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Posted: 7/25/2015 12:44:20 PM EDT
Stump grinder
Engine kickback pulls cord out of handle and unwinds spring tension. I grab tweezers and pull back thru hole. Start it and wrap cord around handle. I'm grinding away and bang wheel shaft shears clean off at the bearing.  |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 1:10:54 PM EDT
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I am not surprised. Every time I have ever rented a piece of equipment I have had to fix it so I could use it. I usually am so pissed off by the time the job is done.
I rented a stump grinder once and spent 1/2 my rental day getting the POS to work right. I had to sharpen the teeth and adjust the carb so it would run right. When I needed to grind stumps at this house I hired a guy. 6 stumps at least 30" in diameter he only charged me $150. I did the cleanup so he did not charge me the other $150. |
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Posted: 7/25/2015 1:24:17 PM EDT
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Hahahaha holy shit! Glad no one was hurt
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Posted: 7/25/2015 1:44:43 PM EDT
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They took it back without incident. He said I wonder if this is the one the guy replaced the shaft on so it must be common. This was a small hand maneuvered grinder. they had the one with crawler tracks and hydraulic feed and swivel control too. I did finish it though. this happened on the last piece of root |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 10:43:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
I am not surprised. Every time I have ever rented a piece of equipment I have had to fix it so I could use it. I usually am so pissed off by the time the job is done. I rented a stump grinder once and spent 1/2 my rental day getting the POS to work right. I had to sharpen the teeth and adjust the carb so it would run right. When I needed to grind stumps at this house I hired a guy. 6 stumps at least 30" in diameter he only charged me $150. I did the cleanup so he did not charge me the other $150. Where is this guy? The crew that took the tree off my house wanted $9/inch to do a 46" red oak. |
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Posted: 7/26/2015 8:33:59 PM EDT
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Stafford. I found his number in the Reminder. If you want I can try an hunt down the receipt. It was a few years ago now.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 9:10:43 PM EDT
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I don't know your AO but I know a real good guy in the Granby area.
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Posted: 7/26/2015 10:00:31 PM EDT
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We use a guy out of Newtown he is cheaper then renting a grinder for the day.
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