I feel like yall are being overly negative on this. An L does not have a useless loader, it can push reasonably hard (especially if 4wd), and florida soil from what ive seen of it looks a lot easier than what ive got here in south texas (heck, some of it is sand!).
I think the titan one is best for tractors on the small end of ssqa because the narrow tip and short length compred to many ssqa stump buckets maximizes the ground penetration and bucket rollback force potential of a smaller tractor. Just my .02.
I do like the ripper thing a lot too but they are much less available as a one-piece ssqa deal. I have thought of building an ssqa plate thing with just a bracket on the front that would take my backhoe buckets and ripper. Could even flip them 180 and pick the direction.
I feel like yall are being overly negative on this. An L does not have a useless loader, it can push reasonably hard (especially if 4wd), and florida soil from what ive seen of it looks a lot easier than what ive got here in south texas (heck, some of it is sand!).
I think the titan one is best for tractors on the small end of ssqa because the narrow tip and short length compred to many ssqa stump buckets maximizes the ground penetration and bucket rollback force potential of a smaller tractor. Just my .02.
I do like the ripper thing a lot too but they are much less available as a one-piece ssqa deal. I have thought of building an ssqa plate thing with just a bracket on the front that would take my backhoe buckets and ripper. Could even flip them 180 and pick the direction.
I live in Florida, on a farm with lots of stumps. My tractor puts out 37 HP. I have drawn some conclusions from experience.
If you don't have a lot of power, you really need to shorten the tool, make it narrower, and use your strongest hydraulics if you want it to move a Florida oak stump. Even then, you will usually have to make lots of passes, and you can pretty much forget about moving a stump from a tree a foot in diameter unless you want to get off the tractor and do a lot of work yourself.
You can go to Youtube and see compact track loaders flipping large stumps right out of the ground. Totally different.
I don't really understand stump buckets for tractors. When you use a wide tool, you greatly decrease the pressure you apply. If you go from a tool 1" wide to a tool 4" wide, you may be decreasing the pressure by a factor of 4. I think the guy with the rhino attachment has a better idea. He concentrates the force in a small area.
Do you really need a bucket's load capacity to deal with a stump? I don't see it. Once the stump is out, you can use forks or something to move it easily. While you're trying to get it loose, you don't need to be able to carry it. You just need lots of force. A light, narrow tool will give you the most force you can get.