Predator stump grinder.

[Stefan Palokangas]

Well I'm in the dreaming stage but I aim for it

 

 

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[Old Mill Tree Care]

Big bandit, yes my thoughts been down that road. But also been down the Carlton hurricane road. But I need to actually see it might be very much to big.

 

 

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The Hurricane weighs 5t so that is going to restrict you in a few ways.

I have a pedestrian machine and hire in a Carlton 7015trx when needed.

Any sized machine between those two is a waste of time IMO.

[openspaceman]

hire in a Carlton 7015trx when needed.

 

That weighs over 3 tonne though, so moving it about needs a lorry too

[Old Mill Tree Care]

That weighs over 3 tonne though, so moving it about needs a lorry too

 

 

2.5 tons.

[Mick Dempsey]

The Hurricane weighs 5t so that is going to restrict you in a few ways.

I have a pedestrian machine and hire in a Carlton 7015trx when needed.

Any sized machine between those two is a waste of time IMO.

 

 

I have a Rayco rg35.

If by waste of time you mean it can make me a lot of money, be towed around easily, access any garden less than 36", and get through lots and lots of stumps per day, big and small with little effort on my part (levers)

Then I'm happy to waste my time.

[openspaceman]

2.5 tons.

 

Perhaps the newer one are lighter, the tracked one at the old firm weighed well over 3500kg tonnes on the ifor triaxle when taken to the weighbridge and the ifor weighed 960kg as I had to get an unladen weight for the policeman.

[Marc]

Perhaps the newer one are lighter, the tracked one at the old firm weighed well over 3500kg tonnes on the ifor triaxle when taken to the weighbridge and the ifor weighed 960kg as I had to get an unladen weight for the policeman.

 

There is your problem an Ifor triaxle should not be used for heavy plant our triaxle weighs 1050kg empty. The dual axle we have weighs 650 so both that and the 7015 trx weigh just under 3.5ton

[openspaceman]

There is your problem an Ifor triaxle should not be used for heavy plant our triaxle weighs 1050kg empty. The dual axle we have weighs 650 so both that and the 7015 trx weigh just under 3.5ton

 

The Ifor definitely weighs 960kg, the reason I had to weigh it was the policeman said one of our lads was not displaying an O licence disc so we would be prosecuted along with the driver. I had to prove the trailer, unladen, weighed less than 1024 kg which exempts it from O licensing.

 

I think the mistake I made, for which I apologise to OMT, was that our Carton was the 8018, a true beast of a machine but it needs a sympathetic operator and be in good adjustment to preserve those polychains.

 

With the little experience I had of stump grinders the smaller the mass and engine power the more critical the teeth should be sharp, once you get big and cannot get bounced about it didn't matter as long as there was some TCT left on the cutters. Sharp teeth mean less stress on the engine, a point I never managed to get across to upper management or the fitters who would not sharpen the teeth in situ on the smaller machine (8018 had green teeth which were a problem to sharpen but I thought also too hard on the polychain).

[GlobalNewark]

What about the Bandit 2900T fitted with a 5.7ltr 165hp V8.

[Stefan Palokangas]

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What about the Bandit 2900T fitted with a 5.7ltr 165hp V8.

 

 

I like it

 

 

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