WE ACCIDENTALLY DISCOVERED AN EASY WAY TO DIG A DRAINAGE DITCH.

[@onthecheap1292]

I got to say I’ve been a heavy equipment operator for 30 years and I had my doubts about your stump bucket working for ditching .and I am quite impressed with the job you did with that stump bucket you may have made a whole new market that is a great job you should be proud of that and the smile on your face while you’re doing it is priceless how’s the new shop coming by the way great video

[@martyh299]

Awesome! Anybody who has a tractor with FEL needs a stump bucket. Digs ditches and removes trees and stumps. Thanks Courtney!

[@stephenphilbrook6239]

Very versatile attachment. I need one.

[@GPOutdoors]

Morning Courtney! Great demo of the stump bucket in action - it does a nice easy job of trenching for you - an added functionality! Have a good week out there!

[@DFWrancher]

Nice work! I used a middle buster to do the same thing, was surprised at how fast and easy it was.

[@ericcrockett479]

I recently bought a middle buster to use to install some underground wires. Wanted a sub soiler but $50 more with the smaller tooth even though it's built the same, go figure, and was amazed at how fast and how well it will make a ditch

[@susanbreeland8620]

Thanks for this great demo and information. I am thinking the “Stump Bucket is exactly what I need!!

[@frederickburns1739]

Great job Courtney 👍 If you have a subsoiler or ripper I would do the subsoiler and then the stump bucket for a easier job for the bucket🤔???

[@1yehny]

I used my rear plow blade to cut a small drainage alongside my driveway. Good use of the stump bucket.

[@paulvidonic8602]

I have thought about doing that as well. Any pointers?

[@kennethrobie8789]

Courtney, if you install a couple of skid plate shoes on the end of the back plate of the stump bucket, could you use the tractor in float mode to control your depth of cut??

[@Lackieestatesfarm]

Doubt float mode would be of use. Once you put it in float the loader tends to try and fold up under the tractor because there’s no pressure in the cylinders to hold it in place

[@ericcrockett479]

Not really because your depth is more controlled by the bucket curl than the loader lift

[@rh5518]

I am impressed! That 1025R is awesome.

[@JimJWalker]

I have 10 hours on my 1025R. I just finished my first maintenance check today (except that one impossible U-joint zerk!!!!). It is amazing what this little tractor can do.

[@mymorristribe]

Gotta get the long needle type lube gun tip for that zerk. Spin the shaft until it's visible thru the hole in the plate under it. Cheers!

[@kdegraa]

What a great use of this tool. I’ve looked in Australia and online stump buckets for sale are all larger and longer, designed for heavier skid steers. It’s a pity no one here makes them for tractors.

[@harrycraviotto2375]

That thing works great nice !

[@georgewhite5781]

i like the stump bucket idea, but all i have is a single middle buster to start my ditch and finnish with a angel blade.

[@tracksoneverything4085]

An indicator to the top of the Stump bucket frame at the same angle as the bottom of the bucket might help would also like to see a bolt on flat cutting edge for trenching in softer ground or bottom finishing. Great video showing what it can do.

[@sgtaaronp]

Man I can't wait for stump wrecker HD!!

[@tchogworks1987]

We’ve always used the potato plow for drainage ditches. Quick and easy. Sometimes we go back and use a garden hoe to remove the loose dirt. A long ditch we scrape it out clean with a scraper blade or front end loader bucket . Sure beats making a mess with a backhoe

[@josephsierra7295]

Hey Courtney,another way would have been with the backhoe. That said, the poorman's backhoe is pretty darn quick and easy to attach and operate. Very nice!

[@chadjurgensen73]

Great job showing another example of how a stump bucket could be utilized. Looks like a great property you have. BTW, how's the new shop coming along? Maybe another video update?

[@dustysnow2502]

Looks good for digging a ditch.

[@bobcole9274]

We Had a lot of snow runoff and rain this spring. I did the same thing around my shop, first time I ha to do it. worked great.

[@PawPaws_Place]

That did really well! Did better than I expected. Could finish it up with the box blade and side link adjusted to tilt it to clean it smooth down into the new ditch. Then plant some grass to slow the water down. Good job. 👍

[@michaelchastain4957]

I enjoy your videos. I was thinking if you had something like an edge tamer that would mount on each side of the stump bucket you could use the curl function to control the depth. The flatter the bucket the more shallow the dig, the more steep the angle is the deeper it would dig. It would ride along the ground and control the depth. Just another product to design and sell.

[@dwayneloftice2326]

Courtney....that stump bucket is the "cat's meow" for that task. I'm seriously thinking about one for my property. BTW....received my Speeco Quick Hitch yesterday. Already mounted to my LX2610 and in use with my brush hog and box blade. Many thanks to Andy on your staff for getting my order processed and keeping me informed. Next purchase is likely to be a 158cm FunnyTop flail mower. Stay tuned!

[@MJADoingStuff]

Great video 👍I am hoping to dig a trench with a stump bucket for a gas line this summer. You make it look easy. Thanks for the video 😁👍🚜💨🍳

[@PeaceIntheValley]

A toothbar like the piranha bar works ver well for digging vs the flat edge. Much sharper. Another good video!

[@osagejon8972]

I thought you were going to use the stump bucket when I saw the title on the video. Nice job with it. A single bottom plow works pretty well for pionering a ditch.

[@ericstewart7889]

I wish there was a stump bucket that would fit the Yanmar (SA324) quick attach... I'm considering trying a bolt on spade, but doubt it will work as well. Thanks for the great videos!

[@kevingebert4316]

I had a big bolt on spade for my yanmar. they work but if you use it in very dry clay it'll bend your bucket. I sold it later on after selling tractor. Worked nice for moist turf and moving trees though. was 130lbs.

[@1563smb]

Nice as soon as the HD model comes out for a John Deere , you'll have my order 😁

[@woodcutter4670]

Thinking about doing the same thing, putting drainage ditch alongside my driveway. However I am thinking about using a single bottom three point hitch plow. That I not only get the ditch made but fold the material back onto the driveway. Not to mention I won't be stressing the loader.

[@dogpotter]

I need to put in a swale along my property line for drainage. Was thinking about using a tiller and box blade. But after watching this I may have to change my mind

[@dstafford2200]

Awesome video Courtney been really looking at a small tractor for keeping up with my driveway and other projects around the farm. Really like that darn little bucket to that thing would be handy.

[@Harry-zz2oh]

Learn from my mistake. Do not buy a tractor which is too small. List on paper all the "things" you think or know you want to use the tractor to do. Get some feedback from others and then decide what size range you want. Talk to Courtney or other people in your area and, of course, do some shopping. I bought a small subcompact Case 24DXe tractor years ago. It has worked okay but it is too small to do a lot of the tasks I wanted to use it for. In addition, I wanted a backhoe but the tractor I bought is not capable of handling a backhoe. It is tippy as well as not having enough power, which I think is in the gearing. Best of luck finding the tractor which is "just right" for you.

[@jdub229r]

I like to run several passes with a potato plow down the ditch line, then use the bucket from the side to remove the material.

[@jackouthier2023]

Great idea and very timely for me as I have over 3,000' of drainage ditch to make this summer. I'm definitely getting one of your stump buckets to do this project instead of using my backhoe. I'd like to see you try something else that might simplify and speed up part of that process you did: from the first, place the faceplate of the bucket on the ground to act as a skid and then just tip the point of the bucket down slightly to take a few inches on the first pass, go back and tip it down a little more to go deeper each pass. By doing this, adjusting ONLY the attack angle of the digger, the faceplate should serve as a skid and guard against digging in and avoid the constant stop and go and adjustment. Looks like when you are trying to adjust depth with the elevation of the bucket, then when you go forward the angle digs in going deeper and you pull it up again. Could that be avoided by skidding the faceplate on the surface and only adjusting the angle of attack of the bucket to get your depth? I'm also thinking on my project, once I've gotten the primary depth of the ditch to the maximum the stump bucket will dig it, then drop the right hand wheels of my tractor into the ditch and use the box blade to cut the edges back to give me a wider ditch to that depth. This would carry more stormwater runoff which is what I am trying to do and also make a less severe ditch so I can drive across it with a UTV or truck. By doing this, I would have the 19" deep ditch but sloping out 8' on each side. Using the Stump Bucket first to do this initial ditch instead of a backhoe will speed this process immeasurably! Funny, I had about decided not to buy your stump bucket as I'd removed almost all the trees I need to clear (about 600 over the last 4 years) and wondered whether it made sense to buy it for just the few remaining I need to remove. But using this to create drainage ditches... BRILLIANT! btw... I love your videos. All of them, even when 75% of them aren't directly applicable to my work.

[@trainguy55-f6q]

I just use a middle buster on my 3025D and rake the ditch out by hand. Quick and effective.

[@Classifiedreality]

Thank you sir...may look harder at that bucket...🤔🤔🤔 should run your rear tire in the ditch to flatten bottom of ditch..thank you..job well done🙏🙏🚜👨‍🌾🚜need hd version

[@Harry-zz2oh]

Another tool to use would be a middle buster potato plow. It can be set for shallow cutting but it will break up the hard soil. Once done, you can use the FEL to do the rest of the ditch with shallow slopes leading into the ditch. To "see" your angles, add a piece of rebar to the top of the stump bucket on each end. Then you'll have an idea of what angle you have on the bucket.

[@MacBailey]

The bucket worked well for this. Another maybe unintended benefit for use is that when the bucket is "flat" and not digging, the sides of the backplate made an excellent vertical blade to spread out and flatten the piles of material to the sides, almost like a little dozer blade.

[@lcee6592]

That is impressive! An implement meant to pop tree stumps also trenches. I would imagine if you had a single ripper shank on the 3 point to break hard ground initially, the stump bucket would be even more effective. (I will purchase a stump bucket eventually and I have to say your design is a front runner.) 🏃

[@arlisspropertyservicesllc5943]

Something tells me that ditch is going to grow much larger as the years go by. 😉😉

[@henrymorgan3982]

And you didn't have to use your back! Sold!👍

[@1yehny]

I used my rear blade to cut a ditch alongside my driveway. It worked well.

[@Dr.Muddyboots]

Consider enlarging your ditch to a shallow swale with generous slopes on each side. You did mention swales. I've done both and swales are much easier and safer to maintain. Vegetation will certainly grow in it and can be easily mowed.

[@benblank609]

I thought a good idea would be to drop one side of the land plane in the ditch and use that to soften that edge out.

[@Dcwell-vm4vj]

I'm really thinking about getting me a stump bucket.

[@kipcudd7253]

Teeth on that stump bucket makes a difference when the ground is hard. You need to design a v-wedge to mount on the 3-point to dig a ditch. We used to have a v-ditcher/plow to dig waterways to irrigate our fields in the panhandle of Oklahoma but this ditch was about 6' across and about 3 ft deep. Smaller version would work perfect.

[@JCWren]

The stump bucket did a nice job cutting the ditch, for sure. What's all that loose soil in the bottom going to do, though? Seems like it'll form a series of small dams as it washes. Here in Georgia, for the most part, we've got red clay. It you cut that ditch here, you'd have solid, smooth side walls.

[@stephenkrampert3430]

I was wondering if the sunroof is one of your products that’s mounted on the roll bar? Thank you

[@nekret]

So about that HD one... I just pulled a small doug fir stump with a grapple and it was a pain due to the width of it and the short tines. When do you think we'll see a demo video??? Sale Date?

[@Raul28153]

well, it worked, and on a tiny tractor to boot. I have a swale to dig, I'll prolly use a ripper to soften things up and use the bucket.

[@spudgamer6049]

Well, the shape of the stump bucket is fairly similar to ditching buckets for excavators, so not really surprised it worked fairly well for cutting in a ditch.

[@bay9876]

The Stump Ditcher Bucket Multi-use bucket.

[@andrewt248]

It seems as though this is one of those tools with so many uses, it's only limited by your imagination. I feel the same way about pallet forks.

[@mochouinard]

It feel like this tool could have some kind of attachement that allow it to glide on the side at different level... So you can define how deep you want it with those skate, and more easily go and trench.

[@kevingebert4316]

Wow, I think you almost made my hamster fall of the wheel getting more ideas with that stump bucket! I could see using that for planting taters and coming back with a hiller or row hipper to cover up. Then instead of tilling a 4ft wide section like I did for planting 100+ spruce trees, I coulda taken nice swipe 100 to 300ft long and come back to bury bare root trees with the loose soil and finish the clean up with my 455 and broom pushing dirt back into the trench.

[@geglne]

Can you provide a 1-year+ update? How did it do through a winter and rainy season? Erosion?

[@skipbickford3970]

I saw one comment put skid plates on the bottom of your blade easy to do

[@randyhill4549]

This was no accident! Bwaahahahaha! (Love your content.)

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[@jamesyates5191]

Great job Courtney. I had to lay a 100’ of 2” pvc pipe and used the stump wrecker to dig a 16” deep ditch and was amazed at how easy it was to do. Using the back plate to push dirt works well also.

[@makoshark40]

I dont really know much about that attachment but it seems it would work faster if you tried to scoop less material per pass. But you almost definitly know better then i do since ive never done this lol

[@brianphilbrook5262]

Digging like that how deep of a ditch did you get?

[@harrycraviotto2375]

Do you have a stump bucket for a quick hitch 66 hp tractor?

[@1989Falkor]

Ever done a PM video?

[@daveschmidt5713]

How did the ditches perform during the rain?

[@GoodWorksTractors]

Unfortunately the rain didn't pan out. We had a little bit, but nothing that would put a test on it.

[@oakoliver7183]

How do you grow anything without rocks?

[@TheKtw027t]

Does anyone have a good answere as to why the John Deer 1025r foward pedal and reverse are oposite of the gas pedal of a car?

[@Noah_E]

Ergonomics. If they were swapped your leg would cramp from being so far out all day. I think Kubota's treadle pedals is a better solution

[@kyootfox]

I woun't want to strain my loader frame like that, this would be ok if you used a Ripper on the back first to soften the path, then used this to 'Plow' Ideally a PTO trencher with a wide cut would be preferable.

[@deanfrancis6474]

Now for your ditching you may want to put some 1.5 in or 2 inch rock in it to keep ditching integrity.

[@tylerdavis4875]

Maybe set one up for a 3pt hook up with shoes?

[@AJmx2702001]

stump bucket works well for that otherwise i use a tilt attach for skid steer bucket

[@simpleman4196]

Just a thought you probably could have ran over what you wanted to dig up with your rippers and then done the job with the regular bucket. But I think you know a guy that has lots of different attachments to use lol 👍

[@kevinstewart4806]

Try a one bottom plow

[@TimmyMoza]

Guess Ill have ta get a stump bucket after all…

[@davidanthony7528]

Did you one call the it's 811?

[@jackclark1994]

an easier way than that is to get what they call a middle buster. its basically a single row plow.

[@tonymcveigh8789]

Put your caps back on hose’s

[@skipbickford3970]

I wish I had ground that easy I’ve got to much rock and is to large I live in the mountains silly me

[@deanfrancis6474]

Or add tile with rock over it

[@gearmaster8201]

It really helps if you have teeth on the bucket.

[@markschmaus5580]

#1

[@merrilljohn1619]

#2

[@jimbo8317]

It worked OK, but you gotta 2025R with a backhoe on it, why not just use that instead!!!!

[@sstelmack]

"Accidently discovered an easy way to dig a drainage ditch?"