Dipperfox stump cutters.

[Mick Dempsey]

These seem like the real deal, especially if you have the right machine to put it on.

Anyone on here used/owns or had consensual sex with anyone who has seen one care to pass opinion?

[Steve Bullman]

I know @justinkingwell rates them and there’s not many people demolish as many stumps as them

[Mick Dempsey]

The video shows it whooping the pants off a 35 hp laski, but of course it’s trying to sell the product.

 

[Steve Bullman]

Grindings look like they'd be easier to shovel too

 

[Mick Dempsey]

11 minutes ago, Steve Bullman said:

Grindings look like they'd be easier to shovel too

 

Yes, but I’d already have an Avant on site so there’d be an easier clear up.

[green heart]

They do look impressive in the video, but:

 

Not easy to use, for removing lateral roots, I'd guess, compared with a conventional grinder ?

 

At £13k plus per unit, you'd need to be grinding a few stumps to see a return on your investment. Looks like they would need a wider base carrier machine too -no narrow access jobs.

 

I couldn't find a figure for replacement blades on the Dipperfox, but I'll wager they will be more £ and less resilient too?

 

The wood-waste produced by the Dipperfox can't exactly be used for mulching Mrs Miggins flower borders..

 

We've got an old Becker stump blade (uses a slightly similar principle) somewhere in the back of our shed. I must check and see if it's taken root there(!), since we last used it over a decade ago..

 

Sorry, I'll get my coat. 

 

[monkeybusiness]

45 minutes ago, green heart said:

They do look impressive in the video, but:

 

Not easy to use, for removing lateral roots, I'd guess, compared with a conventional grinder ?

 

At £13k plus per unit, you'd need to be grinding a few stumps to see a return on your investment. Looks like they would need a wider base carrier machine too -no narrow access jobs.

 

I couldn't find a figure for replacement blades on the Dipperfox, but I'll wager they will be more £ and less resilient too?

 

The wood-waste produced by the Dipperfox can't exactly be used for mulching Mrs Miggins flower borders..

 

We've got an old Becker stump blade (uses a slightly similar principle) somewhere in the back of our shed. I must check and see if it's taken root there(!), since we last used it over a decade ago..

 

Sorry, I'll get my coat. 

Would you consider selling your Becker?

 

[Mick Dempsey]

56 minutes ago, green heart said:

They do look impressive in the video, but:

 

Not easy to use, for removing lateral roots, I'd guess, compared with a conventional grinder ?

 

At £13k plus per unit, you'd need to be grinding a few stumps to see a return on your investment. Looks like they would need a wider base carrier machine too -no narrow access jobs.

 

I couldn't find a figure for replacement blades on the Dipperfox, but I'll wager they will be more £ and less resilient too?

 

The wood-waste produced by the Dipperfox can't exactly be used for mulching Mrs Miggins flower borders..

 

Good points, and the little I’ve been able to glean over the internet points to operation not being as easy as the vid illustrates.

But I could sell the Bandit and buy this without losing money.

Take it to work on the back of the truck rather than a dedicated trailer..

 

Can’t seem to find any first hand experience though.

[openspaceman]

2 hours ago, green heart said:

We've got an old Becker stump blade (uses a slightly similar principle) somewhere in the back of our shed. I must check and see if it's taken root there(!), since we last used it over a decade ago..

 

I remember seeing an early demonstration of a becker in around 1988, impressive at first but soon blunt?

 

I had the same thoughts about the Dipperfox, how do you keep it sharp and what weight does it need to feed it down?

 

With a conventional TCT cutter tooth you can normally keep going through something nasty and then swap the tooth for a sharp one.

[JLA1990]

I had a look a while back and would still consider for larger clearance works on a 8t+ excavator but for domestic stuff it doesn’t suit, primarily because you can remove the stumps but chasing lateral roots would be impossible. If it’s going on anything less than perfectly flat ground I feel it would be damaging on an avant or similar carrier over time (lateral stresses). We once thought putting a log splitting cone on a Vermeer would work great, which I feel is the same principle - the reality was it didn’t work and we consistently sheered fixing bolts (we tried free swinging, couldn’t get the weight in the log before it slipped), we were going to eventually damage the arms so scrapped it.