Get yourself a 6” trenching bucket or a single bar root spear . You can grub the same mesquite or cedar with vastly less soil movement. Looks like you guys are in central Texas? Where are you?
HI john, thanks for watching and leaving a comment. We have a ripper and have found that on young mesquite the ripper does not work very well. The largest root on these young trees is the tap root that normally goes straight down from a couple feet to well over 6 feet deep or more. The ripper attachment just slides by the tap root and the teeth on a 6" bucket won't match up with the excavator's thumb due to the thumb's width making it extremely hard to grab the tree and pull the entire root system out which is what we strive for to prevent the tree from resprouting. You are correct we are in Texas about 30 miles East of San Antonio. Soil type and moisture content also play a huge roll in what attachments work best. Thanks again.
Get yourself a 6” trenching bucket or a single bar root spear . You can grub the same mesquite or cedar with vastly less soil movement. Looks like you guys are in central Texas? Where are you?
HI john, thanks for watching and leaving a comment. We have a ripper and have found that on young mesquite the ripper does not work very well. The largest root on these young trees is the tap root that normally goes straight down from a couple feet to well over 6 feet deep or more. The ripper attachment just slides by the tap root and the teeth on a 6" bucket won't match up with the excavator's thumb due to the thumb's width making it extremely hard to grab the tree and pull the entire root system out which is what we strive for to prevent the tree from resprouting. You are correct we are in Texas about 30 miles East of San Antonio. Soil type and moisture content also play a huge roll in what attachments work best. Thanks again.