Post your stump grinding photos

[openspaceman]

On 08/01/2020 at 11:59, Gary Prentice said:

I had a client years ago, before stump grinders were commonplace.

 

He had a biggish beech stump that he asked about burning out. I said it wasn't really a practical proposition.

Depends what you mean by practical, I had a device made out of a 12 X 38 tractor wheel some pipe and a vacuum cleaner that was quite successful at burning stumps out. The main thing to understand is that heat rises, the next that you need to raise the whole mass, including dirt, up to 300C and it is largely self sustaining.

 

It is also not very controllable, or insurable, I am sure I have told the story from around 1976 and the irate householder?

[Gary Prentice]

On 09/01/2020 at 21:02, openspaceman said:

I am sure I have told the story from around 1976 and the irate householder?

Not that I'm aware of. 

[David Cropper]

These two chestnuts were left at this height by a tree surgeon, why, I've no idea, not because the client wanted, but he decided. I had to reduce the one with a shovel next to it for perspective,  into four segments so I could move them. Nearly sodding killed me. The other one by the gate was rotten inside but not outside, dropped this as low as possible before grinding. I used my Echo 600 with a 20 inch bar that I bought two years ago just for the bigger stumps.

[josharb87]

Some rushed pics of some of the past 2 days stumps, 20 stumps in total, most 1-1,5 m diameter.

dead ash, elm, oak, few fresh spruce 

went through about 15 teeth (lots of rock here) roughly 40liters fuel

no cleanup 

 

 

 

 

 

[Mick Dempsey]

That last picture, 10 minutes with the saw would save 25 on the grinder I reckon.

[josharb87]

Bark is full of grit from where the snow plough had pushed snow and grit into a heap around the tree. (I'm standing on gravel track)

 

Half decent teeth and fresh spruce disappears very quickly

[Mick Dempsey]

Some stumps coming out from the top of a dam, before it gets tidied up.

 

For my BiL so not getting paid!

[josharb87]

Where there’s a will, there’s a way! 
 

[MattyF]

I’ll save that for future reference josh.[emoji1303]

[openspaceman]

7 minutes ago, MattyF said:

I’ll save that for future reference josh.

Make sure the engine oil pickup doesn't get uncovered at extreme angles