Tree Root Removal with JCB

[Billhook]

I have a large Sycamore root to dig out with the 15 ton JCB swing shovel

 

I have a strong 24" wide trenching bucket which has three pin holes. Two for the jib end and one for the ram and linkage, about 18 inches from the pair of jib holes

 

Of the two jib pin holes,they are about six inches apart, which one would give the most tear out force, the one nearest the cab or the one away from the cab.

 

Perhaps they give the same tear out force but just allow the bucket to have a different angle

I have been trying to work it out but have come to the conclusion that I am too thick and need one of you brainy lot!

[monkeybusiness]

Widest between the pins will give most breakout. A 15 tonner shouldn't struggle too much either way.

[Billhook]

Widest between the pins will give most breakout. A 15 tonner shouldn't struggle too much either way.

 

The distance between the two jib holes and the ram hole is the same.

[monkeybusiness]

So the dipper holes are above/below each other? If so, (and equidistant from the tipping link hole) they will alter the crowd. Go for the one closest to the cutting edge.

[Billhook]

Well that certainly worked. The two inch diameter pin in the jib end snapped in half and the tree stump sat there laughing!

[peatff]

Well that certainly worked. The two inch diameter pin in the jib end snapped in half and the tree stump sat there laughing!

 

Nature's a bitch ain't it ?

[DANWILL]

Dig out as much by hand , then start loosening

Axe cut main Roots

Machinery is limited

Then chase out cut roots with JCB arm .

 

 

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[Mark Bolam]

Don't dig the stump, dig everything around the stump and it will free itself.

It must be some stump if you can't fettle it with a 15-tonner.

[peatff]

Brother in law did one at a friends house with the 3CX. He dug round with the back actor with a small bucket then rocked the stump to loosen it up and pulled it with a chain to finish it off. It wasn't a massive stump but I wouldn't have fancied digging it out with a spade.

[Gary Prentice]

Don't dig the stump, dig everything around the stump and it will free itself.

It must be some stump if you can't fettle it with a 15-tonner.

 

What Mark said. If possible get a smaller bucket, most good plant operators I've seen digging stumps opt for a narrow one.