BX24 diggin out stump

[Deano]

You're gonna be there a while...but it will come out!!

 

[dodge man]

Here is a couple pictures of the stump I dug out with my BX2350. Its not nearly as big as the one picture makes it look, the BX is quit a bit in the distance and this makes it look larger. I'd guess it was about a 12 inch pine tree. I pulled it out with my 4 wheel drive truck. I'd say this took me about 2 to 3 hours to dig out.

 

[Small farm guy]

I managed to get this one out with a lot of digging with the loader in soft wet soil. I wish I had a backhoe!

 

[montelatici]

Though more decomposed (3 years) I dug out a much bigger stump with my BX24's backhoe. It just takes patience with these little tractors. You won't have any problems with a stump that size.

 

[KubieTwo]

I managed to get this one out with a lot of digging with the loader in soft wet soil. I wish I had a backhoe!

It usually takes about 1-2 hours to dig out a 12 inch pine stump with my B7510, and having 4-5 feet of stump does not help much because the tractor is so light. I can grab the top of the stump and curl but it just drags the tractor, stabilizers buried and all, so I just have to dig down deep enough to tear most of the roots out before I try to break it loose. I tilt it a bit sideways with the stabilizers to be able to get under the stump once I get some clearance. I can then tear the roots with the teeth until I get it mostly free. Breaking what is left of the tap root is usually not much of a problem after that. A lot of the time is spent moving and getting back in position, but with limited reach, this is necessary. An even better way... (I wish I had pictures, but don't.)

I had a 17,000 pound Kobelco on the property recently doing something else and decided to get a few more stumps while I had it. I could usually get a stump by getting a full bucket of dirt out on each side, one in the back, and one in the front, then one more on the back side. I could then pull the stump toward the cab a couple of times, then go to the back again with the bucket as deep as I could get it. A couple of curls against the tap root would usually bring the whole thing out. I would usually push the dirt back in place with the bucket, then grab the stump on the way out. I have no idea how long it took but it was pretty fast. If I dug less, the stump would stand firm and I could drag the whole 17,000 pounds without popping the roots, so the B didn't feel quite so embarrassed after seeing that. I would guess that the Kobelco required less than 10 minutes total from drive up to drive away with stump, and that was working around other trees, which slowed things a little. Conclusion...pine stumps are tough to remove with the small stuff. Tim the Tool Man recommends at least an 80k pound excavator so one bite does the job....

 

[radioman]

Well - here is an update- score :stump 2 BX 0. I was able to clear roots all the way around, wil lnot even wiggle. Great ! gotta be tap roots. ok whats next? hmm as you can see from the picture, One of the cut off roots claimed my tire stem from the front tire. What an irony here! I was just talking about the leaking tire this morning in one of the posts. I was able to limp tractor back to garage with the bucket down as a sled to lift front tire off ground. with the FEL lifting front of tractor off ground, took tire off axle and used the backhoe bucket to pop the bead off rim. Luckily I had one stem left in my drawer for tires stuff and used that to get going again.
A couple hours later, I was diggin out a ramp to clean out the hole near the biggest roots and sure enough, I got a bit too close and the bucket went under the root. I have hooks on top the bucket and it snagged on the root. The seeping water at 2.5 ft down didnt make matters any better. Had to get my trusty homelite mini XL and start cutting the root out when it started to have a bad day too. ARggh! I quickly cleaned carb out with compressed air and got it running again, sharpen the cahin and finished cutting the root out. Ibed crab my way back out with the FEL and BH.

:ashamed: - Now I have confessed to rookie mistakes from a seasoned tractor owner. I just hope the rest of the week won't be too bad other then the rain we just had. I am hoping its won't be too muddy to play errr I mean work tomarrow.

 

[radioman]

Next time you cut one down, leave 4-5 feet of stump. This gives you leverage to pull it out.

Yeah I know. However since the tree was next to my neighbors property and I wanted to make sure it comes down right onto my lot, I asked my father to bring his metal cable and used my come along and cable to put tension on tree to make it go one way. Since it was my fathers cable he wanted to make the first cut, I let him. My mistake. I really wanted to dig out a trench around tree and use the full length of tree to pull down with his cable.

Oh well - its just more seat time.

 

[RayCo]

Well - here is an update- score :stump 2 BX 0.

I'm not too surprised by that score, and I imagine you aren't either. That stump was definitely not trivial!

On a totally unrelated note, what is that tube that's attached to your loader pillar?

 

[radioman]

Thanks rayco. The worse stump I dug out was 2 stumps net to each other 28 inch maple with huge and dozens tap roots with the BX. However I had help with a massey 1250 tractor as well clearing the dirt . With both tractors, we used a chain as a cutting device sawing underneath the stump and used that to cut half of the tap roots. I dont have that option right now.

The tube is a storage device. I have two of them, one on each side. One is a open tube to hold my chains, and on other side is my "toolbox". take a look at this thread
http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/kubota-owning-operating/132288-bx24-toolbox.html and this one which lead me to paint mine http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ng/143049-tool-container-my-bx24-finally.html .

 

[RayCo]

The tube is a storage device. I have two of them, one on each side. One is a open tube to hold my chains, and on other side is my "toolbox".

Excellent. Thanks! Now I know what I'm doing tomorrow. The only mod I've made was a little organizer drawer basket zip tied to my ROPS that is the right size for a pack of cigarettes and a Zippo.

(No nonsensical public service announcements about cigarettes needed from anyone.)