stump grinder

[Ellis Kinney]

Woodland Mills makes a stump grinder for a three point hitch. The tractor moves forward and back to grind the stump. Has anyone had experience with one of
these? Drawback, they are made in China, with I assume Chinese bearings. Price at about $2400.00 not including shipping. I have watched several you tube
videos and they seem to function well. Thanks, Ellis

 

[Loosehandle]

I have one of their sawmills and am happy with it so far

 

[DanielW]

Stump grinders work fairly well. Woodland is not too far from me - I have a few of their products in my family (mills & chippers). Their stuff is quite good for the prices they offer, but obviously not the equal of a $15,000 unit.

I've used stump grinders, but not specifically the Woodland ones. The only thing I can say: They can get beat to heck. Green (and especially softwood) stumps are a piece of cake. Dry hardwood stumps will really beat them up. I suspect you'd have to have a really slow crawling gear (probably a hydrostat) to run one well, and certainly live/independent PTO. It's not the kind of thing you're going to have much fun with trying to use behind an 8N or Massey 35. If only for a few stumps, I'd be tempted to just rent one of the trail-type ones and let the rental company deal with the maintenance issues and having their equipment beat up. For me to justify keeping one around, it would have to be a pretty unique scenario where I needed one a few different times a year. If I had a lot of stumps it wouldn't be worth the slow speed and maintenance of the grinders: I'd just rent/hire out a dozer. If I only had a few stumps and they were all ready to go at the same time, I'd just rent a grinder for a weekend and not worry about storing/maintaining. For something like a landscaping business, however, it might be perfect.

 

[caterpillar guy]

I think grinding is the way to go. I had a big Oak stump ground out a couple years ago in the middle of the field no big hole to refill from the dirt lost when the stump came out and it would have been a big hole. He ground a hole about 10x10 or more to get the roots as well. I wanted the stump so I could work over it to plant that year.He went about 8 inches deep with it and I could not have dug it out with anything for what he charged for it. Chips have all rotted out now and just nice dirt to work over with no stump.

 

[cannonball]

have one of these
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[Dieseltech]

I found a good used Miller Pro 150 stump grinder a few years ago. It's on the JD 4020 1000 RPM power shaft now. It works well to go 8-10 inches below ground level, the 4020 will grunt a lot if the grinder is pushed harder than the tractor likes. I should put it on the 4630 sometime, but it does not have three hydraulic spool valves like the 4020 does.