Removing stumps the COOL way!

Removing stumps the COOL way! Using a gnarly stump splitter on a 330 excavator.

[@aolinger680]

Makes you appreciate how hard the settlers worked to clear land for farming.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

It would’ve taken months to do that work. 👍👍

[@Glitch-nr9ct]

OMG ...right? They also had to make the tools to do it by hand first. I bet they damned well took care of those tools unlike my guys who think cleaning and oiling a tool is ridiculous.

[@topspeederalmond]

@@Glitch-nr9ct TRUTH I think I hired a couple of the ones you fired!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

That thing is amazing! Thanks for sharing.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Thanks, Tim! I’m a big fan of your channel! Your videos are excellent!

[@BusHuxley]

What an unreal tool for the job. My friend had a feild to stump on his piece and this would expedite the process nicely. How do the teeth hold up to rocks? We grow em big out here in Maine.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

I haven’t had to test the tooth-to-rock stamina yet. I can state that bees are no match... stumps as well😬

[@Tomhohenadel]

Bus Huxley that’s all you need is another toy to play with. No matter how old we are, boys still like to play with toys, just bigger toys.

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Especially if they come with diesel fumes!

[@2naturesownplace]

the back 4 teeth. Have you considered an alternating offset to each side?Thus as you rip thru..they are cutting a wider channel.

[@wpog8453]

Richard Elbe that's actually a very good idea.

[@falllineridge]

That is just incredible. Thanks for sharing!

[@mikelliteras397]

The machine is a beast but those stumps put up a pretty good fight

[@bobbybogs6864]

Yea, I noticed that the backend of the Rooster was lifting off the ground on some of them when he was trying to pull them out. Still, a great tool. Wish I had something like it at my old house.

[@nsxt290]

Cool, powerful machine. 👍I need one of these for my birthday

[@edwardanderson6251]

Gives you a whole new appreciation for the strength of those roots when they can tip an excavator up on its toes like that!

[@sitatan]

Amazing machines. They are berry cool. Thank you from Japan.

[@mattc8852]

In Japan they use Godzilla !

[@barryhansen6854]

That is an impressive tool to deal with stumps, better than digging around the stump creating a big hole.

[@kevinclegg9228]

Love the concept of being able to break the stump up while it is still in the ground. Digging stumps and hauling them whole is ineficient and expensive as hell. Great video!

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Thank you! You can handle the smaller pieces much easier than a whole stump.

[@Chris-dg7vk]

Where can you purchase one of those. Any info would be very much appreciated. Nice demo and a very awesome piece of equipment

[@Ghost__15__3]

The attachment or the machine

[@garybailey8218]

Damn, one of the BEST attachments, I’ve seen on U-tube!! Every logger should have one in his back pocket.🤯

[@vrock265]

Cool. I just watched a video using draft horses and a fulcrum to pull stumps. Man animals and men had it tough. Amazing what our ancestors accomplished.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

That’s no joke! Even over the 26 years I’ve been doing this the improvements have been many.

[@TheMattroloff]

How satisfying. Super efficient. I was always taught to bring the right tool to the job. This is a nice example. .

[@Brad772006]

I thought I had seen every excavator attachment made. I have never seen one of these. That is a cool tool right there. That sure would make burning the stumps a lot faster. I live in the Southeast and have pulled quite a few stumps with my machinery. I pulled one up that was taller than a Toyota Tacoma pickup (had to dig on that one a bit). Oh and I really like the rake on the Deere back there too. Actually came close to getting one of those for my Kobelco.

[@jetenginethrust863]

"Necessity is the mother of invention" ! Very cool timesaving tool. Thanks for posting.

[@donmotz5528]

Ohhh ya...it could have been longer....I dont know why I can watch that stuff all day....lmao....thanx my friend.

[@markstengel7680]

Try those shredders on utube they do cars, bikes & motorcycles. You'll njoy

[@Sombrasnlspiritu]

The bees call it "The Destroyer of Worlds" lol

[@FlushtheSystem]

Thats funny...Just like Humans..The destroyer of the world LMAO. SO FUNNY!!

[@Kimbeattie]

amazing how much force a stump does take until it gives in to the machine love it!!

[@davidepool5884]

I really enjoy watching the angry rooster at work. It’s the best stump removal attachment out there in my opinion.

[@Bernie5172]

1960, I REMEMBER MY DAY DIGGING AROUND STUMPS FOR DAYS. Then put a few sticks of gelignite in them. KABOOM

[@paulerickson1906]

I know from experience how much force it takes to move a stump. We had a 100 ton Koehring Harvester coming to a dead stop in low gear. The operator asked us mechanics to come out and take a look at the machine. When we saw the machine come to a dead stop we had never had this problem before. When the machine went in reverse it was fine. When going forward it would run okay for a little bit and then stop. I went to the front of the machine to see if there was any issues with the front drive axle. Then I noticed the poplar stump that was sticking out of the ground about a foot and a half snagging the tow cable which was hanging a little low and sure enough that stopped that machine right now.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

nice machine, wow, never seen that before,

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Wait until you see some of the wood. There's a walnut thats around 36" at the base. It's not black walnut like you get but it's dark. A Pacific Yew that's 28" with a massive crotch section. Some coooool stuff I'm hoping to pick up this weekend.

[@OutoftheWoods0623]

Northwest Sawyer did you get your grapple fixed yet?

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Not yet. They said they’re sending me a new cylinder and the missing grease fittings a week ago. I’ll probably shoot them an email tonight.

[@carrollsanders9376]

I have actually used a ripper like that good for cow pasture not worth anything for crop land unless you love chunking.

[@kingsqueak2221]

That thing is cool, much more manageable pieces to handle and a lot less soil displacement too. Always amazed at just how strong a stump can really be.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

I used it on a 4’ diameter oak stump. It took a little while.

[@timbertom5736]

Yeah but, it still feel's like a kid in a sandbox with a Tonka...right?

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Mostly, timber tom. Mostly 😎

[@95db97]

That angry rooster attachment/device/thing, is fre-aking cool!

[@catdieselpower193]

That is one bad ass setup lol!! Love it! Awsome vid pard!

[@MrDavidelliottjr]

I loved this video. Dude handles the machine like a boss.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Thank you, sir.

[@dsargent669]

This is cool, wish I cold play like this.

[@LoggerWade]

Boys that is an angry rooster

[@Rambow145]

Yeah, That would be handy to have.

[@jackfleagle3506]

letsdig18 could do that with a mini powered by a 3 cylinder Yanmar!!

[@cainotheconcernedcitizen5196]

Super cool! Thanks for sharing!!

[@PaulDeanBumgarner]

That is one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen! Of coarse it won’t help me with my small suburban backyard stump removal. But it surely was fun to watch. Thanks, and I hope you weren’t stung.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Thanks, Paul! I wasn’t stung but the guy running the chainsaw was hit 9 times in two days. They were bad out there.

[@owl3031]

Reminds me of watching dentist videos picking at their patients plaque - crusted teeth with those metal picks..

[@festushaggen2563]

I'm officially putting 'Stumpinator Operator' on my list of jobs I'd like to do.

[@gastoncannon4710]

Wow, never seen that, but it works. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Thanks, Gaston Cannon!

[@sgibbons77]

Wow, you have some seriously good driving skills sir!

[@beautifuldurian]

I would not have believed such a simple rooster can break up such big trunks and roots!!! Seeing is believing! Amazing inventors.

[@R.E.HILL_]

That was one mean lookin ass scratcher... ☺

[@NorthwestSawyer]

For those hard to reach itches. 😬

[@MiniNinja258]

lol

[@MiniNinja258]

It'll for sure relieve your itch

[@jonalarcon8564]

R. E. Hill your right cool huh

[@jamescornwell7466]

Funny

[@mustang7845]

the power of those machines its awesome

[@baltsosser]

Hearing those stumps rip apart is a very satisfying sound.

[@theinfinitymachine9610]

first 10 seconds--dang that dragon claw is sharp! where can i rent one of those?

[@robfinney9289]

Thank you sir. I would like two please. Can I volunteer to drive for the day? Please? Excellent name.

[@bbarker5766]

That is the most awesome attachment that I've ever seen!!

[@christophersnyder3241]

that scorpion stinger attachment is the baddest claw on a machine ever.

[@hankhenry9199]

It can't handle bees?

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Probably. But I had gotten stung in the ear the week before and the whole side of my head and neck was swollen for three days.

[@LitoGeorge]

@@NorthwestSawyer sounds like a fair exchange. You destroyed their home, they give you some temporary discomfort. I once lifted my off road helmet visor to get cool air in about 150 metres away from home after hours of hard off road adventure biking. Doing maybe 40kmh. Bee flew into my helmet, stung me in the corner of my eye, the side closest to my nose. Nearly crashed trying to pull it out (reactionary). Looked like I had gone two rounds with Mike Tyson, minus blood. Bloody sore.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Yikes!

[@gford1491]

You know theres at least one bee trying to sting that

[@NorthwestSawyer]

They were nasty out there!

[@tahanyjubr205]

I wish it were longer and it was a very special piece. It was fun to watch

[@NorthwestSawyer]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/goqmeHyGe71-hK8 Here’s some more action 👍👍

[@Snarky79]

Man Alive. Over the years I've seen some intriguing stuff. Yhis one tops 'em out. Kudos to the designer of this one. Whee-oooh

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Glad you liked it!

[@prayfawind]

I came on KZbin to watch videos about motorcycles have no clue how I ended up watching this whole video 😂😂

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Isn’t KZbin great???🤣

[@ralpha112233]

I would suspect that you have it a little bit easier with the ground having a very high sand content and those trees didn't look that old either. Do you think you'd have a tougher time with an older tree with better established roots in a more earthy landscape? Great design, looks fun.

[@leifcoburn]

yea, every tree in this video looked dried out. A large fresh cut tree would laugh at this machine.

[@robertqueberg4612]

If the stump was from a live hardwood tree, you would need to go after the roots first, then roll it out of the hole. Then drop it in the bed of the boss’s pickup.

[@donaldtrimmer7611]

Effective but the cool way uses way more explosives than are actually needed.

[@billvincent368]

They work great on any stump you throw at them. I have one for our cat 320 and have taken out many stumps over the years with it.

[@MiniNinja258]

@@donaldtrimmer7611 use a mini nuclear bomb lol

[@jeffkatzer]

Yikes! Another beast of a machine

[@stevhanhughes673]

When I was a boy, Granddad would just build a huge pig pen around the field that he had cleared. In a couple of years or so, the pigs would have gotten the ground ready for ploughing cultivation, and he would plant potatoes or some other hardy crop. He was from the old country you see.......: ) He had to pull the remaining stumps with the horses however. It was amazing what the pigs can do with their noses. I liked your video, it brought back many memories for me. Thank you.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

We had pigs when I was young. They uprooted a big Fir tree behind our house and we had to cut it down.

[@Nick_Gerr-Pries]

This is a hippies worst nightmare

[@jaxxbrat2634]

The bucket does similar..with thumb on 400 Komatsu can pull the whole stump st8 out

[@justingauche6475]

Bull

[@johnkruton9708]

Para Dux Agreed, I call bull on thumb with bucket pulling much out but dirt. I have ran a excavator and the thumb and bucket is good for some of these tasks but the 3”or so wide blade concentrates the pulling force over much smaller surface area. The bucket would just sit there and bog down and pull the excavator up like it was doing in a few spots with just the hook and ripper blade. Much more efficient at ripping up the stumps to then have the other machine come and pick up the trash. Nothing more frustrating when running a thumb and bucket and just having a machine with 60K pulling force just working hydraulics to a standstill...much better use of physics with the smaller width blade.

[@johnvitz310]

Fine piece of machinery and great operating skills,,,thanks

[@Dirtbug473]

Live in Central Oregon. We have lava rock rock everywhere. Tree stumps are just as costly to demo. I just purchased a heavy duty Blue Diamond Auger then got a Spiral Stump Spliter...amazing. What used to take 1 to 2 hrs w/ a Cat E70 and Rockhammer...now I can split stumps w/ my Terex TSR50 in 20 minutes. a 3 ft dia fresh stump...30 minutes into 8inch shreds so a 8000 lb mini can finish it off. We get charged $150 per stump to dump. No one can use them. But if you shred them...cheap dump fee...and it goes out your tail gate.

[@scotttaylor8498]

Goes to show you how strong a tree truly is. It's picking that excavator up.

[@jaywillow9927]

That's a tiny excavator.

[@derekmessenger4905]

Holy crap that's cool. Don't mess with the rooster

[@minhnguyen5861]

Derek Messenger VN do not keep old trees

[@lesy6832]

Jason, that attachment is crazy. I've never seen anything like it. Hey, have a great weekend buddy.

[@christiandietz6341]

The rooster thing looks really scary! Mighty efficient too! Amazing 👍

[@treebuzzard5796]

Go on you know you want some nose art on the angry rooster...lol

[@outermostoutermost9418]

Ya with big teeth derrrrr gerrrrrr

[@ftnppg1272]

A simple bucket and some skills would get it out just as fast and in one piece. Maybe I am wrong.

[@molyoxide164]

Jon Mcadams you are totally correct that attachment I feel is worthless

[@ftnppg1272]

@@molyoxide164 It is certainly unnecessary, messy, and cumbersome. I want to see a bucket take a similar stump up side by side. Then I will make my decision final. Lol

[@johnwall3924]

I think he's breaking it up on purpose so it's easier to burn instead of pulling the whole stump out and then trying to cut it two pieces later

[@NorthViewModelShop]

Wow that is an amazing attachment

[@MSLLOGGING]

Pretty cool man lay in there

[@oldschoolmachinist1938]

That's one mean and aggressive looking tool. When I was young I used a 580 CK backhoe to dig out stumps on my parents property in the Olympic Peninsula. Equipment like that sure makes short work of laborious work. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work machines.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Well, I have MSHA training all day tomorrow. Probably not video- worthy 🤣

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Sorry, Pal. I went through that for WAY too long. Get out the little green book and commence to begain.You act goofy enough to work in a quarry. Me too, or DID since it started in the 70's off and on. Look at my account picture and you'll get that warm fuzzy feeling that you're about to get scorched. I did, several times.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Lewie McNeely it’s just temporary 🤣

[@lewiemcneely9143]

My last jag was 13 1/2 years between c.d.l. and when the dump trucks were full and it was too cold to pour concrete. I just despise the politics of it now. Hope you can stay at home for a good full time job. I'm snagged trying to clear house sites at high end developments. Goofy people with WAY too much money.

[@tropicalpolarbear6939]

God wish I had that thing two weeks ago I cleared we cleared 100 acres with two Jhon deer 450 dozers I'm still peeing blood lol

[@jansebb]

lv dug up a few stumps by hand so this was odly satisfying to watch....:)

[@MIIB7773]

It is more satisfying than other oddly satisfying videos.

[@louisedwards6681]

Hell yeah 😎

[@StephenMortimer]

We used DYNOMYTE . !! the fun NEVER faded !!

[@NorthwestSawyer]

I imagine it wouldn’t, Stephen. Some of the stumps out here, dynamite might not be a bad option. We’ll see what the city says😬

[@StephenMortimer]

Screw 'em ... you live in the State of Anarchy !! We once blew a "reluctant" stump on Cypress Island, Wa a QUARTER mile (it sank a pleasure boat) this was about 1959 This is the same site as the infamous "Fish Farm Escape of 160,000 Atlantic Salmon" I read it as an escape from a Gulag in the Soviet of Washington

[@StephenMortimer]

Clearly it was NOT "well made" !!

[@NorthwestSawyer]

But the stump was gone, right?😬

[@StephenMortimer]

Ya got me stumped.. was it ??

[@prime77089]

All the guys who think they can yank a stump out with their 1/2 ton pickup need to watch this video.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

But their videos are pretty funny.

[@metocvideo]

I like the ones where the chain breaks and smashes their rear windshield....

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Or the whole stump comes flying into their back seat🤣

[@greegor4719]

Saw teeth reminds me of ridge on back on some dinosaur reconstructions. Claw harkens to dinosaurs also. People who don't work around trees always underestimate how extremely heavy (dangerous) a little 6" dia "branch" can be, and similarly no idea how much force it takes to remove stumps. Splitting stumps in 2 or 4 is very smart.

[@sergeytaranovich2368]

Pretty good piece of equipment, but do you do the same thing with a big oak or hickory stump ?

[@NorthwestSawyer]

I used it on a 4’ diameter black oak stump. It took a minute but it got it out.

[@TheSagerider]

The power of hydraulics amazes me like in this video.

[@markbergemann1894]

Too many pieces to clean up.

[@faithrada]

OMG.. I WANT this machine! Too kewl.

[@matthewwarfield4302]

I like it! Impressed how you stab the stumps to move them to the pile. Would a thumb be more efficient, especially for the smaller bits?

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Thanks, Matthew! We actually have a second machine with a brush rake and a thumb that was cleaning up behind me so I could stay focused on the 2 million stumps.

[@mrbakerskatz]

Seems to me that might work better to dig around the stump breaking the root and then pulling the stump with that butt scratcher .Many ways to skin a cat tho

[@NorthwestSawyer]

The stumps have to be broken up for the chipper. It's a lot easier to do it while they're still in the ground.

[@mrbakerskatz]

Thanks for the reply . I look forward to enjoying your videos ..........#bigbeardfanclub

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Hahahahaha! I like the hashtag!😬

[@anthonythorp7291]

We use a different rig. It tips out small and medium stumps then a hydraulic thumb type appendage snips the stump up. Large stumps have to tear out roots first.

[@jasonayers7011]

@Blind Freddy By splitting the stump as they did in the video, it removes all the dirt. Nice job!!

[@bishamsiew5136]

Years to grow, seconds to go...

[@MiniNinja258]

LOL right!!!

[@MiniNinja258]

I was just thinking man its so much work to remove stumps we must find a way to build with trees still alive like build on top of them or some other way which we don't know yet......possibly never.

[@michaellintern4487]

Sounds like getting married in the modern era

[@datsunz152]

If it took years to cut down a tree you wouldnt have 99.9999% of the world youve grown comfortable with

[@darrenkastl8160]

MikeW19 there's actually more tree in the us then 400 yrs ago.

[@WowMachine]

Could you tell me the name of this machine?

[@NorthwestSawyer]

It’s a stump splitter on a Link Belt 330 excavator.

[@WowMachine]

@@NorthwestSawyer Thanks, awesome video.

[@DIRT-BOSS]

I just bought a ripper for my kobelco sk160 because of this video!

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Rippers work great too! I used a massive one on our Hitachi 470 to dig out boulders a couple months ago. I should’ve filmed it🤦🏼‍♂️

[@jasonslabaugh5783]

Isn't Dynamite more fun? Lol

[@mattc8852]

Napoleon that is

[@johnhorton9637]

Yes it is. Making stuff go boom is much more gooder

[@user-wr4lg2co6z]

This thing made a hell of a mess... all that swinging & digging you could have used a bucket & dug it out & it would have been ten times cleaner of a job.....

[@guyp383]

they make this. but attached to a stump shear. that's the way to go

[@gaineygainey6201]

Looks relaxing

[@sixtyfiveford]

Impressive

[@dallasburgher6068]

Tim the tool man is jealous.

[@philmortlock259]

This guy's enemies would want to be very wary imagine what that could do to a house.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

You just gave me a video idea 😬

[@philmortlock259]

@@NorthwestSawyer don't go and knock down your ex's house mate.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Ha! No no no. But I do occasionally get to knock down a house. 😬

[@RentADad]

@@NorthwestSawyer ay is that up yet

[@NorthwestSawyer]

The Observer not yet😛

[@robertqueberg4612]

That looks like some mad rooster, beak,comb, and determination. That would put on a show in a live Osage Orange stump.

[@quill6211]

Hook looks good but it’s easier and less of a mess to remove the stump with the hook if you dig around the stump then pop it out in one piece.

[@NorthwestSawyer]

But then it won’t fit in the grinder which is why we do it this way.

[@ronmartin3755]

A D13 would have been quicker and more effective!

[@DieselRamcharger]

the cool way is TNT....

[@D8W2P4]

My dad told me about how his dad would often use about a quarter stick of dynamite from the local hardware store on big stumps to blow them out of the ground right into a trailer. Sadly can't do that anymore because of government meddling.

[@wendymorrison5619]

Diesel Ramcharger My Dad used gelignite to take out huge stumps in the mountains. They were giant Eucalyptus trees, so wussy softwoods.

[@TonaldDrump686]

I too have heard mention of giant Douglas fir stumps being lifted into orbit with dynamite.

[@zoubirbennecer2390]

Chergui n'anime

[@zoubirbennecer2390]

la

[@garyofnyc]

Love that crunchy sound. Feel the crunch.

[@chrisfrench3687]

Is this something available to the general public? Can I order one for my services? Can they be fabricated for different machines?

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Right after I posted this video someone had commented that they were the designer of this tool. You might be able to look through and find the comment and reply to him. If not, I’ve heard other companies have these. You could probably Google “excavator stump splitter “.

[@RomeKG471]

May work good with soft pine and dry loose dirt but not with tough Burr Oak!

[@NorthwestSawyer]

I took on a cottonwood stump that day and it was not easy.

[@RomeKG471]

Ten-4, ever use a Rome K/G blade on a D7 or D8?

[@NorthwestSawyer]

cletrac 12c never heard of it?

[@RomeKG471]

I have a video on here its Stump Splitting/ Caterpillar D7G with Rome K/G blade removing 6' stump. And Cat D7E with Rome K/G blade Clearing

[@NorthwestSawyer]

Well now I’m going to check it out!

[@wilsoncrocker]

"remove stumps the COOL way".... yet i saw not even a gram of c4 or even symtex... 😕

[@pup734]

The angry rooster is a monster Love it

[@Polymerbob]

I think that I shall never see .... a poem as lovely as a tree. I wish, of course, that there could be .... a tree that's left for me to see. A lumber firm from out of town .... has chopped the whole darn forest down. But I'll show up those lousy chumps. .... I'll go and write a poem called "Stumps"!

[@NorthwestSawyer]

The stumps are gone too..... So, now what are you going to do?....

[@purple_badassery8240]

Is it not illegal to destroy bee hives? I thought they have to bee moved ;)

[@NorthwestSawyer]

I've never heard of it being illegal. If these were honey bees, I would have them relocated but these were yellow jackets. Pests.

[@purple_badassery8240]

That's what I ment but I wasn't sure, it definitely is in the UK... For honey bees anyway, But I said it more for the pun :)

[@purple_badassery8240]

And yes yellow jackets are evil!

[@Makhloufization]

That's un-bee-lievable !

[@Patriot1776]

I've been stung by them, and my father is ALLERGIC to them! He has to carry an emergency bee sting allergy injection kit in his outdoor work truck to jab and pump himself full of medicines with if he ever winds up getting stung while doing field telco work! Wasps and yellow jackets deserve no mercy! >:D

[@charleyandsarah]

Well thats just cheating...

[@lewiemcneely9143]

That's what I said, especially with a 330!

[@MisterTwister88]

WNC Portable Sawmilling Cheaters win too 😀

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Yeah but you get fat and lazy if you're not careful!

[@sharkfatrccustoms2211]

When I heard that Rooster crow at the start I was waiting for "Skibidi, pap, pap, pap" haha

[@iPITTSBURGH412]

Lol big shaq

[@bigchris753]

Did you make that yourself? That's awesome!

[@NorthwestSawyer]

I did not make that, Big Chris.