Can't believe anyone would have tried to complete that job with a Mini. I have pulled some large stumps before with my 057 equivalent. But I couldn't imagine pulling onto a site full of 2' diameter pine trees needing to be removed with a mini
Yeah he gave it a valiant effort, ha ha. He was just trying to help us out and he was having to barrow his brothers bigger machine. I gotta say that little Kubota did an awesome job. I was surprised he was able to get what he did done. I would love to own that Kubota Mini. It was very nice. Terry
I guess it depends on time available and if you can do it yourself. Also if you are renting equipment or paying someone to do it. For us bigger saved us money. Had he continued with the smaller excavator it would have cost more in the long run. I have to say I was very impressed with what that Kubota could do on those large stumps! Terry
I could have stump ground all of them quicker with roots and back pushed over the holes and then no need to get rid of the giant dug up stumps. Never understood why people dig up stumps
Those stumps go down 5 feet or more in some cases. They are 3 to 4 feet wide in many of them plus large roots beyond that. If we left them we would have huge sink holes everywhere in time. There are holes in our woods from past selective cutting of these trees that I can slide a stick 6 foot down and not hit bottom. In some of those deep rotted out holes yellow jacket bees have decided to build huge colonies. I plan on having a grand kid or two there. Yellow jacket bees can and do kill. A friend was killed by yellow jackets a few years ago in his yard mowing. There are lots of reasons to take out the stumps if you plan to live where the huge trees once were. Terry
Ashlie that is very kind of you. Thanks, it lets us know someone is actually watching. We hope to entertain but mostly we want to give people a place to learn, even if its about the wrong things to do, lol. Terry
Thanks for the positive input! LOL!! It clearly shows how much more you can get done with a larger machine thus in a long run in some instances you can save money by paying for a higher rate per hour machine because it gets things done faster. Rookies such as ourselves have to learn these things. Many people, other rookies, follow people like us to learn from our success and our failures. Can you explain exactly what part of this is dumb and why because I am obviously dumb as I do not get your point. Thanks Terry
I think its was well worth the effort. It shows that although the mini had to work extra hard it can get the job done. It also shows that the bigger machine can rip those monsters out of the ground so quick that you would end up paying far less to get all those stumps out by getting the more expensive larger machine to come in and do the work because its so fast at it as opposed to what might seem much cheaper because its a lower hourly rate, like half as much. We are not all experts and this channel is about doing things for yourself as much as possible so for a bunch of rookies its worth it. :) Terry
@@ForestToFarm I know but let's face it if people can't figure that out for them selves then they have no business going anywhere near any of these excavators. But I guess each to there own. Tony
Love watching machines work. Thanks for this.
We enjoyed just setting there watching that beast do its thing. Thanks for watching!
Terry
Can't believe anyone would have tried to complete that job with a Mini. I have pulled some large stumps before with my 057 equivalent. But I couldn't imagine pulling onto a site full of 2' diameter pine trees needing to be removed with a mini
Yeah he gave it a valiant effort, ha ha. He was just trying to help us out and he was having to barrow his brothers bigger machine. I gotta say that little Kubota did an awesome job. I was surprised he was able to get what he did done. I would love to own that Kubota Mini. It was very nice.
Terry
@@ForestToFarm And if you were to have a ripper tooth for that mini, it would've made a much better showing. :)
@@jayphillips4058 I agree. Would love to own one. BXpanded sells a really nice one.
Terry
Pretty awesome. Wonder if driver skills and technique/ approach are any factors?
+Rob Hodge same driver for both. They are both ones he uses at their company on a regular basis.
Moral of the story is "bigger is better"
I guess it depends on time available and if you can do it yourself. Also if you are renting equipment or paying someone to do it. For us bigger saved us money. Had he continued with the smaller excavator it would have cost more in the long run. I have to say I was very impressed with what that Kubota could do on those large stumps!
Terry
It does help that the Komatsu is just a better machine
Ha ha and the fact that it could probably carry the Kubota.
I could have stump ground all of them quicker with roots and back pushed over the holes and then no need to get rid of the giant dug up stumps. Never understood why people dig up stumps
Those stumps go down 5 feet or more in some cases. They are 3 to 4 feet wide in many of them plus large roots beyond that. If we left them we would have huge sink holes everywhere in time. There are holes in our woods from past selective cutting of these trees that I can slide a stick 6 foot down and not hit bottom. In some of those deep rotted out holes yellow jacket bees have decided to build huge colonies. I plan on having a grand kid or two there. Yellow jacket bees can and do kill. A friend was killed by yellow jackets a few years ago in his yard mowing. There are lots of reasons to take out the stumps if you plan to live where the huge trees once were.
Terry
I'm only commenting so you know I watched. I'm loyal lol
Ashlie that is very kind of you. Thanks, it lets us know someone is actually watching. We hope to entertain but mostly we want to give people a place to learn, even if its about the wrong things to do, lol.
Terry
Hope your still hanging around. Check out our recent video on first aid. We have a giveaway.
Who knows you may win!
Terry
Now compare a dozer to the 20 tonner. You could have saved even more money.
We love saving money!
Been running steel for almost 40 years . This is one of the dumbest comparisons I've ever seen . Shake your head a little .
Thanks for the positive input! LOL!! It clearly shows how much more you can get done with a larger machine thus in a long run in some instances you can save money by paying for a higher rate per hour machine because it gets things done faster. Rookies such as ourselves have to learn these things. Many people, other rookies, follow people like us to learn from our success and our failures. Can you explain exactly what part of this is dumb and why because I am obviously dumb as I do not get your point.
Thanks
Terry
Pointless comparison
I think its was well worth the effort. It shows that although the mini had to work extra hard it can get the job done. It also shows that the bigger machine can rip those monsters out of the ground so quick that you would end up paying far less to get all those stumps out by getting the more expensive larger machine to come in and do the work because its so fast at it as opposed to what might seem much cheaper because its a lower hourly rate, like half as much. We are not all experts and this channel is about doing things for yourself as much as possible so for a bunch of rookies its worth it. :)
Terry
@@ForestToFarm I know but let's face it if people can't figure that out for them selves then they have no business going anywhere near any of these excavators. But I guess each to there own.
Tony
We started with no experience but we are fast learners. Its not for everyone but some people are very adaptive to new things.
Terry