Anybody have any experience of Palm stump grinding ????

[sqirrel21]

Hi all , has anybody had any experience of grinding Palm stumps, I have a mate who lives down in Andalucia, south of cadiz. Just been out there with him, there are loads of palm stumps around in streets and generally everywhere as lots are being lost due to a disease, therefore potentially lots of stumpgrinding work... we were wondering what they grind like, would the fibres clog up a grinder / could it be done with a small pedestrian 13hp machine or would something larger be necessary.. ?

Any thoughts on this appreciated..

[sloth]

I did a small one years ago with a pedestrian grinder, wear waterproof trousers!

[easy-lift guy]

It really depends on the number and size. I have ground down a few dozen in my day and you won't so much have chips to deal with, more like grinding rope made of hemp. The drier the better and faster. I would go with a larger piece of equipment only because it is faster and time is $$$.

easy-lift guy

[slack ma girdle]

The long fibers will clog everything.

[easy-lift guy]

The long fibers will clog everything.

 

Really:confused1:, How so?

easy-lift guy

[David Goss]

Never ground any palm stumps but i guess it would be quite sloppy lets say. What is the disease? is it the red palm weevil? seems to be killing most of the palm trees these days.

[kimtree]

machine i've got,a laski 27hp will fly through the wood part of the palm but then bog down on the fiberous roots .it will still grind them just have to slew slower