stump grinder accident

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East Kilbride man left with ‘no skin on the back of his leg’ after horror stump grinder accident

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The man, 22, was described as screaming and writhing in pain after his leg was caught in a stump grinder in the “horrific” accident

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sounds a sore one for young lad involved

[sarronward]

lucky to have a leg left

[MattyF]

I really dislike those larger push style grinders like those Carlton’s and Raycos , usually any safety features don’t work , they are hard to use all day compared to a machine with hydraulic head sweep leaving the operator fatigued and taking risks , they have hydraulic drive forwards and backwards which is jerky and out of control at best, it always seems to be this style of grinder that is involved in these horrific accidents..

[Ty Korrigan]

When I first started here in France I hired a Laski 18hp machine. No clutch. People habitually strapped the dead mans handle to keep it running. Horribly dangerous and tiring to use.

From the image, I can guess how this accident might have occured.

Squeezing around the machine to pull rakings away.

Never turn your back on Velociraptors or running stumpgrinders.

Stuart

 

 

 

[skyhuck]

We know nothing of the circumstances, so why even go there?

[Al Cormack]

I had a close call yesterday using my remote controlled predator 38.
I sliver of wood got stuck under the remote leaver so when I moved the machine forward, and let go, it kept moving towards me!
This guard was between the grinder and me

[lux]

I really dislike those larger push style grinders like those Carlton’s and Raycos , usually any safety features don’t work , they are hard to use all day compared to a machine with hydraulic head sweep leaving the operator fatigued and taking risks , they have hydraulic drive forwards and backwards which is jerky and out of control at best, it always seems to be this style of grinder that is involved in these horrific accidents..

Used dosko / danequip version for years. Works really smoothly. Very good machines.

[lux]

I had a close call yesterday using my remote controlled predator 38.
I sliver of wood got stuck under the remote leaver so when I moved the machine forward, and let go, it kept moving towards me!
This guard was between the grinder and me

I’ve ‘tickled’ up one of those screens before too Al. Quite similar results [emoji23].

[MattyF]

Used dosko / danequip version for years. Works really smoothly. Very good machines.

Maybe for access they are good but I would take an old Vermeer 252 over any of them and it can probs get in the same places but a few.. a lot safer and less hard work.

[lux]

2 minutes ago, MattyF said:

Maybe for access they are good but I would take an old Vermeer 252 over any of them and it can probs get in the same places but a few.. a lot safer and less hard work.

Access is the key thing. That Vermeer is very limited for access by comparison and takes up a lot of room for a grinder the same power. Best combo for me is a self propelled pedestrian grinder and a large tracked / wheeled remote control around 50 ish horse power.  I can't see that any stump grinder is less or more dangerous than another so long as the safety systems are all in place.