subsoiler for root removal?

[bucktail]

I bought 9 acres last summer, planning on building on it late this year or early next year. I've been clearing the building site. It's been mostly poplars in the 12-20" diameter range. I'll have the excavator pop the stumps out when he's out to prep the site, but there will be roots left, and I don't plan on having him remove any stumps that aren't in the way of the buildings. So: has anyone used a subsoiler for pulling roots? I have an L1500DT.

 

[Diydave]

I bought 9 acres last summer, planning on building on it late this year or early next year. I've been clearing the building site. It's been mostly poplars in the 12-20" diameter range. I'll have the excavator pop the stumps out when he's out to prep the site, but there will be roots left, and I don't plan on having him remove any stumps that aren't in the way of the buildings. So: has anyone used a subsoiler for pulling roots? I have an L1500DT.

Might not have enough oomph in that tractor, to do more than expose them...

Well, its a start, anyway. You might want to try killing the stumps, with a chemical product, plenty of videos, on youtube, on that. Poplars will root sprout, so having the stump dead will encourage the root hairs to release, making working them out much easier...

 

[Daren Todd]

I've used my box blade and only dropped a couple of the teeth to pull roots. My tractors the same size. You just have to take small bites

 

[scdeerslayer]

It'll work but you'll have to make multiple passes. With green roots you may have to pull them so far and cut them off. You probably don't need to go as deep as a subsoiler if you only want to pull out the roots at/near the surface so a chisel plow/scarifier with 2 or 3 points may make it faster.

 

[bucktail]

The tractor supply subsoiler I was looking at (county line)only has one tooth. I figured that only having 15 hp might make me less likely to break stuff. I hadn't thought about herbicide on the stumps, but that's a good idea. I've been planning on dumping some lime on them to make them rot faster.

 

[nickelplated5s]

Like DIY said, they will come back. The plus is they rot out fairly quickly, I'm looking at one now.

 

[Daren Todd]

The tractor supply subsoiler I was looking at (county line)only has one tooth. I figured that only having 15 hp might make me less likely to break stuff. I hadn't thought about herbicide on the stumps, but that's a good idea. I've been planning on dumping some lime on them to make them rot faster.

You'll lose traction before something breaks using the subsoiler. Just take into count lifting the subsoiler out when it's bound can put some strain on the components.

Drill some deep holes into the stumps before soaking with an herbicide. The holes will help moisture get down into the stumps as well.