FF Member in My Skidsteer!

Stump Jumper · July 10, 2005, 01:01:55 PM

Guess Who is in my skidsteer? ??? He is a FF Member.

We had a great visit with him yesterday.

Stump Jumper · July 10, 2005, 01:03:11 PM

Here is a hint. ;)

Norm · July 10, 2005, 01:04:44 PM

Heck that's an easy one, the backwards hat is a dead giveaway. ;)

pigman · July 10, 2005, 01:13:33 PM

I have met that guy. 8)

Buzz-sawyer · July 10, 2005, 01:56:45 PM

Looks like Red?

Shotgun · July 10, 2005, 02:01:15 PM

We know, we know, we all know... ;D

Heck, that wasn't a hint. That was positive ID.

Norm

Kirk_Allen · July 10, 2005, 02:17:20 PM

FURBY 8) 8)

Furby · July 10, 2005, 02:20:33 PM

:D :D :D :D :D :D
Yup, had a great visit with the Stump Jumper family yesterday, and even got to play with the skidsteer! 8) 8) 8)
Didn't realized just how rusty my operating skills are though. :-[ :

Jeff · July 10, 2005, 02:23:55 PM

Man, I'd love to have that here for a day. ( the skidsteer) :D

Jeff · July 10, 2005, 02:24:21 PM

Quote from: Jeff B on July 10, 2005, 02:23:55 PM
Man, I'd love to have that here for a day. ( the skidsteer) :D

Furby, you can visit too.

Furby · July 10, 2005, 02:28:24 PM

Plan on being there for the roast at this point, how about you have Stump Jumper bring it up then and we'll dig a hole for the piggy the EASY way! ;D :D

Jeff · July 10, 2005, 03:39:12 PM

I'm more interested in digging out and burying a few stumps to make room for a couple more piggy roast campers!

Furby · July 10, 2005, 03:44:25 PM

Just cut them off flush (the stumps), it's MUCH easier!

Jeff · July 10, 2005, 03:56:32 PM

I aint got saw enough or shoulder enought to do it. Be hell on a chain.

isawlogs · July 10, 2005, 04:09:02 PM

Ya still got 27 days to dig them out .. ;D

Kevin · July 10, 2005, 04:29:50 PM

Chet'll do it.

SwampDonkey · July 10, 2005, 05:04:59 PM

Burn and hack the stumps. Probably not a good idea for your neighbors to smell though. :-\

I burnt mine to kill the buds from suckering. Never did whack'm out yet and that was 2001 I think. ;) There are other priorities in life. ;D I live out in a rural farming community so I'm not too close to the next neighbor with my smoke. ;) I know I wouldn't want to have it (smoke) come into my house.

Jeff · July 10, 2005, 05:45:24 PM

Chets working 48 hour days right now. I'll be thankful just to get him here let alone put him to work.

Furby · July 10, 2005, 06:19:24 PM

I have a cherry stump in my parents backyard that I cut slots into with the cainsaw so that it would rot faster. No such luck!
10 years later NO rot that was not already there when the tree was cut.

Yes it's heck on a chain, but it's worse on equipment, unless you have BIG equipment. It helps to did around them just a bit, put an old chain on, then cut.

How big are they?

Jeff · July 10, 2005, 09:10:19 PM

biggest is about 14-15 inches

DanG · July 10, 2005, 09:44:08 PM

Yup! I reckernized Furby right away. I ain't so sure it's the hat that's backwards, though. ;) ;D :D :D

Hey, Furb! Ya ever run a Hootiemobile? Come on down an' I'll let ya practice a bit! ;D

Stump Jumper · July 10, 2005, 09:53:01 PM

I know I know it is that ZZ Top look. :D :D

Sorry Jeff if I had the time before the pig roast I would come and dig them up. Just toooooo busy right now. I can dig that size stump fairly easily.

Don_Papenburg · July 10, 2005, 10:51:51 PM

Can you say Stumpgrinder! Ten minutes and by by stump

Jeff · July 10, 2005, 10:55:52 PM

I wonder what a stump that size costs to grind. When you have ten of them its probably a chunk

Furby · July 10, 2005, 11:05:56 PM

Actually ya might get a discount.
Probly gonna take a guess and say $750.
Depends on who you talk to, I know some guys around here simply quote $100-150 per. That can vary A LOT though.

If I had known ya needed them cut off, I would hauled my stuff up there Sat. and atleast cut them as flush as I could.

Stump Jumper · July 10, 2005, 11:10:59 PM

We could use the big bang theory on those stumps. :D ;D ;)

But then again we don't want to upset the neighbors. :

DanG · July 10, 2005, 11:13:28 PM

So ya need the space for campers, eh? Do like we do here on the Forum. When they show up, just say, "Pull up a stump, and stay a while." ;D :D :D :D

Furby · July 10, 2005, 11:17:03 PM

Do the neighbors have a vacation planned ???

GF · July 11, 2005, 08:42:11 AM

Hey Jeff I rented a stump grinder to grind my stumps, it cost me $85 for the day.

Jeff · July 11, 2005, 09:13:38 AM

Thats an interesting thought. I wonderif they have one up here.

MULE_MAN · July 11, 2005, 09:19:54 AM

If your weren't so far away, My Backhoe would take them out put pretty easy.
Plan B Arky bring some Black Power :D :D :D ;D

Stephen · July 11, 2005, 09:26:41 AM

A Great Uncle of mine cleared land for farming with pigs! He would fence an area for a few pigs and poke holes under the stumps, and push corn under them. The pigs would root their snouts into the dirt and push, pull, bite and tear the roots and stump out to get the corn.

I don't know what you would do with the pigs after the stumps were out though? ;)

Wish I could be there!
Stephen

Furby · July 11, 2005, 01:55:03 PM

From what I've been told about the rental grinders, you are going to have to let Tammy do it. ;D
I hear they can be a real "pain" to operate.

Murf · July 11, 2005, 02:32:23 PM

Unless you have absolutely no desire to ever have a finished yard where those stumps are now don't even think about a stump grinder.

I've got one for the back of the tractor, and in a few spots it's come real handy.

I've also got a half dozen spots in the lawn where stumps were ground up, the chips get all mixed into the soil and every year they decompose and settle a little more. I bet some of those spots have had 24" of topsoil poured over top in an effort to level them out over the years.

If you do grind a few up, be sure to gather up and dispose of as much of the chips as possible and backfill it with clean soil.