Homemade Stump Grinder (Day 1)
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- I rented a large stump grinder one day and it came with dull teeth. An expensive lesson as it took far to long to grind what I wanted. Decided I would build my own stump grinder that would be used on 16" or smaller hardwood stumps. Used a M1 Blueshark Wheel and a GX390 engine I had kicking around. Very simple design with a plethora of safety features as you can see :)
Took all of 8 mins to grind a 12" birch stump. Very impressed with the M1 wheel! Thought I would need a bigger engine to drive it but 13 hp is fine. Plan is to add some hydraulics and tow it around with my B6100. Beats the heck out of renting a machine.
Dealing with the folks at Leonardi was awesome.
Working on a trail to the sugar bush. Once it dries up will get the bush hog in to shred the remaining branch bits. No more driving around stumps or worrying they will puncture a tire.
Impressive for home made.
As long as I can mow over it without touching the deck, it’s worth it
Dude, been needing to build one for a while. this is inspirational, thanks for sharing!
Wow, I need one!
Add a shield for all the debris...
Nice, I also rented one with dull teeth. I didn't bother looking at the teeth when I rented it but after seeing how they just seemed to not really cut into the stump I stopped and looked at the teeth. They where completely flattened and had no edge. Like the surface of a ball peen hammer. Took way too long and really just flattened the pine stump but did a little better with the hardwoods.. The rental company should keep new or good teeth on their machines before each rental.
Looks great! What size engine did you use?
Nice. I would put a guard on it though
Looks like it works very well. I'm interested to know where you got the cutting wheel, and what type teeth it takes.
Me too
great work
Very nice man I am working on a similar build at the moment. Did you build the frame?
Yes. Its just 2" square tubing, 3/16" thick. 3 cross pieces. 1 behind the cutter, one near the wheels and 1 in between. used pillow block bearings for the cutter wheel.
I like it. What size pulleys did you use? I’m thinking of trying a smaller 6.5 hp engine but I’m not sure if that’ll be powerful enough unless I use the right gearing. Plus I’m thinking the lighter engine would make it easier too move around.
It would be awesome if it spun the crap the other way. Works good though
Then it would be pushing the machine toward you and would be difficult to control. That's dangerous. Needs a rear guard to prevent all the shavings from spitting back at the machine.
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It works well
Very nice works better then the large ones tat I have rented. What did you use for the blade and bearing set up to hold the blade ? Carriage bearings ? Pulley sizes . Plans ? Lol I would like to build one .
needs a guard all shitts going in engine starter
Which m1 wheel did you use? They make several.
Did you also make the blade or did you buy it. If you bought it then where?
What cutting head and or teeth did you use? Thanks nice job!
Thanks saw your description.
I have everything I need minus the teeth, I'm going to use a motorcycle rotor,made of steel not cast..10 7/8 diameter..x1/4 thick..mine will be similar to this..mine will be hydro..
I need Schematics
How about spinning the cutter the other direction? Turn blade 180
They spin this way for safety reasons. If you make the blade spin the opposite direction it's forcing the machine back toward you and too difficult to control.
questions... which blueshark wheel is it? what machine does it normally fit? what size pillow block bearings?
I have since sold it but the pillow block was sized based on the shaft attached to the grinding wheel. used cheap ones as they are easy to grease and replace.
Do you have a clutch on it? And what kind of wheel did you use??
no clutch. you can see when i pull start it, the wheel spins. no safety features on this! the wheel was M1 Blueshark Wheel for Toro SGR6 SGR13
@@budasterisk2167 thanks for the response! I'm beating my brains over this and I don't know why it doesn't seem to be that difficult of a project. I take it it's better to just buy a wheel and maybe a shaft instead of trying to make your own?
@@davenhunter99 Dave I doubt anyone could build a proper wheel that is balanced unless they are a machinist. Am very happy with their product and was money well spent. The rest is a simple 2x2 square tubing frame and super simple. The wheel comes with the shaft in it already welded so you need a tubing frame, engine, wheel, 2 pillow blocks and a belt and couple of pulleys. I attempted to make a tensioner as you can see, crude but it worked fine.
@@budasterisk2167 thanks again, I really appreciate it. That looks perfect for what I want . Looks like yours works great, great job
@@budasterisk2167 I thought maybe I could send a picture on with this text but I guess I can't I was just going to show you I got a really good start for building my stump grinder. Your video set a fire under my ass and now that's all I can think about is building this thing. Lol
How much do you have total into it for building it?
Plans or details?
The disk is 6" to small, needs a brake on one of the wheels, needs a dead man switch on it. some guards
Everyone has an opinion.
not very steady makes it very dangerous
I really dont think you know what you are talking about.