Removing Stumps

[Dozerbill63]

Like to have information on best size dozer for removing 12 - 36 inch diameter pine stumps in Alabama iron clay. I have dug some 30 inch pine stumps up with a 580 B Case backhoe and it takes about 20 -30 minutes . Pine trees are clear cut almost to the ground. I may have 10 acres to clean up for farming . Been thinking about buying an Excavator .

 

[mowingman]

Buy a good diesel-powered stump grinder and grind them out. My 44HP diesel grinder can take out a 30" pine stump in about 30 minutes or less, and leave nothing but a pile of sawdust and small chips. No stump left to dispose of, like when you dig them out.

 

[Colorado Digger]

You may already know this but we usually cut stuff off about 18" to 24" above the ground, that way it is possible to get some leverage on the stump. I would think a 120 would be fine for that task. A thumb sure help handling the material as well.

Regards, CD

 

[Dozerbill63]

You may already know this but we usually cut stuff off about 18" to 24" above the ground, that way it is possible to get some leverage on the stump. I would think a 120 would be fine for that task. A thumb sure help handling the material as well. blade will up root stumps
Regards, CD

The loggers clear cut the property , they don't care about the guy removing the stumps . I prefer stumps cut 30 inches above the ground for dozer to push out . I am new to removing pine stumps.

 

[Dozerbill63]

14 acres of stumps at 30 minutes too long , think I need a D7 size bulldozer with a cutting blade , maybe 40 - 60 seconds per stump .

 

[Scrub Puller]

Yair . . . Dozerbill63

Like to have information on best size dozer for removing 12 - 36 inch diameter pine stumps in Alabama iron clay.

Bigger the better of course but I have found Caribbean and Slash pine bust up fairly easy even with an old D6 with rippers . . . yours could be different, I was in sandy sort of country.

mowingman.

No stump left to dispose of, like when you dig them out.

That sounds really interesting. How much extra time to take them to a foot below the surface? I would imagine soil, particularly sandy soil would be hard on the cutter. Do you have to dig it away or maybe blow with a compressor?

Cheers.

 

[Dozerbill63]

Buy a good diesel-powered stump grinder and grind them out. My 44HP diesel grinder can take out a 30" pine stump in about 30 minutes or less, and leave nothing but a pile of sawdust and small chips. No stump left to dispose of, like when you dig them out.

30 minutes per stump is too long , 14 acres , mat a D7 bulldozer with a cutting blade may do it in 40 - 60 seconds per stump.

 

[Dozerbill63]

Yair . . . Dozerbill63



Bigger the better of course but I have found Caribbean and Slash pine bust up fairly easy even with an old D6 with rippers . . . yours could be different, I was in sandy sort of country.

mowingman.





That sounds really interesting. How much extra time to take them to a foot below the surface? I would imagine soil, particularly sandy soil would be hard on the cutter. Do you have to dig it away or maybe blow with a compressor?

Cheers.

Iron clay seems hard as concrete , thinking of buying a 22 ton excavator .

 

[mowingman]

I can grind out stumps in any kind of soil, as the cutter wheel has carbide-tipped teeth. Now, very rocky soil can cause the teeth to chip. I have averaged as many as 35 stumps/hour, grinding Mesquite, honey locust, and hackberry stumps. These stumps averaged 18" in diameter and were cut nearly flush with the ground. Nothing left but a pile of mulch. In fact, I cleared about 1000 acres of land, heavily covered in trash trees, and did all the stump removal with my 60HP, tracked stump grinder.
When finished, landowner just turned soil with a heavy-duty disk, and was able to plant grass and hay crops.
Check out Youtube for videos of various stump grinder machines at work.

 

[CM1995]

Just for 10 acres I would consider hiring it out if you didn't need the dozer or excavator for other uses.

I am somewhat familiar with your soil types down there, we did the site work for the Sonic in Greenville by I 65. That project didn't involve clearing but it did have undercut and haul in. We used the red sandy clay from a borrow pit for the engineered fill, loaded it with a 953C. Don't know if that material is similar or not to what you have.

A loader should handle the smaller stumps but an excavator or larger dozer would be more efficient.

 

[Bruce Higgins]

Find yourself an eight class machine with a four barrel multishank ripper.

 

[OCR]

Iron clay seems hard as concrete , thinking of buying a 22 ton excavator .

If you are really interested in a 22 ton excavator, that would put you in something about the size of a

Cat® 320... or there about.



That's a sizable excavator... I would think it would dig out any stump you have, in about one pass... :cool2

I know that I'd sure like to have one, rather than our 312BL... brand new, of course...


http://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/excavators/medium-excavators/18254206.html

http://www.ritchiespecs.com/specifi...tor&make=Caterpillar&model=320C&modelid=92943



OCR

 

[Dozerbill63]

If you are really interested in a 22 ton excavator, that would put you in something about the size of a

Cat® 320... or there about.



That's a sizable excavator... I would think it would dig out any stump you have, in about one pass... :cool2

I know that I'd sure like to have one, rather than our 312BL... brand new, of course...


http://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/equipment/excavators/medium-excavators/18254206.html

http://www.ritchiespecs.com/specifi...tor&make=Caterpillar&model=320C&modelid=92943



OCR

I wish I had the 690 J D I sold it before moving here , the best excavator I ever owned .

 

[wilko]

You can generally figure that an older. larger machine will be cheaper than something easy to move around. Old cat 225s and 235s are pretty cheap, and nice 977L loaders can be had for a song.

 

[Peter Kennedy]

smallish excavator(10 ton) with a ripper tyne will do the job no worries !!

 

[Dozerbill63]

smallish excavator(10 ton) with a ripper tyne will do the job no worries !!

Yes I believe that is what I will do , I am looking for a166 Bantam or 690 John Deere

 

[CM1995]

That's a sizable excavator... I would think it would dig out any stump you have, in about one pass... :cool2


OCR

A 30" pine stump, umm no. rofessor

A 325 will struggle with a 30" southern yellow pine stump, 18" or so and smaller it'll tear them out with one pass. A 320 will be digging out a 30" SYP stump.

 

[Dozerbill63]

A 30" pine stump, umm no. rofessor

A 325 will struggle with a 30" southern yellow pine stump, 18" or so and smaller it'll tear them out with one pass. A 320 will be digging out a 30" SYP stump.

Cost of 320 is too much money for one job , profit is a plus !

 

[Heavey Metal]

Most economical way to stump is with a kg and dozer.

If you need the stumps out an excavator cause you can use the rain to help.

10 acres of 30'' stumps is enough to break anyone wanting to use brute force finese and useing your head is the cheapest and fastest way.

 

[Dozerbill63]

Most economical way to stump is with a kg and dozer.

If you need the stumps out an excavator cause you can use the rain to help.

10 acres of 30'' stumps is enough to break anyone wanting to use brute force finese and useing your head is the cheapest and fastest way.

You are right , rain does make a big difference.