Digging out oak stump

SkyPup · May 23, 2005

Here is another angle of what it took to get down to the bottom of the rootball with the FEL

KiotiJohn · May 23, 2005

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Here is a 40 inch oak stump removed with a Kubota L-3130 and LA723 FEL with 72" square bucket. )</font>
Very impressive work done with the FEL. I only wish Pines would come out that easily. Even the backhoe takes a long while with the pines tap roots!
John

SkyPup · May 23, 2005

I was lucky, the soil and subsoil were mostly sand fines, the clay is absolutley unmanageable when you hit that.....as are limerock boulders.

Here is another shot deep into it with my Scottish Terrier, Shorty, gives directions..... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

KiotiJohn · May 23, 2005

That's a great looking little dog, and the tractor setup is nice too. That's a Woods BB?
Good working shots. Thanks.
John

Dhouk · Jun 25, 2014

I just doug out a 16 inch oak stump with my Kubota BX25. I have dug many and all you do is dig around as close to the base as possable. Dig deep and work around the stump. When you can get the bucket around and under the corners cuting the roots under the stump. As soon it starts rocking good you can push the stump over or twist it.

Cherokee140 · Jun 25, 2014

Dhouk said:
I just doug out a 16 inch oak stump with my Kubota BX25. I have dug many and all you do is dig around as close to the base as possable. Dig deep and work around the stump. When you can get the bucket around and under the corners cuting the roots under the stump. As soon it starts rocking good you can push the stump over or twist it.

Same here, so many trees it is not even funny....but I can't imagine doing it if I did not have the backhoe.