Hi August, I have only started watching your video's this past week, and I have to say your attitude to life is exceptional. I love that you care and love your chosen profession so much. You are a true family man both in work and at home. I have just watched your tributes to Jaden and although I know you should celebrate someone's life, I found it so sad and it moved me to tears, Life isn't always fair, what a waste of a young man. I really feel for his family and friends, they would have been proud of your very fine tribute. Well done. If I could go back in time I would have really enjoyed being a tree "surgeon", as it is I am a retired builder in the UK, Great video's. Look after yourself.
I feel the same about stumps! A fellow tree man in my area had a Vermeer 1152 stump grinder that was a beast!! Have him demo one of those for you and you’ll really be impressed!
I'm an older guy with a very small neighborhood tree service... In my imagination I am a big time arborist/climber, watching videos like yours, analyzing trees as I drive, reading, etc.... ha, but very very small in reality. Now, I could get more jobs if I ground stumps. -- But if you have a stump grinder you have to be able to troubleshoot and repair them.... That stump grinder does look pretty cool though, and the sales rep/technician does a great job on representing his product.
I have an older Vermeer SC505 that does about that good. I wouldn't trade it for anything smaller. One of the first jobs after I bought it was for a city park. 40 Cottonwood stumps from 20" to 48" in 6 hours including drive time and lunch
I might be able to start doing stuff again next week, depending on the Dr. There's a few stump jobs that I'll likely get to tackle when I get back in the game to ease into being productive again. The Day before I went out of commission, I had 28 smaller stumps that took me a whole day to grind with my SC-252. The monster you had in your video would've been nice. It gives me something to dream about tonight.
Hope the 70TX is better then the 60TX, I got a few vids from 3 yrs ago I did covering a bunch of faults I fixed in an SC60TX In particular the wiring harness had diodes and resistors in line that snapped under vibration, a poor design and not fixed by the dealer after many visits by the owner which is how it ended up with me.
@@lumberjaketreeservicellc4002 Yes most of the vids I made are about electrical faults with the machine Vermeer agent here in Australia belligerently refused to provide any service information and I could get no schematics for the electrical so had to reverse engineer it to solve the problems, it had proprietary "canbus" I could not get any information for either. I discovered even the charging light was triggered by a voltage threshold in the battery when running regardless of the alternator and the actual output of the alternator reg was rigged with a diode to fake field voltage to it. Meaning if the belt broke you would not get a charge lamp telling you it was not charging or operating the water pump or fan until the battery eventuality dropped below 12v causing the charge light to show, that could potentially result in a blown head gasket or some other engine damage due to lack of coolant circulation for that period.
I love grinding stumps! I have an old sc 505 and an sc252 I have a full time job but grind on the side. I make good side money. Wonder what the cost of those 36 were. That's a nice machine! I like that track better than mine...less aggressive. You have 10 more hp. That makes a big difference to. Thanks for the video 👍
Right after Hurricane Michael took out fourteen of the trees in my yard, I hired a contractor that had one of these machines. The only bad part is that I still have a lot of roots left and over time these have surfaced and caused me to break blades on my riding mower as the soft ground exposed these due to the weight of the mower. You just can't get everything.
Just import a few buckets of Aussie termites! They’d a chewed them stumps out in half that time & chewed half your leg off into the bargain if they caught you standin’ there watching em! 😜👍😂😂🇦🇺 Lotta old timber barns here, it’s only the termites holding hands keeps em standing! 😜😜😂👍 Seen em hoppin’ ‘n a skippin’ on one leg across red hot glowing coals to get at some timber before it burns they are so hungry! Darn things will chew their way through 4 inches of concrete to get at wood! 😂😂😂 Needs to name the next Vermeer the “Aussie Termite” model! 😜😜🇦🇺 Jus’ remember you heard it here first! 😂😂👍
I see a lot of people running their stump grinder by starting at the top, grinding down, then raising it back up to the top move forward and grinding down again. I personally get more life out of my teeth if start at the top, run it to as low as ima grind, then walk it forward. Basically no raising it back up until I’m on my next stump. But that’s just my personal experience with my smaller Vermeer
Watching the mini with the splitter bit and the stump slicer, makes me wonder if it’s worth the $ to invest in a grinder anymore? I’m guessing the answer is Nope? No need for that heavy, expensive, one trick item anymore. Two minis with grapples and the stump slicer/ splitter is cheaper, lighter, and more versatile. Those direct drive heads on the grinders are really nice. I preferred them over belt drive on my trx7015.
Isn’t it great to have friends that specialise in different areas of Arboriculture to call on for those....naaaaahhh jobs which they will love and do quicker :-)
August, I put in a call for an estimate in the Illinois Valley whenever you get out this way. Don't make a trip just for the estimate! Gotta bring down my beloved Maple next to the house. :-(
Has anyone else noticed the disappearance of the Vermeer Digging Dutchman? They removed him because they were afraid it might be racist. Guy at our Vermeer told us this.
There should be a song that goes: Chris Stanley to the rescue RDO to the rescue Chris Stanley to the rescue Go Chris Stanley Go! Don't tell Jim Dandy on me though...
You could use what I used to use in the 80's . It was a D 9 caterpillar with a 4 foot ripper tooth on the back but if your just into having fun then go with this. LOL
I hate it too. Low skill boring use of time that I’d rather spend bucketing, climbing or felling. But you do it or give it away. In the end it’s good to do the complete finished job properly done.✅
A tree (~0.8m diameter) I cut on our property... My wife wanted the stump gone, completely gone :-( I welded a blade to the point of my jackhammer and made a sort of "power axe". It worked well, but took days - I guess it is good exercise and keeps me off the streets... Oh how I would have loved to grind that stump :-) (And yes, at the start I did say "do you fully appreciate what it is you are asking for here?") (And yes, I did consider burning it out - but that too was not acceptable - "gone" meant gone...)
I'll have to disagree with your grinding guy regarding the longevity of greenteeth vs the Vermeer yellowjackets. I've used greenteeth for years on all my stump grinders and I usually get to use all 3 sides. I don't know where he got his information from. I doubt that he's ever used greenteeth. What he said sounds like something Vermeer sales reps tells their customers to discourage them from buying greenteeth (which I consider better).
With all the good publicity they are getting from your videos hopefully you have the hook up over at Vermeer. Not a brand guy really, just judge each piece of equipment by how it performs and these tracked stump grinders get the job done.
Those do look nice but Bandit has them beat in the chipper dept. with every comparable model, I have used both extensively and the vermeers just don't even compare in terms of build quality and overall capability.
Christopher McKirdy - Lol, I started my business with a 2'x4' John Deere nursery cart, carrying pick-axes, grub axes, shovels, bow-saw, chainsaw... used to take sometimes 3 days, with snow on the ground, to get stumps out of the ground... 26 years later, I say that ALL modes of stump removal suck, Lol. A small caviat - around 2010, I perfected the art of ripping stumps with the felling of an adjacent stick. It's a lot of shock on a bull-line, but the challenge is fun as hell... timing, stretch, trigonometry, momentum, etc.,...
Grinding next to a car without debris guard (even if it's your own ride), blowing dust debris all over the yard and parking cars, wtf? BTW 36 softwood stumps of that size, ground 5" deep isn't that big deal with a grinder that size.
of all my video's I have a stump grinding video, and for some reason it is the most watched, I mean, I was there taking the video and it wasn't that cool, it's just a VERY LOUD ugly operation! You were fortunate Chris called though, got er done!
I like stump grinding , for me I think it’s just running a good piece of machinery. Living satisfied
I can relate.
Hi August, I have only started watching your video's this past week, and I have to say your attitude to life is exceptional. I love that you care and love your chosen profession so much. You are a true family man both in work and at home. I have just watched your tributes to Jaden and although I know you should celebrate someone's life, I found it so sad and it moved me to tears, Life isn't always fair, what a waste of a young man. I really feel for his family and friends, they would have been proud of your very fine tribute. Well done. If I could go back in time I would have really enjoyed being a tree "surgeon", as it is I am a retired builder in the UK, Great video's. Look after yourself.
michael ryall thanks for well thought out sincere comment.
I feel the same about stumps! A fellow tree man in my area had a Vermeer 1152 stump grinder that was a beast!! Have him demo one of those for you and you’ll really be impressed!
The grinding isn't so bad, it's cleaning up the mess afterwards and hauling it away.
I’m a good mulch salesmen
Man I could career change into grinding with that thing. That was awesome.
I'm an older guy with a very small neighborhood tree service... In my imagination I am a big time arborist/climber, watching videos like yours, analyzing trees as I drive, reading, etc.... ha, but very very small in reality. Now, I could get more jobs if I ground stumps. -- But if you have a stump grinder you have to be able to troubleshoot and repair them....
That stump grinder does look pretty cool though, and the sales rep/technician does a great job on representing his product.
Robert Wood - Vermeer is good in the public representation aspect.
Love it when Vermeer calls and wants to show me gear On the job.
i have absolutely no use for a Vermeer stump Grinder , But I waaaaaaaaant one .
LOL
Stumps are a good home for carpenter ants that can migrate to your home - it happened to me
I have an older Vermeer SC505 that does about that good. I wouldn't trade it for anything smaller. One of the first jobs after I bought it was for a city park. 40 Cottonwood stumps from 20" to 48" in 6 hours including drive time and lunch
I might be able to start doing stuff again next week, depending on the Dr. There's a few stump jobs that I'll likely get to tackle when I get back in the game to ease into being productive again. The Day before I went out of commission, I had 28 smaller stumps that took me a whole day to grind with my SC-252. The monster you had in your video would've been nice. It gives me something to dream about tonight.
I also hate grinding stumps....but I do love playing with the big grinders👍👍👍👊
Hope the 70TX is better then the 60TX, I got a few vids from 3 yrs ago I did covering a bunch of faults I fixed in an SC60TX
In particular the wiring harness had diodes and resistors in line that snapped under vibration, a poor design and not fixed by the dealer after many visits by the owner which is how it ended up with me.
The 50tx Is about the same as far as lil crap going wrong. Relays, actuators, brain box, to name a few.
I honestly wish stump-grinding was just no longer a thing.
SC60 and 50 are junk. Had 3, all had major problems. Would never buy another Vermeer
@@lumberjaketreeservicellc4002
Yes most of the vids I made are about electrical faults with the machine
Vermeer agent here in Australia belligerently refused to provide any service information and I could get no schematics for the electrical so had to reverse engineer it to solve the problems, it had proprietary "canbus" I could not get any information for either.
I discovered even the charging light was triggered by a voltage threshold in the battery when running regardless of the alternator and the actual output of the alternator reg was rigged with a diode to fake field voltage to it.
Meaning if the belt broke you would not get a charge lamp telling you it was not charging or operating the water pump or fan until the battery eventuality dropped below 12v causing the charge light to show, that could potentially result in a blown head gasket or some other engine damage due to lack of coolant circulation for that period.
Samuel Luria I do my best to talk people into gourmet mushroom innoculation as a stump treatment (species dependent obviously).
should be a big seller , does a great job ,cool remote
Best part of stump grinding is being done with it!
Just bought one of these with a rhino wheel. Love it ate threw a 6 ft stump in about 30 minutes.
I love grinding stumps! I have an old sc 505 and an sc252 I have a full time job but grind on the side. I make good side money. Wonder what the cost of those 36 were. That's a nice machine! I like that track better than mine...less aggressive. You have 10 more hp. That makes a big difference to. Thanks for the video 👍
Got to love that vermeer equipment.
The leaf blower was a novel idea!
Grinding sucks ass, I always try to convince a customer that the stump would look great with a plant pot on top of it😮
busternick1 same ! Haha
We all try that, Lol
You could always try to sell them on having a carving done. Just leave the stump high.
markenda1 - Another idea from like Portlandia, Lol
I do it everyday and love it but I'm makin all the money and not being paid by the hour lol
Oh man August you get to play with the coolest tools and toys, (I'm including your lego video) :)
Time lapse makes it look like it’s motor boating the stumps 😂
Right after Hurricane Michael took out fourteen of the trees in my yard, I hired a contractor that had one of these machines. The only bad part is that I still have a lot of roots left and over time these have surfaced and caused me to break blades on my riding mower as the soft ground exposed these due to the weight of the mower. You just can't get everything.
Now that’s a nice grinder
Just import a few buckets of Aussie termites! They’d a chewed them stumps out in half that time & chewed half your leg off into the bargain if they caught you standin’ there watching em! 😜👍😂😂🇦🇺
Lotta old timber barns here, it’s only the termites holding hands keeps em standing! 😜😜😂👍
Seen em hoppin’ ‘n a skippin’ on one leg across red hot glowing coals to get at some timber before it burns they are so hungry! Darn things will chew their way through 4 inches of concrete to get at wood! 😂😂😂
Needs to name the next Vermeer the “Aussie Termite” model! 😜😜🇦🇺
Jus’ remember you heard it here first! 😂😂👍
Lol I hate grinding stumps to absolutely hate it
Awesome machine
We use same model here at work and 36 sumps and lined up 40 minutes can be done
I still have problems with using the remote. I always kill the machine since I can’t feel the vibration. That’s a beast!
Nice piece of machinery. I'd wager a bit pricey too.
Thanks for the video.
Duncan Mac - "A bit"...well, ...yeah... 🙄
@@samuelluria4744 Just a wee bit......😁
Duncan Mac - Like I drink.
...just a WEEEEEE BIT...🙄
I see a lot of people running their stump grinder by starting at the top, grinding down, then raising it back up to the top move forward and grinding down again. I personally get more life out of my teeth if start at the top, run it to as low as ima grind, then walk it forward. Basically no raising it back up until I’m on my next stump. But that’s just my personal experience with my smaller Vermeer
Daaaaaammn that's amazing.
I have this machine sitting in my driveway, rebuilt the motor twice already. Sell it while it runs asap.
Watching the mini with the splitter bit and the stump slicer, makes me wonder if it’s worth the $ to invest in a grinder anymore? I’m guessing the answer is Nope? No need for that heavy, expensive, one trick item anymore. Two minis with grapples and the stump slicer/ splitter is cheaper, lighter, and more versatile.
Those direct drive heads on the grinders are really nice. I preferred them over belt drive on my trx7015.
Chris is awsome helped me out a time or two with some chippers and a stump grinder great guy and great sales rep.
That is a nice machine and Chris Stanley is a diwn ass Man and an excellent representative of Vermeer products🍀🤙🌲👊
This is wicked!
Vermeer is one of the better makers.
Those guys are so good to you! Chris is a mad man!!! Maybe a genius? ❤️RDO
If it all possible this time of year I like to soak the stumps down with a water hose before I grind them to keep the dust down
Evan G - What state are you working in? It must be an affluent place, if you have time for that type of thing...
Salem Oregon
It’s really easy to let the water run on a stump while you get the machine out
Isn’t it great to have friends that specialise in different areas of Arboriculture to call on for those....naaaaahhh jobs which they will love and do quicker :-)
i'm a big fan of your guys works 😁👌
Very nice
Grüße aus Oberfranken, Bayern ,Germany
cool video
i hate grinding too -but never had a grinder like that
If the slow-mo closeup scenes were set to sounds in the beginng of Pink Floyd's Welcome to the Machine, that would be awesome.
Money, money, money!
How much does that beast run price tag?
I have the new 70 tx as well, kinda liked my 60 better unless I had the remote. Stupid hand sensors in controls drive me nuts
It's a little bit like watching my new robot vacuum clean the house lol
So much want... If only I had the need for it
Just get a three point shredder that works under the soil line as well. Much more well rounded. Not just one tool for one particular purpuse
I got to demo that Same one. Amazing buddy.
Vermeer: what happens when a radioactive spider bites a beaver.
August,
I put in a call for an estimate in the Illinois Valley whenever you get out this way. Don't make a trip just for the estimate! Gotta bring down my beloved Maple next to the house. :-(
OK thanks for the comment.
We’ll get a look at it 👊🏼😎
I was informed it will take a small sum this far out, hence my mentioning only coming if you have a job out this way!
ElderlyIron I understand.
OK, how does this video get 32 diskikes? Is there really that many people that are stump advocates? Thanks for posting, nice peice of equipment.
Probably bandit fanboys mad they don't have an RC stump grinder.
So how much do you get paid per stump?
And how much is the machine?
I hate grinding stumps.
But
That looks fun or quicker
whats the cost of this machine??? whats its horse power? seems really bad ass.. thanks
Nothing like drinking aveer watching atups being grinded
Has anyone else noticed the disappearance of the Vermeer Digging Dutchman? They removed him because they were afraid it might be racist. Guy at our Vermeer told us this.
Very usefully tool!!
i want to see this on an episode of battle bots
There should be a song that goes:
Chris Stanley to the rescue
RDO to the rescue
Chris Stanley to the rescue
Go Chris Stanley Go!
Don't tell Jim Dandy on me though...
Something about Vermeer !!! I prefer Vermeer over bandit anyday !
You could use what I used to use in the 80's . It was a D 9 caterpillar with a 4 foot ripper tooth on the back but if your just into having fun then go with this. LOL
I hate it too. Low skill boring use of time that I’d rather spend bucketing, climbing or felling. But you do it or give it away. In the end it’s good to do the complete finished job properly done.✅
0:42 one hungry bugger 😋
How often do they have to replace the teeth on that thing?
See kids, playing XBOX DOES prepare you for real life! Just look at that awesome controller!
4:54 mark C = D x 3.14159 = 204.2" / 2 = 102.1 "cheater measurement" (assuming a 180 degree arc)
I've managed 4 stumps in 2 months for my yard. I am somewhat less efficient than this robot
A tree (~0.8m diameter) I cut on our property... My wife wanted the stump gone, completely gone :-(
I welded a blade to the point of my jackhammer and made a sort of "power axe". It worked well, but took days - I guess it is good exercise and keeps me off the streets...
Oh how I would have loved to grind that stump :-)
(And yes, at the start I did say "do you fully appreciate what it is you are asking for here?")
(And yes, I did consider burning it out - but that too was not acceptable - "gone" meant gone...)
Looks like it came out of Thunderbird 2
What's up August 😆 Nice.😆
My brother in aussie has that.
I'd like to see how it does on a Locust stump or an Osage Orange stump.
Jim Yost - It would do just fine. That's a big strong grinder.
@@samuelluria4744 ~ Dear Samuel, I think I believe that. But still, I'd like to see it in action on one of those stumps.
did you buy it .....nice bit of kit
no. . .
Wow!
I'll have to disagree with your grinding guy regarding the longevity of greenteeth vs the Vermeer yellowjackets. I've used greenteeth for years on all my stump grinders and I usually get to use all 3 sides. I don't know where he got his information from. I doubt that he's ever used greenteeth. What he said sounds like something Vermeer sales reps tells their customers to discourage them from buying greenteeth (which I consider better).
hey, I recognize that spot, run/bike there often.
never stump grinded before, why don't you like it? too slow?
I hate waiting for the inevitable contact with unseen things in the ground that cause equipment damage.
Awesome
Which do you like more carolton or vermeer
I don’t like Stump Grinding
With all the good publicity they are getting from your videos hopefully you have the hook up over at Vermeer. Not a brand guy really, just judge each piece of equipment by how it performs and these tracked stump grinders get the job done.
Same here. Except Vermeer is making it easier to be a brand guy. Everybody on my crew is really impressed with the AX 19 Specifically.
Those do look nice but Bandit has them beat in the chipper dept. with every comparable model, I have used both extensively and the vermeers just don't even compare in terms of build quality and overall capability.
I think dealer support is the big thing on any brand and it seems like you're in good hands there.
Lol my son. "Thats a toy?" Yea only difference between kid toys and mens is the price tag!
Stump Grinding 101: Don't plant trees. No stumps to grind. Enjoy life, drink a beer, watch a game etc etc.
Nice 👍
Helluva pay day right there!!👌🏻
Helluva payment on that machine right there 🤣🤟
Profit on 36 stumps should pay 2 months or better of payments
Holy shiznit!!
Yea its great to have a big grinder and grind that fast but not worth the big money for a big grinder thats not really ever used.....
you don't want that thing runing over your foot!
And that's why I higher my guy to do are stumps plus not much money in it in are area for what it cost to have one 😎👊👍
What will something like that set a guy back??
Probably $55-60,000. Junk
That machine new is around 70k ish.
Did you buy it?
No way
Lol 😂 I just use a skid steer at my work just work around it then pop it up
Epic
Cover the hole...holy cow that makes the job sooooooo easy. Could have done 50 by 11!!!
Pablo Cruise - Cover what hole? Standard protocol is to backfill the holes... are you referring to something else?
Hate grinding too. Something so un natural about it.
The Truth is a lie the lies are the truth - Amen to that! I am frustrated by the presence of this whole concept in our industry.
Try digging the suckers out by hand that'll change your mind quick fast and in a hurry.
Christopher McKirdy - Lol, I started my business with a 2'x4' John Deere nursery cart, carrying pick-axes, grub axes, shovels, bow-saw, chainsaw... used to take sometimes 3 days, with snow on the ground, to get stumps out of the ground... 26 years later, I say that ALL modes of stump removal suck, Lol. A small caviat - around 2010, I perfected the art of ripping stumps with the felling of an adjacent stick. It's a lot of shock on a bull-line, but the challenge is fun as hell... timing, stretch, trigonometry, momentum, etc.,...
@@samuelluria4744 I wood like to see a vid of that
TheTreeGuy - That would have had to have been VHS, my good man.
Grinding next to a car without debris guard (even if it's your own ride), blowing dust debris all over the yard and parking cars, wtf? BTW 36 softwood stumps of that size, ground 5" deep isn't that big deal with a grinder that size.
07martin1981 LOL give yourself a sticker.
Would take me years with mine.
of all my video's I have a stump grinding video, and for some reason it is the most watched, I mean, I was there taking the video and it wasn't that cool, it's just a VERY LOUD ugly operation! You were fortunate Chris called though, got er done!
Stumps doomsday.