New grinder

welltree said:
Who are you meeting ? Chris is a good guy to deal with if you are going to shanty bay stands behind stuff he sells and really pushes service dept if they get stale, mangoes bought a2550 last season call Kevin and talk to him. I think bandit only has one in missasuagato demo but if there's one to find Chris will get it . I mentioned to him I wanted to try a 2650 and he brought one from Michigan lol
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It's Brett from the Shanty Bay Nortrax, and he also lives around the corner from me, he's checking what they have in their Ontario stock. I'm sure I can find some frozen stumps to try one out on if needed! It's keeps snowing so much up here though! Lol
 
deevo said:
It's Brett from the Shanty Bay Nortrax, and he also lives around the corner from me, he's checking what they have in their Ontario stock. I'm sure I can find some frozen stumps to try one out on if needed! It's keeps snowing so much up here though! Lol
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Brett is also a great guy that's who I used to deal with. Then they changed territory ,Tell him mike says hello
 
Yes ours has the 44hp kubota, we have the 2150 which has the 35 hp Briggs on it which shares the same chassis as is big brother the 2450 and comparing the two is night and day. As it had been said before the torque between the two engines is very noticeable. I've also be told by my bandit rep and others that if you are going to be going with the hydro powered machine diesel is the way to go due to the torque. If you are going to be using this grinder as your main machine I wouldn't go with anything other than the diesel. Definitely demo the two machines if possible to compare to see which you prefer.

Cheers
Ben
 
bushwackertree said:
Yes ours has the 44hp kubota, we have the 2150 which has the 35 hp Briggs on it which shares the same chassis as is big brother the 2450 and comparing the two is night and day. As it had been said before the torque between the two engines is very noticeable. I've also be told by my bandit rep and others that if you are going to be going with the hydro powered machine diesel is the way to go due to the torque. If you are going to be using this grinder as your main machine I wouldn't go with anything other than the diesel. Definitely demo the two machines if possible to compare to see which you prefer.
Great thanks Ben! Glad I'm getting some positive feed back I'll likely go with the diesel as it'll be my main machine

Cheers
Ben
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Thanks Ben and others for the help and positive feedback! I'm likely gonna pull the trigger on the diesel 2550. Another question, remote or no remote and is it worth getting the plow? I've got the sweeper attachment for our Stihl kombi system that we use for grindings and whatnot
Devon

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Deevo
Blade is very handy,makes clean up quicker on the bigger stumps that have a lot if mulch, we have it on our 2450 and 2900t. As for the remote it's up to you, if my memory serves me correct the 2550 I seen at my bandit dealer has a swing out operators panel that gives you great view of the cutter head. I went with the remote option on my 2450 because where they have the operator controls and how the engine is mounted it makes seeing your cutter wheel harder to see.

Cheers
Ben
 
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Ok looks like I'm going Bandit! I'm going to sign some paperwork tomorrow apparently !
 
Nice machine Deevo! Mine is white with no plow...did a 40 inch cottonwood friday in 45 minutes...took an hour to load the spoil in the truck! You will need plenty of the short straight replacement teeth for the downfacing teeth i just bought 30 from New River 14.95 per online. Still working on figuring out if I can resharpen myself or find a company to do it no luck so far those teeth are one and done, seems too much carbide to grind off to find a sharp edge, I also put a lower hose heater on the cooling system for cold starts in winter coupled with a magnetic block heater on the hydraulic tank (both on a 5 hour timer), it is soo tight I had to loop the coolant hose but I hate the sound of a diesel motor growling in the cold trying to start. I put a combo lock on the oil fill as it is right next to the fuel fill and I could see one of my guys putting fuel in the hydo tank or vice versa. We keep a 1.5 inch ratchet with extension on the truck with 2 -2 x 6 chunks of wood....drive the inner front tires up on the blocks and pop the extra tires on or off as needed. As far as not having a weather bonnet... I just use a big-ass tarp to cover it up, til such a time as we have a shop to park it in. Happy grinding! Dennis
 
BLF said:
Nice machine Deevo! Mine is white with no plow...did a 40 inch cottonwood friday in 45 minutes...took an hour to load the spoil in the truck! You will need plenty of the short straight replacement teeth for the downfacing teeth i just bought 30 from New River 14.95 per online. Still working on figuring out if I can resharpen myself or find a company to do it no luck so far those teeth are one and done, seems too much carbide to grind off to find a sharp edge, I also put a lower hose heater on the cooling system for cold starts in winter coupled with a magnetic block heater on the hydraulic tank (both on a 5 hour timer), it is soo tight I had to loop the coolant hose but I hate the sound of a diesel motor growling in the cold trying to start. I put a combo lock on the oil fill as it is right next to the fuel fill and I could see one of my guys putting fuel in the hydo tank or vice versa. We keep a 1.5 inch ratchet with extension on the truck with 2 -2 x 6 chunks of wood....drive the inner front tires up on the blocks and pop the extra tires on or off as needed. As far as not having a weather bonnet... I just use a big-ass tarp to cover it up, til such a time as we have a shop to park it in. Happy grinding! Dennis
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Thanks I think it'll last me a while ! I don't grind in the winter so cold starts shouldn't be an issue, I know what your saying about pushing the little diesels when cold! I did the same with our little bandit chipper the gas and hydraulic tanks right next to each other, hydraulic tanks locked up as well for the reason you said! I've got a lot of work for it when the snow melts ! Thanks for the other little tips! It's a big step up from my sc252!
 
Congrats Devon! So, if you're not grinding stumps with it in the winter but still want to make some money, widen that blade, make it angle and get the contract to plow all the sidewalks in town.
 
BLF said:
Still working on figuring out if I can resharpen myself or find a company to do it no luck so far those teeth are one and done, seems too much carbide to grind off to find a sharp edge,
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Dennis, we use those same teeth on our machine and have had good luck with Gordon's Sharpening Service. (http://www.gordonssharpeningservice.com) His website mentions the Greenteeth, but he's been doing the Sandvik/Bandit Revolution/New River teeth for us for years. The trick is to swap them out as soon as the square cutting edge is rounded over. He can sharpen them back to a nice new cutting edge without removing much material at all. We'll often get several sharpenings out of them before they're too worn, at then at that point Gordon just re-tips them with a new carbide cutter, all for much less $ than new teeth. The secret is to use the Post Office Flat Rate boxes. You know, the "If it fits, it ships" ads? I packed 110 teeth into one of those small shoebox sized flat rate boxes. Weighed 42 pounds, mailed it to Gordon in Alabama for $12! Now the turn-around with him can take a while, so don't buy just 20 spare teeth, thinking you'll send them off for sharpening and get them back in 3 days. You'll need to build up an inventory of teeth. That way you have plenty of good teeth with you, a box of dead ones you're filling up to send him, and a box in to him getting fixed. We probably have several hundred teeth in constant rotation and we're not a major stump grinding company. But, saves us a lot of money in the long run.
 
Jeff said:
Congrats Devon! So, if you're not grinding stumps with it in the winter but still want to make some money, widen that blade, make it angle and get the contract to plow all the sidewalks in town.
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Ha ha, well there's no reason for me to get snowed in now! I have a large snowblower, mini skid with bucket, plow on my atv and now this!
 
deevo said:
Ha ha, well there's no reason for me to get snowed in now! I have a large snowblower, mini skid with bucket, plow on my atv and now this! After last years ice storm and transporting my mini skid and grinder around I bought an 18' enclosed trailer so no salt or road crap gets over everything, plus its a place to get out of the elements, I have a generator, small bbd, coffee maker and space heater in it!
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Jeff said:
Dennis, we use those same teeth on our machine and have had good luck with Gordon's Sharpening Service. (http://www.gordonssharpeningservice.com) His website mentions the Greenteeth, but he's been doing the Sandvik/Bandit Revolution/New River teeth for us for years. The trick is to swap them out as soon as the square cutting edge is rounded over. He can sharpen them back to a nice new cutting edge without removing much material at all. We'll often get several sharpenings out of them before they're too worn, at then at that point Gordon just re-tips them with a new carbide cutter, all for much less $ than new teeth. The secret is to use the Post Office Flat Rate boxes. You know, the "If it fits, it ships" ads? I packed 110 teeth into one of those small shoebox sized flat rate boxes. Weighed 42 pounds, mailed it to Gordon in Alabama for $12! Now the turn-around with him can take a while, so don't buy just 20 spare teeth, thinking you'll send them off for sharpening and get them back in 3 days. You'll need to build up an inventory of teeth. That way you have plenty of good teeth with you, a box of dead ones you're filling up to send him, and a box in to him getting fixed. We probably have several hundred teeth in constant rotation and we're not a major stump grinding company. But, saves us a lot of money in the long run.[/QUOT

Jeff,

Thanks, I'm gonna check him out. Dennis
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