The Daily Grind – For Real Operators (Banana Pickers Welcome to Watch & Learn 😉

[Stefan Palokangas]

Right then, time to settle it once and for all.

You lot know who you are — the ones who treat stump grinders like fine instruments, not sledgehammers. Let’s see your proudest work: clean removals, tricky roots, tight-access jobs.

And for balance… let’s have a few snaps of the other kind too. Machines misused. Roots half-done. Jobs bodged by someone who thinks 361s and mini diggers are the same game.

Pros vs posers — let the people decide 🍌🔥

[Joe Newton]

Nobody cares. Stump grinding is easy.

[Stefan Palokangas]

Just to add a bit of spice to this — it’s mad how many of the so-called "experts" out there seem to have swapped rakes for chainsaws overnight.

One minute they’re cutting fairways on a golf course, next minute they’re bidding for full takedowns and grinding stumps like they’ve done their 10,000 hours.

I started in the woods at 12 years old — actual forest work, not hedge-trimming in suburbia. Precision felling next to live power lines, working terrain most of these lads wouldn’t drive through.

This game isn’t just gear and a logo on a van. It’s feel, it’s skill, and it’s earned.

Anyway, keep the pics coming — the good, the bad, and the downright banana 🍌🔥

[Stefan Palokangas]

8 minutes ago, Joe Newton said:

Nobody cares. Stump grinding is easy.

Haha, cheers Joe — you're not wrong that bad stump grinding can look easy…

It’s just dropping a wheel and spinning it about, right?

But anyone who’s been on a hill, tight access, near services, or grinding a concrete-infused nightmare of a poplar root ball knows it’s a different beast.

Real operators make it look easy — that’s the trick. Same way a good climber makes a 60ft dismantle look like a stroll.

But hey, if you ever fancy a go on a 50hp tracked grinder down a zigzag alleyway with dogs barking and a patio 2 inches away — I’ll keep a banana suit ready for ya 🍌😉

[Stefan Palokangas]

[peds]

So far, this thread has done nothing to change my opinion that the best thing to do with a stump is to ignore it and walk away. But it's early days yet I suppose. 

[Stefan Palokangas]

5 minutes ago, peds said:

So far, this thread has done nothing to change my opinion that the best thing to do with a stump is to ignore it and walk away. But it's early days yet I suppose. 

 

[Stefan Palokangas]

7 minutes ago, peds said:

So far, this thread has done nothing to change my opinion that the best thing to do with a stump is to ignore it and walk away. But it's early days yet I suppose. 

Yeah mate, absolutely — best thing to do with a stump is walk away. Maybe give it a little wave and whisper “good luck” as it starts sprouting back through the lawn.

Clients love that. Real professional touch. Nothing screams “I know trees” like leaving half of it rotting in the ground.

Must be nice, doing half a job and calling it a day.

But hey — not everyone’s built to handle machines, noise, dust, and real graft. Some folks were born to admire stumps from a safe distance. You’re doing your part.

[peds]

It's grand, you can do the other half. Cheers 🍻 

[topchippyles]

Who cares 😅