What £6000 stump grinder?

[Johny Walker]

Well I thin my rayco rg20 is a beast

 

good god man there so last century,

[hamdogg]

It's a 2008 model!!!

[Stefan Palokangas]

Predator 450, 460

[David Cropper]

I've had a Predator 450 for over two years. Used with the Multi tip wheel it flies through stumps, as always keep the teeth in good nick. The beauty of the teeth is that when you have taken the edge of the two leaders then you change them for the next teeth in line. Five minute job for each one. You certainly know about it when you have done a full day with it, though, my knees were shot before I got it, now I can barely walk when I get out of the van. Predator are pretty good when you need spares, I usually receive them over here within 3 days of ordering. At that stage in life where I am seriously saving up to get a tracked or 4 wheeler to take the strain. Maybe a Rayco 1625 Junior.

[GlobalNewark]

I've had a Predator 450 for over two years. Used with the Multi tip wheel it flies through stumps, as always keep the teeth in good nick. The beauty of the teeth is that when you have taken the edge of the two leaders then you change them for the next teeth in line. Five minute job for each one. You certainly know about it when you have done a full day with it, though, my knees were shot before I got it, now I can barely walk when I get out of the van. Predator are pretty good when you need spares, I usually receive them over here within 3 days of ordering. At that stage in life where I am seriously saving up to get a tracked or 4 wheeler to take the strain. Maybe a Rayco 1625 Junior.

 

 

Have a look at the Bandit or Jo Beau range, there's something for everyone.

[David Cropper]

I would love a Jo Beau, I have a M200 chipper, very pleased with it. I have seen some of your kit on your website, the 31hp does look good ,but as I said before I will have to do some serious saving up! Before anyone mentions buying one on credit, living in France does not allow me to get credit from a UK company. Predator offered me credit terms when I got in touch to buy the 450, then called me back apologising profusely that credit wasn't allowed. What they did was got Max the boss to allow me to pay the £1500 I needed by taking £500 for three months via my debit card. Good service from them. Trying to get money from my French bank to buy from UK is like I had suggested something obscene!

[Old Mill Tree Care]

I've had a Predator 450 for over two years. Used with the Multi tip wheel it flies through stumps, as always keep the teeth in good nick. The beauty of the teeth is that when you have taken the edge of the two leaders then you change them for the next teeth in line. Five minute job for each one. You certainly know about it when you have done a full day with it, though, my knees were shot before I got it, now I can barely walk when I get out of the van. Predator are pretty good when you need spares, I usually receive them over here within 3 days of ordering. At that stage in life where I am seriously saving up to get a tracked or 4 wheeler to take the strain. Maybe a Rayco 1625 Junior.

 

 

 

Good post but it only takes 1 minute to change a tooth, not 5 minutes.

[David Cropper]

When I am in mud and knackered believe me, it takes 5 minutes! By the time I've knocked all the soil off, cleaned the head of the bolt free of crap to get the allen key in 5 minutes is good.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

When I am in mud and knackered believe me, it takes 5 minutes! By the time I've knocked all the soil off, cleaned the head of the bolt free of crap to get the allen key in 5 minutes is good.

 

 

Good point. I haven't seen rain here for ages so there's only been a bit of dust to deal with.

I keep the tools and spare teeth on the machine so I don't have to make the hateful trudge to the truck.

[David Cropper]

I keep a spare set of either re-sharpened or new teeth in the tool box with; wire brush for the hardened on crap and a soft 1inch paintbrush to clean out the dust, an old chainsaw file to dig out the head of the allen bolt and the 8mm allen key. I found that tapping out the teeth unit with a rubber mallet better than using the lump hammer I have in the van, takes longer but must be better for the metal.

Have you found that once one thing goes west on a machine it then follows that you get a series of them? Two weeks ago I had the hydro belt snap, due to working in heavy rain in clay conditions, fixed that, 5 minutes later no drive again. Stripped it down and found that the spring holding the pulley had snapped! Luckily the client was an engineer and sorted it out using his vice and brute strength. I always carry spares for everything but Sod's Law not a spring. I do now. The next day the starter motor was sticking, waiting to receive parts to sort that out. Still works but a bit hit and miss. Seems to be a common problem with Kohler engines according to various forums I looked at.