- I like the fact that it
looks extremely aggressive.
It looks like, to me, it's gonna be able
to take some really, really
big bites side-to-side.
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- My name is Jeffrey Meredith,
I'm the Vice President of Sussex Tree,
located here in southern Delaware.
And today we're here with Vermeer,
fitting a new Vermeer cutting system
on a 70TX stump grinder.
What I'm thinking will happen
is that it'll potentially
outperform the alternative cutting systems
that we've used in the past
with our Vermeer stump grinder.
- So I really like the fact
that it doesn't have a wearable pocket.
So, one of the reasons why we've always
gone for an after-market
system over a typical Vermeer
Yellow Jacket system is because,
from a service standpoint,
it takes a lot of time
to review, and look at,
replace wearable pockets.
And that's exactly what's
been incorporated here,
this new wearable pocket.
So a lot of the wear and
tear has been eliminated
off of the machine, which
will improve serviceability.
So getting the machines,
and keeping the machines
out on the field longer, which
is ideal for our situation.
If this system works really, really well,
I could definitely see us
switching back to this product,
directly from Vermeer versus
having to even go a custom route,
which we have in the past.
I'm pretty excited to try the new wheel.
I'm hoping, and anticipating
it may outperform
the system we currently use.
- My name is Joshua Cannon,
I'm a foreman here at Sussex Tree.
You know, our equipment
is invaluable to us.
It runs like it's supposed
to, it's a part of our team,
and if it doesn't work, man,
it's like a guy that
doesn't work, you know?
And it'll drag you down.
I've always enjoyed
using Vermeer products,
and stump grinders, and
I'm really excited to see,
you know, what this wheel has to offer.
You know, I'm looking at chip size,
the size of the bite that I can take,
how much force it's putting
on the stump grinder,
how easily it pushes it, you
know, how well it performs.
The better the wheel,
the less wear and tear
is on the equipment.
You can kind of tell that this
Vermeer stump grinding wheel
is made for the grinder.
So we got this new wheel on,
we got some stumps to
grind, let's go get it.
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- I thought it was awesome,
I thought it cut really well.
It took huge bites, really good,
chips came out the right size.
Like, they weren't
stringy, it wasn't dusty,
with minimal pile-up.
This is definitely the best
wheel that I've used so far.
It's beefier, it's
stronger, it cuts faster.
So I would definitely
recommend them trying it out.
I believe the wheel saves us
time, it just saved me time.
I did 10 stumps in less than
20 minutes. That adds up
and at the end of the week,
at the end of the year,
you know, we're gonna
be better because of it.
- So yeah, it's pretty
impressive that they've dedicated
individuals to basically
focus on just something,
I mean it looks small in
the grand scheme of things.
It's a cutting system just
for their stump grinder.
I mean it's pretty cool how they're always
pushing the envelope with new
technology and engineering
to kind of help improve things.
And with this new cutting system,
it's pretty exciting what it
could actually do for us here,
in the industry, like on the
ground, running every day.
I'm really excited about it, I mean,
I talked to the foreman a little bit today
after getting a chance to
use it on a few stumps.
His initial impressions
were exactly what mine were,
is it appears to be a system
that could be superior
to what we are currently using.
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