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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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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