Check one off the HoneyDew list... big stump

First project with the new 1025R FILB.. remove large Mesquite stump. Tree was about 20 to 25 ft tall, I cut it down about 3 months ago.. so it was still alive.. mesquites are hard to kill.. it was already growing new branches. It took me 3 months to decide what tractor to get mainly because of the 3 large stumps I need to remove. I was hesitant on getting a SCUT because I didn't think they could handle the job. Well I proved myself wrong today. These SCUTs can definitely handle the job.

The stump was about 18 in across.
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After a couple of hours messing around I could finally see all the roots.. This is the first project and I had a bit of a learning curve using the backhoe.
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Some of the roots were almost 12 in across. There were about 5 of these around the trunk.
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Had to do a little manual labor and cut the roots.
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Finally was able to move stump, flip it over to get to tap root.
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The roots went over 40 ft from the trunk.. dug up as many as I could get to.
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Cut the tap root... a little more manual labor.
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Moving the truck was interesting.. popping a few wheelies (forgot to load bucket).. it was almost at the boom limit to get it out of the hole.
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All cleaned up... like it was never there :yahoo:
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Great first project. I even got Mrs. HoneyDew to fill in the hole.. she had a blast... guess I will have to hide the keys from her!

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