Mini Excavator VS Massive Stump. Is It Even Possible?
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Is it even possible to dig this huge stump with my machine? This is a 200 year old beech stump. I took down the tree in my last video, and now it's time to tackle this beast.
Common questions:
Why didn't I turn the bucket around? I didn't think I would be able to dig under far enough, but I wish I had tried it. Next time!
Why didn't I bury the stump? As it rots, it would have caused a sinkhole in the yard.
Why didn't I blow up it? I have to admit, that would have been awesome, but being so close to my house maybe not the best idea. I know it can be done safely, but I have zero experience with that.
Why didn't I burn it? I've done that before. I wanted to try digging it. I knew it would be a challenge but I thought I could manage.
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I was half expecting you to convert your dump truck's axle into a lathe and turn the stump into a massive bowl. Sorry if I spoiled next week's video 😂 Huge fan of the channel! Keep it up!
Me Toooooo !!!!!
Your next machine needs to be a Skid stear
Very funny
I actually like this idea, zany though it may sound :D
wood turning is extremely homo
A successful job! However I think the trick you were missing is that if you were going to to remove the stump you should have removed it before you cut off the lever (tree). Maybe a little digging needed but with a line up 50 foot in the tree it would not take too much to pull the tree and stump over.
Well said.
Hindsight is always 20/20
Was going to comment the same. You'd be better off low cutting it after it's uprooted. Use the trunks leverage, higher the better.
At least by getting the stump into the woods the rhizome that underpins the woods should be able to speed it's decomposition
I work in the Logging industry here in New Zealand and over the course of the years, I have dug out thousands of tree stumps, many as big or bigger than your one. I had the benefit of using a much bigger machine, usually 30t plus excavators. I use a grapple, which allows me to dig under the stump, I can also dig the dirt out of the roots, as well as grab and lift the root ‘ball’ and place it out of the way afterwards. You did really well considering how small your Excavator is, and the size of the stump.
Great video, I always look forward to you publishing, I know it’s going to be a good hour of entertainment.
I've never had anything more than a shovel and a chainsaw. Usually not even a chainsaw, because I don't like ruining my chains in the dirt, so I use a reciprocating saw. I know that would not fly in the lumber industry. I don't do that crap anymore. I've beat the hell out of my back.
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I love that you prefer fixing something than just buying new/used. Always interested in learning more about the little stuff of how stuff works.
This was quite a battle, I hope you guys enjoyed it! I have a HUGE project that I have been working on for the past year, and that will be next week's video. A massive THANK YOU to all the folks helping to support the channel! You are making it possible for me to put in the hours required to make good UA-cam content, and I hope to continue being able to do just that far into the future! (About 20 hours of editing time in this one...yikes. Next week's will be much more than that.) Have an awesome weekend everybody! Why didn't I turn the bucket around? I didn't think I would be able to dig out far enough, but I wish I had tried it. Next time! Why didn't I bury the stump? As it rots, it would have caused a sinkhole in the yard. Why didn't I blow up it? I have to admit, that would have been awesome, but being so close to my house maybe not the best idea. Why didn't I burn it? I've done that before. I wanted to try digging it. I knew it would be a challenge but I thought I could manage.
When does the bulldozer get bought? You need to get a hydraulic parts distributor to sponsor you.
I am really surprised tannerite was not used during the removal
The question to ask is did I have fun? You seam to be enjoying it. I do. Thanks.
I always enjoy your material, the attention for detail and low key dad jokes are just perfect. Nothing too obnoxious. But mainly filled with handy farmer tips. Maybe this one was a little bit too long for some, but for me, just fine. You sir, are an inspiration.
Make sure to make videos of you fixing those track adjusters and anything else u fix. I love learning and just seeing the process. It’s relaxing to me somehow. Your channel has helped me get through my Leukemia these past 3 years. So thanks for that.
Fantastic without the muzak. Love to hear the machine and you doing the work on the sped up parts.
Thank you.
This might be one of those "oh...Duh" moments haha but most excavator buckets can put on in reverse for a "shoveling" mode. This would allow you to dig in front of you under the stump instead of having to reach all the way behind it. Love your problem solving creativity though! I would love to end up with your broad range of knowledge and problem solving skills one day.
That's what I thought to lol.
Some machine disconnects do not allow the bucket to be put on backwards. My machines do not allow it, The problem when you put a bucket on backwards is the curl around into your push cylinder and damage them. (VERY EXPENSIVE!!) When you purchase a quick disconnect that allows you to put the bucket on backwards, you loose break away force. So I have never really bought one. I would have kept the tree 20 feet tall dug out the front of it then pushed it over and used the leverage to pop out the stump.
@@justencase1523 His machine already has the quick connect for his bucket. I do understand what your saying though I'm not sure the set up on his will allow the bucket to curl that far till it hits the cylinder. Never know unless he tries it lol
@@justencase1523 Based on my limited experience (I loaned a very similar excavator for a couple months for larger construction project) it is possible to put the bucket backwards. It should be noted that in the machine I had, the bucket had to be dismounted manually (no hydraulics, but a screw tightening a wedge). I did mount the bucket backwards first by accident, and later on purpose because I couldn't reach the place I wanted to otherwise. For this machine, I didn't have to worry about the bucket hitting the cylinder, but since the cylinder is unprotected, I had to be real careful that I don't hit anything with it (wether it's inside or outside the bucket).
Later I've paid more attention to how the buckets are mounted in other construction sites, and I noted that mounting the bucket backwards seems to be somewhat common practice in cable/utility works in built up areas (probably about reachability when working in tight spaces). The downside with backwards mounted bucket (besides increased risk to damage a cylinder) is that you cannot see as well what you are digging (as the bucket blocks your vision). However, it's not that big of a deal as there are many other situations where you don't directly see what you are doing, but have to rely on other clues on what's happening.
@@klapiroska4714 Are you Finnish? Based on your name you are? Btw not to be rude but how do you accidentally mount the bucket backwards xd
Of course you can get it out with that medium excavator. My Great Grandfather cleared 25 acres of land to farm on when he homesteaded in the interior of British Columbia. He had axes, pickaxes shovels, handsaws, chain and an ox, oh and he only had daughters, but they cleared the land and farmed it.
I’m always amazed at how good our modern machines are.
Cheers from Tokyo!
13:41 It's amazing to see these majestic creatures learning to use tools in the wild
Yeah. Fun to see how prehistoric creatures figured out how and what tools to use.
Said the neighnors cow, looking on with delight !
Always enjoy seeing how others dig out big stumps with small machines. My approach number one is to drill a deep hole down the middle of the stump ready to insert one of those short sticks that make a deep thump when ignited, ideal in your location. Failing that, plunge cut from the stump centre and vertically saw towards the edges so that the stump can be split in half. If successful, there is a lot less work the machine has to do, and time spent. Also makes moving to a final resting place a lot easier. Greetings from down under.
Could you then process the stump (wood) and roots (again wood) and add them to the wood pile????
That was my thought,once he had dug out around the stump,use the chainsaw and make plunging cuts on both sides then split it in half with the excavator....💯💯👍
@@larannar123 Just have to keep inside the trunk to avoid rocks that would be embedded in the root zone. I have done this sort of splitting, sometimes cut it into three, then pull it apart with the excavator.
I normally leave a little more height for leverage when dealing with stumps with an excavator. But that stump is big enough that more height would just be more weight to move. To bust them loose I find curling the bucket against the ground (prying) rather than trying to lift with the boom gives more breakout force. Again you've hit a size that is challenging for that too.
Maybe the old way would have been a bit faster,.An auger down the middle of the stump into the dirt. pack it with super phos and diesel, a det 3 weeks later. Pop dad cleared a lot of land on the farm doing that. Might seem to be a bit sketchy, so close to the house, but would have been fun to watch. Cheers bloke!!!!
I also had a big stump in my garden. First I tried it with removing ground and roots all around it - but as I tried to pull it out with a chain host which was connected to the blade of exevacator (only 1 Ton, Yanmar SV08), the execatator was moving as I used chain host.... then I used a high pressure washer device and removed all ground around it and below the stump. I also used a shovel and hatchet. Then it was moving... wonderful. the stump was around 300kgs I think. But I did it completely alone on 3 evenings over the week. I love such work. Greets from germany.
You are so tenacious. I would have given up, cussed until I nearly blacked out, and stomped away like a little child. Love your channel.
I worked at local CO-OP grain elevators for over 22 years. I learned there were two absolute givens. One, the company pickup was always out of gas. And two, the grease gun was always out of grease. In 22 years, these never failed. Great video!
You reminded me of the time I worked at a place where two shifts would use the same fleet of trucks. Two guys on different shifts, one really tall and the other really short, were assigned the same truck (I was just a shop steward and had no control over assignments). Each shift the guys would adjust the seat to suit them, and after a while one guy started complaining to me about the other guy leaving the seat the way he'd adjusted it at the end of the shift, saying that he should adjust it back. I asked the guy if he did that himself and he said "no." So I said to be fair, if he wanted the other guy to adjust the seat back then he would have to also, so they'd both be doing the same amount of seat adjusting every shift, only at the end of the shift instead of the beginning. The guy just looked at me, thinking for a minute, and then walked away shaking his head. He never complained about it again. It was a real King Solomon moment for me. 😆
@@artemiasalina1860 Was he just too dumb to get it?
@@artemiasalina1860 Very similar to the the toilet seat conundrum.
Man should be allowed to leave the seat up after raising it resulting in only one action.
The woman should put it down and leave it down resulting in only one action.
This levels the playing field to one action per urinary event per person.
Its best to buy multiple grease guns use them up then fill them all at the same time.
@WRG True, but if woman left it up and and man left it down, it would be the same amount of work, but with less pissy-pants feelings later on, considering how bathroom use is often an urgent issue.
That's what cooperation's all about.
I enjoy watching someone who actually uses his noggin to find an answer to a problem on the fly. Its real world and useful. Really enjoying your videos!
Great content, love how you don't give up. The voice overs explain your thinking, I like them.
Was wondering why you didn't reverse the bucket, but the rod worked well.
When you showed the track coming off the first time, I saw the sprocket was worn.
Looking forward to that video where you fix that.
That darn track!!! Funny talking face on trunk!! Liked the XXX too.
Having dug out lots of stumps with an excavator about the same size. You did fine. What I do with stumps that size is make a ramp from both sides and push it out, the skid was a great idea
I was thinking the same thing. He's going to fill it in anyways, might as well drive in and push it out..
Who would think that watching the removal of a tree stump could be so entertaining! We saw the battle, the solutions to problems overcome by any means, 2 excavators in tandem, the failures, even the repair of a leaking hydraulic connector! This man is a true farmer in every sense, fix and overcome anything. I take my hat off to you sir, great upload, more of this please!
I grew up on a 1400 acre cotton farm. Most of the farmers I know including us, would have loosened it up with dynamite. Probably tannerite these days. It would have also made for good video.
An alternate solution for a future stump might be to burn it out. Chainsaw straight plunge cut down the center as deep as possible without getting to dirt. Then a second cut at 90 degrees making a cross. Then a plunge cut from the side as close to the bottom as possible to intersect the vertical cuts (at least one side cut...the more cuts the better).
You now have made a chimney. Break up a bit of charcoal and partially fill the vertical cuts leaving an air passage. Add a bit of kerosene to the charcoal to help get it going and a match.
Even if the stump is still wet/live wood, it will burn out in a couple of days.
If it goes out, easy to restart as the stump opens up as it burns from the inside out. You can also add some of your burn pile to the top to help the chimney effect draw faster.
The key is keeping the chimney effect going.
That piece would make such a fantastic dining table for real
Wow, what a project. I just loved being along for each of the curveballs thrown at ya.
Thanks man, for sharing it.
One of the reasons I like this channel is how stuff goes wrong in the middle of the job, like the quick fit, and you end up having to do all this unintended work. Lol. Every single project I have seems like that.
Something to think about for future times with heavy items- the closer the arm is to you, the more power it’ll have. I’ve carried incredibly heavy things, like boulders, by placing it on the blade and using the bucket to stabilize it. It’s a coordinated effort with keep pressure on the controls to balance and then travel to other spots.
And a tip with throwing tracks…it happens 😑 keeping a close eye on dirt buildup near the final drives will help and reducing sharp turning with dirt piled in the tracks should help. Using the arm and pivoting the excavator vs making sharp turns helped lengthen track life significantly. DO NOT over tighten the tracks! That will prematurely stretch them out and then you’ll be throwing tracks all the time 🙄🤦🏼♂️ 😭
Yes have to agree. I shifted two concrete pipes that are 6ft x 10ft or so with my vio 7.5 yanmar 8 ton machine and the pipes calculate out to about the same weight as the machine 8ton each. Shifted them both 300y or so. Rolling them up onto the blade and lifting as one. Not having a thumb and fitting a smaller bucket helped get some weight off the front
This reminds me, my grandparents had 80 acres up southeast of Placerville back in the 1950's. There was a huge redwood stump blocking plans to expand the cabin on the property. I don't recall just how big it was. I never measured it, but today I'd guess it was at least 20 feet across. But they found a guy with a big D6 Cat, who came and dug all around the stump so deep, the roof of the Cat was at ground level. He could still not budge the stump. He filled in the dirt around the stump and left. They had to expand the cabin in a different direction.
Glad you succeeded.
I think what really makes this superb instead of just great is the editing, the seal pictures are always a treat and the "Stump" taunting you is just next level!
The first wiggle is the best. You know it’s possible. Good work, nice video
I dug out a stump with a mini excavator about a month ago. It wasn't as big but it wasn't small either. It was a maple cut flush with the ground and I think that saved on weight. I went all around it as you did digging about 3' down and just like yours still didn't even move any. Because the bucket was wider than the arm I was able to do an undercut and then I twisted it instead of rocking it which seemed a decent bit more effective but the little undercut I did have (maybe a foot or so) was totally needed. After some time that dislodged enough dirt and I was barely able to get it out of the crater and to a better spot. Used a hose to wash off dirt and make it lighter.
Took about half a day. I'm no expert, in fact that was my first rodeo but I had used it all that morning.
There are a few tips I can suggest for pulling massive stumps like that one.
I only have a 3.4 ton excavator myself and we pull stumps like that by reducing their size. You can cut that stump in half ( one way ), you could notch a section deep enough into the stump to give you more leverage to pull without having to reach all the way around it and trying to get under it. Once its free from the tap root you can wrap a big chain through your notch and pull from the chain to get the stump up out of a hole, or you move the stump to one side, backfill partially, then roll the stump onto the backfilled area and continue repeating back and fourth until the stump is at ground level and on top of the hole.
I’m curious as to why you don’t bring your dozer out to work with the excavator, it would back fill much faster and could assist snapping the tap roots for less wear and tear on your excavator.
Generally when I get a call to remove a monster stump like that I use my skidsteer along with my excavator to get the stump out.
Worked on a few construction sites, at one in particular we had a stump the size of a small van that needed removing. After they dug around the base of it we hooked it up with a tower crane. Even then it put up a fight but in the end it came out with all its major roots intact.
you were driving a tractor, moving a volkswagen sized stump, and flying a drone simultaneously... you wear many hats my friend
What I’ve learned over the years is that you are much more prone to throwing tracks if your track is to tight, not just that it wears your idler and final drive bearings much sooner, I leave my tracks loose but not to loose and I seem to never throw tracks anymore, however at the end there your track seemed a little to loose 😆 can’t wait to see the repairs to it!!
In his case it looks like the track adjuster is leaking grease and the track is coming loose, the hydraulic ram probably needs resealing or replacing. Worn sprockets also cause you to throw tracks, easy to replace if you've already got the track off.
No day without struggle in countryside. Great videos! 👍💪
Great job on getting the stump out and moved. It looked an Apollo capsule had landed in your front yard. Love your videos!
Oh my John, what a huge stump you have 🥰
That stump would make a cool table top it would be a lot of work but could be fun too!
41:52 I thought that thing was a toy, until you swung it around and I was like "ohhhhh it's a mini me of them road works machines"
with the quick connect it is easy to turn the bucket around, just curious how that would have worked to dig under the stump? Love watching the Yanmar Vio 50 vids since I have the identical machine
Great job and great video. Loved your "toothpick" root cutting technique! That was really smart. 👍
It reminds me of a time my dad, my brother and I were digging the stump of a small palm tree (only 12 inches or so in diameter) out of the ground. Our tools were two shovels, one pick axe, one 6-feet-long steel lever, and lots of elbow grease. You couldn't grab yours from behind because it was too big, we couldn't go around the damn thing to grab it, mainly because palm trees are treacherous thorny killers that don't like having you around. At the end, we spent some good time trimming all the thorny leaves off, then we dug under the stump and cut all the roots free with a shovel. We had about 200 of scratches and wounds, but we were successful and happy!
I bet the next tree that size that you take on will go faster and easier. Perseverance and hardship teach a lot.
I’ve had to move rocks/stumps about that size with my vio55. Anyway, I’ve chosen to dig a big, deep hole next to the offending object on occasion. This allows the item to fall into the hole, the excavated fill will bury and smooth the surface, and I didn’t need to find a hiding place for that item.
Great video,
I frequently clear land and home sites with a cat 304e2, and have ran into this problem more than a few times. Here’s a few tricks I’ve picked up
1) clear any dangerous limbs, but leave as much tree canopy as you can. Leverage is your friend
2) I know you tried this one, but it’s possible, and a life saver. Position your blade on the ground in front of the stump or slightly under if there’s a high side. You can use the bucket to lean the stump onto your blade, then lift the blade up in conjunction with the bucket. It’s tricky but being able to utilize two types of hydraulic lifting power makes for a shorter day.
Hopefully these tips and insight help! Either way, great video and I enjoyed watching your thought process on something that i occasionally struggle with!
Hey I'm not sure it would work in this case but on our farm if you want to lift something and the forks aren't long enough to go beyond the halfway point we would put the forks in as far as they could and then wrap a chain around the back of the item. Hook it from the top of the fork rack around the back of the item and then back to the forks. Tilt the forks/bucket back to lift it. Works great for big items.
This is why I leave 20 to 30 feet of tree still attached. I drig around the stump of the tree and use the length as leverage to rip up the stump. Just by us chain up high and pulling the tree over. You can then remove the stump from the tree and the rest is easy.
Well you were certainly not "STUMPED" for ideas to get that monster out, great effort and entertaining video again. Well done, I'm constantly amazed at your tenacity and won't be beaten attitude.👍🇬🇧😏
Before 30 seconds, I was thinking....why did you take your leverage off?
Oh well, that's how you learn! Good job!
Curious, do you actively plant more trees in and around your woods, or just let nature take its course?
We have 150 acres of planted loblolly pines. The rest is just self sustaining hardwood, with a huge predominance of white oak. We've planted many trees in the yard to make up for the dying ash and of course this beech.
The name loblolly comes from the British navy they used to call the male hands that cared for the sick and injured the “Loblolly” boys - Loblolly was the name for porridge as they also used to serve that. I know its a bit random but its not a word you see very often ….. I’ll get my coat then 😁
@@dickdastardly5534 Something new to know. Thanks!
"I oughta be able to at least...." Yup, famous last words spoken by many a man. Lol....
Good Lord, that thing is a beast. It dwarfs the excavator. That tree must have been quite the sight before it started falling apart.
I think you can reverse the bucket which would have made it super easy to undermine that stump (unless your quick connect prevents that?)
great idea
I love it. Man against stump. Been there. Greetings from Boston
Nice job. I have done several big boys with nothing but a Kubota 77 back hoe. A few tips for the rookies. Dig stupidly far down next to the stump where you can. Then you can use the stumps own weight against it when pushing to over. I really liked the making a side digger technique. Found myself with the same conundrum at times and like your solution.
I really enjoy watching your videos, very interesting and informative.
Great video
Trick for next time- leave most of the trunk on the stump, dig around the root wad, pile spoils next to trunk in direction of fall, pull tree over with chain or cable attached up the trunk, when the trunk hits the spoils pile, leverage will pull the root wad out of the ground, back fill hole, buck root wade that falls to ground level.
I use this method all the time. I rarely have to use a cable, just pushing it over works and you have a lot of control over where you can make it go over. In the wet season many times the entire tap root will come out from the lever action of the dirt piled up. Another alternative to digging it out or a stump grinder is mushroom spawn. Way less work and you get mushrooms to eat.
Very ambitious! Job well done!!!
I'm watching oyu dig, and i'm like "if that thing has a tap root, it aint going no where." Got some use out of your boiler moving beams I see. Good video, keep them coming.
I thought for a bit you were going to demonstrate some dynamite action. I am completely enjoying your content.
Thank you for being my inspiration this weekend. I truly appreciate your content. You give me the motivation and confidence to just get out there and try to do it. Will there be obstacles? Of course but that's where the most learning can happen if you keep the right (FarmCraft) mindset. Very much looking forward to the HUGE reveal next week!
Hey Adam you seems to have a lovely profile, so I’d love to know you better that’s only if you don’t mind cos you seems to be a nice and very lovely person
A Ford Ranger is conspicuous from its absence. The Ford Ranger is a favourite among home arboriculturists and foresters.
I honestly think you should put a circular raised bed there the size of the tree that came out - just as a memory of the mass of what came out!
Very good video! I always enjoy watching your endeavors. I know you made the comment about not thinking to dig a hole right next to it but I think you did the right thing in moving it to the tree line. That stump, as large as it is, would eventually decompose and the ground above it would sink. Substantially. So good job!!
38:35 I’ve seen guys use a 4x4 in the bucket to push on the idler. That gave them the extra reach to compress it.
You are very creative and think outside of the box👍‼️Good vid sir‼️😊
The square seal in the quick connect can be replaced by a standard o-ring out of your harbor freight o-ring selection. Been there done that.
or if you lack the exact height, 2 or 3 of the correct thickness, creating a stack
In none critical areas like yours we usually burn them down and then grind whats left. The burning can take a few days depending on the weather.
Hi ya
I’ve been watching all of your vids, and nothing impressed me more than your trying to work out the things that can and do go wrong ?
Life has it’s surprises . Your very quick to evaluate where the problem can be.
you also have very dry sense of humour,love your vids 😂🎉❤
Watching you get the stump out of the hole reminded me of the Family Guy sketch with the plastic wrap :D
I have the same machine, you can push in the track idler with your bucket if you swing the boom all the way over with the foot pedal. Hope this helps !
Beats the hell out of a shovel and a chainsaw! Having one of these machines is a dream of mine! I've removed many stumps by hand before.
Not laughing, but smileing! 😉 I have a ripper that i put on when i fight with rots, together with a rotortilt i can tilt and rotate it to come underneth and cut the rots. But u dident have those things either, and you succed ed any how!! So great jobb!! 👍🇸🇪
Last year I dug out a small stump by hand. It was the hardest wood ive ever seen. My chain saw wouldnt cut it. Took longer than I care to admit to finally get it out. It had 3 huge tap roots that I ended up cutting with a reciprocating saw with the longest blade I have ever seen in one of those things.
@FarmCraft101, do you think it would have been useful to use a pressure washer to spray the underside of the stump to loosen it?
Also, when you were trying to move it, would cutting it into quarters have been useful?
Big chain and Mr. Dumptruck! That's what I would do!
Merry Christmas 🎄
Quite literally lateral thinking, good stuff!
"just a little seal"....I get it, you're corny, too!!....I've enjoyed your videos, and now I have more insight as to "why."...You share your internal dialogue / thought processes and give us all hope
What makes Americans and America great is the ability to improvise and learn as you go. That's the old "Can do" attitude.
Very good video, great idea using the roumd bar to help you dig, I knew you would get it
Love it see's a enterprise opportunity to rebuild and sell a part . Once you have that much out of the ground it can make a nice fire pit that should burn for a couple days :) For the next one .
I did a stump like that about 20 years ago. What I did was, dug around it until it was loose, then dug a larger hole next to it and just rolled it into it. It took a while, but it worked out well. Good job to you though. 👍🇬🇧
what ive learned with only owning a small machine, Leave the stump as tall as you can so you can dig like you just did, hook a rope/chain to the tree 20 feet up and pull from there! Gives you 20 feet of leverage
Not a great deal of experience on excavators, but splitting the stump prior to removal always helps when you haven’t got enough machine available. Following excavation of surface roots and as much root ball. Plunge cut with chainsaw to get wedges started and knock them in with machine.
Great watch.
Cheers Cliff
Way to keep at it! I probably would have drilled the stump, soaked in diesel, and set it on fire to burn it all out.
15:43 - OK, OK, I'll stop yelling "YOU NEED A STUMP GRINDER!" at the screen.
FarmCraft and Diesel Creek definitely need to be pen pals.
well you said it in the video, dig a deeper hole next to the stump and then push it into the hole and cover it up. You end up with a little more fill that you spread around above the buried stump. Been doing that for years and not having to deal with unsightly stumps. Good job.
Don't you develop a sinkhole over time as the stump rots?
@@FarmCraft101 I have 6 stumps buried for for 20 years on my 10 acre parcel and haven't seen anything close to a sinkhole. Maybe a sleight depression but not noticable.
*- I figure you have at least 1 and 1/2 cord of firewood there.*
*- Now, if there were only a way to split it and dry it.*
*- Great video.*
I've never had the money to use, let alone own heavy machinery. For me, even today, this would be a job for a post hole borer, a chainsaw, a crowbar and a shovel. Its always about time and the risk of injury.
But I also put a lot of faith in the great mother of invention... laziness. I would use this opportunity to burn the stump in place, using a home made thermite mix: let the fire do the work.
Its important to keep in mind, that if the location is nowhere near underground services, and is not a heavy traffic area, trimming the stump down below ground level is all you really need to do. And to do that, you can just checkerboard the stump with a chainsaw and nibble it down below ground level in nice manageable chunks. Or you could leave the stump as is, get a pile of rocks and make a raised garden feature.
I love the exploratory work you did on the hydraulic fittings. Having a rebuilt backup AND the knowledge of how to repair them, can be a real time saver in an emergency. You cannot always afford the time to go to the shop, and in an emergency it may simply be impossible.
Hi FC, I enjoy your videos very much. Digging efficency, for some reason I thought of a way to help you dig better/quicker. If the top view down looking at the wood stump. Lets say the stump is a bulleye on a dart board. If you position the machine at the double value red ribbon going around the bullseys, and tried to scrap the dirt away from the trunk, the roots by the tree stump are very thick. As you pull the surface material away from bullseye, the root will become less in thickness. Maybe to the point of allowing the teeth on the bucket to dig into the dirt. Now this takes the operating diameter (now) from say 1 to 3 yards away from the stump, to a bigger diameter of lets say 2 yards at a minimum to 4 yeads away from the bullseye! Logic (or lack there of), the farther you are away from the center/stump the thinner the root parts will be. So you should be able to dig quicker and with more efficency. I'm trying to not insult your way of doing things, you know what you are doing. I wish you the best with your channel!
Really great thinking outside the box getting this one done.
Impressive use of your equipment to the very edge of its capability. You did a great job with that massive stump. Now you can watch it slowly decay back to earth. Great vid.
Kinda surprised you didn't just carve a chair out of it like most folks do or burn it out with a bunch of bonfires. Could of also drilled a few holes and put a bunch of tanerite in it for some fun ;)
But seriously bloody good work for a tiny excavator, that thing was massive!
10 out of 10 for perseverance, perhaps the old roman candle trick would of been easier. Chain saw some vertical slots in the top and then start a fire and let it slowly burn out the entire stump.
Andy UK
Once you were under the stump, wouldn't have been easier to light a fire under it and just burn it in place?
I like your problem solving!
Had about 30 similar size stumps to remove with a JCB 3cx. The only way was to dig a 6 ft trench around them and then get the bucket, ( without a thumb,) to lever them up from underneath. Burnt most of them on bonfires, but still have 5 left on a soaking wet bonfire to burn when it dries out, sometime in May perhaps.
Had to twist one out, it was most likely left hand thread..!
a video more beautiful than the other each time
yard ornament preservation 💪
The thing abouth challenges is.... If you have a HAMMER, most problems tend to look like NAILS, even though they arent.... Great effort though :D
I had the same issue a year ago, a big stump was in the way, and my 0,9ton excavator just wasn´t big enough for the stump i had in mind, so in the end i looped a chain arround the stump and on the belt of my excavator and lifted the belt off the ground and used it like a chainsaw, grinding out the dirt under it, it took me nearly 4 hours, and in the end the stump came loose, but i still coulden´t lift it. But eventualy i got i moved.
My neighbor have a bigger machine, but i got stubborn, and i managed to solve the task at hand, but man it was a job for my tiny excavator. Now i know what it can and can not do....Sometimes you just have to get creative and think outside the box with what you have available.
BTW i love your videos, and i have learned a ton. Thanks alot for sharing your struggles :D
Thanks Morten/Norway
Hi John I’m only part way in but the male side square profile o ring is the most common to fail, and is easily replaced on site if you can get the o ring parts, the reason I know this ,is because bobcat refuse to sell you the o rings in Aus they make way more money out of the couplers , I found an o ring company in Melbourne that supplied the not quite correct ones for A dollar each compared to $ 240 Au for each side of the coupler
Cheers from Aus😊
your little edits are hillarous !!!