Just because you can dig it up - - -

[Tdog]

Doesn't mean you can lift it. I duked it out with this holly tree most of Monday. I got it down, but then I had a devil of a time getting the stump out of the hole. Finally had to cut off most of the trunk & drag the stump out. Even then the BX strained. If the FEL lift capacity is 460 pounds, then this stump was ~~ 462. I got it up [no wise cracks please] just enough to drag it to my bone pile.

 

[44trxfun]

Thanks for sharing--It's amazing what those little machines will do!

 

[SCB]

Nice catch Tdog.

I have run into the limit on the loader also when pulling stumps. One idea... I have had some pretty good success with using the backhoe to maneuver the stump out of the hole. It takes some repositioning, but easier sometimes than digging a ramp to drag it out( which I have had to do). Keep having fun and keep the pictures coming. They are appreciated.

 

[Junkman]

You might want to consider removing the MMM. I used to leave mine on when I was doing loader/backhoe work. Then I realized that my machine wasn't cutting like it had been. Started to check the alignment, and found that the MMM was not within tolerances any longer. I can attribute this to rubbing the side of the MMM against dirt piles, etc. Nothing enough to leave marks, just to knock it out of alignment. Now it comes off every time...

 

[BrianM]

I think it might have weighed even more then 462lbs. .....I was moving bags of concrete mix (80lbs. each) I could lift 11 or 880lbs. but not 12. Of course maybe the concrete company does not expect anyone to weigh their product and it was not 880 lbs. the machine was lifting.

 

[aardvark]

There were only two times I found the limits of my BX23 so far. One was trying to lift a tree with the loader. It was just way too heavy. the other ewas trying to drag he same tree out to the front without cutting anything off it. Again, way too heavy. I just kept cuting a little more off with the chainsaw each time until the BX23 would drag it out, and I could finish cutting it next to the pile. This tree was about 60 feet tall and about 20"-24" diameter, came down during Frances. I had to cut it twice with the 18" chainsaw, once from each side.

 

[Tdog]

SCB - - that's a thought - - I'll try the BH to get the sucker out of the hole next time.

Junkman - - - yeah, the MMM. I've had the bx-22 since April of O3, but have not removed the mower yet. I don't have a concrete surface to work on, unless I displace my wife's car from the garage. My '68 Plymouth stays put. So that's not in the cards. The good news is that I've talked to a local contractor to build a workshop/garage for me - - that's why I'm taking down these trees. So, I'll have a tractor surface soon.
Aaardvark - - that's what I did. I'd try to move the stump with tree attached & got nowhere. So I'd amputate, & keep sawing until it was [almost] manageable. I also did a number on the dirt=clay stuck to the roots. The toothbar did a decent job of knocking off extra weight there, too.

I'm currently working on a couple of oaks that are almost one - -just a foot or so apart. Either one would be big for the BX, but as a pair - - they are taking a while. I've got one down & hope to get the next one tomorrow.

 

[Jim_Becker]

'Wish you were closer...I've been looking for some "big" holly for some time for woodturning purposes. 'Shape to lose a big one like that, however!

And yes, the BX is a very capable machine. 'Love mine.

 

[Tdog]

Yeah, Jim too bad. I take it holly is good for making bowls & the like? I have several American Hollys on my place. They are a pretty tree, with redish sploshes of color on the trunks. However, this one [it was actually a double] was in the way of a workshop-to-be. I've used them for firewood before, but they are the dickens to split.

 

[Jim_Becker]

Holly is one of the only "almost true white woods" with nearly invisible grain and is valued for turnings and other woodworking accents that desire those characteristics. You may want to consider offering some of it to folks in your local American Association of Woodturners chapter...http://www.woodturner.org.