Re: 3 point beast of a STUMPGRINDER checked off my "attachments to buy" list today
Foggy and Schism,
Thanks for the info on the teeth. I called another place today as well (sharptools.com) which is pretty local to me and they had stumpgrinder teeth that the lady said would fit my model stumpgrinder, for 10 dollars a piece. Only thing is, she said they were sort of rounded, like a thumb nail, rather than straight across which is what I have now. Do you think a rounded shape would be much different? More effective, less effective?
Agent Blue,
That does seem like a high price for the SG50, I don't know how much they go for but the place I bought my Shaver SC50 from (same as Woods SG100) sells them new for $6,700 not including tax. I imagine the SG50 should be closer to $3,500 to $4,000 or so?
This morning I went back to the hydraulic store to pick up the correct fittings I needed, since I got the wrong ones yesterday like a dumbass. I changed them all out in a pretty short amount of time, then I wanted to check the slip clutch, so I loosened up the the 8 bolts and spun the clutch, then tightened them all back up to 1.31" specs that the manual states. I then checked the gear oil, it was low, but very clean, I drained some out to see what it looked like and it didn't look dirty at all. I added a quart to the gearbox until it came out the side plug. I was happy to see that the paint on the slipclutch bolts, or drain plug, had never been touched before. It really does seem like this unit had almost no use. It's strange that the teeth are broken though, even the cutter wheel barely has the paint worn off it?
But after some work this morning, I was finally able to try out the new toy today!
Let me just say, I can't even imagine how good this can cut on a high horsepower tractor, because I was amazed at how effective it was on the back of my tractor! I started off on a 17" Red Oak stump that has been sitting about a year or so, and I took off only about a couple inches at a time, I would take a swipe across, bring the stump grinder back to the starting point, then lower it, and take another swipe across. It worked very well, and that is with 8 bad teeth right now, so I assume it will work even better with all good teeth.
I should mention I"ve never used a stumpgrinder before, at all, ever...so, I have nothing to compare this to, however I'm more than pleased with the outcome, and how it performed on my tractor. I also tried it on some smaller stumps, down to maybe 6" or so, as well as a larger pine, I didn't measure that one, but it was probably close to 24". I was cleaning up part of my yard today and "playing" with the stumpgrinder here and there, all in all I think I ground down 7 stumps, there is no trace of them anymore! Well, as long as you don't count the woodchips!
I'll try posting some pics that I took with my phone, I wish I had my good camera with me at the time. I did video tape the first stump I ground down, the entire process (which is really a pretty boring video after the first minute or so). I'll try to post that but not sure if I can.
I'll post some pics that I took throughout the day today. I mostly used the stumpgrinder as ballast today, aside from those few stumps I ground, but I'd really like to see how many stumps I could grind in a day, I imagine quite a few.
