BX24 Stump Jumping & Digging

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Shmudda

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Kubota BX24
Well.....I only have about 17 hours on the machine but I have been working its tail off.

The pictures you see here is a rather large 4 stump root ball. It was made up of (2) Cherry and (2) Tree of Heaven trees. I dug all around the stumps first, then cut the Cherry trees off leaving about 6+ feet of log sticking up to winch to. The small BX did the job, but it couldn't have done it completely without the aid of a come-a-long thats for sure. Once I got it dug so far I attached the tugger to the base of another tree and just pulled the whole darn mess over on its side, then the work began cleaning the dirt from the roots!

Anyways, I got them all cleaned and seperated, and finally pushed around to their final resting place. Needless to say the BX24 can't lift the stump and root balls, they are much to heavy, but I can sure push them around where I need them. They will sooner or later end up in the fire ring.

Attached are some pictures.....I know how you all love pictures!!

Craig
 

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   / BX24 Stump Jumping & Digging #2  
Looks like somebody had some fun!!
David from jax
 
   / BX24 Stump Jumping & Digging #3  
Yup, that looks like a fun day on the BX24. Good pictures. Thanks.
 
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Its amazing how much this little tractor can actually do and accomplish. You wont hang with the big boys, but I will tell you over time it can do most anything you need it to!

Glad I bought it......

Craig
 
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will it stop bullets? i hear that can be a problem on your property!!!

hey craig, its 250rpilot congrats on the tractor! this is a good site, lots of info. good to see you here!
 
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Pilot,

Nice to see you over here too.....I've learned so much about tractors on here its amazing!

This site actually will get into technical questions and answers, something that some of the others only dream about.

Craig
 
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Shmudda said:
Its amazing how much this little tractor can actually do and accomplish. You wont hang with the big boys, but I will tell you over time it can do most anything you need it to!

Glad I bought it......

Craig


These backhoes are disrespectfully called "wurm whackers" by farmers around here...

Looking at the pics you show, they can be a very helpful tool, and maybe i should add one to my to-do list... ;)

last time i dug trees of that size, i used a heavily ballasted Zetor 5245 (with front and rear dirt ballast) weighing nearly 5 ton, and just pushed them over, with crown and all. Then i had to yank them back and forth, to break more roots. It was also half a day of work, about the same as it takes your BX 24 (maybe 1000 kg ?) with a back hoe.
When i build a backhoe, with quick connection to my front loader frame, so it makes maximum use of the 3.5 to 4 ton anchor it is attached to, digging trees really should be a breeze.
All i'd need to look out for, is a PTO pump as 32 liter per minute is barely enough for the front loader, so a backhoe certainly needs more.
 

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