Letsdig18 watching your videos made me want to make a career change from EMT to heavy machine operator. Started the new career 2 weeks ago and love it. Just wanted to say thank you
You guys really made quick work of those stumps. It’s amazing how strong those roots are. I had 2 huge elm and maple trees in my front yard and the Joplin tornado de barked them and it took me almost all day to dig those out with a 580 K backhoe! Great job man!
Love the videos Chris, watching you inspired me to become an operator... sitting here at training school for the next 14 weeks.. got in a machine for the first time too, and needless to say, you make it look much much easier than it is! So thanks!
One thing I learned about pine stumps on the Eastern shore of Maryland is, even with a high water table, their tap root is big and deep!! You know what you're talking about when you said they don't like to give up! Experience and skill you have it!
That was Very cool!! .. I will say (just my opinion, and I’m sure more work for you) but...to have you put the camera close to where the bucket is, is incredible to see & hear roots popping, the hydraulics.. etc... Cool video! Love it!! 😀
Nothing like bouncing around all day! People don't realize just how much all that bouncing wears a person out. Hence the reason I try to stay in a crane.
You 2 guys work very well together. Stumping is rough on the arse. Exspecialy on hills. A trick u might already know is to drop the stump on a sump in the ground. Works pretty well. That thumb is nice, I would put one on the 290. IMO. Can't go wrong.
Chris,,, I have seen you grubbing stumps several times before. But I do not recall seeing you get tossed around like these bad boys were doing to you. Big trees and dense clay,,, gotta love it. Nice team work there sir.
Crazy to think all that strength in those trees comes from a little seed. Great vid, like the camera behind you so we can see how much movement is in the cab.
Excavators are the best tool to use with stumps. A farmer near me asked me to bid a stump removal on a two acre plot. He was convinced a D-6 was needed. I told him if he could find anyone with a D-6 who would come out and work beside me and whoever had the fewest stumps after an hour would not be paid. There were no takers and I only has a Cat 330. Being able to lift a stump and drop it on the ground removes dirt and makes the stump burnable and grantable (depending on local codes). Bulldozers can't do that.
Here I am late again, but I like what I see! Watching you operate your excavator is poetry! You are smooth and precise! You work well as a team and individually. You don't push your machine too hard and you watch everything you do. You don't take it for granted there's nothing behind you, you look everytime you move your machine! You sir are a professional and where watching others run their machines stresses me, watching you operate yours is calming. I saw where one guy said you are "bouncy" in your machine, lol. I'm here to tell you, that is NOTHING compared to what I've done and seen others do!! I would put you up against just about anyone else and come out a winner. Popping stumps is just about the hardest thing you can do with heavy equipment and you make it look easy!! Any suggestions that others might have for you, they can keep them, you know what you're doing!! And you do it real well.
I remember watching an operator on a Cat 219... Yes this was a while ago... But he worked the bucket under the stump, then push down, stick away, and curl the bucket, the back side of that bucket was more rounded than these, and it levered the stump out...I've never seen anyone else do it that way..
Pine trees are the worst, especially in heavy clay. Watching you guys working in tandem made me jealous. It took you a tenth of the time (or less) than it takes me per stump.
Hey Chris I could bring my kubota down and help you out...lol! Stumping is hard on equipment. Especially elm and willows. Bad tap roots. Anyway, great video!
Great video. I personally enjoy the cab talk more than the outside, no talk videos but I watch them all. Thanks and keep up the good work! I'm sorry but I have to mention that Cameron was digging over the drive motors lol
Maybe a little dynamite might help! Sure would make a interesting video! Think you might be there for a while getting all those stumps out. Expensive way to get a garden tilled. OMG, that was funny.
Definitely a different view in cab working on big stumps bumpy ride for you bet that makes a long day thanks for a another great video on big stumps looks like a big job site how long have u been there ?
Hurts my brain to think these stumps putting up a fight with 100K of ripping power started out as a little bitty seed. Something mighty powerful going on there.
Who was operating the 160? Knows his stuff and really worked well with you. Stumping can be fun, for about an hour. After that, every minute drags on. Thanks for taking us along.
In yesterday's version where it was the same work on the same site but filmed with a cam outside on a tripod, somebody commented that the other guy was working over the drive motors which I didn't really notice on that video, but you could see it earlier in this video. Minor details, but yeah, they worked well together. Takes some skill, some smarts, and a lot of paying attention to what the other guy is doing.
What amazes me the most is that you have almost no rocks. Up here in Maine, we can't even dig a hole for a fence post without running into rocks, rocks, rocks, and more rocks.
Alot of stumps! The tag teaming sure helps on the big ones. Sure have to know the other operator to work that close without bumping into each other all day! Off topic Chris, I was watching a few of your older burning videos today. Have you ever burnt any hoses or seals playing in fire? I mean even when there is no flame. Huge piles of ash like you have can still be very hot to be stirring up. Can you talk some in the future about fire damage to equipment and personal rules of thumb for knowing how close to get and so forth without hurting equipment? Like when the windshield wiper starts to melt. There is your sign to back up. Lol Thanks
Those hydraulic hoses/seals must handle heat alot better then I would think then! Wow...That must be some real heat to break windshields! Hard for AC to keep up under those conditions. lol So you are saying the rule of thumb is...If there is still glass. Carry on! Thanks for response/info!
It's been a minute or so back in the mid eighties I worked all summer pushing out trees in about a 300 acre place where we put in roads and cleared for house lots for a subdivision with a 855 John Deere highlift. Was fun at first but I was sick of jarring my eye teeth loose by the end of it. Was a waste of timber. Burned most of it. I hauled about 4 triaxle dump truck loads home and cut for firewood. We couldn't give the wood away. I know how you feel. Like trying to break a horse snapping your head every time one of those roots let loose.
Just curious if you ever checked into a Vermeer I don't know if they call it a tub grinder in your area but it's a grinder that grinds up trees and stumps and you name it you dump it in there it turns it into the most beautiful mulch topsoil you've ever seen I live here in Missouri and there's a couple companies around here that rent come out just curious if there's any in your area and it may be too expensive also for the type of reclamation you're doing anyways as always love the video love to watch them big ass graders work
I had 15 acres cut by a feller buncher. Now I wish I would have taken the time to find someone who would push the trees over, stump and all, and them keep the timber money. Stumps suck to dig out. without a tree on them.
Those are some big stumps we had a job with some like that the guy that owned the land didn't want to pay hauling and Landfill fee so I got them turned all of them right side up he took a chainsaw cut groves in them filled the groves up with kerosene twice then set them on fire it worked all we had left was some roots to break out of the dirt then burn them but that guy was a professor from uga you know how that works LOL
He mentioned about one particular stump that would have to go on the trailer, cuz it was too big for the dump truck... so I'm guessing he's going to haul them away to somewhere where they can be burnt. But I could be wrong....
Looks like a few days of work there. Another option is buy a D9 and run a ripper through the ground, or 2 Dozers with a chain, then a stick rake for final, lot of extra cost .
shame the other driver didn't have the idles in front of him when lifting and pulling that's a bad op when here's working over the drive end, I cant make out you letting him keep doing that
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Letsdig18 watching your videos made me want to make a career change from EMT to heavy machine operator. Started the new career 2 weeks ago and love it. Just wanted to say thank you
You guys really made quick work of those stumps. It’s amazing how strong those roots are. I had 2 huge elm and maple trees in my front yard and the Joplin tornado de barked them and it took me almost all day to dig those out with a 580 K backhoe! Great job man!
Love the videos Chris, watching you inspired me to become an operator... sitting here at training school for the next 14 weeks.. got in a machine for the first time too, and needless to say, you make it look much much easier than it is! So thanks!
Awesome!!! Good luck and most importantly, you’re doing something you enjoy!
Love the operating vids!!!
One thing I learned about pine stumps on the Eastern shore of Maryland is, even with a high water table, their tap root is big and deep!! You know what you're talking about when you said they don't like to give up! Experience and skill you have it!
Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍
Love the operating vids!!!!
Thanks for the video.
You're actually a great operator.
That was Very cool!! .. I will say (just my opinion, and I’m sure more work for you) but...to have you put the camera close to where the bucket is, is incredible to see & hear roots popping, the hydraulics.. etc...
Cool video! Love it!! 😀
Nothing like bouncing around all day! People don't realize just how much all that bouncing wears a person out. Hence the reason I try to stay in a crane.
You 2 guys work very well together. Stumping is rough on the arse. Exspecialy on hills. A trick u might already know is to drop the stump on a sump in the ground. Works pretty well. That thumb is nice, I would put one on the 290. IMO. Can't go wrong.
Chris,,, I have seen you grubbing stumps several times before. But I do not recall seeing you get tossed around like these bad boys were doing to you. Big trees and dense clay,,, gotta love it. Nice team work there sir.
Looks like you got a lot of stumps to pull!!
Crazy to think all that strength in those trees comes from a little seed. Great vid, like the camera behind you so we can see how much movement is in the cab.
Excavators are the best tool to use with stumps. A farmer near me asked me to bid a stump removal on a two acre plot. He was convinced a D-6 was needed. I told him if he could find anyone with a D-6 who would come out and work beside me and whoever had the fewest stumps after an hour would not be paid. There were no takers and I only has a Cat 330. Being able to lift a stump and drop it on the ground removes dirt and makes the stump burnable and grantable (depending on local codes). Bulldozers can't do that.
Here I am late again, but I like what I see!
Watching you operate your excavator is poetry! You are smooth and precise! You work well as a team and individually. You don't push your machine too hard and you watch everything you do. You don't take it for granted there's nothing behind you, you look everytime you move your machine! You sir are a professional and where watching others run their machines stresses me, watching you operate yours is calming. I saw where one guy said you are "bouncy" in your machine, lol. I'm here to tell you, that is NOTHING compared to what I've done and seen others do!! I would put you up against just about anyone else and come out a winner. Popping stumps is just about the hardest thing you can do with heavy equipment and you make it look easy!! Any suggestions that others might have for you, they can keep them, you know what you're doing!! And you do it real well.
That job looks fun
Dam good operator👍
I remember watching an operator on a Cat 219... Yes this was a while ago... But he worked the bucket under the stump, then push down, stick away, and curl the bucket, the back side of that bucket was more rounded than these, and it levered the stump out...I've never seen anyone else do it that way..
thats how i do it on the tb230, only way she'll move the bigger stumps and roots
Like the speed of those excavators. My 790 E is half that fast!!
Have you tried the progressive thumb with the quick coupler?
Damn that looks fun. Give me a mp3 player and I'd dig them all day.
🇦🇺. Thanks for sharing
Very nice again Chris, excavators pulling out stumps, nice team work Letsdig18 💥😲💥💥😲💥😲💥💥👌
Pine trees are the worst, especially in heavy clay. Watching you guys working in tandem made me jealous. It took you a tenth of the time (or less) than it takes me per stump.
Hey Chris I could bring my kubota down and help you out...lol! Stumping is hard on equipment. Especially elm and willows. Bad tap roots. Anyway, great video!
Looks like the bucket is starting to get some slack in the pins.
Stumping is always exciting... machine on its toes all damn day!
Great video. I personally enjoy the cab talk more than the outside, no talk videos but I watch them all. Thanks and keep up the good work! I'm sorry but I have to mention that Cameron was digging over the drive motors lol
Adam Offen yeah I know I wanted to see how long it took him to realize
I'm just a truck driver not an equipment operator so my question is is it bad to dig over the drive Motors?
@@letsdig18 how long did it take you guys to finish and how many acres was that?
Maybe a little dynamite might help! Sure would make a interesting video! Think you might be there for a while getting all those stumps out. Expensive way to get a garden tilled. OMG, that was funny.
Definitely a different view in cab working on big stumps bumpy ride for you bet that makes a long day thanks for a another great video on big stumps looks like a big job site how long have u been there ?
+Hey Chris! Of the stumps, how big of diameter size of the trees, where they got cut it off at? Would you say.
We need to get you guys a Cat 349E :)
them Volvo's just eat through them roots and stumps.
Just watched this, I have about 40 stumps to pull with a 135 that are larger than these. There is a method to getting these out, just takes patience.
Hurts my brain to think these stumps putting up a fight with 100K of ripping power started out as a little bitty seed. Something mighty powerful going on there.
Dennis Hill trees are badass aren’t they
Who was operating the 160? Knows his stuff and really worked well with you. Stumping can be fun, for about an hour. After that, every minute drags on. Thanks for taking us along.
In yesterday's version where it was the same work on the same site but filmed with a cam outside on a tripod, somebody commented that the other guy was working over the drive motors which I didn't really notice on that video, but you could see it earlier in this video. Minor details, but yeah, they worked well together. Takes some skill, some smarts, and a lot of paying attention to what the other guy is doing.
What amazes me the most is that you have almost no rocks. Up here in Maine, we can't even dig a hole for a fence post without running into rocks, rocks, rocks, and more rocks.
you need a ripper attachment
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Alot of stumps! The tag teaming sure helps on the big ones. Sure have to know the other operator to work that close without bumping into each other all day!
Off topic Chris, I was watching a few of your older burning videos today. Have you ever burnt any hoses or seals playing in fire? I mean even when there is no flame. Huge piles of ash like you have can still be very hot to be stirring up. Can you talk some in the future about fire damage to equipment and personal rules of thumb for knowing how close to get and so forth without hurting equipment? Like when the windshield wiper starts to melt. There is your sign to back up. Lol Thanks
ive never melted or set anything on fire. In my entire life we have broke 2 windshields from the heat though
Those hydraulic hoses/seals must handle heat alot better then I would think then! Wow...That must be some real heat to break windshields! Hard for AC to keep up under those conditions. lol So you are saying the rule of thumb is...If there is still glass. Carry on!
Thanks for response/info!
Chris is that your company or are you working for some one else your a great operator
I would try to wedge the bucket under the stump and then curl the bucket. Works better than lifting the arm trying to get the stump out.
It's been a minute or so back in the mid eighties I worked all summer pushing out trees in about a 300 acre place where we put in roads and cleared for house lots for a subdivision with a 855 John Deere highlift. Was fun at first but I was sick of jarring my eye teeth loose by the end of it. Was a waste of timber. Burned most of it. I hauled about 4 triaxle dump truck loads home and cut for firewood. We couldn't give the wood away. I know how you feel. Like trying to break a horse snapping your head every time one of those roots let loose.
Is this the job that u built the road on
What kind of trees are they?
As per Chris's answer to another commenter with the exact same question... "pine, oak, poplar and gum", and I heard him mention maple a few times.
If 1digger goes around with ripper attachment and ripped all the roots around stams, other diggers only need to pull out
Mr. Assistant is digging over drive sprockets again...
Have you thought about getting a stump harvester for the 290 at all?
ive got one for the 220, it would have to be modified to fit the 290 as the pins are bigger. but the 290 is going to a 30 acre stump job tomorrow
Jeeez, 30 acres of that? Whew, that's gonna be a long couple of days for whomever....
that's about the size stump I removed with the trunk still attached today.
you guys hiring for the summer?
I figured y'all would just burn the stumps too.
Just curious if you ever checked into a Vermeer I don't know if they call it a tub grinder in your area but it's a grinder that grinds up trees and stumps and you name it you dump it in there it turns it into the most beautiful mulch topsoil you've ever seen I live here in Missouri and there's a couple companies around here that rent come out just curious if there's any in your area and it may be too expensive also for the type of reclamation you're doing anyways as always love the video love to watch them big ass graders work
L Golliher, what part of Missouri are you in? I'm in Northwest Missouri.
they dont rent them here and one to do what I need it to do is around $750,000. I cant justify that
letsdig18, $750,000 is a hell of a lot of stumps torn out. You'd have to clear a small forest to make that kind of investment pay for itself.
I am between Kansas City and St.Joe and across the river from Fort Leavenworth
John Pepper, I'm just about 30 minutes north of you. I'm just north of St. Joe.
What kind of trees is there
pine, oak, poplar and gum
I had 15 acres cut by a feller buncher. Now I wish I would have taken the time to find someone who would push the trees over, stump and all, and them keep the timber money. Stumps suck to dig out. without a tree on them.
Those are some big stumps we had a job with some like that the guy that owned the land didn't want to pay hauling and Landfill fee so I got them turned all of them right side up he took a chainsaw cut groves in them filled the groves up with kerosene twice then set them on fire it worked all we had left was some roots to break out of the dirt then burn them but that guy was a professor from uga you know how that works LOL
Are you burning all those stumps?
He mentioned about one particular stump that would have to go on the trailer, cuz it was too big for the dump truck... so I'm guessing he's going to haul them away to somewhere where they can be burnt. But I could be wrong....
Stan Patterson I commented to early in the video, my bad haha
Looks like a few days of work there. Another option is buy a D9 and run a ripper through the ground, or 2 Dozers with a chain, then a stick rake for final, lot of extra cost .
why do they not put a blade on the front of the bigger volvo's just like the mini diggers?
Make a 380! 😂
in short,, if i got clear lot just order CAT 380 ,bet would took half the time ,,lol that have in estimating data
Better inform your counter-part in the 160 not to dig/work over the drive motors....!
shame the other driver didn't have the idles in front of him when lifting and pulling that's a bad op when here's working over the drive end, I cant make out you letting him keep doing that
Have you ever tried taking the bucket and splitting them in the ground so you only pull half. We do it with soft woods i.e. Poplar, pine and red oak.
too hard on the iron, just beats the piss out of the bucket and machine
letsdig18 I thought the same thing but it's not bad on the soft wood stumps. I'm not gonna tackle oak and gum. Corner tooth and pop it in half.
Them stumps are dug in like a Alabama tick. ua-cam.com/video/xjjTCxI0OjE/v-deo.html
Both of the pos Volvo’s are so under powered it’s not funny. That’s why I go with American made Cats and JD’s only. Besides a Volvo is a woman’s huha