Pulling Stumps with a Ripper on a Kobelco SK160 Excavator 

Lumber prices are so high people are logging their front yards. haha

🔥🔥🔥 DIRT BOSSSSS!!!! Working them stumps ovahhhhhh💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Nice to see you back on the ripper, Mike. Enjoyed the ride & the great music. Thanks, as always, for the videos.

That ripper is the trick! Very satisfying to see the stumps come up so easily with the right equipment. I have some stumps in my yard that I have been working on with a chainsaw for a couple of years just letting them rot and burn out.

You are dah man. I enjoyed watching you work your magic on those stumps.

After taking down two massive trees right next to my house (60 year old tulip poplar and 60 year old silver maple) this is how I’m going to remove the stumps. This is easily the best way I’ve seen to remove them, sure beats burning them out over the course of two weeks. You should’ve seen the purple in the poplar and the quilt/flame figure in the maple, it was unreal. Sold the maple log for $3000

Man! You're having way to much fun... Nice video.

This is the best method of removing stumps I've ever seen. Some gadgets cost thousands of dollars, are noisy like there is no tomorrow, far from being efficient and as slow as a sickness to go away, that's why I watch your show, it's intelligent and above all, entertaining. Bravo.

Perfect tool for that job. My trees were different, 80 year old live oaks with root balls 15 feet across. I had a 20,000 lb JD backhoe so I dug them up. I left the tree intact to use the trunk as a lever. Then I dug as close as I could and then concentrated on the side I wanted them to toward. One one I had to dig a huge hole under the roots so they had someplace to go. I attached a long cable from it to another tree and used a used a two ton cable puller to put tension on it. Then I was able to go on the other side and shove it over with the backhoe. I have a 10 acre rural property so I cut them up a bit and shoved them into the surrounding woods. I basically destroyed the digging bucket, ripping off three of the digging teeth.

I built a ripper for my excavator this winter. I use that thing all the time. Great video!

Love this site. You are a piece of work in the best sense of the word. I could listen to you all day. Ripping out the stumps, I would swear you were going fishing. Hope you’re the guy who puts in the driveway. I would love to see that.

That was by far the best stump remover method ever. Thanks.

Boss gets it done again. Perfection? Hire the BOSS he is the best!

Just love stump removal so easy with your big stuff well done.👍👍👍

Nice to see you Mike nice job done today!!!! Great job on the machine maintenance the other day keep up the great work!!!!!

Love my frost knife!! Makes stumping a cake walk!!! Good to see ya vija again!!

I have found that once the stump has been pulled i pick it up and drop it on the other stumps, better than dropping it on broken up soil as it breaks the soil from around the roots

Hydraulics are a beautiful thing. Awesome work I enjoyed watching you work. You handle that machine so cool. Thank you.

Never seen done before like that great job not a big mess

Nice 👍👍👍

I used a ripper on a kubota kx57 once. Thought it was bad ass!!! You made quick work of those big stumps..

woink! woink! woink! I love it...

Owners mullet game is strong! Love your Kobelco sir!

Great video Mike. You sure took care of those stumps. Have a great day Brother and thank you for sharing.

It's the DIRT BOSS 😎 YEAH buddy short time 😂 on a new site 😁 getting it Done and quickly too KOBELCO POWER 💪 🔥and the Machine's still shining 🌟 going back home Thank U DIRT BOSS 😎 for the Great video 💪😎👍

Mikey Mike....Gitt'in down and dirty with the RIPPER....Lov'in every second of it.....Yeah I'm gonna say it..........It was truly.......NICEY NICE😎

Beautiful works.

So awesome!!!!!!

You use the same principals we dentists use when removing broken off tooth roots.

i dozed off i heard the piano in the video for stupid crazy reason i saw fred flintstone playing the piano in my dream i wake up and i'm like where did that come from ???? no joke

Сразу заметно...--профессионал !...Отличная работа !

So satisfyingly

Great video! When I use my stump ripper I use my thumb to fill in the stump holes. 👍

Tear out all those beautiful oaks, I suppose some people don't give a damn.

After this put all colocasia plant 😂😂

Hello, i love excavator

You are the STUMP BOSS! Great video.

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love the rubber boot on the exhaust D-Boss! i have an 87 peterbilt with a cat just huffing black smoke, once it rained sideways all night and i was moving the excavator to a job in the morning and when i got there… no lie the whole machine was black with soot, just covered and you couldn’t even look out of any of the glass, what a mess, so i’m a coffee can guy now!

A tree doesn't have much of a chance fighting hydraulics. Nice quick job for a Saturday morning. Now for something cold to drink.

"The trees are strong, my lord. Their roots go deep." "Rip them all down."

Cool job buddy. That ripper works so good

Great video.

Nice boot on the exhaust😉 That's one way to keep stuff out of rhe exhaust.

That ripper is evil looking... and big enough to rotisserie a slab of Bronto ribs over a forest fire! You are right about breaking roots flick rocks at you. I had a small elm tree that I was digging out with my baby backhoe. The root was only about 1 1/2" diameter. I hung it with a bucket tooth and gave it a tug. It moved a little and the backhoe stalled out.... so, being the genius that I am... I backed off the dipper stick about a foot and pulled it toward me as fast as it would go. As soon as it hit about 3 feet of root flew up and flung a softball sized rock right at my head. Fortunately, I leaned to the side and threw my hand to ward it off in time. It bloodied my knuckles, then bounced harmlessly into the floor of my tractor. I got even by hurling a few choice words at it, afterward. Is your 160 about the same size as Brandon's new Koochie? Thanks for the enjoyable video.... nicey nice!

Good job today you were called Stump Boss.

Du hast einen Ketten Bagger dafür!! Ich mach das mit einem 120 PS Hansa Friedhofs Bagger!! Mit zwei Schalen Greifer!! Ich wackel, aber auch mal am Stumpf!! Um zu sehen, in welche Richtung es geht!! LG

Kinda cool watching this.

Luv a good stump rippin

Nice job!!👍👍

Miss ya ,from Fl.

Nothing to it when you got the right equipment.

Hi mate I like your video thay are great to watch all the time thanks for doing the video for me too watch everyday great job mate

Back on site

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Very cool. You are a great operator! Thanks for the video.

Damm I really need one of these. I've been battling a hack berry that's 12" dia with a mini excavator . If I had your setup I would have been done 1-2min tops ;)

Better than a grinder.

9:10 - 9:30 Funny!!!! WORK IT !!!!!

Had this thought the other day saying. I wish I could make less of a mess popping stumps this is the answer get a ripper shank

Nice job.

Too rocky in Central Texas for that! You will snap the ripper tooth shank off! Been there done that! Knowing where and when to use one! Soil types and tree species have a lot in determining which piece of equipment for the job! Great work on your site! God bless you and stay safe! Rocks and brittle roots in the cab is very costly! We added cages on all of our dozers and excavators for operators safety! On land clearing!

Saturday is the 7th day Sabbath

Nice job Dirt Boss Did you ever find out what he did with the stumps Most people don't realize how heavy they can be Thanks for sharing 👍

Great video 👍👍

I coulda used that yesterday! My Case L130 loader and an axe, shovel, 16 beers later, the chain saw came out lol

Whats up Dirt Boss glad to see you, man that was a easy job but he needs to let you do the drive way by the best one at there Dirt Boss

Just dig a hole at each stump and bury it.. worked for me!

I always hated elm. Good video.

Givin them stumps the finger!

Another Saturday morning easy job !!! Ripper made short work of them, apart from the bucking bronco moment 🤠🤠🤠 No quick coupler either, just good old pins !!! And did I spy a boot on the exhaust too ??? 🧐

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Yeah I just dropped out of the stump that you just dug out on top of another stump

good quick job ,I bet heil wished he had the stumps removed in a few weeks of looking at them

Good job

And I did those four huge Oleander root balls by hand. To think homesteaders use to use DYNOMITE bought from the hardware store.

I've found out if you're running a larger ex like a 30ton plus you can rip the sides, then kind of stab the front and back. After that, if it still doesnt budge keep going beside it a little deeper each time and it will eventually start moving then you pull it on the back side. and it will turn out. If I can, I will to try to rip up all the roots without splitting the stump or removing too much of the roots. then when it pops out i lay it back down in the stump hole then work my bucket a few times and it shakes the dirt out pretty good. If it still has dirt in it ill stab it when its out of the hole, then let the loader guy drop it a few times. I Dont really like to shake it up in the air much, too much wear on pins. I find its best to stump in dry weather or wait til the dirt dries on the stump enough to get out all of the dirt. Wet mud does not come out of those stumps.

"Чёртов палец!" 😀

Really? - "And all you're doing is, "rent, rent rent" (with hand gesture) - YOU are PRICELESS! Great photo capture like we were 'on site' to watch! Hey, does that attachment have a first name, "JACK"? Nice job buddy and hope to see you do the circular driveway! Sonny

Love the camera job also it’s great!!!!!

So now what u going to do with all the roots still in the ground, dozer with a rake maybe even or loader

B a c k on S t u m p! BTW, that Kobelco could use some serious Dirt Boss branding. Have a good 4th of July man! P.S. gotta love the "exhaust boot" hahahaha.

What is the purpose of cutting the stumps off the root ball? Weight for dump? Or is the customer using them for something?

Looks like easy money on a Saturday with the ripper👌 I gotta ask though because I've always wondered from watching your videos, what's up with the "global contracting services" sticker on the back of the kobelco??

Hey Boss are Kobelco Excavators good machines? I been looking at a new SK 85. Whats your opinion of them.

18:25, what about hanging thick plexie glass in front of the window .

Is the leading edge on the Ripper sharpened?

Custom fabbed ripper tooth?

You have the best tool for removing stumps too bad deWalt didn't make it. How much do you charge per hour for this?

Other videos show excavators using buckets. The ripper is FAR better.

Why did you not use a circular stump grinder like Fecon Stumpex. It would have done a fine and easy job.

DB, thoughts on the Kobelco 160?

We're can I get a ripper made ...???

I wondered why he is not using the ripper tooth to pull through the middle of the stumps and splitting them, so they will burn better or get more in the truck if hauling them off. I almost positive that is the purpose of the ripper tooth.

What did this job cost…. Thinking about hiring someone

I said working with not for

What's Global Contracting services? I've always been curious.

Enjoyed the video but not impressed with the time it took to get that little stump out.

How much does it cost to rent that

Boss man you look better working with andrew