Author Topic: Stump Removal (Read 3524 times)

Gordon · « **on:** May 05, 2002, 08:36:02 am »

Ok I was at the country store this morning getting some diesel fuel and a cup of coffee. Well there was an interesting discussion going on about how to remove stumps. So of course I had to join in. Here are some of the things that were brought up and of course all of them worked best for that particular person.

1. Large tractor or dozer

2. Drill holes in stump and pour lye in it.

3. Drill holes in stump and pour buttermilk in it.

3. Drill holes in stump and pour potassium nitrate into it.

4. Drill holes into it and pour ammonium nitrate into it.

5. Cover with either cow or horse poop.

6. drill holes and pour either sugar or salt into it.

7. Burn it out with charcoal. or a 55 gal drum over it.

8. let nature take its course.

Ok those were the high points I guess. Now for the real deal what does actually work to get rid of stumps. Or what are some of the better ways to get rid of a stump that is faster than natures way of just rotting away over the years?

Gordon

Frank_Pender · « **Reply #1 on:** May 05, 2002, 08:54:30 am »

I use to use Tordon RTU, but it travels and kills others plants. I now use Crossbow if I want to dis post of a stump in rapid time. If your home or well is not very close you could use a couple sticks red paper wrapped material with a little small igniting cap.

I this application, you should make sure you can run the 100yd dash in 10 seconds and your neighbors are hard of hearing.

Ron Scott · « **Reply #2 on:** May 05, 2002, 08:57:26 am »

You don't have a "Stump Grinder" listed. It or the bulldozer method are the fastest and most reliable unless you have a lifetime to wait.

Gordon · « **Reply #3 on:** May 05, 2002, 09:17:17 am »

Sorry Ron I forgot to add the stump grinder. Guess that should have been number two. Also forgot the dig and ax method as well.

What got me thinking was some of the sugar/buttermilk/fertilizer suggestions that were given. Do any of these actually work? Or are they just ole wisetales.

Gordon

Kevin · « **Reply #4 on:** May 05, 2002, 09:27:02 am »

You also forgot the old planter box over the stump trick!

Jeff · « **Reply #5 on:** May 05, 2002, 01:31:10 pm »

Well, I do it a little Differently.

First you got to Cedar Eaters House and walk out behind his tractor too pick a good one from his cedar swamp.

(Click images for larger view)

Then You get Cedar Eater to thoroughly dull a chain cutting it out for you.

You then get Carl to haul it out of his fine woods with his tractor.

You then take it home and make a table base out of it

Kevin · « **Reply #6 on:** May 05, 2002, 04:01:32 pm »

Jeff,
Did he give you the Timber Buyers discount?

CHARLIE · « **Reply #7 on:** May 05, 2002, 05:17:04 pm »

I've tried the digging and chopping method back in 1970 when I was extremely poor. Today, I think I would opt for the stump grinder. All that other stuff would probably take longer than I would want to wait.

Jeff! That's going to make a fine looking table! I hope you post pictures of the completed project. Did you get the 2 logs too?

psychotic1 · « **Reply #8 on:** May 05, 2002, 09:39:09 pm »

Gordon, I don't know anything about buttermilk or surgar, But pottasium nitrate and ammonium nitrate will speed up the decomposition process. Being nitrates helps to make them more "corrosive" when spread throughout the stump by water. Personally I prefer to use either of them to make up some type of "bang" formula and remove the stump a LOT quicker. I use a longer fuse that Frank does, so I don't have to run at all, but it sure does help to ensure the neighbors are on vacation or something.

Bruce

Tillaway · « **Reply #9 on:** May 05, 2002, 09:54:53 pm »

Preferred methods, Excavator with Thumb, Big hydraulic log loader.. just reach over and pull it like a tooth. Or the spectacular method... explosives.

Paul_H · « **Reply #10 on:** May 06, 2002, 12:18:55 am »

There is no bang like an Amex bang.Powerful fertilizer

And to think,we get paid to do it.

Bud Man · « **Reply #11 on:** May 06, 2002, 12:23:52 am »

Been known to dissolve a proper substance in a boiling pot and pour on the stump and let the Deer add the disposing action necessary to eliminate the stump, works pretty well, generally takes a couple of years on an old stump !

woodmills1 · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2002, 04:20:30 am »

I can tell you that the bulldozer method can take a lot of time, at least when the dozer is smaller, case 310, and the stump is larger like 20" maple. I think backhoe or excavator would be better/faster. same for rocks. I spent over and hour trying to dig one 3 foot long 2 foot across rock out of the ground saturday with my little dozer.

splinters · « **Reply #13 on:** May 06, 2002, 06:20:10 am »

preferred method around here is excavator with or without thumb. followed by grinding. but grinding only goes to ground level or slightly below. it still leaves a lot of wood. I can't imagine the problems of us average people in NY trying to get a hold of some boom stuff. Heard of being reduced to using pyrodex to try to break rocks.

Corley5 · « **Reply #14 on:** May 06, 2002, 06:32:27 am »

Jeff, that stump looks even 8)er peeled. Looking forward to the finished product. Salt on stumps to entice critters to chew on them works but is kind of slow. An excavator with a thumb sounds like the best way.

TJACK · « **Reply #15 on:** May 06, 2002, 10:18:25 am »

I wish I could have read this yesterday. It took me about two hours on Sunday to dig down a few inches and cut off a black cherry stump 24" in diameter and a 15" hard maple. Took my time and got luck, not one rock hit. Rolling these stumps is not the easiest thing even if you cut the chutes from the roots off.

TJACK

Tom · « **Reply #16 on:** May 06, 2002, 06:25:35 pm »

Although I remove stumps with my rubber-tired backhoe, I've found the easiest way to get a stump out of the ground is to give someone else a monetary reward for removing it.

Cedar Eater · « **Reply #17 on:** May 06, 2002, 09:41:24 pm »

The CedarEater method for removing stumps.

1. Start with a dull almost lifeless chain and preferably an equally useless bar and sprocket.

2. Sharpen the chain one last time.

3. If you're selling the stump to Jeff, cut it horizontally at 1" below grade. If you're trying to level the ground, cut the roots that are nearly horizontal by cutting them off at 2 " below grade down to the full length of the bar at about a 70 degree angle all around the stump.

4. Huff and puff or work the bucket of mini-tractor back and forth until a.) the vertical roots or b.) the tractor or c.) you break.

5. If 4a.), fill in the hole and call it a day. If 4b.), curse and fix the tractor or and repeat steps 2-4. If 4c.), recuperate and repeat steps 2-4.

Jeff was fortunate. I had the perfect chain for his stump that day. I've cut three more stumps with it since then and it's not so perfect any more.

That stump looks great Jeff. We definitely gotta see the finished product.

sawyerkirk · « **Reply #18 on:** May 07, 2002, 05:44:44 am »

I have (had) two maple stumps very near my house, one is gone and the other is on its way. being as they are so close to the house and I am cheap, I am using the charcoal method. We cut these trees down about a year ago, and made various cuts into it with my chainsaw (to speed drying) these are huge stumps, 36" across. The first one I used a bag of charcoal on top and thenadded scraps from my stake operation till it was completely gone never creting much ofa fire, it took about3 days from stump to hole in the ground. The other one is taking more time as it has rained every day since I started my original fire.

Jeff · « **Reply #19 on:** May 07, 2002, 01:08:49 pm »

Am I the only one that puts em in my living room?

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