Shaking In It's Roots: Case mini-Ex removes Surface Tree Roots

[@rayeddy528]

Christy, great to see you out and about !!!! ( That is if this is not an older video) Pray you are doing well !!! Great job Tim !!! Thank you all !!!! God's blessings I pray for you all !!!! Please be safe my friends !!!!!! Eddy

[@kurtsimmons1587]

Tim I’m finally able to watch some of your older videos! I saw a guy made himself what he called a ripper. All it was , a hook to be able to rip out the roots of the stumps.

[@laprepper]

So cool that you help your neighbors. I'd love to do this in my future, just need the toys, ahem, tools, first :)

[@snapperkc9317]

Looking good...Thanks! Nice job on clearing those pesky roots!!

[@MRBOOOYA]

Amazing work to you and ken, casey handled it like a champ

[@sogyseal7962]

Its amazing how strong stumps are. Ive had the back of a 325 Cat off the ground digging stumps;

[@ffc3476]

I absolutely love to watch you guys Thanks again

[@mi2tn]

Impressive!! Casey did a great job and I'm with you, I pretty sure you can get the stump out. Everything in a smaller size takes a bit longer. Still a lot better then using a shovel.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I think the ladies got tired of watching, and I didn’t want to wear out our welcome.

[@RKHarm24]

I wonder if some of those large roots were growing under the neighbors house close by? Love hearing the wood creak and pop as you know she is giving up and letting go. Another fine job and good to see Christy back up and going, unless this is a left over from before her foot issue.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes. Left over

[@ronmack1767]

Evening Y'all I believe you could have got that stump out too Tim. I was hoping Ken would have said, keep digging. Enjoyed the Casey video. Take care and God bless.

[@waynebrogdon9628]

I worked cutting trees for several years, stump grinders are amazing. That is an awesome root structure

[@GrampysTractor]

Great video Tim and all the extra actors were terrific. I would have burn that stump if it was inside my fence out of view. Neighbors are great but all the people driving by may call me in since we can't have open fires here. Casey was fun to operate and easy to get the hang of the controls. A little more seat time and I could have been a pro too.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ken, there is a comment here of someone in Indiana wanting to get rid of 1025r...

[@michaelmactavish1728]

Ken Litherland : yeah that kubota engine in this casey sure is tough strong digging power

[@kenlitherland6065]

Tractor Time with Tim yes I saw that comment too

[@brucealvarez9263]

Those were some amazingly large roots and just below the surface and so far out from the trunk. They were bigger than branches on a lot of large trees!

[@johndeno562]

Great video. Getting the stump tore up for sure.

[@Mikey2tone666]

I love your videos you have a lot of fun. Have you ever thought about turning your blade around to the rear. When you do that it pins the machine down. I found you get more digging power out of the small executors like that. It works the Kubota.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Doesn’t work well at all with this unit. Blade needs to be in front.

[@stevebradley678]

Wow grinding stumps in Indiana is expensive. I live in Newnan Ga home town of Alan Jackson and the walking dead. I had 4 stumps grind one the size of that one $400. I love watching your channel learning so much.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

That was huge stump, Steve. The video may not fully show it. I guess we should have done some measurements.

[@tcbridges]

Nice going Tim. You want snow come over here to Erie, Pa how about 62" so fan in a week.

[@robbridges7810]

Just a heads up. When your digging stumps you can use your bucket as a pry bar and almost double your curling strength. It’s hard to explain but if you get your teeth under the root curl up and-crowd in and boom down at the same time. This puts pressure on the back side of your bucket creating a pry bar effect. Try it sometime you will really be surprised on the out come you just need to think about it a little bit and practice it.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Makes perfect sense, Rob. I will try when I get the chance. Thanks.

[@allthethingswedo]

That's pretty impressive performance, especially considering the positioning of the blade. I know there was mention of the need for an extra counterweight, but the solution would have been to put the blade *behind* you when digging...not in front, as with larger excavators. Then, the mini ex won't rock as much and the potential downward force on the bucket is increased. Case even has a nice video about this recommendation.

[@joeyshofner639]

Ash is a beautiful tree! We are running out of them where I live.

[@hsmith3844]

I learn something new every time, thanks. Great......... The finance committee allowed for another motorcycle and to RENT a small trackhoe. : )

[@PastorDavidFranklin]

Tim you have become quite the operator!!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Smooth Operator. :-)

[@PastorDavidFranklin]

LOL!!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Hope things are going well for you. I assume still nice and warm there! Snow flurries here. Low will be 0 tonight.

[@PastorDavidFranklin]

In the 40's. Supposed to get a little sprinkling of snow. Not much, just barely an inch they are calling for. Enough to make morning rush a bit of a mess!!!

[@spinb]

They make a Ripper Tooth attachment for those minis. Great for stumps and demo, such as brick walkways and concrete, or even asphalt.

[@prodriver12345]

Got a stump out like that last year with a 2.6 tonne machine. U would be suprised at the amount of digging required tim! Alot of soil and stuff sticks underneath too so its very heavy.

[@michigantler5046]

Good job Tim And Christy

[@Drew6709]

Tim, my neighbor took out a large fir stump in about 30 pieces with 2025r. And a new bar and chain for his saw. And assisted with my Dodge Ram, choker cable and shovel. It's out.

[@antonioestevesala1782]

2nd vid in a row! I just discovered your channel and it looks like a gold mine! Hehe

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Welcome to our channel! We have 260+ videos now. We can keep you busy for hours! Thanks for watching!

[@timkd5vmv583]

Just a little more digging and it would have come out. Great Job and a fun project.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

That is always how I think.

[@donlatimer5114]

Tim Casey did a good job. you should check out aftermarket thumb for Casey, it would be a lot of help on projects like this.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Looking into it.

[@Freecan67]

We have the same problem with Ash trees up here in Canada. You are not alone.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ah, that's too bad. I thought it hadn't got that far north yet.

[@Freecan67]

Tree service guys are making a killing right know. All to do with the Ash trees. The city of Ottawa has a big problen. There are Thousands of then in the City.

[@nashguy207]

Good job tim as always. I hate roots that stick up out of the ground like that we just weed eat around them. Casey did a great job I think some of those roots would of been a little large for johnny. I think its nice how you let the customer try the machine out I know I would not be near as good you my supervisor is better at running the skid steer than I am when we rent them. LOL How long is your trailer you haul johnny and casey on would a 20ft trailer be long to put both of them on? Have a great day and God Bless

[@dustinwiggin9470]

Nice, I wanted to rent one of these for little stumps and they were such babies said needed least cx37 for stumps.

[@woolliehead]

have you thought of getting a ripper tooth for casey I have seen them on bigger machines and they seemed to work well

[@lodprice2343]

That is some great looking dirt. I agree with you that a little more time and you would have gotten the whole stump removed.

[@bluegrasskid4835]

You were using the 1.7 metric ton Case, do you think the 3.3 metric ton one shown in the earlier video could have gotten the stump out?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

No idea. I think the 17 would get it out eventually. We just got tired of working on it.

[@Drew6709]

Actually Tim, now you need a TR3E rake or Gravel Rascal to level around the stump with Johnny to patch the yard. And whatever else you can think of.

[@Drew6709]

Tim, you don't need a counterweight until you are on your tippy toes all the time.

[@tretter1452]

Hey I know someone in my area of Indiana who has a 1025R for sale if he really is interested; I can even say the guy took really good care of it and hardly used it! :)

[@ohiovalleypondandexcavatio2114]

That little thing can’t be over 3,500 pounds soaking wet. Lol You need a bigger excavator or a lot more cheese burgers for a stump that big. Just messing with ya Tim.What to do is have him cut slices in it with a chain saw and every time they cook with vegetable oil pour the left over oil in those saw cuts. And have weekend fires on that stump with a fire ring around it. Then in a couple years you can come back and dig out what’s left.

[@tylervanhouden7657]

Tim Bergfeld 3910lbs with the smallest bucket

[@BlenderGaming]

Keep up the good work

[@harmab2]

great video, what's your opinion on fail mowers

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Have never used one.

[@snapperkc9317]

Thanks for your response...our video is fine now.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Glad to hear that...still only 360 for us. Oh well!

[@keithbrettell2058]

Same here, glad I'm not the only one LOL

[@TheJf5432112345]

How much more work would it have been to get the big stump out? My HD rents a little Kubota. I have a huge stump like that where I want to dig it out so I can widen my driveway.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

it is lots of work to dig a huge stump.

[@coypatton3160]

If you have room around your stump where you will not need to be concerned with catching something else on fire burn out your stump. Ken’s fence was a bit close for burning in my opinion

[@jammin60psd]

Also check out local equipment rental not the just the orange box. Most of the times in order to rent any of their towed equipment you have to have a 1ton. At least in FL. Sunbelt down here will deliver a larger machine for the same price as a weekend rental from HD.

[@bobivanski5635]

It’s the same in Ontario Canada hit hard by the emerald ash bore

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Didn’t realize it had gotten so far north

[@peterkober6758]

Tim Kristi it this you how it was gun watching how it works your videos are always interesting PaK Two Rivers Wisconsin

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Hard to fully understand your comment, but thanks for watching!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Oh, ok! Thanks!

[@jakeschisler7525]

Casey did good! Now to get Ken's wife to let him get new tractor would be heaven for him. I sure didn't take me long to get mine

[@okjd159]

My father use to mix 2,4-D WEED KILLER (before it was removed from the market) and used motor oil and put on stump, it would take about three years to soften the stump that size to use a shovel. I have used old motor oil it takes a little longer. The wood seams to hold the oil. As a side note the army use to mix 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T to get agent orange, I learned that in one of my Ag coarse. That is why you can not get 2,4-D any more.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

You can in fact buy 2,4-D now. It is the main ingredient in the 'lawn weed chemicals' you can get at the Lowes, Home Depot, Menards, etc. You cannot get 2,4,5-T.

[@okjd159]

2,4,5-T was for trees, but the toxic by product can not be separated. I believe to be dioxin.

[@jeffreid3341]

Time, what size JD tractor backhoe would casey compare to.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I think a 3-series

[@johnstegall4119]

tim you need a ripper for the mini x i have one for my JD35D inproves pulling power by appx 75%

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Makes sense

[@felixcoutdoors]

How much did that excavator cost? Was it brand new?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Case Construction provided the CX17C for our use. The MSRP is around $32k. However, buying price is much less.

[@felixcoutdoors]

Tractor Time with Tim wow that’s a lot! That’s great they provided it for you

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I think it is closer to 20k buying price

[@pickuptruckz]

Your in Indiana? Hello from Sullivan County!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Have driven through that area many times. Welcome to our channel!

[@pickuptruckz]

Thank you Hope to see a new tractor soon!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Unlikely. We’re too busy to make it happen.

[@pickuptruckz]

Well Jonny still has Casey so it’s ok :)

[@rcguymike]

What do you guys needs a compressor for? A Milwaukee cordless will work way better especially during videos! I don't use my compressor for hardly anything anymore except filling tires...and my air hammer😁

[@jonasmaskiner2872]

9:09 you need a 39 inch grading bucket without teeth its very god for cleaning and backfilling :D Nice Video

[@Justin-fr2pn]

Got the Case out again. Maybe you should get 1 of these. Second video I have seen with the case and you seem to be happy with its capabilities.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I love it.

[@deanbushnell2120]

I have the bxpanded thumb for my 1025r backhoe and really like it very heavy duty

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I can see why you would like it

[@jamesdiehl8690]

Dynamite?

[@Zurar]

Nicely rotten stump for as young of a stump as it is. Can see why the tree had to be taken down. That said, you sure are hard on Casey. Doing things like stump removal, you want to be as close to the roots you're working on as possible so the stress of the job is evenly spread across all of your joints on the arm. It also provides a lot more power and stability when you get closer, so the back of the excavator doesn't come off the ground so much. The way I saw you digging put excess stress on the joint between the boom and dipper stick as well as the blade when your strongest joints are in your boom and bucket. The guy that taught me how to operate machinery was a stickler when it came to running the machine efficiently, but also in a way to reduce wear as much as possible. Something to note is: if you're doing something that lifts up part of your machine or if wheels/tracks are moving but you're not, you're putting undue stress and wear on your machine and need to rethink how you're approaching your task with the machine you're using. Rule 2 from your dad pretty much sums this idea up. Spend a little more time looking at your machine as it will tell you when you're doing something wrong, as long as you're willing to listen to it. This will also reduce how often you have to repair or replace your equipment. With excavators and backhoes, I generally lower the boom and have the stick as perfectly vertical as possible so the object I'm trying to work with is below the end of the boom when the bucket touches the ground. This allows you to reach past the object for digging, while not being too close to the machine and will give you the best power while spreading the work across the joints as evenly as possible. Anyway, love your videos! I have a little 1026r (precursor to the 1025r) TLB, myself, and have been looking at some of the attachments you've gotten, trying to decide if I should get them or not; which is pretty much how I found TTWT. I did just get a new snowblower for it this winter, and despite the lack of snow, in my area, it's shown it's potential usefulness over a blade or bucket, already. Would love to see what you think of the blower vs the blade!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks. I appreciate it. Bi’ve never had ANY training. In fact your suggestions are the first I’ve heard about how to be more efficient with roots. Thanks!

[@Zurar]

Glad to be of some assistance. I learned the hard way, when I was young, that I need to pay as much attention to the tools I'm using as the task I'm performing, as I often either damaged my dad's tools, or even hurt myself, by not doing so; and one of my previous employers was raised the same way. Anyway, basic physics can be very useful for reducing wear and tear on your machine. That said, moving the joints more than necessary on sufficiently light materials (such as a bucket of simple dirt) can also add "undue wear", so be mindful of what you're working with. The heavier the object, the closer it should be to the machine, but light objects brought close when digging and dumping far from the machine is also "undue wear"; just like spinning tires or tracks means your load is too big/heavy to push, and is another type of "undue wear" as your machine is doing work, but nothing is getting done. A good way to look at your excavator arm is to compare it to your own. Find something heavy at home (20+lbs) and try lifting it in different ways while holding your arm in a manner similar to your machine's. Do the same thing with light objects and you'll quickly see what's going to be easiest for your machine, as well. There are 2 things to learn from doing this, though. The first one is more obvious; heavier loads brought closer are easier to lift; but the second one is not so obvious. Just like your arm doesn't move in the same way as Casey's, because it's not the optimal way to move the joint (you want the joint to be more "square" with the work you're doing); you want to have your blade and tracks as square to your work as possible, too, to reduce stress on those parts of the machine. Not as big of an issue for simple dirt digging, but with roots and heavy objects, an un-square load (or in this case, blade) is even more stress than heavier weight that is square (case in point at 11:12 on the video). Remember, these joints on machinery only operate on a single axis, unlike the human body's, which can operate on all 3 axis; and an unsquare blade is the same as the joint trying to pivot on an axis it's not made to; basically twisting it and stress it in a way it wasn't made for. All in due time, though. Experience is a great teacher, but tips and hints are usually a lot cheaper, in the long-run, I find. =) Also, sorry for the lengthy explanations; kind of a habit of mine, lol.

[@callumthorpe1907]

You need to get a ripper for the digger

[@shawnfox8002]

He could have a garden right there when that stump comes out great dirt for it.

[@dusanbajsanski6987]

Cut deep X on stump, or drill holes and fill it with used oil from car, truck w/e. When stump soek that in just add more and it will rot quickly. 3 or 4 times faster than normal, just something my grandpa teached me.

[@Drew6709]

a 200 size with a stump ripper to break the stump apart and have the power to pull the stump out.

[@bradolsen9981]

Did you get my message about purging Johnny diesel purge

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I don’t think I will be going through all of those steps you mentioned. These little Yanmar engines run forever. Why would we mess with success?

[@bradolsen9981]

Tractor Time with Tim well Tim all I can tell you is sometime in the future you might want to consider it because I’ve seen results of a purging of additional engine after they run smaller even cleaner the emotions were improved in the engine lasted much longer I just thought I’d mention it but I do encourage you to please look more into it into it in detail and then make your call because I realize not a lot of people of heard of it or know the benefits of it I’m sincerely believe if you look into it more thoroughly your realize the benefits for Johnny

[@bradolsen9981]

Tractor Time with Tim to me it’s cheap insurance not to mention preventative maintenance please Look into it with more detail then tell me what you think that’s all I’m asking

[@laprepper]

Tell Tim to wear safety glasses, if one of those things comes flying towards the cab, it will be a bad day...

[@richardm1631]

For a job what you doing you need to have a pair of safety glasses on so no dirty get in to your eyes. safety first

[@richardm1631]

I remember I used to dig it out by old way with a saw and pickaxe that was a work out😥

[@FlyguyXII]

I seriously had to remodel our master bathroom before I could get my 1025R. lol

[@iLikeC00kieDough]

FlyguyXII sounds like a win to me

[@hvacrman4704]

Get Back There and Finish The Job !!!!!!!!!!!

[@EMJ31]

I am still only getting 360....

[@nielsp914]

Nice, would love to see you take that bad boy out.

[@zach_hewitt]

I thought I heard the finance committee approve a thumb....

[@snapperkc9317]

Is it my connection or is the video somewhat not clear???

[@coypatton3160]

Mine is very blurry also.

[@nemesisgt350]

SnapperKC my quality of the video is low too

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ok, we're seeing it now. Not sure why it will play only at 360p. Our source material is 1080p! We'll try uploading again.

[@coypatton3160]

Tractor Time with Tim i went and watch a different video and came back and your video was fine. Idk what yt is doing.

[@crackedcoco]

It takes time for YT to fully scale the video to 1080p for all viewers. When the video is first uploaded lower quality is easiest to make availible to the audiance. I would give it up to 6 hours, depending on the length of the video, for fully 1080 or 4k to become available from your source.

[@Chris_L034]

i believe i would have left the dirt away from the stump and piled a bunch of wood around and on top of it and tried to burn it, at least below ground level.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Was pretty close to his house and his neighbors house

[@steverone7623]

Next time have him wash the dirt away before chainsawing dirt kills chains quick

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I should have done a voice over on this. He said his chain was already in bad shape, and he had a new chain ready to install, so he wasn’t concerned

[@gaffster787]

drill and diesel fuel and eventually some smores

[@jonathanguess4052]

Johnny and casey. Need to work togather on a videos

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yea, especially with the grapple. They will make a good team.

[@jackman6256]

you think case could just drop one off for me to try out say for a yr that is just see if I want one ofcourse it would be free dont think is going happen

[@patrickwheatley6156]

Jack hammer on a tree stump ?🤣

[@40lostyears]

Mighty Moe Excavating likes ripping out stumps. I have welded a tooth cutting-edge on both sides of bucket so u can literally saw the bigger roots instead of wrecking a chainsaw.Good job but please run Casey at full throttle.Not good for hydraulic pump when u hear the whining. Ty for the entertainment.A 20 ft trailer deck minimum to haul both machines who ever donates Tim one!!

[@SledgeHammer43]

You would need a bigger truck to pull a bigger trailer.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yep.

[@bigjim5723]

the closer u get to Hollywood status -lol. the bigger the equipment. ha!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

You’re stuck on that Hollywood thing. :-). Gotta get you on a video or two soon! How about joining us at the farm show in Louisville in feb?

[@bigjim5723]

hey- i just want ya to enjoy the fruits of ur family's labor. u could just film everyday, along with no day job. just let the money roll in from royalties, what would be wrong with that-huh. lol. i think ur channel has helped thousands that have a 1-series, maybe millions. lol don't know if i can make it or not. would like too, just don't know yet for sure-ok.

[@Zanderthelab]

The entire Midwest lost ash trees.

[@jacobmcmillan816]

GET A VENTRAC please it would surprise you

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Buy me one. We'll try it out!

[@Drew6709]

Ken, a 2025 would probably be better for you.

[@davidharris6581]

I think I would pile all those roots on top of the stump and set it on fire.

[@leol1682]

Hey Tim great job and take your diger more close to you it wont balence to much and tell him drill holds in it about 1 inch every 6 inch and deep now deisel in it or for no polution backing oïl.

[@ivanward3142]

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[@patrickwheatley6156]

Needs thumb

[@tonyiaria8330]

You need to learn how to operate dude

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for your kindness