BlueRidgeMark
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Getting rid of stumps in woodlot ??
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gr8scott72
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Yeah, $1000 for 50 stumps, I'd drive over there to do that also! When you want me to come?
ropensaddle
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Well, you're welcome up this way anytime.
Now get off that computer and get out and do some work!
Good point my helper no show so time to go it alone
ropensaddle
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Yeah, $1000 for 50 stumps, I'd drive over there to do that also! When you want me to come?
Lol I see where this is going
ropensaddle
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Yeah, $1000 for 50 stumps, I'd drive over there to do that also! When you want me to come?
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Iska3
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Stint,
Just cut the center out of an old steel wheel and drop it around the stump.
Then dump a bag of the cheapest generic charcoal you can find on top, dump some diesel on it to get it going, and put a match to it.
It will be sub flush within a day, and no risk of contamination or wild fire.
If ya got Deer hanging around, soaking stumps with Salt or mineral block brine works pretty well at times too.
Let Bambi tear the thing out and dig it all up.
Ya just gotta stop them from making a crater sometimes, but that ain't hard.
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
I do the coffee can of rock salt on the stump and let the deer take care of them. On the bigger ones I use an old truck rim and burn them out with old underbrush. Because of the large rocks, I can't bring in the brush hog of at least two years so this gives be time to rid the stumps.
BlueRidgeMark
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How far sub? I'm wondering if this would work for me on some good-sized pine stumps. They are dry enough to burn by now. It's been, what, 4 years since I cut them down. But this is lawn area, not woodlot, so I need them to go DOWN so I can level the ground and make it flush with the rest of the lawn.
I would guess that 6 oz or so of black powder and a long fuse is not the best way? ( does make for some excitement though)
dingeryote
Blueberry Baron
Mark, if it's already pretty close to flush and dry, it's just a matter of adding more coal to get 'em down further if needed.
Good luck!!
Stay safe!
Dingeryote
Chris Crouse
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A person I worked construction for used a similar technique to get rid of trees when he needed to clear a lot for a new house. He would cut any limbs off that were in the way of his loader, then, with the bucket as high as possible for leverage, ease into the tree to knock the whole thing over, pulling the root ball out at the same time. It looked too easy. I guess this would probably only work on a non-brittle tree since a brittle tree would just snap.
I intend to try a similar method for some trees I have using a chain and my pickup. Unfortunately I doubt I'll have the traction or power to do the job.
The key is to leave the trunk taller than you can reach with your machine!
SpiralAcacia
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Hey' I'm surprised no one suggested yet the real men black powder de-stumping method???
SA
SA
Just a thought from an old farmer with lots of Farm tractor 'scares' who rarely raises the bucket higher than the exhaust without his butt contracting violently enough to chomp at the seat cushion:
Have a good roll bar and seat belt when you do this with anything less stout than about a Caterpillar D7 dozer
Just my (unsolicited) 2 cents)
giXXer
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Last year I had a nice maple in my yard get hit by lightning so I finally cut it down along with the surrounding few smaller maples two weeks ago and have been working on the stumps since. My tractor is not at home, the loader is a two hour drive away so I've been trying to burn it below the level of the lawn. I took a suggestion from an AS member and cut the bottom out of a 55 gallon drum, dug around the stump, put the barrel on top and got a nice fire going in the barrel. I have had three fires in the barrel and the stump is now almost gone. I have spent a considerable amount of time and wood getting it this far, but it is working. If I had several large stumps I would probably rent a stump grinder for the $150-$200 they get or pay someone to come in and do it. I usually use the front end loader and just dig around them a little bit and pick em out of the ground, though.
Has anyone tried the "Stump Not" that Bailey's sells? Or is it the same product that was mentioned previously that is available from Home Depot? I was just wondering if it actually worked.
Has anyone tried the "Stump Not" that Bailey's sells? Or is it the same product that was mentioned previously that is available from Home Depot? I was just wondering if it actually worked.
Iska3
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I took a suggestion from an AS member and cut the bottom out of a 55 gallon drum, dug around the stump, put the barrel on top and got a nice fire going in the barrel. I have had three fires in the barrel and the stump is now almost gone.
We did this for many years. Cut the barrel in half and you can burn two stumps at the same time.. Once it burns down so far the ash will turn to lime and kill the rest of the roots. Very little mess in the yard and a good place for the kids to do their hot dogs at night.
We did this for many years. Cut the barrel in half and you can burn two stumps at the same time.. Once it burns down so far the ash will turn to lime and kill the rest of the roots. Very little mess in the yard and a good place for the kids to do their hot dogs at night.
Blackjack1234
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You can throw a lot of good wood into your ring, trying to burn out a stump, been there done that!!!
Might try the charcoal method to see if that works faster.
BlueRidgeMark
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ropensaddle
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If pushing yes.
When PULLINg, it's another story!
Heck I may make a road trip in Nov if you have not figured them out by then.
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Jredsjeep
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i have done something similar to the "pushing over with the bucket" method. i will cut the tree off about as high as i can reach for leverage. i dont have a loader so i use my diesel 4 door F350 chained to the top of the cut. a few good pulls and i have the complete stump out. might take a couple of chainings in differant directions but i have gotten out trees in the 12-18" diameter range this way.
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