Doosan DX140 LC vs Deere 330C LC

Michael Jenkins · May 13, 2020

I agree it would, just finding an experienced heavy equipment mechanic to look at it would be the thing honestly. i dont know any.
I know the hour meter isnt counting i ran the thing an hour the other day and id didnt move. so no telling how many hours are on it. It looks like a great machine i didnt see any leaks after that hour of running it, just the only issue was the left final drive getting weak.
But your probably right, i think i need to look for a machine in the 3k-6k hour range in good shape that hopefully will not cause me too much trouble.
Now that being said i got to find that i can afford.

Phantom970 · May 16, 2020

Run from that Deere. Sounds corrupt

30T machines can be fairly slow and clumsy when doing stumps especially with a learner behind the sticks. Yeah they can dig and pull and lift strong but as said, costly to move, costly to fix.

The smaller 16-20T class would be a better fit in my opinion. The little bit longer it takes to get a big stump out would be better than a major component failure on a big one.
Resale?, more buyers in the immediate area might be looking for a purchase in the smaller tonne bracket?

30Tonners love the fuel

If your dead set on a large one you can’t fault the CAT330B.

Smaller ones are much faster and easier to use scratching up all the roots and mess around your stump hole.

Attachments are a lot cheaper for the smaller ones.

Anyway, good luck, I just have a bad feeling about the Deere,
There’s absolutely no excuse for a digital hour meter not to be working apart from ones desire to screw someone over.

Drive motors and finals get expensive quickly

Michael Jenkins · May 16, 2020

Phantom970- thank you for your input. i decided to not go with the deere. Suppose to go look at a Volvo EC210 tomorrow with around 4800hrs. we will see how that runs.

I wouldnt mind at all on getting the Doosan 140x only problem is that its about 13hrs away, it is low hours at 3600.

What brand machine would you recommend? i see the size, My budget is 30-40k. i also would like to spend another 5-7k on a stump ripper/puller.
So if i could stay closer to 30 the better.

dozr · May 17, 2020

it is always funny to me that people think they can buy and do work and not have any thing in what they do with machine. if that was the case everyone on here would be rich. first do you not do anything right now because if you get work done you are going to have to be on that machine. but i guess you farm and dont count labor anything right, not to think about fuel oil and what you not being a operator do to a machine, but you may be smarter than, those of us that has a life of doing it. any one can drive one.

Phantom970 · May 19, 2020

All the Jap stuff is good Michael. I know nothing of The Deere’s. They don’t seem to be in OZ. There’s a lot of Doosans for sale with low hrs over here. Might be a sign of trouble?
Volvo make a good digger. I have used briefly the exact model you are looking at. Rippers are cheap from China. The brand SEC. you won’t break them.

I do a lot of trees and stumps. 17tonne machine. I Just use the ripper and my largest 1200mm GP tooth bucket for cleanup. If there’s a clump I will stack them with the grab. Very rarely have to dig a stump or tree. If I do Then I use a 450mm tench bucket so there’s not a great mountain of dirt and roots to clean up.
Some trees and stumps you can try try try and they won’t budge then you go around the other side and they just pop out.

Don’t know what your Oak stumps will be like but AUS Box trees and Gums most of the time are anchored to the centre of the earth With tap roots like steel cables.

If you get a ripper, put a tiger tooth boot on it. They are great for wedging roots, stumps and timber between the tips. Makes life easier.

Michael Jenkins · May 19, 2020

Phantom thank you for the input and information. im sure the oak and sweetgum trees with be in the ground good and take some time.
I was looking at the TRK stump puller, i think they are a Canadian company.

Dozr- what in the world are you talking about?

Tones · May 19, 2020

Micheal, save yourself a headache and grind those stumps, you only need to go 4" below ground level and it's job done and finished. Get the Doosan and put a grinder on it. If you go down the grinder route avoid a Stumpex.

dozr · May 19, 2020

michael that was the answer i was expecting, one of the machines you ask about was one you drink beer with friend on weekend and work on flower bed, and other was big and wore out, i have done eq work all my life and dont know anything about it but have knowage to know eather of them would not do the job by there self . and you even said you did not know. there is more to it than pulling stomps like shaping where it will not wash away as you do it . good luck with it.

Michael Jenkins · May 19, 2020

Tones- If i bought the newer Doosan i wouldnt have any money left to buy a grinder attachment. i do have a skid steer, if it wouldnt take forever i could buy a stump grinder for it and grind them. but i figured pulling the stumps would be the best thing to do. some people say grind some say pull, im torn on it.

dozr- thank you for the input.

lumberjack · May 19, 2020

$40k budget and 100 acres of stumps favors an excavator in my opinion. We started as a stump grinding service 22 years ago (primarily do tree work now/primarily only ground my own stumps now).

Tones · May 19, 2020

Michael Jenkins said:
Tones- If i bought the newer Doosan i wouldnt have any money left to buy a grinder attachment. i do have a skid steer, if it wouldnt take forever i could buy a stump grinder for it and grind them. but i figured pulling the stumps would be the best thing to do. some people say grind some say pull, im torn on it.
I have been working for a private forestry company and for the first time they saw a 140 hp stumpgrinder working. Their thoughts; WTF why are we digging out stumps, carting them to a burn heap and spending days burning them. They did the numbers and running a 30 ton excavator, an off road truck and the time to burn didn't add up to spending $250 per hr on grinding and have now purchased that

Michael Jenkins · May 19, 2020

lumberjack- thank you, i think it will be the way i go. because then i could dig out watering holes or build a pond with it.

Tones- i may call a stump grinding company tomorrow just see what it costs per hour and estimate.

lumberjack · May 19, 2020

100 acres of stumps will almost assuredly cost more than $40k.

FWIW, I'm in Columbus, MS. Just noticed you're in Bama.

Michael Jenkins · May 20, 2020

yeah you are right around 3.5-4yrs from me. i made a guy an offer on a 30 ton machine yesterday with right at 12hrs.
If he takes it that is the route im gonna go. Thank you for your help and guidance lumberjack.

terex herder · May 20, 2020

You could just leave the stumps for free. The cows won't care. If you see some regrowth, a ring of Tordon on the sapwood only will fix that. Tordon on the heartwood is wasted. In 5 years the stumps will pop out with the 14 ton machine.

dozr · May 20, 2020

in a replant timber oparation mite be ok but in pasture you will have stomps rotting and have to level and replant grass in about 5 years because of holes from stomps, and from my own farm if you get in hurry after pulling them in cullman country you will get that to. have also seen it with cutter blade too, see i am working on 25 acres here in holly pond for about 2 years now, i work outside fence row and fence to keep from growing up behind me again good working on it.

Michael Jenkins · May 22, 2020

terex herder- i would imagine i would tear up a tractor and tear up a bushhog trying to manage a pasture with the few thousand stumps out there. not to mention the tree tops, logs, and butts left every dang where.
I dont imagine that it is an option to leave them if i want to clean up into pasture.

Dozr- so you arent too far from me. yeah ive thought about grinding and not buying but then the would settle and i would have to fill in. If i can find the right machine for the right price its what im gonna do.

Skeans1 · May 22, 2020

Michael Jenkins said:
terex herder- i would imagine i would tear up a tractor and tear up a bushhog trying to manage a pasture with the few thousand stumps out there. not to mention the tree tops, logs, and butts left every dang where.
I dont imagine that it is an option to leave them if i want to clean up into pasture

Why not it’s great free nitrogen back into your pasture, have you considered something narrow enough to go between the rows of stumps like a nursery does or an orchard shredder?

Michael Jenkins · May 22, 2020

skeans1- just leaving the stumps?? no havent thought of that because of im starting from scratch building fence and such. be hard to put fence up with stumps in the ground.
I mean i guess its a option but seems like a little more difficult time than pulling and burning the stumps.

Skeans1 · May 22, 2020

Michael Jenkins said:
skeans1- just leaving the stumps?? no havent thought of that because of im starting from scratch building fence and such. be hard to put fence up with stumps in the ground.
I mean i guess its a option but seems like a little more difficult time than pulling and burning the stumps.

Are these stumps in rows?

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