Climber's Talk.

May 18, Digging out trees and stumps with lbs mini ex. Jun 10, Metta grading clearing stumps and brush. Jul 23, 50 per acre x 7 acres = stumps, minimum stumps x 15 minutes each to dig out, shake clean and pile for burning = /hr hours x per hour =you will burn about gallons of fuel, so, and you will lucky not to spend that much again on miscellaneous expenses on the machine. Sep 08, Modern Fast Tree Stump Clearing Machine Working - Equipment Excavator Stump ChippingENJOY!

and please subscribe: treenotch.bar Feb 13, My technique is to drop the trees with a chainsaw, move the trunk in pieces and dig the stump.

All hardwood here and rocky soil. The lb excavator works but it is slow digging bigger stumps (18+ inches) in this soil, requiring more digging and repositioning to get the stump free.

Bigger is definitely better for stumping. For smaller stumps, a mini excavator can simply pull it out. For larger stumps, you may need special attachments for mini excavators. What equipment do I need to remove a stump? Dig all around the stump with a spade and clear out the soil. Use a mattock, a type of pickax with a horizontal blade, to chop through the roots. Dec 22, 4. CAT Considered to be one of the best excavators for digging stumps, the CAT is a legend among DIY-ers because of its features, reliability, and effectiveness when it comes to excavating and removing stumps.

It is not a mini excavator, mind you, but a medium excavator. Yet, we are listing it here because of its relatively small. Jun 23, Enough of a size difference in favor of the machine, and it can push over the trees and remove the stumps on it's own, but otherwise the (potentially safer) option would be to cut down the larger trees and use the excavator to remove the stumps. In the case of the latter even a small mini excavator can dig out the stumps from some fairly large.

Stump Grinders. Our Model 30 and Model 50 stump grinders, using the Leonardi Wheel, will allow your excavator to far out perform any tow-behind style stump grinder. Grind or more stumps in a day without changing your teeth.