View attachment 628425 This is the biggest one. Probably 20in base. I don’t have much experience with excavators. What size machine would it take to dig about 15 of those out?
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Them "bubbles" are where the wire goes through, cut around them if you can, get a bunch of old nearly worn out chains together and have at it, go until you hit something, then go a little more, swap chains and go agian.
As for excavators, Start with a 6 ton, like a largish mini, will still have rubber tracks, but be affordable to rent for a day, an 8 ton would be better, and maybe into the steel track range. Just rent one, for now, until you get hooked on em.
your not going to be able to just grab the stump and give it a pull, you'll need to dig around the base a bit and brake up some of the roots, then find a big chunk and pry it out, just like using a hand shovel, only its pointing towards you... once its loose shake it around some, and scrub some of the dirt off so you can fill the hole back in.
If you wanna go whole hog and really tear **** up, get a 200 sized machine (20 to 29 tons) Should be able to pop a wee 12" stump with nary a wiggle.
Oh and get something with a thumb on it, its not needed, but is sure is handy especially if you plan on moving said stumps.
Just don't be a total noob and start swinging into the stumps sideways, all that does is break **** you have to then pay for, like booms, and bearing... Excavators are intended to pull and they are good at it, sometimes push, but not so much, side to side is just for moving dirt etc.
