An Interesting Way to get rid of a Huge Tree Stump - Cut, Dig and Burn
burning out a huge tree stump
Check out this video digging out a similar sized stump
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Or this video grinding out a stump that someone had already tried to burn
$240 an Hour Stump Grinding with a Tractor.... Well Sort of
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Check out this video digging out a similar sized stump Mini Excavator vs Massive Stumps - Kubota U35 kzhead.info/sun/lpGNc7Rla6qpfYU/bejne.html Or this video grinding out a stump that someone had already tried to burn $240 an Hour Stump Grinding with a Tractor.... Well Sort of kzhead.info/sun/fZGgiNJueYipkmw/bejne.html Or this video digging out a smaller stump with the tractor backhoe Digging Out a Stump with a Compact Tractor Backhoe kzhead.info/sun/l7SKg7eRlmR6d40/bejne.html
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i would have cooked food on that fire, a big hunk of beef, lamb or Pork or all 3 with some roasted veggies :)
😂.. he’s just playing with his farm toys.. 2 hours and 2 sticks of dynamite.. job finished
Nope. The easiest cleanest no fuss no mess way to get rid of a stump like that is homemade thermite in a clay flower pot. Lots of videos on KZhead show how to make it.
When you said; "There's only one quick, easy way to remove a stump..." I really thought you were going to say; "Dynamite!" 🧨
That’s the only really really good fast way to get it out of the way 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Dynamite would be awesome but all the idiots that came before us ruined it for everybody. I watched a vid where this guy had an antique stump remover it was basically a hollow iron wedge you filled up with black powder. Light it and run like hell. 😆
That’s what I was thinking as well.🤪
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A D9 is real good on stumps. I had 43 stumps after logging. The market on machinery was favorable, so I bought a D9, used it one weekend, and sold it. In my 20s, I just used an ax, shovel, a mattox, a chain saw, and a garden hose to keep the roots clean enough for the saw. I cut 2-3 pieces of roots out. These were oak and cedar stumps. Now 74, I have had no need to remove stumps for 40 years, fortunately.
When I burned out a stump like that I spent a week drillng holes & filling them with used motor oil, drilled 36 holes then at end of week lit it off took about3 days & nites but it was totally gone.
D-9, what’s that cost, 800K
how on earth did you buy a d9 when you were in your 20s ??!
I have three stumps to remove after a tornado tore up my back yard. I'm going to look up a D9. The stumps are not under ground. They have been uprooted but are big and still need to be removed.
That took some effort, but all good things do. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product. Thanks for your varied content. I'm learning a great deal and appreciate watching your equipment skills increase!!
Great video showing how difficult dealing with large stumps cam be. As stated in my other video comment I would still have burned it but made the stump the center of my new wood yard burn pile for scraps from that operation over time. Stumps never burn fast or easy but you can how ever light a fire and leave it to do other things around the farm. I’ve always made a plunge cut vertically in the stump prior to burning as a burnt motor oil deep entry point. Great real world showing that things that sound easy can’t be very difficult. 👍👍👍
I'd have used 4 oz. Of C-4 and had it out in less than an hour!!
I make several plunge cuts so it looks like a checker board and I can either put some oil or fuel into the lines or I can just leave for a couple years and the rain water running into the lines a the freeze and thaw cycle of a couple winters will split it into chunks that can be removed fairly easily
Nice! It was a lot of work for sure! But look at it this way... you were able to do some additional clean up around the property. If you would have spent all day digging the stump out... you would still have all that stuff to burn, plus the stump you just dug out lol! Thanks for sharing Brock!
I dug out a Norwegian Spruce stump last week with a 2038R. Once I finally got the roots and stump out it was 3800 pounds. I dug a little with the backhoe and then used the red tip on the pressure to clear the dirt and rocks and then dug a little more. Cut a few roots with the saw after I got the dirt and rock cleared. No matter how you do it they all take a lot of work.
People used to have to do this 100's of times to clear agricultural land using axes, saws and horses. Once you've dug out a stump it makes you truly appreciate how hard those pioneers were and how much of a pussy you truly are.
My father-in-law used this technique with interesting consequences. He had a "stump farm" that had been there quite a while and were dry. He experimented by burning one stump. The fire took out the stump, but continued to burn down through the roots. The roots burned underground and got roots from another stump burning that eventually caught another stump on fire. And so on. He and the family came home one night to a scene of fire trucks at their place. Several stumps combusted simultaneously and it looked like a scene from hades. It took several weeks of diligence to get all the fires out. Needless to say, this episode is part of the family lore.
😂😂😂😂A good story. Since he has a heavy equipment, it's easier to dig it out, I think.
Wow! That's so interesting. Thank you for sharing bc we are moving to a large piece of land. Now we can avoid an adventure like that.
Lol, when he said burn it out i thought he'd have at least taken a few minutes to research. There's some fantastic examples on KZhead burning out stumpa like a jet oven... very cool and much easier!
Burning all that wood on top of the stump? Someone should explain to this guy where heat from a fire goes.
Where does it go?
Ive only burn stumps with the Swedish Match technique. A deep X with the fire only in the center. 4 paths for air in to a central flame. Once it started it boils the sap out for more combustable area. Stumps that size were burnt below ground level overnite with a deep double X cut.
A friend of mine had a large stump like the one you have and he cut if off at about the same distance from the ground as you did, but he did not cut it any more. He drilled a three inch hole in the center of the stump as deep as he could get it and them poured diesel fuel in the hole and let it soak in for a while and then repeated the process and lit it. The stump burned from the inside out and he said the stump was down to ground level the next day.
I have always just drilled out the stump…poured waste oil on it(or diesel etc) put a couple of bags of charcoal on top and lit it. Once the coals take , cover the whole thing with a sheet of steel and let it burn. It takes a few days but it burns the trunk AND the root structure underground. I’ve never done anything like the amount of digging you’re doing and roots are burned away. Not saying you’re doing it wrong. Just different from how I do it.
Thats the right way. I poured potassium nitrate and it turns to mush. If i have a tank or waterer that is good cover. I've burned out dozens of stumps but most people can't do it right and say it dont work.
You really are the antithesis of the saying "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." I love that you try and show many different methods to do the same task. It shows a creative mind. When people tell us we are doing it wrong, I always think of a time on a job site when a guy says to my buddy; "That's not the way I'd do it..." His response? "Maybe that's why you're not doing it." 😁
Good comment. Thanks for sharing
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@GeorgiaRocketman wtf kind of sense do you think that makes
@@RockhillfarmYTthat sped up on your chainsaw sounds like a buzzing bee 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
If the soil is that rocky, I just can't imagine all of the work it took to make that pasture. Incredible!
You could drill a hole in the side of the stump that connects to one of the vertical holes. That would create a chimney effect and it would make burning faster and hotter and deeper.
Winner winner chicken dinner. Leave the entire thing uncut to create plenty of hot coals with the Swedish 🔦 torch. I use a shop vac on blow mode with a metal pipe to add air
I was thinking the same thing at the 15:00 mark. He put the cross cut in the stump, so why not do a horizontal cut into the core on the edge about a foot down.
Cut or drill with an auger. Soak stump in diesel for several days, ignite… Horizontal cuts or bores into the base allows air to turn it into a “Swedish Log Stove” and it burns from the inside out at super high temperatures. Your method is “top down” burning and you need an internal “bottom/inside” burn.
It may or may not be better than digging it out, but burning it also provided the added advantage of clearing up a lot of refuse that was laying around. Two birds with one stone! Can't wait to see how the stump turns out.
He still had to dig it out. This didn't really kill the stump.
This guy certainly put on a SHOW, didn't he. When my Finnish neighbour burnd out his stump, he drilled a couple of large holes down the middle, excavated some dirt around the bottom, and drilled a couple ofair holes there. He made a 'Rocket Stove' out of it, and lit it. It burned for three days. Completely!
The rocket stove method is by far the most efficient. I burned a similar stump and it burned for a couple of days taking the roots out 20 feet from the stump.
My fun way is a 13hp pressure washer and trash pump. Completely expose the root ball so you cut small roots and remove stump in one big piece. Even if just cutting a stump close to the ground, I use the pressure washer to remove everything that will dull the blade.
I love your videos. I use them when my wife says “why do you need to buy this equipment or that equipment?” I’m like here watch what all I can do with it. Total justification!
A good fire always helps me clean up around my property. Good job Brock.
That leaf blower could have been used to fan the fire. So if the fire were covered with some kind of inflammable material to keep embers from blowing off, you could just turn the thing into a giant furnace with the stump as fuel. You could distance the leaf blower from the heat with a pipe of some sort.
I had a big stump down behind the house which noone could pull off the ground so I created a fire around it to burn it away. The game changer for me was to use old car and tractor tires which I had laying around anyway. It burned for almost a week and took 30 tires, but then it was all gone. Just an idea if you need an effective way to get a tree removed.
I think you meant to say nonflammable……..inflammable is the same as flammable.
Like I've told my wife on numerous projects when she asks how long it will take, "unless I've done it before at least 3 times, about 3 times as long as I originally expected." It baffled her for a couple of years when she finally started asking, "how long are u expecting to take?" I'll tell her '1 hour' but she knows it will be 3. We worked it out! Laughs.
This was a nice challenge for you. It's the kind of project i got into as a kid. With some uncles and cousins; It's a really good teaching and learning experience.
I've been in the Dozer, Track loader, and Backhoe business for 24 years. There's no " easy " stump removal! The only fast way is with a LARGE excavator. And of course their expensive hourly! With average size equipment, it just takes time and patience. And Certainly burning will work, just Time consuming. Good Video 👍
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Been burning on my maple stump for 6 years. It was 3 maple trees grown together and stump is around 8ft x 10ft and has huge runners going from it. Took a mini excavator and dug around it and it didn't like it at all. Figured after 6 years it would be rotten but it wasn't. Big roots 18 inches and bigger was going away from it. I have several different styles of drill bits stuck in the stump that I can't get out. Tore up my brushless battery Dewalt drill and my corded Milwaukee drill trying to drill a hole in it. Now I've resorted to piling dirt on top and keep it wet in hoping it will rot away eventually.
ive burned a few over the years,,,waited 3 yrs for it to dry a bit,,,,drilled large holes like that about 18" deep and about 3" apart,,,,filled holes with diesel twice per week for 3 weeks then piled some scrap on top. Set it alight and added scrap to it twice per day. After 4 days i let it die out. Stump was gone and side roots had burned 2ft back also,,,,thanks for your video
i have burned several stumps over the years and use a metal 55 gal barrel centered on the stump after drilling holes in it, adding used oil and just add trash wood to keep it going. once the stump gets going it burns down below the ground. the barrel keeps the fire contained. most of my stumps aren't anywhere near the size of the one you did and often fit over the stump which helps the process.
Trying something new and struggling should not make feel like an idiot...this entertaining I can’t wait to see the results. I did not think power poles wood burn I thought they were loaded with bad chemicals. Great job 🙂
I love the way you think outside of the box. All creative people do. Im subscribing for that reason. You handled that stihlzilla like a boss. Great video. Rock on Bro.
Good of you to share the wholesome smoke with all of us.
I'm curious if you modified the approach some by doing everything you did up till you drilled holes in the stump (not burn but looking to remove in sections). Could you use the stump grinder to grind a cross (X or tee) down into the stump as deep as possible (like you sawed down thru the stump to "quarter" the second group of firewood cutoffs). I assume you would have to grind some width into the grooves so the grinder could go deeper so you could end up "quartering" the whole stump. Then tackle breaking it apart and digging/pulling each quarter out with the tree puller. Might be easier to sacrifice a chainsaw chain to be dulled by plunging it into the center of the stump and sawing the cross in (down into the ground), just thinking the grinder would tolerate some dirt & rock contact better than a chainsaw chain.... On burning it, thing to remember is that only the surfaces exposed to air will burn (I think it was a good idea to uncover some of the roots the way you did), so the more times you plunge your saw down into the stump, the more SURFACE AREA there is exposed to the air that can burn, so that should speed up the burning process (the deeper you go the better......at least until you break thru and into the dirt......:( ). Once you exposed so of the roots (after you blew everything off) it might have been interesting to see if you could use the tree puller, opened enough, to dig on either side of the some of the roots so you could grab a root and try to rip it up and out (more time in the A/C cab......). Regardless, good work & video, it will be interesting to see how much of the stump has burned in a day or two. Have a good one!!
Ive got to stop watching your videos and go to work on my own farm, but they so addicting! Ok no kidding, got to get some work done.
I enjoy all your videos Brock and I don't say that about many. I just like your attitude I guess. I think your a person I could get along with very easily. But I live in Oregon and I am an old fart of 86. Keep on trucking buddy.
This is an old time method. Pile rocks around it, pour in a bag of charcoal, light it up and wait 3 to 5 days. It will burn down into the ground and won't come back as a tree.
I’m more impressed that You were wearing all the protective gear needed for the job. WELL DONE!
I could really relate to that feeling you get at some point that you don't know what you are doing. I think it's evidence that you often do find the best approach. Anyway thanks for being real.
I really love a video where I just say "exactly" over and over as I watch it. 👍
It only takes me 30 minutes per tree and stump. Because I DON'T saw the tree down, I leave the stump attached and push it all down at one time. I've been operating the Excavator for over 15 yrs now and Love it. Trying to get my own and do it ONLY my way, I won't have as many workers, but I can put them in making furniture., keeping working in a much safer environment
You ALMOST had it figured out. Start the fire, let it go a bit, then put that backpack blower back on and get some serious air to it! You will be impressed. Speeds up the process tremendously, too.
I use a leaf blower... I take a ship auger to drill a nice hole in the side and down the top ..... add diesel, let set for a couple days ...insert pipe w/blower attached .... fire it up and add air from the blower from 10' away..........STUMP GONE ! 🤔
Amazing amount of very expensive equipment, and still so much time available to play. Only on KZhead. Glad you are able to do this. I would of cut it off and put 6” of dirt on top, then plant grass.
My first x here. U did a great job. I’m a city girl and I never saw this before. Waiting for the stump removal now.
What a cool Way to manage a project with great potential for future development
On smaller trees I have used a technique of washing away the dirt surrounding the stump. The principle would work with even this large stump. Then you can get a saw into the cavity to cut the roots. I start by digging a pit about 5 to 10 feet away from the stump. Then dig a downhill trench leading into the pit. Using water from a garden hose, the dirt surrounding the stump is washed into the pit. Let the water in the pit sink into the soil, then dig out the pit, and repeat the process until roots are exposed and can be cut with a saw.
40 to 60 minutes with a big stump grinder and you would have had that stump done and dusted, but he'll who doesn't a good bomb fire and like you said ,it got rid of heaps of old wood that you had lying around. Cheers from Brisbane Australia.
I think should drill 4 holes around the base at an angle downwards and towards the center for air intake. Then 1 hole in the top for the exhaust. Then pour the diesel in the hole on top until the diesel reaches the holes on the sides. Let it soak in. Then a match and a few sticks into the hole on top. Once the fire starts and the air starts flowing, you can put kindling in the holes on the sides and ignite it. It might help to put a steel pipe in the hole on top to form a chimney. Since hot air rises, the chimney will help suck air through the holes so the stump is able to burn on the inside.
That's the way I was thinking.
@@williamgrissom1995, Now I want to find a stump and try it.
yes side holes but add a small fan to the vertical holes below. I do it and it creates a kiln of sorts.
I had a 20 inch walnut stump in my front yard and watched a video of how to drill holes and burn a stump. Pffttt! I drilled a bunch of holes around the stump, then drilled holes from the outside lower edge of the stump to intersect with the vertical holes. Then cut an X in the top with the chain saw like you did. Poured used motor oil on it to soak for a couple weeks, adding some here and there as it soaked away. Then I built a fire on top. I burned it 3 or 4 different times over a period of a year, even adding a bag of charcoal on top to make the fire last longer. I now have a char broiled solid stump in the yard, even 3 years later. It is down level to the ground, but when you blacken a solid hardwood, it actually keeps it from rotting. Never again will I try that on walnut anyway. A 24 inch elm, cut at the same time, with nothing done to it in 4 years, is completely rotted away now. A 5 foot diameter Ash stump that was rotted out about 4 foot in the middle, cut the same time, and burned on a half dozen times so far, is almost ready to be dug out with my track loader. I'll try to dig it out this fall after the corn is taken off, so I can get all the way around it.
Put 4 pallets high... place a plate of metal over the top. That will force the heat out around the edges of the stump making it burn faster and easier !
Dynamite, brother!! Quick. Easy. Fun!
Getting rid of stumps is one of the banes of mankind. Digging out stumps has been going on from the stone ax day's. I have used everything from shovels to dynamite. One way I have used the chimney. Dig out under it then drill a hole down from the top. Stuff dry Lems in the hole under the stump. And down the hole. Your stump is now a rocket stove. The fire draws in air from the bottom, and it burns like a rocket. As the center gets bigger just keep piling in wood.
Great job good and honest approach 😊
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Next time, if you want to get hotter temperatures try hitting it with your leaf blower once it gets going. Or just put a box fan on it. Fire needs fuel AND oxygen to burn. Also, heat tends to rise, so this gives you the ability to redirect the heat towards the stump!
Funny you say that, because the follow up video that I released the next day was burning the same stump with a leaf blower
@@RockhillfarmYT so in order to get rid of ONE tree stump you had to burn down a forest?
LOL - I struggled the same way with a stump almost exact same size as this one. I had a Bobcat with a bucket and started about 20 feet from the stump and working from the outside in, I dug in and snapped the major roots all the way around the stump. STILL wouldn't budge. Then I got some pallets and some cut firewood and tried to burn it out. Pre-drilled some deep holes and soaked it with kerosene. Had it blazing FOR TWO DAYS. Greatly reduced it's above ground size, but it STILL wouldn't budge. I let it sit for over a full year - got a bigger Bobcat and finally popped it out. A BEAST!! I should note - given the lot size and other structures, there was no way to get a heavier piece of equipment in there.
I once pulled out about 13 stumps in a row, 3 to 3 1/2 feet in diameter, red fir that were cut off about 1 1/2 feet tall above the ground. Actually a stump before that I dug it out , about 4 1/2 hours later and my case 580 couldn't even get the root ball out of the hole. So the next step was a 13,000 lb. Ford truck with a hydraulic winch at the head of the flatbed, with brakes locked and wheels chalked the first pulley with the cable end wrapped around a stump had 26,000 pounds of pull and the next pulley had 52,000 lbs of pull and the next pulley had 104,000 lbs of pull and when the truck was being drug backwards a pickup was tied to the front of the truck and roots up to 8" diameter were either pulled out of the rocky mountain ground or they were broken off. When stumps used for deadmen were in short supply live trees were used for anchors. Some smaller stumps were pulled out by just driving the truck forward and only one requred a pickup being tied to the front. Another truck with bed and winch was used to winch the rootballs up onto the bed and go dump them over a bank. Another time on a big black walnut tree stump winching it up onto the bed and trying to force the bed down on the truck frame to soon I actually bent the truck frame and with the bow in the truck frame the bed lacked a foot and a half of coming down on the frame at the head of the bed, so I drove back home that way. I hoisted the bed up a little, put a hardwood plank across the frame over the hump, picked up the back of the truck bed with a 16,000 forklift with the load still on the truck and forced the two way hoist down on the plank rebending the frame back like it 'almost' was before. Actually I went about a 1/4" to much. If you are going to burn a stump out, the stump is the fuel, what you need is the air supply to feed the fire and the air must be supplied in the right quantity and to the right place and you have an underground forge, burning hotter than Hell and it will even burn up most if the ashes, if you do it right with a forced air steel pipe directed to the right places. I have had underground fires with densely packed brush piles bigger than houses burn for a week, they just have to have air getting to them to feed the fire 🔥.
I am a 73 year old woman and I have burned a stump without all of the epuipment. Sitting on the ground I used a small chopping hand tool and dug around the perimeter close to the stump. I used a sharp shooter shovel when I could. I burned for several days, digging deeper a the burned stump allowed. I might be slow, but where there is a will there is a way.
Looking forward to tomorrow's video to see how it turned out!
I like the burns where they cut a hold in the middle and air vents from the side. Then fuel the stump like a rocket stove, and watch it burn from the outside.
Now, I'm not complaining. And I'm not trying to criticize. But I have quite a bit of experience with burning stumps. I found actual directions for stump burning many years ago, in a manual produced by the US government to teach Farmers how to run a farm. It was published in 1910. They recommended drilling a series of holes in the top of the stump and pouring kerosene into them. And allowing it to soak for a week, always checking them and making sure to fill them back up again. After much kerosene had been soaked into the stump, they instructed to pour fresh water onto the stump and cover it for a day. I'm not certain what this did. The method I use is similar. You can drill a series of large holes down into the stump. And pour 5 gallons of fuel down into it. Let it soak in refill the holes. So on and so on. Do that for one to two weeks. Then start a fire on top of the stump with charcoal. Even on a hardwood green tree. It will burn for days maybe a week. Oftentimes the kerosene has so thoroughly soaked into the wood that the roots remain on fire and smolder underground for weeks, and ultimately collapse on themselves and lower the grade. I found a better way is to simply use a chainsaw, to plunge cut down into the top of the stump at an angle. Go at it from four directions and make a upside down pyramid. Depending on the size of the stump you can pour in one to three gallons of diesel fuel. This is assuming you have cut the stump off at ground level. I also put a few vertical cuts straight down in the bottom of the trough. Refill it everyday with kerosene or diesel fuel. After 2 weeks later on fire and it will burn out completely. This can be done on multiple trees at the same time. It's a very easy inexpensive way to get rid of multiple large tree stumps. But from my experience, a tree stump dry or green cannot be burned out in one day of work.
Thanks for the tips. This was green wood and I didn’t have the patience to finish burning it. Ended up digging it out
Well, burning all the old brush and scrap is fun, but I think the whole time you had a big fire going above the stump, the stump in the ground was not getting much oxygen, so it wasn't burning much. My guess is, the way to go would be a decent sized fire on top to produce a big bed of coals, then let it smolder for days, with the occasional blower to remove ash and let more air in.
We burned out a few giant stumps by digging around them like he did and then laying down a couple of lengths of 4" iron sewer pipe to the base of the stump. Build the same sort of fire did, but but a blower on the far end of the pipe. It gets hotter than the hinges of hell, but the stump disappears in a hurry.
@@chriscmoor THIS idea of inducing air can be done with stove pipe and a blower (multispeed furnace fan) and small genset! Acts just like a blow torch!
@@lotharschiese8559 The problem with stove pipe is that the fire gets so hot that it will soften and collapse, especially when adding more material to the burn.
@@chriscmoor no hi
@@chriscmoor Have used a furnace fan and long 6 inch sections of stove pipe drilled and screwed with 3 screws at each connection and around the output end run some wire around the pipe and make a loop on the top side of the pipe to be able to hock onto then lift and move the stovepipe without getting crispy.
Nice job !
I have watched several of your videos digging & burning. I want to find which is easier maybe quicker. I see this big stump and wonder if I could use my skid steer & post auger and try to miss main roots, dig down & maybe under the stump. The auger is strong & moves the dirt up & out. I spent two days with a large backhoe & could barely move the stump, roots & soil. I want to burn 6" to 8" below ground & let it rot out over time. Good luck!
Love the way your doing it
Very satisfying video. Thanks for taking the time to record, edit and share with us.
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I grew up on a farm. It's like one of those days at farm!!! A job becomes much bigger job than expected always😂😂😂 I love the video.
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Have done tree work professionally for almost 40 years. Don't really need a big bar just a bit over half diameter. And I learned to use sticks from the tree stuck in the gap instead of a plastic wedge that may get accidentally cut. I use the wedges for dropping the tree.
Thanks for sharing
I have several stumps about 24" diameter that are about 15 years old. I dug 4 of them out with a shovel by hand last summer. I have a use for the holes till they are almost filled up, then I finish filling them up with dirt. I can use the pieces of trunk for campfires.
I spent a weekend burning two large Elm tree roots out of my front yard. I drilled numerous deep holes in it. Also stabbed chain saw into it. Then I placed some coal dust in it.Soaked it with diesel prior to burning. Placed some dried firewood on it. Began burning. After a few hours placed lump coal on it. Within 48 hours at was gone. Placed back fill dirt over it. This was done years ago. Would never knew they existed now.
drill hole from side to centre , then drill down from top to join both holes . pour in diesel and light . Venturi effect will cause it to burn from inside out
Trying to burn a stump is such an interesting exercise because wood needs heat to volatilize, heat rises, and fire needs air. The stump is below everything else, kept cool and moist by the earth below, and positioned relative to the fire where there will be the least abundance of air. But, it has been done! The method brings plenty of smoke, the hazard of fire, and lots of frustration. I suppose some might want to talk about the chemistry of wood, beta bonds in cellulose, and all the interesting chemical solutions one can try pouring on these things with greater or lesser degrees of success. It is interesting to hear creative minds speak of a best way to remove a stump when the perfect stump that might prove their point is not the one that needs to be removed. The species of tree, developmental stage of the tree, how long the tree has been dead, wood moisture content, soil type, soil profile, soil moisture, presence of reaction wood, size of stump, what the objectives of a completed job are, site conditions and limitations, what you have to work with, etc. all have bearing on how things are going to go. The ISA says the complete removal of a tree is removing everything to 6" below the soil surface or so I hear. More or less than that may be necessary for your purposes. All methods work better when better technique is applied to that method. Everyone looks like an idiot attempting to remove their first stump and the guy that has taken out several hundred stumps is going to be quizzed by several hundred idiots who have taken out one or fewer stumps in their entire life about why they don't do this or that. I have actually removed hundreds of stumps with dozers, track loaders, backhoes, and even a dragline in one instance. I have also taken a college a college level course in arboriculture. All I can say is every stump can bring about different challenges, dial before you dig, don't tear up your equipment, and above all, don't get hurt. Be patent, stick with it, and eventually you will get the stump out.
Its crazy how little such little dirt can dull a chain.
With all that fire I would cook a barbacoa 😂. Good job.
Nice yard cleanup day for you
Before the EPA as a kid we used old tires on stumps. Sometimes had a tractor tire that fit over. Then piled brush and scrap lumber stump would burn out in a day
God bless you . good job . Stay safe. Hajj ALi
I have an old ash stump, can I do a abbreviated version of this by cutting and X in the stump, soaking it with gas, and burning it by itself out? Thanks, John
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The only problem I have with grinding or burning a stump is that it does not get rid of the huge root system on them. Then you end up with a hole, and if it's out in a place that will never have anything built on it, as in a structure or road, because over time when the roots rot away, the ground will settle where the roots were.
If you take your time and soak a lot of kerosene or diesel fuel into the top of the stump. It will absolutely penetrate down into the roots and burn them up underground. I have seen this many times. The problem with burning tree stumps is it is not a fast method. It takes patience. The prep time is much longer than the burn time. You want to be soaking it with fuel for 2 weeks in advance.
Thankyou for your thoughts on burning stumps while in the ground. The only thing I can see about that , is it might work on a stump that has seasoned out for several years, but if it is a fresh cut maple, cotton wood or from trees that hold a lot of water, as here in the pacific Northwest , then the amount of diesel or kerosene that it would take especially at market price now, a person could rent a excavator and dig the stump out and make sure all the root system is out, and can put the ground back to 100 percent compaction , which burning in place, the ground would settle and would still have to bring material in the replace the void and settling that will still happen. And as for patience for burning stumps out of the ground I feel would be faster, with using a burn fan to create a hot ember fire, and would not take very long. But I think that burning in ground would require more patience, as a person would have to tend to it more, for the fact that oxygen would be starved getting through all the root system. The reason I think this way is because I have tried both and I have over 40 years in business clearing land and when forest fires happen, the forest service has hired my equipment to build fire trails and breaks. But it is what a person wants and likes to do things. But thankyou again for your response, and will try it again on new and a well seasoned stump.All the best.
The rock you dug out around the stump holy cow!
Don't ever take criticism personally. People can be thoughtless with their words and everybody thinks they are an expert. I'm 62, and I've learned that there is no right way to do most things. Whatever works for you is good enough. I think you're doing a spectacular job, mate. God bless you.
@STS No we don't learn from negative, hurtful criticism. It tears people down, it doesn't build them up. I had a father that was brutal in his criticism. However, I learned from a very young age that my father was a small man and it made him feel big and more important to tear people down, rather than encourage them and build them up. I just ignored it, and continued on in life. Those that think they are teaching someone, or helping someone, by criticism them, are text book psychopaths. As was my father. An ounce of encouragement, is better than a ton of criticism. Thankfully I have a very encouraging mother.
I always encourage people to tell me things I can do better. I ask for people to criticize me, but I want it to be done in a constructive way. My videos are not meant to be expert instruction. They are just showing what I do. I think the initial comment here was for the people who just say you’re the biggest idiot in the world or Drop a bunch of all caps profanity. Nobody learns from that. It’s also very emotionally draining to read that type of negativity. If you give a real description of a mistake I made I will correct that error in a future video.
@STS On the contrary, I love my dad. He passed away 2 weeks ago at the age of 92. My dad was a brilliant man. IQ of a genius, had a phenomenal singing voice right into his 90s. Was s Brilliant engineer and an outstanding mechanic. I hold no grudge and feel no hurt. "Pointing out another way or how to do stuff is not negativity." correct, it's called encouragement. Which is what I was offering to the original poster.
The stump at the start would have been perfect to drill and start the burn… braking the roots prevents them from burning out slowly underground. Done this so many times, burning them out means sorting out the underground hollows later.
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I have stones like this in my backyard, they are about 2-3" under the soil. How do you deal with this when tilling? I have a 1025r and most of them are large enough to make the tractor struggle. I hate it
Brilliant stuff
easy way to remove a stump . thank you brother ..
Smart man just under mines the whole tree by digging the roots out, she'll tip right over and the stump,roots en all will roll up then just cut the stump off.
If you don’t care about your time or Chains, you can slowly whittle a stump down to ground level. It takes many cuts and will ruin the chains, but it will get the job done. We’re in a burn ban, so my stump burning days will have to wait until next year.
Back in the 50s a neighbor had an amusing way to rid himself of oak stumps three or four times that big. It required special equipment consisting of an old Electrolux vacuum, a folding chair, and a beer or two, or three?? He would start a small fire at the base of the stump and place the exhaust of the vacuum so as to create a forge like fire, then sit back with a beer and watch it. It took weeks of evenings but he wasn't in a hurry!
#1 Hands down the fastest way to dig a stump is war zone style with a Dozer D4 ish bigger is better if ya can with angle blade. plow up all feeder roots then go in and TWIST the stump off the tap root done in about an hr or 2 most of the time less ,cover the hole move on Next. #2nd best is Excavater same deal rip all arround stump 10 feet or more out from stump narrorest bucket or riper tooth then dig out from around and under some then and TWIST it out 4-8 hrs depending on size excavator and specie of tree. #3 stump grinder good when utilities under ground but rocky ground carbide teeth are spendy to replace. stump grinder also miss most of the roots as they mainly focus on the stump.#4 Focus Burn when utilities are near or under stump. Prep stump for focus burn cut flush then Bore dozens of 1in holes in stump face about 12- 24in deep or more then saturate with vegi oil or diesel if conditions permit, Burn it down slowly with 55gal drum cut in half drill Vent holes all arround drum place over stump to focus burn several entire bags of charcoal bricketts. once center burnt out then shallow dig some of the bigger roots SLOWLY they may be grown around the utilitys so dont go fast--- leaving the roots to decay is also a wise choice compaird to pulling up water main( instant mud hole) or electrial/ fiber optical to the house fairly is expensive. This is of coarse my opinion based on experience and CONDITIONS dependant on choice of tool. Ya cant hurt dirt but you definatly waste time, Fuel and money without some careful thinking.
Stumps suck. We had 20 twisted willows we cut down. God That wasn’t fun. Used a stump grinder. They were all 25 feet from the road so couldn’t burn them. Good Video 👍🏼
Good job. Been there done that. It’s never easy.
Just glad your wearing your safety shorts!!!
I guess it's a good excuse to get rid of the scrap wood around the place. The heat from the fire goes up, very little down into the stump. Besides, there is not any air circulation under the stump to sustain a fire where it would do you some good. This is why God made Dynamite!
What a person will go through just to get a video on line. 2 pieces of equipment, fuel, a days work, just use a stump grinder or buy an extra chain for the saw and lay down and cut into the bottom of the stump all the way around, you'll need a chain file also but it's much quicker, then just cover it up for the next 50 years. But it looked like he enjoyed doing it the hard way
This is a great advertisement for your reasonable stump grinding contractor 😂😊
I do stump grinding, but people are always asking me to burn one out
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I’ve taken out Oak trees the same size as that with a shovel and a 90 hp case tractor remove the stump completely but my soul was send that makes a big difference i’ll tell you something that helps about removing a stump if you don’t cut it off at the ground and leave about 5 or 6 foot and then hook a chain tractor to it works a lot better
One word- Dynamite !
If your lucky. clear out around the sides! Wash it out around the stump with water! Getting all the dirt away, And burn it. 🔥🔥 it will burn down into the ground and burn the roots out. It was burning under ground about a week b4 the rain put it
That's what they did in my farthers day ,it worked always.