Pics of first stump removal with a BX24

[ejnichol]

I used to do this...until it cost me a mower spindle assy. Apparently freeze/thaw lifted an older stump. I didn't see it during first cut of season. Buried blade about an inch below top of stump. Bent blade and spindle, and broke belt...sigh...

Trying to flush cut is not the best option, just a useful compormise. I find it neccesary to raise deck in such an area. Wish stump removal were faster/easier to affect.

 

[Shmudda]

Those are great pictures, Craig. In fact, if I remember right, those pictures played a big part in getting my wife to sell her car to help with the purchase of our BX24 when I started spamming her with all the "look what it can do" pictures. So, thanks for these. That's really one heck of a stump.
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Ray,

I'm glad the pics were of good use for you! My wife gives me he!! all the time about buying my BX, but I know what it saves me in time and a sore back.

Again, the proof is in the pics!!!

Craig

 

[megaboz]

Nice pictures, and good job.

One thing to note with chain, if it breaks or slips free, it won't come flying at you it should just drop to the ground.

Putting it simply you can think of chain like a hundred little straps, if one of the links break it will loss all its stored energy in a much smaller space, since each link can only stretch a few inches before it fails vs when a 27ft strap stretched out to 37ft breaks and has 10ft worth of stored energy to release. Same theory applies if it was to slip free.

(These are not exact numbers but used for demonstration purposes)

Good Job,
Jim

I just had a chain break that I had hooked to the back of my Chevy Duramax, it went sailling about 50 yards past my truck. Glad it didn't hit my baby, it was only a month old.

Trying to flush cut is not the best option, just a useful compormise. I find it neccesary to raise deck in such an area. Wish stump removal were faster/easier to affect.

Renting a stump grinder is prety much the easiest thing to do. Just have to get some fill dirt to replace the mulch. The small stumps only take a few minutes, and the bigger ones are just fun to watch them shred.

 

[RayCo]

I just had a chain break that I had hooked to the back of my Chevy Duramax, it went sailling about 50 yards past my truck. Glad it didn't hit my baby, it was only a month old.

Was there anything else between your truck and whatever you were pulling? Was it just chain and nothing else? This wasn't one of those joke rubber chains that people use on Halloween, was it?

 

[megaboz]

No fortunately there was nothing else. It was a 30 ft log chain 5000 lb break point. Sadly it broke at the hook on the far end so of course it came snapping back towards the truck.

In hind sight I definietly should have had something on it to absorb the shock of a chain snap. I had never had it break when using it with my old truck (Chevy Colorado). I should've also known that when the half up-rooted stump only moved two inches and basically was dragging my 7000lb truck around something was going to give. I just never thought it would be the stump first.

Oh well, lesson learned, and fortunately nothing was hurt but my pride.