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    Skid Steer attachment Plate Drawing

    Maybe these photos will help you. If I can upload.
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    What price for grubbing mesquite?

    I have been grubbing mesquites on my property near Mason since 2002 with a skid steer. Many factors enter into grubbing mesquites. 1. Moisture in the ground. 2. Type of soil (few rocks). 3. Depth of soil. 4. Types of mesquites (small, just came up; sprouts off of stumps, large trees)...
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    Tree Grubbing

    You need to read the thread "clearing mesquites" to get some ideas. https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread.php?12971-Clearing-mesquite&highlight=mesquite+grubber. You can do a lot of good depending upon many conditions - moisture content, soils, size of mesquites, etc. I have made...
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    Removing stumps with skid steer ??

    I have been experimenting and trying different things for the last nine years. Check out my pictures on the tread https://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/showthread.php?12971-Clearing-mesquite&highlight=Paw+Paws+Toy. A lot depends on the moisture content and the type of soil that you are working...
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    Clearing mesquite?

    North Texan, Hope this rain is getting up your way. We had a little over 7" on the Monday before Memorial Day. Parts of the county had over 9". The mesquites should be easy to grub if I don't get stuck.
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    Home Made Loam/ Soil Screener

    I made an attachment for my mustang 940 out of square tubing to grub prickly pear. The main section is rectangular (approximately 3' by 5') to which I attached "teeth" made out of more square tubing. I covered the rectangular portion of the top with expanded metal (approximately 3/8" thick by...
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    Some Skidsteer Guidance Please...

    We are 100 miles west of Austin in the Llano uplift. I still have my Mustang 940. We have fixed a broken chain once and I am afraid that I am having problems with the chain on that side now. With the bad economy I decided last April to look for a new skid steer and found a 2007 Bobcat...
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    Some Skidsteer Guidance Please...

    Bill, I am sure that you are making the right choice in going with a skid steer. We have a ranch down in the Texas Hill Country about the same size as yours. I stumbled upon the opportunity to buy a Mustang 940 about ten years ago and have found many, many uses for it. We keep up the...
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    mustang

    What year, model of a Mustang do you have?
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    Clearing mesquite?

    My first attempt at building a grubber (Post #7) was to attempt to use the notches to grab the mesquite but it was too broad. I then tried using a set of old forks (Post #10) joined together with the same notched metal. It took the ground much better than my first attempt but was too long. I...
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    Clearing mesquite?

    Grubber modified again North Texan, Hopefully you have been receiving good rains. In the hill country we have received 10" since Labor Day. The rains fell slowly and soaked in. The only problem has been that we didn't get our tanks full. It was so dry and the rains fell so slowly that...
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    Clearing mesquite?

    Boxthorns look like what we call blue thorn in the Texas Hill Country. The tree or bush looks different but the thorns are the same. They are easy to grub but I am extra careful to stay away from those thorns. A sure flat if you are not careful. The root system is not even close to a...
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    Clearing mesquite?

    North Texan, Do you have a skid steer? I bet you can grub those mesquites with one. It will probably take longer and you will have to dig around the stump to sever all possible roots. One good thing about those sprouts, they will identify those stubborn stumps that you need to keep...
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    Which one??

    I am sorry that I can't help you on the tracks. I do know that they are quite expensive. I recently found this website that offers a spade to fit on the end of forks for $150. I don't know if this plate would have a notch to catch the cedar or mesquite in so that you can pull up on them...
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    Which one??

    Where are you doing this work in Texas? Most of the cedars in Texas grow in areas where the limestone rock is just under the surface of the soil. No matter what size skid steer you use, the important thing is the grubber attachment that you will need to remove mesquites and cedars. A bucket...
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    Clearing mesquite?

    North Texan, What kind of soil are your mesquites in? Are they large trees, small, or a combination of?
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    Clearing mesquite?

    Just got back from the Texas Hill Country. Hot and dry. This is the modification that I made to my original grubber several years ago. It worked well with my Mustang 940. I tried it this weekend with my new Bobcat S175 and it really works good. Of course, I am sure that it would work even...
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    mustang

    I have a 1994 Mustang 940 with 4300 hours on it. Most of the hours were put on before I got it. It had 3100 hours on it when I got it in 2001. It didn't have a key. You had to start it with a screw driver in the old key hole. People that had it when I got it never turned it off. The hour...
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    Clearing mesquite?

    I got my idea from seeing one hanging on a dozer years ago.
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    Clearing mesquite?

    I think I have figured out the picture attaching feature now. I will send a picture of the grubber in its original form. It will be shown on my Mustang 940. The grubber was made out of two elevator weights from a junk yard. One weight was split in two and makes up the vertical pieces. The...
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