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  1. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Just bought an 026 off ebay for 225.I chose it because it looked clean and had the OG safety sticker on the hand guard.....better than my 020....I just can't stop sticking my 020 in to the stumps..... After I get the saw I'll look into outfitting it with a sharpening cassette.... Today I felt...
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    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Ebay......sounds great! Sharpening cassettes and 026's for sale. I'm going to look into the sharpening thing. Generally, I sharpen on the tailgate panting and staring at the stump. A verical auger might snap weak sidewalk with a spinning root? I dunno. The most compact machine in the city...
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    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    I like the 026 or the 260.......ebay huh? Never used it. I'll have to look. I'm currently in the market for a power pruner and a 395 also.....I can get both brand new for 2k at the dealership or fish on the internet.....
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    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Haha....I've been looking for a dirty little hog saw for stumping.....trust me...that 020 is about 12 years old and needs it's 3rd jug.....Thing is smoked...I can barely get the chain to spin enough to cut something. ...let alone a rock or the random steel bar. ....picked up another rebuilt 200...
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    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    What's the picture of? I'm loving my Alpine magnum.
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    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Everything in Spanish. I told him $150/hour on the phone..show up...see the job, realize how awful this is going to be......push through with the ridiculous saw. Finish. He says $100/hour? I say I'll give you $125/hour.....he starts counting....pulls out all his money and his helpers money and...
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    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    The good side.....is I've got my technique down.....haha. I forgot my 44......the guy I was contracting for pulled out a echo CS 33......something out of the back of his minivan....showed him how to sharpen and take the rakers down, blew his mind.
  8. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Dude, 6 hours straight of green pine stumps. 3×36" of them......two sets of teeth. I thought I was gonna blow up the Alpine. 3 of them like this one.....this mother had to come down like 3 feet......good thing I have such a positive attitude.
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    I left him the T stake to deal with. I got tools that grind wood or cut wood.
  10. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Bout an hour or so. Palm melts like butter......Thing was bigger than I remember bidding it.... friggin' left him the T stake. Sawzall Boyee!
  11. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Stump seemed so much bigger today when i arrived......Things found by grinder today.
  12. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Bigger Trailer? Double decker? Triple Trailer?
  13. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Today's grinder. Bad boy.
  14. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    A cheap ass. Merle. You raise a valid point. I agree with wanting the ability to make it all go away.....lining up with a sub is a PITA for me....people usually won't wait here in this dial it done community I live in.....my personal interest will probably wane though my someday employee will...
  15. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Really just for when you have the space. Big machine kicks big debris....windows and people everywhere. I think a self propelled sharp machine is key.....Something on the order of a 252 or something stronger a bit.....the bonus is if you hit a rock....you can rotate the tooth instead of...
  16. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    The Client helped keep the sidewalk clean and bought lunch. I was home by 3pm.
  17. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Hey Chris. The sub I use would have wanted 400/piece.....probably an hour a piece with his dosko. It's not hourly more like like item...His thinking is Pay up or Grind it yourself...So, You see why I don't mind grinding and picking and looking for a bigger machine. San Fran is friendly but...
  18. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Nice job Chris. I love birds of Paradise. Did those acacias today that I posted the stumps of earlier in the thread.....the trees gone and chipped in hour and a half.....funking stumps took 4.5 hours. Suspected girdle root confirmed. Old steel pipe, WTF! Changed the teeth and did...
  19. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Thanks, :) That's about what an ALpine is, a big chainsaw tip.
  20. Bodean

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Acacia melanoxylon? Beautiful tree, people treat it like a non native invasive pest.
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