Tree spade on tractor question.

Has anyone used a tree spade like this on a kubota tractor to remove small stumps from their wood lot. Trees 8" through the center or less. On a L3240 loader.

I have not but it sure looks like it should do the job. I got the same tractor.
How much they want for that spade?

is this like a Christmas tree farm where you get hundreds of 4-5 inch stumps at ground level

if it is an area you are clearing and there are a lot of 4-8 inch stumps many people leave them tall about waist high , treat with a stump killer or splash of #2 on the fresh cut then in a year you have a leaver to break the roots of below ground.

if it is just a wood lot for fire wood and timber harvest , why worry about 8 inch and smaller stumps ?

Looks like it would be really handy for clearing Honeysuckle bush, cedars and scrub brush from fields.

I am taking choke cherry, red oaks and some pine trees out of my food plot area and putting in american chestnuts. Don't want to plant trees in a bunch of root balls. Digging a five foot wide trench with the bucket can blow out the gears in the front end according to the Kubota dealer. Too much torque on the front end. My oaks are to small to produce in my lifetime.

that makes more sense

then the only question is cost of tool vs cost of a track hoe coming in for a day

if you have all the stumps marked and they can come through with the big track-hoe and thumb on the bucket they can make really quick work of it and make piles of all the stumps

having them come in saves all the wear on your smaller tractor

worth pricing any way to see the difference.

Pay a dozer man for half a day and have him make you 3 plots. I have never once regretted having a dozer show up to do work I wanted done.

I was going to rent the tree spade. My problem is a large rig cannot get back in my property. There are two creeks to cross and my bridge won't hold them. The creek is lined with thick woods and muddy lowland.

I have a Kubota with a LA526 loader and I originally thought of the same thing, I decided I'd rather have other attachments that get utilized more often. I brought a CAT in and at $325 an hour and he scraped off the entire surface and stumps and re- layered everything.. An experienced operator can make short work of that and save the wear and tear ramming of your loader arms and tractor.