Stump Grinding as a way of life

[theNakedApiarist]

Excellent pic! Looks big enough to pull the trailer itself. I've had cars about thirty horsepower! Do you reckon, as OldMillTC said, that more power would have helped, or was it simply that you did all the work alone?

 

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[HuntingHicap]

Can't speak with authority on the power side, as it's the first big grinder I've ever used, but once it had been running for a few hours the hydraulic operation of the head slowed considerably. I think u can fiddle with the flow to combat this, I guess the reason was it was getting hot hence the oil was thinning. Working alone definitely didn't helped. Still, got it done and got paid.

[theNakedApiarist]

Interesting. .. Thanks. ..

 

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[aspenarb]

Can't speak with authority on the power side, as it's the first big grinder I've ever used, but once it had been running for a few hours the hydraulic operation of the head slowed considerably. I think u can fiddle with the flow to combat this.

 

Its the way they are , as soon as the oil gets hot you have a different grinder. Direct or belt drive is far better imho but I dont think any one machine made fits all the applications. You were on a hiding for nothing with that grinder on those stumps, its way too small, a decent size machine would scoff these in minutes rather than hours. As a job you would need a range of machines from tiny to huge.

 

Bob

[GlobalNewark]

Looks like it is belt drive.

[Jonny Burch]

 

Or use a stumpy like this

 

Cheers Bob 👍🏻

[Peter]

Can't speak with authority on the power side, as it's the first big grinder I've ever used, but once it had been running for a few hours the hydraulic operation of the head slowed considerably. I think u can fiddle with the flow to combat this, I guess the reason was it was getting hot hence the oil was thinning. Working alone definitely didn't helped. Still, got it done and got paid.

 

More likely the teeth were blunt.

[HuntingHicap]

Nice grinder Bob! but the mog needs new wiper blades:thumbup:

 

The teeth werent too bad, though I don't have any photos to prove that:sneaky2:

[skyhuck]

Nice grinder Bob! but the mog needs new wiper blades:thumbup:

 

The teeth werent too bad, though I don't have any photos to prove that:sneaky2:

 

What were the chips like??

 

With a machine that size they should be about the same size of the chips you get with your cod, if their not the teeth are blunt.

[WR14GHT]

Nice grinder Bob! but the mog needs new wiper blades:thumbup:

 

 

 

The teeth werent too bad, though I don't have any photos to prove that:sneaky2:

 

 

On a machine of this size tackling those stumps, teeth need to be sharp sharp, and you will find the slew speed slows down if you are asking too much of the cutter wheel which sucks engine power, either by taking too large a bite of stump, or by not clearing away grindings often enough or blunt teeth. If sharp teeth, a correct size bite and no build up of grindings, it should cut quickly!