#95 Pt. 2 Digging First Stump With BXpanded Root Ripper & Trenching Bucket

Got to dig up our first stump with the BXpanded Root Ripper and Trenching bucket. The stump was close to other trees and the roots were tangled together. The Ripper made it easy to cut through the roots and the trenching bucket allowed me to minimize the size of hole I had to dig to remove the stump!
#BXpanded #LTPvids #BackhoeAttachments

[@mrgoodwrench1103]

I really enjoyed the 2 part video John. Nicely done and I hope the people at BXpanded appreciate the effort you put in to explain and demonstrate what their product is able to do. It helped sell me on the product. Keep up the good work.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Mr. Goodwrench! I'm glad you liked the video! I really appreciate it! I did put some time and learning into it! lol You have a good day!

[@jameskeough4620]

Good job with one of the few, if not the only one, showing stump removal.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you James, for watching and the comment! I really appreciate it! Have a good week! See ya in the next one!

[@jamietesiero9316]

I was looking at other tractors, I'm now thinking I'm looking at the wrong tractor! That thing is amazing...

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Jamie, for watching and the comment! They are great little tractors. Can do a amazing amount of work. Best of luck with what ever tractor you decide to get. Have a good weekend! See ya in the next one!

[@houndsmanone4563]

John, I just did a little backhoe work several hours ago and had to remove one heck of a tap root from a loblolly pine tree. Lesson learned....I will not cut trees flush with the ground again unless I intend never to remove the stump and root-ball. Root-ball was about 4 to 5 feet long. Took me about 2 hours to get that sucker out. Thought of you and wanted to give a shout. Later brother.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

I was just thinking about you and that thumb. lol That's a hech of a root! Yea, leaving the stump 2-3 feet above ground helps a lot when digging them out. Have a good weekend!!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

Good morning Sir, now that's is big center root !!! That was a great tractor video !!! You can tell that you love you new implements !!! Great tractor therapy !!! Have a great blessed Sunday !!! CHeers !!!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thanks Dave! I really do like them! That tap root was way bigger then I thought it was going to be! lol Nothing like having a backhoe on your tractor! lol Have a good day!!

[@RCAFpolarexpress]

@@LouisianaTractorworks Yes. a backhoe is THE BEST implement to have next after a front loader !!! Cheers !!!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

@@RCAFpolarexpress You know it!

[@CaptKirk1701]

Great job, I dug a 22 inch popular stump up and flipped it over and reburied it in my front yard with a friends 35 hp backhoe.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

That's a big stump! A 35hp backhoe is really nice size! You could dig anything with that! Have a good week!!

[@normhowes2975]

Hopefully you are young enough to have to deal with the hole that stump leaves when it rots. SIL cant use her driveway thanks to the land clearer burying the stumps.

[@CaptKirk1701]

@@normhowes2975 they leave a worse hole when you have them ground off.

[@garrimic3]

I’ve learned that once you get the stump loose and all major roots are removed just secure the backhoe and push the stump over with the front bucket. You have more power at the wheel than using your backhoe.

[@macdawg6403]

Right on Brotha.. Seat Time !

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Mac! Can never get enough of that! Lol

[@transitvandoors]

Great video John, I didn't realize how deep about the tap root can grow. Good use of the bucket and glad you enjoyed your tractor 🚜 time

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you my friend! Yeah some trees the taproot can grow down as far as the tree is tall. Have a good weekend! See ya in the next one!

[@nancyincanada5553]

Hope you and your family are well. On (Dec.1, 2021) Mike and I bought BXpanded Root Ripper, Quick Attach, Thumb, Trenching bucket. Our decision was based on your excellent (and very thorough) review in one of your previous videos. We are very excited about learning how to use them from your videos. Your instructions are great! Thanks John!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Nancy! Congrats on the new toys for the Massey. I think Mike will have a lot of fun with them. I appreciate the kind comment. Have a good weekend! See ya in the next one!

[@kennolte5801]

Great advertisement for the BX and MF products. Job well done John. Thanks for sharing the story.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Ken! I glad you liked it! You have a good day and be safe!

[@HomesteadJay]

Looking real good John! Like I said in part 1 those attachments really do the work! Stumps are a pain in the you know what and I can’t believe how precise you can get with they trenching bucket! Thanks for sharing and stay safe!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Jay! What shocked me is just how much dirt you can move with such a little bucket! You and your family do the same!

[@houndsmanone4563]

Yes, I like that trenching bucket, John. Would love to get one and a QA. This video made my day. Thanks for showing how it's done. You are the backhoe guru. Later and be safe down there.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Don! I think the QA you'll love! The trenching bucket is my new favorite toy! lol I love the thing! Have a good day!!

[@KubotaBXathome]

Great vid John as always, the backhoe has really been worth it for you. Glad to see your doing ok, keep family healthy and safe my friend!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Chris! I love a backhoe! lol They are so much fun to work! You and your family do the same!

[@jerryvess2493]

Hi John Happy Easter to you and your family. You did a great job using the ripper that thing seems to work really well.The trenching bucket really worked well getting under the roots of the tree.The combo seems to be a must have if your going to be digging up many stumps.Thanks for bringing us along and for the education. I hear that you folks may be getting hit pretty hard with the virus we have over 4000 with it here in N.C. sure hope we get a cure for this soon but videos like your help pass some of the time when i'm not working on my own projects be safe and have a good one.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Hey jery! Thank you! Happy Easter to you and you family as well my friend! They do work together great! Yea, jerry i's gotten pretty bad here! I know a few people that is in ICU with it! I hope it get better soon as well! Please be safe outthere and take care!!

[@pondacres]

Bxpanded for the win! Got to use all their toys on this one. :) Keep bangin' bro, stay safe and healthy!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Yes I did! lol And got to spend a few hours on my tractor and right now, I needed that! LOL!! Have a good one!

[@athomeandtravel995]

Great video! Man I love that trenching bucket. I don't blame you for digging it out without a saw. Make that tractor work.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you H&T !! I love the bucket. I can see so many uses for it! That Root Ripper in part one is really mean!! It was real fun to work! lol Have a good one and stay safe!

[@JsCrazyCutzLLC]

Very satisfying to watch! Nice job on the video John 👍

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Hey J! Thank you for the kind comment! Have a good day and y'all please be safe out there!

[@mikelastime]

Great job Thanks for sharing

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Mike! Have a good week!!

[@GrampiesWorkshop]

How's she goin'? Nice job getting the stump out!!! The new set up is some nice eh!!! With the trenching bucket you sure and do some nifty digging. One thing I noticed though is when you lower the boom and push with the stick, the hydraulic hoses and cylinder for bucket curl hits against the root. That'll be something you'd need to be careful of so you don't damage the gear!!! Thanks for posting John!!! Take care!!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Hey Mike! Thank you! Yea, it bumped it a few times but in real time it barely scuffed the out side of it! The video is speeded up 5x faster so it looks worse then what it actually is! Have a good day Mike and please be safe!

[@jasonlohmann9884]

Just purchased bxpanded backhoe quick attach and root ripper. I will by a 6 inch bucket next check. I wasn't ready to drop $1100. I'm enjoying my 2019 Massey Ferguson 1735M. I installed factory parts for rear remotes recently. Keep those videos coming.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

CONGRATS!! On the new BX toys!! I hope you like them as much as do! I glad you are enjoy that Massey as well!! lol Thank you Jason! Have a good weekend!! Let me know what you think about them!!

[@tractortalkwithgary1271]

Loved the video.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thanks Gary! Have a good one!

[@LastMinuteGarage]

"I was just enjoying my tractor time" I totally get that.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Nothing better then tractor therapy!! Thanks for watching and the comment! Have a good one and be safe while you have fun on the tractor!!

[@daveknowshow]

that trenching bucket is the shit for real! I like that thing! I really enjoyed watching you dig that deep. your last video I watched but youtube would not allow me to comment for some reason. I hope this comment goes through ok.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Hey Dave! It really is! lol The ripper is mean too! I think the trenching bucket is my new favorite toy! lol I really appreciate that you enjoyed the videos! I'm sorry you couldn't leave a comment. I'm glad this one went through! Have a good day and please be safe out there!!

[@daveknowshow]

@@LouisianaTractorworks you be safe as well my brother I been worried about ya with all this nasty virus going around.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thanks Dave! You please do the same! It's been real bad here!

[@denisd4050]

Good day John You can Watch a KZbin video on falling trees and be a expert lol. It’s always a good feeling to get a job done with a new tool and it work great have a good week

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Hey Denis, I don't know if my neighbor will think watching YT videos will do the trick! LOL!! You also have a good week and be safe!

[@TheProCut17]

nice work on the stump John, be blessed

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you John! May God bless you and your family as well!!

[@TheProCut17]

@@LouisianaTractorworks 👍

[@nancyincanada5553]

Awesome work, John!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Nancy & Mike! I hope y'all are doing well! Have a good weekend and please stay safe!!

[@nancyincanada5553]

@@LouisianaTractorworks Thanks John, you and your family stay safe too. These are crazy times we are living in.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

@@nancyincanada5553 That it is!!

[@DIYMyWay]

Great work, John! Glad you got to get some quality seat time on your Massey! I learned a few techniques from you for using my BXpanded ripper and trencher bucket. BTW, when you were filling in the stump hole with the FEL, it looked like you had a drive shaft hanging down under your tractor that could catch on something if your were backing up over rough terrain. Enjoyed the video! Thanks for sharing!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you DIY! That is the mid mount mower arms. I really need to take them off. I don't use the MMM on my tractor! I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I really appreciate that! I hope you have a good week Martin!!

[@Tyler_Koehn]

@@LouisianaTractorworks Are you able to lock them up like we can on the bx's with the dial you would set your mower height at? With the kubotas you raise your 3pt up all the way and then turn your deck dial to the highest setting which locks the arms up heigh. Just a thought as I have no idea how the masseys are set up. Enjoyed pt 2. quite the tap root on that one!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

@@Tyler_Koehn Hey Tyler, to be honest I don't know! lol I don't use the MMM linkage and it don't ever move on me but I should pull the arms off so they don't hang up on something! Have a good weekend!

[@Tyler_Koehn]

@@LouisianaTractorworks you as well John!

[@twinbrookacres]

Great job, John. You had to dig pretty deep there. I was beginning to worry that you would cause a sink hole in China somewhere! lol

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thanks Bike Ryder! I was thinking the same thing!! LOL! Have a good day!!

[@jimtomes5882]

Great job. Thank you for the pointers. How long did it take in real time to dig that up?

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Jim, for watching and the comment! It took 2.5 hours to dig it out but I was taken my time with it. I could of jumped in there and cut that taproot way sooner. Have a great weekend! See ya in the next one!

[@jeffmayeux1692]

Tractor therapy big time, John! That was a good demonstration of those new implements. Did you get to finish clearing that section of your yard? Keep those videos coming.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Jeff! That was a fun day! Any time I get seat time on the BH is a good day. lol. Have a good one! See ya!

[@bones549]

Cool I spent the day drill my bucket for hooks and D rings. Any tractor time is good tracter time cheers

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

I want to put hooks on my buckets FEL & BH! If you get a chance through a video up where you put yours and where you got them! Have a good one bones and stay safe!

[@bones549]

@@LouisianaTractorworks here ya go. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4qZq6ptrpimZqs

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

@@bones549 Thanks bones! Have a good week!!

[@bones549]

@@LouisianaTractorworks You too. Got my trenching bucket and quick attach today. Man thats a lot of steel. Cheers.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

@@bones549 Congrats!! It really is a lot of steel! Have fun! I hope you do some video!

[@loggerjohn01]

Hello John, Great job, but one problem you got all the new attachments dirty LOL. Wow what kind of tree was that, it was really hanging on. Thanks for sharing , Hope all is well

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Hey John! To be honest I don't know! lol I do know it had a heck of a taproot! lol If you don't get them dirty, then they are no use to you! LOL! Have a good week!

[@MrThenry1988]

I need one of these.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

They work real good!! Have a good weekend Tim and thanks!!

[@MrThenry1988]

@@LouisianaTractorworks On my wish list. I have a few more jobs coming up. 3 hrs is not that bad. I've dug a few stumps and I know a bigger machine would be quicker. Seat time is more fun. Headed out to mow. Grass is growing like a weed.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

I cut mine today! lol Stay safe out there!!

[@gregb2144]

Dose the job!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thanks Greg! Have a good one!

[@BMGProjects]

I didn’t see the trenching bucket for the Massey on BXpanded’s website. Is this something brand new?

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Hey Billy! Yes! The Quick-on, Root Ripper, and the 6 inch trenching bucket is all new! Here's a link to a video about them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o52wnmCCobZ7qs0 They are not on their website yet but you can call or email them and order them now! Have a good one!

[@masterqueef9208]

love ur videos. they help me out alot when working on my gc1710.. i had a issue wanted to tell u about.. i was bush hogging the other day and a tree limb came up and hit my hydraulic oil filter and broke it off. i highly advise welding a plate on the front of the oil filter guard.. the local massey dealer quoted me $5400 to fix it. they have to replace the whole front late of the rear end. i found another shop closer to me that quoted me around $1500. he told me the more stuff i can take off the less time it wil take him to fx it, which would make it cheaper. im trying to take the floot pans, seat and rear fender panel off so he can access it easier.. im stuck at the floor pans.. the hydraulic connections for the loader are keeping me from being able to get the right side floor pan off. do u have any advice for taking off the floor pans?. thank you. and keep up the massey vids!!!!

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Cory, for the great comment! I will have to take a look at mine and see how it is set up! I never had to pull any of that stuff off of my tractor so with out looking I don't know if I can even help you. I won't be able to get time to do that till this weekend if I don't have to work! Email me at [e-mail] and I will get with you to see if I can help! Thanks again and have a good one and stay safe out there!

[@paulwhite3637]

First let me say that I don’t have a tractor, so perhaps my comment isn’t even valid….. I noticed in the first video that you seemed to be “pulling” yourself closer to the hole, and am wondering if you had of put your bucket on the ground if that would have helped preventing you from moving? I watched your video because I live on a 2 acre piece of land and was wondering if I needed/wanted a tractor to help me remove my stumps…..and other small jobs. Whether it’s a MF or another brand like the Mahindra, I think you may have sold me on wanting one, as my ATV can only do so much of the heavy work. P.S. The music that went with the videos was a great choice.

[@LouisianaTractorworks]

Thank you Paul, for watching and the comment! Yes, keeping your FEL bucket on the ground and stabilizers is the only way you should work a backhoe. But having all that still don't stop that backhoe from pulling the tractor. Thanks again for the kind comment. Let me know what tractor you decide to get. Have a good week! See ya in the next one!