Why? I like the alpine mag better (keep in mind I haven't ground a stump in like 15 years)
But just looking at access, the dosko can't go on a steep hillside (can it?)
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There may be another one soon enough. I just sent on local stump grinder a list of about $2,000 worth of stumps that could all be done with the Alpine.
It's not a matter of if they are shit or not. It's a question of, is there a better way. If you gotta walk down a hundred stairs to get to the stump, I'm thinking there's nothing better than the alpine magnum. Around LA, a super high percentage of our stump are not accessible with conventional...
The biggest we did was a podocarpus about 12" across. It was dumb. But the client didn't want a noisy machine next to the condos. The AirSpade is great because the compressor was making noise a few hundred feet away.
I found this small Dosko http://www.dosko.com/stump_grinders/200_Series.html...
Is this the only micro-grinder on the market?
We tried air spading stumps out but sometimes get surprised by what we find below ground. I don't want surprises.
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I think we need one. I would guess that MAYBE 20%-30% of the stumps we do can be accessed with a typical drive up stump grinder. We sub all our stumps out but only one guy in town has the alpine mag and he gets most of the grinding work because he has that machine. I'm not sure if I wanna...
Anyone ever use one? We are thinking about getting one...
Skip to 1:30 for the good stuff. Dude is tied in while grinding!
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