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  1. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Only thing I leave behind are lateral roots in the sides of the hole and their always a couple inches below ground level. Only wood left in tthe bottom of my holes is a tap root of a pine for example but still enough depth to plant a tree root ball. Power is not everything, skill of the...
  2. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    I always grind the complete stump core out on every stump I've done for over 13 years. When I do estimates I advertise to my customers that they can plant a new tree in its place ......Probably why I have no competition as the last few local outfits didn't and are no longer in business.
  3. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Wish I had a picture, biggest job I did with my grinder one hot summer week I bought and mounted a patio umbrella on the machine. Worked like a charm.
  4. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Yeah I don't wear a mask when the ground is wet.
  5. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Other hazard dusts coming out of the ground while stump grinding also have to be considered. In urban environments of decades of vehicle use that having burned leaded gas and deposits from asbestos clutch and brake linings are also trapped in the soil. In the mining towns that I live and...
  6. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Vermeer claims a plexiglass face shield visor mounted on a helmet should be worn when stump grinding. I always wear safety glasses, dust mask and be clean shaven when I grind stumps. Always thinking about my lungs. Tungsten carbide coming off the teeth as they wear always has me concerned. I...
  7. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Looks like my 252 would fit that nicely. I've done lots of sidewalk stumps like that, dont be shy to charge lots if you got a good name for yourself.
  8. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Sounds like a waste of money, why not just use a skid steer to pick it up and load on the trailer?
  9. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Excellent link Merle, I was thinking the same lines with those post hole auger stump removers. But until I buy a skidder steer...........
  10. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    I had a customer with a blown over tree once with the root ball up in the air. He hauled away the tree but left the upturned stump and root ball. I was able to push the root ball back into the hole with the stump grinder, then I finished grinding out the stump. There was a saw called a Ring...
  11. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    You'll never get that SC60 cutter wheel along with its guard down 24" in a 24"×24" square hole....without taking out the curb and a bunch of surrounding concrete.
  12. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Good alternative for grinding out a customer's stump. https://youtu.be/2a1QISYNGHs
  13. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    Running 700 Greenteeth on my grinder really throws the chips out everywhere except to the rear. The rubber curtain on my 12 yr old 252 is still in perfect shape and contains all the chips from going back.
  14. HolmenTree

    Stump grinding tips/ tricks/ tools.

    I think that setup would take too long to setup for multiple stumps. Do you have to drive the stakes in the ground? If the wind blew that tarp over you'd have a big mess wrapped around your cutter wheel. 4 sided 3/8 plywood on 3 piano hinges works great and quick to fold up, move, setup and store.
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