Stumpy Grinder

When you have that much power, I don't think it matters too much either way!

Trouble is that they can't really see what they are doing?

I have a remote controlled machine so I can be exactly where I need to be for safety and efficiency, even if its across the other side of a road -  as I did recently. 

I can also get it through a 3 foot gate into a garden!

On 19/07/2020 at 21:22, John Shutler said:

1.5m by 2m oak stump. roughly 5 mins work 

Impressive machine, but your technique is awful mate if i'm honest!

You are cutting across the grain constantly. you need to start at the front and grind below the root plate. Them advance forward and down, you are then cutting along the grain of the wood. Much more efficient and quicker!

£350 would be about right, but I wouldn’t be taking any grinding away! 

Depends on the machine mate. I’d have that done in a few hours with my big machine. where are you based? 

17 hours ago, Stefan Palokangas said:

Where do you guys get the jobs from. ? Myself it’s word of mouth 90%. The others from Facebook page. And that keeps me quite busy.

Mainly from local Arb people that now use me pretty much exclusively as it works out cheaper and easier for them. Also several landscapers, fencers and foresters.

Website and Facebook pages draw in some work - mainly smaller domestic stuff.

But as you say - word of mouth and reputation are the biggest providers.  Glad to hear you are still busy. It normally goes a bit quiet this time of year with bird nesting season, but this year has been strangely busy!!

Big old wind blown beech - and there it was - gone!?

Customer built me an absolutely solid pair of ramps to get down to a big old Alder stump!

Just over 10 minutes and it was ground down to about 2 foot deep!

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I only use Rayco or Vermeer at present, but the Bandit gets good reviews.

You see a lot of predators for sale which should tell you something?

Get the stumps ground out!  Only disturbs the root plate and the waste goes back in the hole. Sorted!

I'll just leave this here with regards to common sense which isn't actually that common anymore?

Is this a hardwood?

Small trailer towed behind a quad or jimny. Portable 12v winch to hoist for gralloching or to pull deer into trailer. Lower directly into trailer once gralloched. ?

I borrowed this woodland toilet. ?

Puffing Billy?

I seem to remember winning a competition to name it - the prize was a bag of charcoal!!

1 minute ago, the village idiot said:

Hi Mick,

 

Many thanks for that input. I was saving you for later when I get onto the Deer management sections.

 

Do come for a visit, the Wood has changed a bit.

 

Stumpy Grinder was walking around the Wood nearly a decade before I ever set foot in it! Did you take any pictures at the time?

When I started mate, you couldn't see the wood for the trees!

Also before the days when we carried excellent cameras on our phones I'm afraid.

I think the last time I was there was when you'd just broken your foot! Ouch!!

Well that's certainly stirred up a few memories for me!

I managed the deer in this wood from about 2005 when large blocks of conifers were removed under the WIGS.

We relied completely upon natural re-generation which was not easy, as deer numbers were particularly high in the general area, and the fields to the north were unfenced allowing free movement. I put a lot of time in and hit them really hard. For a while, it just seemed to create a vacuum which was soon filled from the surrounding area. However, after several years and a lot of hard work, the numbers were down to an acceptable level. Friends of mine continued the work and the wood continues to flourish under the excellent management of TVI.

I really should get down there and have a look around as it's been a while!!

SG

On ‎11‎/‎11‎/‎2019 at 17:18, woody paul said:

Stump grinders go blunt when you hit dirt, and aren't a lot of grinders on tracks.

Yes they are, but if you know what you are doing, you do NOT grind a stump from the top!

You start at the side so that you are effectively planning along the grain and not cutting across it.

I can't see the blades staying sharp for too long once they hit the dirt, and they would need to be very sharp to cut cross-grain as they do? Also relies on being able to get a mini digger in which is not always possible and tracked machines aren't exactly lawn friendly!