Stump Removal
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From: Oak Harbor WA
Originally Posted by phil6608
I agree with the excavator but the one with a blade for grading is way to small for a job of 10 or 15 oak trees!
I'll give you a little advice from someone how has pulled many trees out.( Iv been a heavy equipment operator and in construction for about 28 years)
When you cut the tree leave 5 or 6 feet standing. When pulling big trees the more leverage you have the easier they will come out.
I'll give you a little advice from someone how has pulled many trees out.( Iv been a heavy equipment operator and in construction for about 28 years)
When you cut the tree leave 5 or 6 feet standing. When pulling big trees the more leverage you have the easier they will come out.
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Sorry Double post.
Which brings up another question, anyone else having the website completely lock up during posting? I have made other posts and they didn't show up so I just gave up.
Which brings up another question, anyone else having the website completely lock up during posting? I have made other posts and they didn't show up so I just gave up.
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From: Stanton DE
Originally Posted by Colossus
I have used a 28,000lb excavator that did in fact have a front blade.
In different areas people call each different piece of equipment something a little different.
I'm calling a big track hoe an excavator. Some call loaders/dozers and pans excavators. Some call a pan a scarper. I D K. lol
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No, really. What about dynomite? There are people/companies that do this sort of thing. You don't do it yourself. I imagine you would need a special license or something. I'm thinking a demolition outfit. Just a thought.
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From: Sarnia, Ontario, CANADA!
I am not sure on the ground conditions you have there but if it is somewhere a truck could drive then you will want to hire a company to grind them down for you. They don't need to be all the way out, do they? Most people grind them down 8-10". That should be enough for you. If it isn't really a property you could drive a truck on then you will want to hire a tree company that has a self-propelled stump grinder. One on tracks would be best.
Using an excavator is fine except you have to get rid of the stumps. Using a stump grinder will chew them up into wood chips. Much easier to get rid of (spread them around).
Call around. You may be surprised on the cost.
-Matt
P.S. By the way, I am an Arborist by trade. So, I know what I am talking about...ask Jake00.
Using an excavator is fine except you have to get rid of the stumps. Using a stump grinder will chew them up into wood chips. Much easier to get rid of (spread them around).
Call around. You may be surprised on the cost.
-Matt
P.S. By the way, I am an Arborist by trade. So, I know what I am talking about...ask Jake00.
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From: Dixie - Tennessee
I was actually thinking of leaving the trees standing and hire a bulldozer to come out and push them over, as long as it wouldn't cut the price on the timber.
I would think that a timber company would pay more for an oak that's been pushed over, stump and all. All they would need to do is cut the top and trim the branches. Sound logical?
I've got a few more things that a bulldozer could do around here, so I think that would be the best route. Pushing over a full-standing tree with a D8 Cat shouldn't be a problem at all.
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I would think that a timber company would pay more for an oak that's been pushed over, stump and all. All they would need to do is cut the top and trim the branches. Sound logical?
I've got a few more things that a bulldozer could do around here, so I think that would be the best route. Pushing over a full-standing tree with a D8 Cat shouldn't be a problem at all.
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From: New Roads, La
ive seen attatchments for front end loaders, bobcats, trakhoes and such that slid 3 or 4 claws down around a tree and twisted (cut the roots) and then moved the tree. if its a 20+ yr ld oak i doubt it would work, but for wsmall trees it shouldnt be a problem
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From: Stanton DE
Originally Posted by Nightrain
I was actually thinking of leaving the trees standing and hire a bulldozer to come out and push them over, as long as it wouldn't cut the price on the timber.
I would think that a timber company would pay more for an oak that's been pushed over, stump and all. All they would need to do is cut the top and trim the branches. Sound logical?
I've got a few more things that a bulldozer could do around here, so I think that would be the best route. Pushing over a full-standing tree with a D8 Cat shouldn't be a problem at all.
Nightrain
I would think that a timber company would pay more for an oak that's been pushed over, stump and all. All they would need to do is cut the top and trim the branches. Sound logical?
I've got a few more things that a bulldozer could do around here, so I think that would be the best route. Pushing over a full-standing tree with a D8 Cat shouldn't be a problem at all.
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From: Hampstead, NC
Originally Posted by Nightrain
Pushing over a full-standing tree with a D8 Cat shouldn't be a problem at all.
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Nope, shouldn't be much of a problem at all. It is kind of fun too.
I'm in the same spot as you, in that I have 20+ stumps to remove around my pole building. They range in size from 6" to 30" at the ground, all oak. I've contacted a couple different outfits that do grinding, but have never heard back from them. I'm looking into renting an excavator and doing it myself. If I can't find one to rent, I'll most likely hire it out and have whoever does the work haul the stumps away too. I need to lower the grade on 2 sides of my shed 12" or so, so the excavator can be used for that as well.
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From: Dixie - Tennessee
Originally Posted by phil6608
Yeah but the daily rental on a D8 might be a little hard to take.
I've got a cousin in the dozing business that does different jobs state-wide. I used one of his D3 Cats a few years ago at my dad's farm to cut a new fence line through the woods. I had it for a week in between jobs and to borrow it, all I had to do was pay the haul bill at the local trucking outfit from the finished job site to dad's farm. It was $375, and I had it for 6 straight days. All I had to do was put diesel in it and fill it up when I was done. I forgot now how much I had in it when it was all said and done, but it wasn't bad. An equipment rental place 70 miles away from here wanted $220 a day for a D3, plus insurance, delivery/pickup, and diesel with a full tank on return.
So, in that experience, I wasn't bad off at all.
Now, if I could catch him in between jobs with, say a D6 or bigger, I'd be in business as well!
Probably be winter time before that, though... That's when he's at his slowest.
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