I am in the process of building a Backhoe to use for stump removal and general digging. The stumps are from 4in dia. to 10in dia measured near the ground. The soil is beach grade sandy for the most part. I am planning on building a ripper blade for root cutting with the backhoe. I have some 20 trees to cut down and remove the stumps . My time is not a big issue for the job. Backhoe 608 by CadPlans has 2600lb ripping force. The MID600 by CDP has 4000lb. Naturally the CDP is about $500 more to build. And a little more work. Any comments?
Thank you,
Harold