Timber

[Jstpssng]

The only thing to watch for on those tall dead trees is the top breaking off. Somehow though, I think you've done that trick once or a bunch of times before.

 

[AndyMA]

Yup. I don’t shake it at all. Dig only sides and back. Gentle push until it leans in right direction. Back off as it falls

 

[goeduck]

The only thing to watch for on those tall dead trees is the top breaking off. Somehow though, I think you've done that trick once or a bunch of times before.

I wish I had a 4 post ROP and lid on my larger Kubota backhoe for that reason.

 

[Thomas]

That's doing it easy way Andy...my way. :thumbsup:
Stump shouldn't be much of challenge.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Of course, its always something when they start to move. Just hoping the root ball doesn't come up under the backhoe. Constantly using the hoe to push it away as it falls... The MX is about 3,000 lbs and 25 HP less than the TN75 I traded for it, The TN's hoe was 10.5 feet, the Kubota is 9 feet. and yes you can tell the difference.

Andy

I know the feeling. I used to have a 1969 case 680 that was something like 18000lbs with a 14ft hoe. It frequently would just push over a tree that size (when it ran !!!!).

I've been super impressed with what a large CUT and hoe can do but is definitely not the same. Lol.

As far as weight; I'm sure you know this but I think once you add the loader, backhoe, and loaded tires your weight is going to be not quite triple what you stated. :thumbsup:. The weight makes a huge difference doesn't it?

 

[AndyMA]

I know the feeling. I used to have a 1969 case 680 that was something like 18000lbs with a 14ft hoe. It frequently would just push over a tree that size (when it ran !!!!).

I've been super impressed with what a large CUT and hoe can do but is definitely not the same. Lol.

As far as weight; I'm sure you know this but I think once you add the loader, backhoe, and loaded tires your weight is going to be not quite triple what you stated. :thumbsup:. The weight makes a huge difference doesn't it?

Yes. I’m 68 and started with the family 8N at 12

Have had many machines with hoes ranging in size from. Deere 650 to a 44,000 pound Hitachi long carriage excavator

The Hitachi with a 34 foot reach knocked over just about everything just by leaning on it

Now I’m down to just 3 machines. A Ford 2120, a Deere X748SE and my newest toy the MX

The MX is proving itself very capable. My first Kubota

One of the main reasons I went with the MX is the ease of removing the hoe

About 2 minutes compared to a couple of hours to remount the Woods 1050 on the New Holland TN75D

I have numerous attachments I haven’t used in years because of the pain involved in removing/ attaching that hoe

Andy

 

[oosik]

That's an impressive albeit a somewhat frightening job. I lose, on the average, three or four trees every year to pine bark beetle. After I got my M6040 in 2009 - I tried pushing a standing dead Ponderosa pine over with the tractor. It was 39" in diameter, where I chainsawed it on the butt, when I determined that the new tractor WOULD NOT push the tree over. Maybe if I had waited a few years for the roots to become rotten. This Ponderosa pine was 39" on the butt and 105 feet tall.

After that one attempt - I continue to do it the way I always have - chainsaw the dead tree down and don't worry one iota about the stump. OR - just let Mother Nature take her course and bring the dead pine down in due time.

 

[John_Mc]

I wish I had a 4 post ROP and lid on my larger Kubota backhoe for that reason.

That's known as FOPS (Falling Object Protection System)

 

[Jstpssng]

That's an impressive albeit a somewhat frightening job. I lose, on the average, three or four trees every year to pine bark beetle. After I got my M6040 in 2009 - I tried pushing a standing dead Ponderosa pine over with the tractor. It was 39" in diameter, where I chainsawed it on the butt, when I determined that the new tractor WOULD NOT push the tree over. Maybe if I had waited a few years for the roots to become rotten. This Ponderosa pine was 39" on the butt and 105 feet tall.

After that one attempt - I continue to do it the way I always have - chainsaw the dead tree down and don't worry one iota about the stump. OR - just let Mother Nature take her course and bring the dead pine down in due time.

That would be quite an undertaking with any machine. I've known a full sized timber harvester to have a big poplar get away from it and fall onto a major power transmission line.