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We had to remove a large black oak tree that had been allowed to grow for decades a few feet away from the house we bought. I’d never seen a tree decimate tools so quickly with so little yield! But on the bright side, it was a project that brought out all the neighbors, volunteering their time and equipment. Loved that neighborhood and I have that stubborn black oak to thank for the introductions!

Mine had a blown fuse today, but I had a bag of spares from a junkyard in my trunk. Video still helpful for cleaning and lubing mine like I still need to do.

I step it off with my foot too.

28 minutes is pretty good.

Satisfying.

Enjoy the video keep up the great work!

The switch is 15 bucks on Amazon.

The tips of the day a great thanks Have a good day

My vermeer sc252 has a smoking problem , im tearing the motor off it , who bores out kohler motors , its .003 passed min spec. cylinder size , thought about order piston and rings next size up and honing it myself , id rather find a shop to bore it though

Been an automotive technician for 28 years. And it's a combination of blinker fluid low and driving with there knees while texting...smh

I used to help my father on occasion do this, he charged $2.50 a foot . This would have paid $300.00 if it was part of a couple of stumps, but if not then the minimum charge of $500.00 would be the pay, he had a Rayco Super 50 this would have taken about 45 minutes to do. And by help I mean I would fetch the water when he needed it. He was 65 and had cancer in 70% of his body from agent orange, it was discovered in 1999 when they did the workup for the surgery, they found a 99% blockage in the artires in his hart, so he had a double by-pass and 45 days later had prostate surgery, the cancer had made it into his blood stream and was a 9 on the 1-10 aggression scale. He did the trials at the University hospital pretty much all of the trials that came up involving the cancer treatment. He was one of the first to take the loopron shot, he lived 20.3 years from the day they did the surgery. He visited his hart surgeon that did the bypass 14 years later and the man cried when he saw my dad, he told him no way on earth would he have bet he was still alive much less walking and getting out in the 90-100° weather and working like he did. For those that don't know stupgrinding is a very tough job. The hart surgeon passed away at the 16 year mark. Dad live on untill October 15th 2020. Oh and the day after he came home from hart surgery he got on his grass hopper mower and cut the 9.8 archers of land he lived on. One tough man. He would not let anyone help him. He finally sucome to his pain when the Veterans Admin took away his pain meds for receiving meds from a second Doc they sent him to and he went for about 48 hours with out them, the stress of dealing with the VA and sitting in the er begging for his meds every ten days took its toll on him that started his final decline. Oh and a stage four terminal cancer patient was exempt from the rules of double prescription, and the med that caused the whole thing a double script of Gaba Penton. The VA refused to give him the meds back. He had to find an outside doc to take over during the middle of the opioid hysteria! Unintended consequences gave him his cancer (agent orange) and unintended consequences finished him off that and a total lack of common sence and empathy from a indivisual more worried about their licens than the veteran. All due to bureaucratic and three letter agencies punishing the masses rather than the individuals for abuse of the system. Sorry I got off on this tangent. I used to love hanging out with him and doing the stump jobs. Or I should say watching him do them. I bet I touched that machine tree times in the years I spent going with him. It is what kept him going. I spent my time moving the chairs from stump to stump we would sit and talk in and making sure the water was cold and plenty was in the cooler. You could see the sparked in his eyes when the week was some what full of jobs to do. He would smile evertime the customer would say when can you start. The work I belive did more for his pain psychological than the meds did. The ability to put in a full days work and still get paied at his age and condition was more of a healing thing than any meds he had taken, he worked 48 years for GM and was the one who turned the lights off in the plant when the last worker left it for the last time when it was closed. This was his retirement wish. That was in 2004 or somthing like that. Thanks for sharing this video it brought a smile.to my face an fond memories to my hart.

Some people ya just can't help .

That would be Cool Hand Luke.

Lmaooo like a pizza pie 🤌🤌

I used to have that same machine it would take 1 hr , don't fight the chips ,move the machine to fresh areas also my machine has a bigger swing left to right

352 35hp gas engine, Vermeer pro teeth. That would take me 2 hours. Am I not running the machine hard enough? Engine rpm issue? I keep tips sharp.

Adam,on that job do you push the rocks out of the way? What about the teeth if you hit a rock?

Great job as always Adam. I love to see the mods you put on Big booty Judy. You’re great 👍🏻

So ugly it’s beautiful.

When you chase roots (any species) how far down and out do you go? I usually stop when the root is more than 2” below grade.

Great video Adam as usual, a lot of mods to get grinder right but worth the effort. Fran

Thanks for the tee shirt and the good content! I’m excited to see you back on this grinder and glad the vic is done (it came out awesome)!

I think this is what I got from a friend/tree guy for free. It's been sitting out side for about 5 years and the motor from the early 2000s has about 3900 hrs on it. It needs a 100% restoration but it will be worth it as a backup.

Love your stump grinding content and tips

Good work brother! That project is coming along nicely so far 👍🏾

Good tips!

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Great photo of you and your son.

I always use blow gun at end of day. And grease at end of day to push out dust and water, instead of greasing in the morning.

Came across this video today and thought this was all very good information but it made me a bit angry thinking about what our locals want to charge me for a 24” stump give or take. The stump is sawn almost to the ground nice and flat and I’ve had estimates from $800-2500! I just laughed at those numbers, seriously? I had a crew of 5 remove the whole 60’ maple tree for $700 and these guys want $800-2500 to grind the stump? Argh!😡 Is this price gouging? I’ve found that I can rent a good size grinder for $178 for 24 hours. I have quite a bit of experience running machinery and am confident I can do this for the amount I can save. But I question why the stump grinding guys want to charge these exorbitant amounts, any ideas?

Thanks for mentioning the price, as I was wondering.

Dude, I can’t believe you made this so quickly. This is the time I need for only one of those. I will try the race car thing on my next silver maple. I normally follow the root but it making long wood chips that are harder to pickup with the shovel.

Chips All end up on the track's and The whole center it makes a mess I had this machine had it for six months and sold it and bought rayco 74 it has it all over this one....

Wow those look really nice

BTW, we( my son and I) have a '98 Cobra convertible. Black of course. Oh boy does it look shape after buffing.

I have a 7" rotors, a porter cable da 5"/6" and just broke down and got a Hercules forced rotation that you showed in this video. Haven't used it yet, but I'm sure it will work faster than the porter cable. Thanks for the great content. Lol us older guys need to show the kids how we did things. Lol they say they have it hard. So sad 🤣

Haha I showed up on the last 25%… it took you about 3 mins to notice me haha

I have a little older but a little bigger Mitsubishi tractor with the Schwartz loader, those tractors are super tough and cheap, I've had mine for close to 20 years

Keep up the good work and excellent videos this old man is learning a lot from you!

Good video, I may buy one!

easy $7-800

I got my drive belts from Grainger. I had issues finding them and Granger has everything if not they have it the next day. And for the people watching this channel listen to the mustang man because he knows what he's talking about. He helped me a handful of years ago. Thank you.

Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away I had to get into the back yard through someone's house. That was back when I had a 13 HP handlebar machine.

use your zt buddy 😮

Do you still have a ZT?

That ain't stupid at all. Preparing your gear for the situation it's going to be in like that is smart as hell!

Now ya look all professional on us. Don't show my wife she'll make me give up my carhart T's

to all the new guys, I don’t know if I would listen to this dude $60 minimum in the stump grinding business. It’s like drug addict prices where I live so is 350 inch that’s retarded.. make some money for chrissake

Thank you, just starting out my business. You are giving me stuff to think about

I like the DA polisher I’ve been detailing vehicles since 18 years plus. And find the rotary cuts a lot quicker and efficient. I use my da for polish and glaze.