DIY Making a Root Ripper for the Front Loader of a Kubota Compact Tractor for Tree Stump Removal

This video shows the design and manufacturing of the Rhino Root Ripper for tree stump removal using the front loader of a compact tractor.
The ripper is made from 15 mm thick steel plates using a CUT60 plasma cutter and is welded to a skid steer interface plate for quick connection with a front loader of the Kubota compact tractor. Extra stiffener elements are added to both the ripper and interface plate to increase the strength of the construction.
In another video I demonstrate the usage of this implement by removing various sizes of tree stumps (see: • Tree stump removal wit... )
Rhino Root Ripper: Home made tree stump removal implement for a compact tractor front loader with a quick connection interface.
Ripper blade thickness: 1.5 cm
Ripper nose tip perpendicular to welding interface plate: 60 cm
Ripper blade widest section: 22 cm
Compact Tractor: Kubota B2261 4WD 26hp HST
Video by: Outdoors in the Low Countries
Music: www.purple-planet.com, www.mixkit.co, www.bensound.com/royalty-free..., Dan Lebowitz - Tiptoe Out the Back

[@junemacdonald44]

So glad I found this video. My partner and I are taking over her family’s farm next spring that has sat for a long time and has a lot of new tree growth. I have a bunch of fabrication experience, and this is EXACTLY what we are going to need! Thank you for posting this!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Glad you like the Rhino Ripper. I can really recommend it to remove all type of stumps in a very efficient way.

[@HangNguyen-ty7zv]

Where can get it? I think this is very good product!!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

@HangNguyen-ty7zv I made it myself, so you can't buy it anywhere. But a metalworker in your neighbourhood should be able to make you one.

[@junemacdonald44]

@@OutdoorsintheLowCountries thanks so much! I have since found your build video and between my brother and I we have the skills and tools to make it happen!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

@@junemacdonald44 Great. Please let me know when you have it built and if it works as well for you too.

[@stretchmfe4913]

Great execution. I just ordered a QA plate and have some AR400 3/4" at the shooting range. I'll be tackling this in the next few days. I have a stump bucket but the tractor don't have the balls to move all that dirt and carve out roots, so it's just not very efficient. Will keep you posted. All the best.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks! AR400 3/4" will be a very good candidate for creating a Rhino Ripper. Please let me know if you have the same positive experience as I have. Use both the front loader upward force and the wheel traction in 4WD to rip roots. Good luck!

[@Smokeroux]

Great Video!!! From the US Lowlands/ Swamp. Subscribed!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks and appreciated! I'm glad you like it.

[@brucesneed2299]

Thanks for sharing, I'm going to try to make one very soon . I've read some of the comments and Thanks for giving your dimension.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

You're welcome! Good luck making your own Rhino Root Ripper!

[@brucesneed2299]

I've made my ripper it works good, but I wanted to show you a picture of it but I can't send it on this comment. Is this e mail on your reply OK to use.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

@@brucesneed2299 Good to hear that it works good. You can send your pictures of your ripper to: [e-mail]. I'm very curious.

[@ben8606]

Great ingenuity! Thanks for the video

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[@dollywarrior]

I like your design. Good job bro

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thank you!

[@richardteychenne3950]

That looks very efficient in the way it transmits the forces directly into the roots you are working on. Smart thinking!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks!

[@ladwiss]

I have a welding plate I have been itching to make something with. THIS IS IT. Great idea to make this ripper . Really like this tool. Super job you did

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks, and lots of succes making the ripper.

[@endiron9478]

Excellent video. I am now going to make one and mention your video in mine. Great work! Cheers!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks! I appreciate your reference to my video.

[@joetterolison4093]

Looks nice Great Job

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks!

[@tbrenner2374]

Great job! Very impressive fabrication. Thanks for sharing

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks and glad you like it.

[@davidbauman4705]

Awesome job , I’m impressed

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks! I appreciate you like it. It works great, taking out stumps has become a fun job to do.

[@debbiestrawn8030]

this is the nicest design i have seen for small tractors

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks Debbie. It indeed works very well with a compact tractor.

[@rich.trails]

Excellent design, it looks to work very well. I will make a similar one.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks and succes building your own!

[@shawnhulke7385]

Awesome project. I need one.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks and glad you like it. I can surely recommend to get one. :-)

[@artledoux7663]

Great job!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks!

[@novascotiadave7527]

Great idea and video

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Glad you think so!

[@dougjackson6404]

Very well done-your design-strength-and durability is superb. Consider obtaining a patent and a producer should be happy to produce them. Thank you for sharing!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks! Very glad you like the design.

[@renatoamericano2335]

Thanks my friend, I live in South America, implements are not that easy to find in general and even more so for compact tractors down under here. That's not what it used to be in Germany where I come from, in Europe or in the US. That for I accepted my destiny being a part time welder ( I secretly love it) I will copy your rhino and your back bukket and dedicad it to you with a big sticker of your chanel. You're a big guy! Saludos desde otro lado del mundo y bendiciones

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Nice to read that I was able to help you with some ideas of creating your implements from the other side of the planet. Thanks for the sticker and I wish you good luck and a lot of creativity to make some nice things! Muchas gracias y saludos de regreso.

[@anthonyc833]

Thanks for the great idea. Works great. I should of had one earlier. Great for running pipe and conduit also. I emailed you some pics. Let me know what you think.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks, I will have a look and let you know.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks for sending me the pictures. The ripper looks great. I wish you lots of fun and success using it together with your B2601 to remove stumps. 👍

[@4821jeffrow]

I have a stump bucket that is make in a triangle it works pretty good but your design I like much better. It's very obvious it will create less stress on the loader and the tractor from it being so narrow but still very strong and not having to dig up so much dirt

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks. The narrow knife indeed goes very well through the ground and is also very effective in cutting the roots. I run the engine just a little bit above stationary RPM, making it work very smoothly.

[@jacklurie2496]

This is a great attachment! I have seen rippers that can be used in place of a backhoe bucket; but this is the only unit I have seen that mounts on the FEL. Very well made and heavy duty. I think you will get great service out of your Rhino. Very good video describing your fabrication.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks Jack! I used it already several times and it works great. It is also my intention to make a video demonstrating the usage of the Rhino Root Ripper

[@olafalafel]

Vette shit Man!! zeer goed idée!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Dankjewel, werkt geweldig goed en gebruik het ook veelvuldig.

[@StandingGoatsRescue]

Very nice creation! I need to build something like this for my compact tractor too…we have several hundred stumps that need to be removed. Thank you for sharing this with us!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks. I can really recommended to build one. It has saved me already lots of time and (manual) work.

[@jeffwilliams533]

I think you did an awesome job One thing you should probably add is a thumb on top to be able to grab your route and lift it up take it away

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks, and good idea about the thumb!

[@davidconnors8830]

I have a 1/2” (12.7mm) quick attach plate on order. Plan to replicate your rhino ripper. I hope 1/2” a36 plate will hold up. Thanks for leading the way.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Sounds like a good plan. Be sure to make it strong using a base plate with strengthening triangular ribs to prevent bending of the quick attach plate. I'm still glad that I made it as strong as it is. I added an extra triangular rib from the ripper blade upwards onto the quick attach plate to reduce the stress of the of the interface plate onto the quick attach plate. You can see it at the later video's of the rhino ripper (eg. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6mslaaBgrtsm80). Good luck with your own Rhino Ripper! I've used it already countless times.

[@mymorristribe]

Super amazing idea and build video. I plan to copy your design. I hope that's ok. Thanks!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks. I put these videos on YT to share interesting ideas. So yes, enjoy building and using the Rhino Root Ripper.

[@Mike44460]

@@OutdoorsintheLowCountries Can you please supply some dimensions of the ripper? Length of the ripper and width at the base. 15 mm plate is a bit over 9/16" here in the USA which is not a common plate thickness so 1/2" would be our option. Thanks in advance.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

@@Mike44460 From the ripper nose tip perpendicular to the welding plate is 60 cm. The widest part of the ripper blade is 22 cm. The plate thickness is 1.5 cm.

[@Mike44460]

@@OutdoorsintheLowCountries Thanks for answering my post. Keep ripping!

[@jefferyburke5717]

I was thinking of this invention in my mind Nd viola ! You bet me to it ! Well done . Mind if I copy your lead . BRAVO

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks, and you're welcome to copy it and see how successful it is removing stumps.

[@scotttownsend4405]

Really clever idea and good job creating this. The soil where I live is very tight and rocky. It is basically glacial till. Have you tried this in hard rocky soil?

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks. I only used in sand with sometimes large boulders. That worked fine. But the long thin blade is very good in penetrating all types of soil. So I don't see a reason why it wouldn't work in harder soil. Only issue is when the blade is stuck under a rock or something else that can't be lifted by the front loader.

[@andik859]

Good Job. You have a air compressor for the plasma cutter, you have no airbrush pistol for the paint job ? Very good created tool.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks. I do have a few spray pistols from a simple compressor set, but I only used them for cleaning fluids, never with paint. Perhaps I should give it a try indeed. :-)

[@jimkirk7230]

Excellent idea, well thought out. Have you a patent on it? I'd love to have one.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks! No patent, copyright free! 😊

[@jamesrinaudo7907]

How long is the ripper tooth and the widest part. I have a b22 series and an old blank quick attach plate so I'm going to make one but could use some dimensions to get started. It's just what I needed to clear up some medium and small stuff around the place. thanks

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

From the ripper nose tip perpendicular to the welding plate is 60 cm. The widest part of the ripper is 22 cm. The plate thickness is 1.5 cm. Succes in creating your own version! 👍

[@NoThemeMischief]

I tried one on a home made 3point rake that I made as an additional attachment. Work okay on a few stumps but movement and power is limited on the 3point. Mild steel bent and I thought why not make one for the FEL as it can pick the rear end off the ground with ballast even. And here I am. But I don't have a quick attach bucket on my 80's JD 650. Thats going to add to the cost and time invested...

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Hi Jeff, Good thing you created your own version. Always have an open mind for improvement. And when things don't turn out the way it was intended you did gain valuable experience.

[@eddietolbert5308]

how thick was your quick attach plate? would 3/8 work?

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

The main plate is 6 mm (0.24"), the top side of the interface plate is 12 mm (0.47"). The extra interface plate onto the root ripper is welded is also 12 mm (0.47") making the total thickness at the ripper location 18 mm (0.71"). 3/8 is 9.5mm. So for the main interface plate this is very good. At the ripper base I would add extra reinforcement ribs to increase stiffness and reduce material stresses (likewise as in the video).

[@johnbeckywier1548]

Ok. I don’t have the tools you do. When will they be available?? J

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Just ask your local blacksmith when he has time to make one. 😊

[@markbaumann7657]

How long did you make the Rino horn?

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

The Rhino Horn is 60 cm measured perpendicular from the welding plate.

[@cornesmeets5240]

Mooi gemaakt! Is het met euro-koppeling? Ik zoek ook zo'n ding. Zelf is het voor mij te heftig ivm een beperking, om zelf te maken. Zo'n zware tol kan mijn prothese niet aan.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Dankjewel! Het is geen euro-koppeling. De meeste merken van compact tractors gebruiken als interface van de voorlader die van de Bobcat schranklader (skid steer). Dat is de interface plaat in de video. Als je die eentje besteld kan een metaalwerker of servicebedrijf van landbouwwerktuigen de rhino ripper erop lassen.

[@detailingtube8586]

Looks good, but did You tried with larger roots? The root which You are taking out is small, that I think You could possibly try to pull it out even with the Front Loader itself. What about the trailer, did You thought allready about one?

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

The root ripper is made to rip or cut the roots around the stump one by one until the stump is loose. For larger stumps one will need to use a larger radius to limit the root thickness, but still apply the same principle. I also did the root ripping around the stumps in the video before I could lift them up. But since this video is about the making and is already quite long I didn't want to elongate it further. This demonstration might be something for another video.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

What do you mean with the trailer question?

[@KMMEDIA1]

@@OutdoorsintheLowCountries I see that You have a lot of gear for Your Kubota, but no trailer:) I was wondering, if You also will get one.

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

@@KMMEDIA1 Ah OK :-). But I do already have a trailer, see for example at the end of: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKeuh6Ghl9uehJI. I use it a lot to transport branches and bushes that I have cut off.

[@KMMEDIA1]

@@OutdoorsintheLowCountries haha I did not realized You have it too :)

[@Northeast_Mainiac]

What model Kubota is that please?

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

As mentioned in the description: Kubota B2261 4WD HST (26 hp). This is a European model.

[@markbaumann7657]

It appears that you used a wire welder is that correct?

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Yes indeed. It is a wire welder indeed. I am making a special on the welder. You will see it soon.

[@gregorycumming1871]

You should patent this idea!

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Thanks, but worldwide patents are expensive and difficult to check upon. So it is copyright free!

[@dutcher0788]

How much to make me one and ship it to Grand Rapids mi?

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

I don't make them professionally. Best to go to your local blacksmith and order one from there. They are not difficult to make.

[@ronaldwilliams1578]

They are to call it the rhino

[@OutdoorsintheLowCountries]

Yes indeed, the Rhino Root Ripper.