Stump Removal

john in la · Dec 24, 2018

Short of a backhoe or a dozer give us your stump removal technique.

Got a 24+ inch eastern black oak stump burning in the yard right now.
I cut a X down from the top of the stump to ground level.
Then at the center of the X I plunged cut 4 little triangles.
I then built a fire on top of the stump center.
Over night the 4 wedges burnt out so now I have about a 6 inch hole in the center.
Every now and then I clean out the hole and start the fire over.
Its a slow process but seems to be working.
A good stiff wind or a fan would sure help.

Wish I knew someone with a saw mill.
Center 18 inches or so of the trunk is a nice red color and got to be 15 to 20 feet long.

504 · Dec 24, 2018

I just keep adding wood the the stump till it is all gone.

grandpa Love · Dec 24, 2018

Dang...in the South too, you had to ask? Black powder!! Lol Oh.....too close to the house?! Oh well....

oldtanker · Dec 24, 2018

Me? I use a backhoe. My BIL just builds a fire on a stump. Might have to burning a couple of times.

Rick

4520BW · Dec 24, 2018

If you can get coal keep throwing it on as the stump burns down. Charcoal works to but not as goog as coal.

jeffcat · Dec 24, 2018

Goodness sakes go look on U'TUBE. There are all kinds of ways and all you need to do is try a couple of them. I did the charcoal with a little blower fan from a piece of cooking equipment. Had a 4 inch water heater metal pipe stuck down the side inside a 55 gallon drum. Cooked it like a blast furnace.

Elmo · Dec 24, 2018

Time and nature does a pretty good job too.
Elmo

JOCCO · Dec 24, 2018

Well you probably know this but a stump grinder they do have small portable ones, rental ones and people do it for hire.

WGM · Dec 24, 2018

I have used charcoal but it take a lot of it. Lately I have hired guys who grind stumps. Expensive but about the only way to go. Good luck.

omahagreg · Dec 24, 2018

If not in a big hurry-I use table salt! I drill as many 4 inch deep, 1/4" holes in the top of the stump as my heart desires, then pour the salt in! First time I tried it within 6 months it was below ground so I added dirt(was in my MILs back yard)! It just kept going and going! I added dirt 3 more springs after as the earth just kept moving as it rotted! I figure the removal cost my $.25!

johnlobb · Dec 24, 2018

I burnt out 3 Box elder (female) and 1 pine stump this fall. Seemed to work better by chainsawing "X"s down to the ground, and even sawing lower in the middles. Had to keep messing with the fires for 2-3 days each. All 4 now are filled in with grass seed planted on top of the bare ground where the stumps used to be. I have 3 more to do this summer, next fall. Stump grinders can drive out of your yard with over a $1000 bill in their pocket.

john in la · Dec 24, 2018

You been looking threw the history of my internet searches.

I searched how to make a 1/4 stick and got to thinking.
OH no I can see the police pulling up in my yard any moment.

But if someone wants to give advise on how much to use I am game.

JMS/.MN · Dec 24, 2018

I had a grinder come out last year for about 20 stumps.....3 were grown together, the rest were generally over a foot in dia...cost me $600.

steve_in_mo · Dec 24, 2018

Put a barrel over the trunk for a chimney, and drill angled holes
from ground level down a foot or so into the middle of the stump
for a draft.

Geo-TH,In · Dec 24, 2018

I feel lucky to know a man with a sawmill who will pick up my yard tree logs and give me some of the wood he cuts.

Also have a neighbor with a 75 hp stump grinder. He makes short work grinding stumps.

This is the hole in the ground after he ground a 3 ft stump.

Didn't take him any time to grind 6 stumps for me.

DoubleO7 · Dec 24, 2018

(quoted from post at 22:34:20 12/24/18) I feel lucky to know a man with a sawmill who will pick up my yard tree logs and give me some of the wood he cuts.

Your very lucky (or the guy is a fool) as most refuse to saw yard trees at all.
If they do they will only do it if you agree to buy a new blade every time they hit a nail.

Stephen Newell · Dec 24, 2018

I normally flag them and just let them rot away on their own. If it's not someplace you are plowing a stump grinder is an easy fix. Any tool rental place would have them.

DWF · Dec 25, 2018

A couple of months ago I cut two big (about 24" on the butt) trees next to my driveway. I had a guy come with a good sized stump grinder and he ground them slightly under the dirt. $140.00 for the two. I thought that was good, although I did not ask any others for a price.
DWF

Ozlander · Dec 26, 2018

(quoted from post at 14:09:48 12/24/18) If not in a big hurry-I use table salt! I drill as many 4 inch deep, 1/4" holes in the top of the stump as my heart desires, then pour the salt in!

I read where buttermilk would do the same thing.

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