1.5t excavator with stump grinder?

[jimmy_timber]

I have a 1.8 ton digger with the auger torque stump planer and I can say don't bother with it! The machine just doesn't have enough grunt to push through the timber even with new blades on it. My timber grab pulls stumps out the ground quicker than the grinder grinds them.

 

The digger makes me more money than the stump grinder would ever make me. We have a auger/ post rammer/ grab/ buckets and flail for it and it is flat out working! It's my Best Buy by far!

[Matthew Storrs]

That's interesting Jimmy- that's the first bit of first hand feedback iv ever heard on the stump planet, I once phoned augertorque and they said 8ton minimum as a parent machine, but their website suggest a smaller machines would be ok.

[Breezeblock]

That's interesting Jimmy- that's the first bit of first hand feedback iv ever heard on the stump planet, I once phoned augertorque and they said 8ton minimum as a parent machine, but their website suggest a smaller machines would be ok.

 

as a very good sales rep once said to me don't let the truth get in the way of a sale

[LGP Eddie]

I've used tweaked excavators that are supposed to do this and that, but facts are simple, if you haven't the power in the engine no amount of hydraulic trickery is going to make up the gap.

If you ever get chance to witness a Menzi Muck in action with it's full dedicated Powerline system bringing its engine right down but still going at it with all the other functions, it quickly shows what a purpose designed setup around higher hp can do.

 

With regard to Stump Grinders, I've been doing a fair bit of research of late, and my take on it is you're simply better off carrying the engine and grinder on the front of the machine.

The chance to take decent power to the stump without all the expense of repowering or hydraulic trickery, and no lump of a power pack hanging off the back.

Could easily be shared across a range of carriers too without any mods required.

 

If you looked at the spec of the biggest Bandit stump grinder and imagine it without wheels/tracks, even that wouldn't need a huge carrier to handle it?

 

Easy to scale down and make a real handy setup.

 

 

 

Eddie.

[jimmy_timber]

This is picture from Kingwell holdings website, looks a quality bit of kit!

[Gray git]

Best excavator grinder I used as a old 5ton kabota that had a 150hp engine instead of its original with 2 sets of hydraulic systems fitted and the dipper boom removed with a grinding head off a 100hp Carlton in its place.

Was immensely powerful machine and could track, grind, slew all simultaneously without killing the engine too much.

Biggest problems were it's physical size restricted where it could be used and it was unbelievably noisy in the cab so plugs under defenders were a must.

 

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[richy_B]

Auger Torque - Stump Planers, Tree Stump Planer

 

Iv often though about getting one of these, I have the auger anyway so would be quite cheap to buy the planer attachment.

 

I quite like the idea of it myself- nice an controlled and no flying debris. I have never used one though myself. My auger can drill a 12 inch hole through concrete (takes a while!) so would surely have enough power to plane a 25cm stump? Mulitiple passes for bigger stumps.

 

Iv always found it strange how diggers can easily run flails etc but not grinders...

I have an auger torque head on my 1.6t komatsu (after talking with you on here i think). I can run the small flights ok and have a 500mm one for tree planting which is ok in most soils, just very rocky grounds are a struggle. I think the stump planer would be a big ask for my machine.

[Chris Day]

Well, that's a fairly definitive answer to my question. Thanks all for the responses I will now purchase a tracked grinder and possibly a 360 if viable.

 

Bugger I thought I'd found the answer, however I'm not that clever so everyone would already be doing the same!

[LGP Eddie]

Couldn't believe it when I spotted it on e bay, but pretty much what I was thinking anyway?

It would be interesting to see it work?

 

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Eddie.