I had good luck burning a 2 ft dia. elm stump that was coming out from a stone wall. Two bags of charcoal, got it burning, and covered it up with some old steel plate. Smoked for days, but took the stump out.
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avalancher
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You dont have to have dynamite to blast stumps out, just use black powder.I drill holes an inch in diameter as deep as I can get them, fill em with black poweder, and stick in a few cannon fuses.It wont blow the stump to bits or even out of the hole, but it will split that stump up good,enough for you to remove the pieces.Unless the stump is really big, a one pound can will easy take care of stump.You can also use shotgun shells, punch a hole right above the brass end and thread a piece of fuse into it.Works great.
J.W Younger
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had not heard that one, makes sense tho. salt prevents regrowth and makes them tasty for the deer
husky46cc
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Since it sounds like you want to plant grass over it and mow there, I will tell you of my experience. I discovered that if I want grass to grow over the site, there is no substitute for grinding the stump as far below ground as you can afford, remove all the chips and fill the hole with topsoil. Then, and only then can you plant grass seed and expect it to grow.
I went through this and learned the hard way. Finally did it right and now there's thick green grass where the stump was. I flush cut the stump first. When the guy with the grinder arrrived, he was pleasantly surprised that there was a fairly small amount to be ground up.
Good luck.
Tom
Laird
Nemo me impune lacessit
10 minutes a day with an axe worked for me one summer. Bout the same size stump if I recall.
woodbooga
cords of mystic memory
Potassium nitrate: salt petre
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_nitrate
Drill a number of holes and fill with the powder.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_nitrate
Drill a number of holes and fill with the powder.
Vangellis
ArboristSite Guru
Incorporate it into the landscape.
I cut into the center of this one and now we put flowers in it. It is beginning to fall apart after about 6 years, but served a good purpose.....deer food.
Kevin
I cut into the center of this one and now we put flowers in it. It is beginning to fall apart after about 6 years, but served a good purpose.....deer food.
Kevin
Funny how a comment meant to be funny turned into this.
I'm actually surprised I was the only one who took offense.
Anyways, back to stump removal tips.
Nosmo
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In the photo 2-posts back the deer and stump with the flowers are a neat way to handle a stump. Near the street is that another stump with the grass growing up around it ?
Nosmo
In the photo 2-posts back the deer and stump with the flowers are a neat way to handle a stump. Near the street is that another stump with the grass growing up around it ?
Nosmo
mga
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Vangellis
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Hi Nosmo.
Yes, that is another stump by the road. The neighbors property, but I take care of it. That stump is pretty rotted now and falling apart. I'll piecemeal that one as it rots.
Kevin
scottedward58
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go to blowes hardware or dome hepot and buy stump remover in the lawn and garden aisle its potassium nitrate folow the directions it works pretty good and alot easier than an axe
jmcguiretree
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Don't be cheap
Just spend the money and be done with it!!! It can be around $2.00 an inch or more . It is worth it after you figure the time that you will spend doing all these stupid things to get rid of it.Call someone ,pay them, and then spend the rest of the day glad its DONE.
Just spend the money and be done with it!!! It can be around $2.00 an inch or more . It is worth it after you figure the time that you will spend doing all these stupid things to get rid of it.Call someone ,pay them, and then spend the rest of the day glad its DONE.
Nosmo
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Burn 'em Out
Here is one I am working on right now. This is how I get rid of a stump. Couldn't put a barrel over the stump as it was too big. This tree had an 84" girth when I started on it. I was taught to dig down and get under the roots and work your way burning back under the stump. It is on its way to being history .
Nosmo
Here is one I am working on right now. This is how I get rid of a stump. Couldn't put a barrel over the stump as it was too big. This tree had an 84" girth when I started on it. I was taught to dig down and get under the roots and work your way burning back under the stump. It is on its way to being history .
Nosmo
logbutcher
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....oh yeah, for a productive evening in N.H. take 1 TSP. with single malt 1x/day. :monkey::monkey::monkey:
Live Free....Die
woodbooga
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....oh yeah, for a productive evening in N.H. take 1 TSP. with single malt 1x/day. :monkey::monkey::monkey:
Live Free....Die
Seems like somewheres along the way I've picked up an ankle biter.
You can take your monkey smileys back. They will be of little assistance in ridding the OP of his stump.
PatrickIreland
ArboristSite Guru
Thermite is the king of stump removers for me - it just burns and keeps on burning. Small stumps, a 1.5" hole filled with it, bigger stumps, more holes. Ignite with magnesium ribbon, let it eventually burn out, then knock the now hollow stump apart and retrieve the pretty, iron nuggets you just made from whatever depth they burned their way down to! Cheap stuff, too - and way more fun than grinding or using an axe.
logbutcher
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Seems like somewheres along the way I've picked up an ankle biter.
You can take your monkey smileys back. They will be of little assistance in ridding the OP of his stump.
Taken back WB. No ankle biting hereabouts.
For stumps the advice to cut down to ground, score with the saw, then either let it be, or fill the saw grooves with dirt works in a year or so.
If you're an ex try Semtex or C-4. Most stumps will rot in a year or two without fussing.
woodbooga
cords of mystic memory
Taken back WB. No ankle biting hereabouts.
For stumps the advice to cut down to ground, score with the saw, then either let it be, or fill the saw grooves with dirt works in a year or so.
If you're an ex try Semtex or C-4. Most stumps will rot in a year or two without fussing.
BTW, hope you had a good winter cutting on your woodlot - and hope you get your birch split before summer humidity sets in. I've got more of the white papery stuff than I ever imagined due to the ice storm that whacked us good before Christmas.
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