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Read articles →An owner putting his new TYM 2515H and BH150 backhoe through a real stump removal, not a demo, but an unscripted task that took nearly four hours of machine time. He works through digging all four sides, switching to the loader with log tongs when the backhoe can't pull the root ball, and finishing by backfilling. Honest about the machine's limits, including a candid take on whether a 25HP tractor could support a stump-removal business. Best for prospective TYM 2515H buyers curious about real-world backhoe capability on a small machine.
An owner-operator sharing hands-on impressions from his own homestead, with no apparent commercial ties to TYM or any dealer.
It can dig around a stump and break through most roots, but this root ball was too much for the backhoe alone to pull out of the hole.
The owner spent over three and a half hours of machine time, going from 9 hours to 12.7 hours on the tractor, digging out one stump.
The owner says you would probably go broke unless you charged a lot, since this size job took nearly four hours with a 25 horsepower machine.
The front end loader with log tongs was used to pick up and drag the root ball out of the hole in reverse.
