[Shop-talk] Using a stump grinder

[Dave C]

I recall using a rental stump grinder maybe 20 years ago (I'm 64 now) 
and remember it was a fair amount of noisy, bouncy, vibrating work to 
take out a few moderate stumps.  I further remember later hiring a 
commercial stump grinder when I had several 24" ++ stumps to be ground 
out, and being  amazed at how (relatively) fast and easy the BIG truck 
mounted hydraulic stump grinder made the job.  I just had a dozen or so 
trees taken out of our (badly overgrown) lot and I know what I'm going 
to be doing sometime this fall, and it doesn't involve going to Home Depot.

On 8/10/2017 5:42 PM, Jim Stone wrote:
> We recently had a couple of trees cut down to improve the driveway 
> access to my new garage.  One was fairly large and the total stump is 
> about 2' by 3' (at some point, the tree had a second trunk).  We're 
> getting an estimate to have the stumps ground down, but as usual, I'm 
> considering doing it myself, even though I've never used a stump 
> grinder before. How hard is it?  Can a 65 year old guy - in reasonably 
> good shape for a 65 year old guy - safely handle one?  Can a basic 
> rental unit like Home Depot carries 
> (http://www.homedepot.com/tool-truck-rental/mobile/Stump-Grinder/SG1314B/) 
> handle something this big in multiple passes?  And more specifically: 
> how likely am I to regret the decision if I decide to do it?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
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