Stump Bucket

[1gr8bldr]

The typical bucket called a stump bucket seems like it would not dig well??? Being shaped like a wedge, the sides are hitting the soil. I hope to build one soon shaped more like a shovel. Any thoughts or ideas?

 

[1gr8bldr]

Here looks like a good design;
Skid Pro Skid Steer Stump Bucket Demo - YouTube

 

[ovrszd]

I built mine from a 24" diameter, 1/4" wall thickness piece of pipe. The end that welds to the loader QA bracket is half the pipe, or 12" vertical. It's 28" long. The tip end is 6" wide with the sides running upward at approximate 40 degree angle to where it welds on the QA bracket. I ground the tip end sharp. It works very well for a variety of purposes. My Brother recently bought some 6' high shade trees. He used the bucket to dig the holes for them. I'll look for pics but I don't think I have any.

 

[ovrszd]

Here's some pics I got here on TBN but I don't remember the thread title or have a link to it. Gave me my idea. I had the pipe so went that route instead.

 

[1gr8bldr]

I have talked with Loflin industries, only 1 hour away and decided to save my base plate for another attachment and just buy their stump bucket. I like the Idea of it being 5 ft long with a slight bend in it to get extra leverage like a hammer claw. I don't think I can build one this long that will not bend. Price was good also

 

[1gr8bldr]

This one;

Loflin Fabrication Stump Bucket - YouTube

 

[1gr8bldr]

Maybe someone here knows more about this. I am considering clearing a lot for my homeowner myself rather than my usual grading guy. Well, actually he died and I need to find another, but I considered doing it myself on this job only because it is all pine stumps. The entire property has been clear cutted several years ago. No hardwood stumps, if there were, I would not be considering it. I am assuming that the pine stumps will be less trouble than the hardwood. Is this true? I have a S250 BCat. Rather than haul off the debri, we are pushing it to the back of the property. How much trouble are these pine stumps gonna be?

 

[ovrszd]

If dead stumps they won't be bad. They root shallow. Something like the bucket you pictured will work. If you noticed in the video, he's also digging out a dead tree/stump. It'll still be a LOT of work and time. We have a T300 Bcat like the one pictured. They are a workhorse as seen in the video. More effective at this type of work than a skid type. But it'll definitely give you a project for this Summer. We want pics when you get started of course.

 

[1gr8bldr]

Here looks like a good design;
Skid Pro Skid Steer Stump Bucket Demo - YouTube

I got the Loflin Industries stump bucket. Same exact thing. Works good, hard on the machine though. All the poping roots by leveraging the weight of the machine

 

[Xfaxman]

Yep, good design. I have the Blue Diamond version, looks very similar.


Easily pops out cedar trees. :thumbsup:

 

[SPYDERLK]

If dead stumps they won't be bad. They root shallow. Something like the bucket you pictured will work. If you noticed in the video, he's also digging out a dead tree/stump. It'll still be a LOT of work and time. We have a T300 Bcat like the one pictured. They are a workhorse as seen in the video. More effective at this type of work than a skid type. But it'll definitely give you a project for this Summer. We want pics when you get started of course.

I liked that stump bucket design. In watching the pushover attempts I was surprised to see that the T300 used could not slip its tracks. Do you find that on yours as well ovrszd?
larry

 

[ovrszd]

I liked that stump bucket design. In watching the pushover attempts I was surprised to see that the T300 used could not slip its tracks. Do you find that on yours as well ovrszd?
larry

I'm sorry I don't have a pic of our tracks, but they look more like an All Terrain tire design. Small, broken up blocks of tread. They get awesome traction. The only way it will spin is in mud. Sod or good dry dirt, it won't spin, it'll try to stall instead. When using the tree puller I made, if it won't lift the tree straight up out of the ground, forward and backward movement will usually bring it out. With that said, you gotta be careful, puts a tremendous amount of stress on the attachment and/or the Bobcat. A tracked Bobcat is SO much more productive than the skidsteer version on tires.

 

[1gr8bldr]

I'm sorry I don't have a pic of our tracks, but they look more like an All Terrain tire design. Small, broken up blocks of tread. They get awesome traction. The only way it will spin is in mud. Sod or good dry dirt, it won't spin, it'll try to stall instead. When using the tree puller I made, if it won't lift the tree straight up out of the ground, forward and backward movement will usually bring it out. With that said, you gotta be careful, puts a tremendous amount of stress on the attachment and/or the Bobcat. A tracked Bobcat is SO much more productive than the skidsteer version on tires.

Wish I had the T250 rather than the S250, but I will make due.

 

[1gr8bldr]

The curve acts like the claw of a hammer allowing you to use the weight of the machine to pop the roots out. Only problem is the jarring on the joints once the roots snap. I think I should learn more like the video, to break the roots by digging the point down deep and moving foward rather than using the weight of the machine. Maybe the opperator in the video is smother because the tree is dead

 

[1gr8bldr]

Here is another. The operator attempts to come up slowly. I need to learn to do this to keep from exsessive wear on the machine. This is a more realistic video because the tree stump is not dead;

EDGE Stump Removal Bucket Pulls Stump, Roots and All! - YouTube

 

[PapaPerk]

Here's mine that I designed.

 

[SPYDERLK]

If dead stumps they won't be bad. They root shallow. Something like the bucket you pictured will work. If you noticed in the video, he's also digging out a dead tree/stump. .

I saw it was w/o leaves, but couldnt tell the season. Leaves were not apparent on any identifiable hardwoods.:confused3:
larry

 

[1gr8bldr]

Here's mine that I designed.

Did you build this. This what much like my original intentions when I wanted to build rather than buy. I am glad I bought one cause I can tear up an anvil

 

[PapaPerk]

Did you build this. This what much like my original intentions when I wanted to build rather than buy. I am glad I bought one cause I can tear up an anvil

Yes... Machine shop built off my prints. The scoop is made on a rolling mill.

 

[the old grind]

I bought one with teeth in the front from another member. It's not as obviously rugged as the ones in the videos, nor did we have much HP to ding it up as we each did in turn. (40 & 35) What we with CUTs have to recognize is the labor & mess that's still needed to get big stuff loose with such an implement. I'd bet there's some track spinning not shown in the vids, and my R4s will spin a bunch without some lunging momentum when going under in the softest soil.

My NH loader will barely pop a one inch root if there's a few smaller ones in the way, & I pried hard enough to bust welds (poor ones at that) on the bucket's top QA brackets. (hardly a HD version, too) My most effective force is when leveling the bucket's bottom & teeth and piling in at waist-high or so to loosen 'em up in sandy soil. (4" or less trunk dia) another such hit or two right at the base will often tip them & rip the far roots loose. I've had several hang up on the teeth and just backed them to the burn pile whole.

My tall targets are typically (s__-)elms. Most others are autumn olives say 12'x12' with 1/2 doz or so branching 1 1/2" mains. If I had any typical soil my work would be easily twice as difficult. My point in all this is that these atts need a lot of traction and effort at best. IMO they're for guys with serious o'all power above all else, & I'm sure ovrszd, gr8bldr, papa perk and Xfaxman would agree.

pp, nice design there. btw: IIRC the CUT-driving member I bought my bucket from will be grinding his stumps from now on.