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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SkidTracks" data-source="post: 74982" data-attributes="member: 5570"><p>I should have added a "How To". Neighbors and friends are using either medium sized bulldozers or tracked back hoes to RIP out Cedars. Being I have a Bobcat CTL, I am using an extreme stump bucket. I have found you can work the stump bucket like how you use to open a can with Swiss Army knife's Can opener. For small trees: Simply shovel them out with a shallow angled push and lift. Possibly tilting downward, while lifting upward to help snap the roots. Yes, the tilt downward sounds the wrong way. I have found it works like a lever, with back of stump bucket doing the lifting/cutting/breaking, while front tip of bucket digs in. For medium trees: 1) Drive stump bucket down in ground at sharp angle near Cedar to die. a) Tilt down, with some upward arm Lift, while driving forward. b) Tilt up, with arms going down, while letting off on driving forward. c) repeat a & b several times. 2) If need be reset stump bucket to Left or Right side and start at 1. For large trees: Do the above, but plan on making at least four bucket resets. Idea is to cut and break through all Cedars' tree roots on all four sides. Then try pushing tree over with stump bucket position about 3-feet up. Using the above, I have take down several trees big enough, that CTL almost flipped over forward just lifting the stump ball minus the tree trunk on up.</p></blockquote><p></p>