 2000 out in the last 3 years, some smaller than these but also some quite a bit larger with 2' diameter trunks and even longer roots. These cherry trees are on a Mazzard rootstock some of which have roots that reach out 25+ feet in all directions . Really is enjoyable to see what the little 6ton Volvo is capable of .

 

[riptides]

Pretty large root system. I have one black cherry that I have been battling to get out.

 

[oosik]

Lordy - you have deep soil. A mammoth undertaking. Loooong ago I had a fierce wind storm and it blew over one of my ancient Ponderosa pines. Because I have such shallow soil over bedrock - the roots spread out like an octopus. It's the only wind blown tree ever, here on my 80 acres. It took me two years of cutting, dragging to get it all "pieced up" and to the burn pile. The butt cut was 37" in diameter.

 

[4570Man]

The soil is shallow here. At least you guys can burn the stumps. The shallow ones pack together and the dirt can’t be knocked out.

 

[TractorGuy]

That's a nice one.

I might as well show off a couple of mine.

This was a big Sand Pine.

And mother of a Sweetgum.

 

[oosik]

TractorGuy - looks like removal of that Sweetgum almost required tearing up the entire front yard. I guess I'm just lucky. My only type of trees here are Ponderosa pines. I don't have many that you would say are "in my yard". The few that I've had to cut down - just leave the stump and let time take care of it. This pine was cut down about six years ago. 38" on the butt. Another five years or so and it will be dust. It's about 150 feet from the house. It was the closest one I had. View attachment 682111

 

[TractorGuy]

TractorGuy - looks like removal of that Sweetgum almost required tearing up the entire front yard. I guess I'm just lucky. My only type of trees here are Ponderosa pines. I don't have many that you would say are "in my yard". The few that I've had to cut down - just leave the stump and let time take care of it. This pine was cut down about six years ago. 38" on the butt. Another five years or so and it will be dust. It's about 150 feet from the house. It was the closest one I had. View attachment 682111

I dug out a couple of cherry trees to the right of it but yeah, I was still digging out roots that would surface for months. The point it was at in the picture was where I gave up trying to get it out with a E32 mini Excavator. I wasted a couple hours rental time getting it to that point before I gave up. I finished removing it after I bought my NH575E backhoe.