Stump Disposal ???

[SkunkWerX]

No personel experiance, but I did see a thread somewhere that said to drill holes and fill them with the highest nitrogen fertilize that you can find, and they'd be 'punky' in a year! Don't know! ~Scotty

Yes, this does work. Might take more than a year, all depends. Nitrogen fertilizer breaks down the wood. The old "stump-away" product was 100% Potassium nitrate and I do know it works.

I have also heard of people using iso or denatured alchohol into the drilled holes in the stump, which helps dry out the stump. Then, once dry, they pour kerosene into the holes, and top off the holes with kero every week or so. the kerosene soaks well into the wood. Then when you burn them, they burn right down to ash.

My grandfather would leave the stumps in the ground and let them dry over a season.
Then he would get a metal can, like a 5 gallon can, and remove the bottom from it, and poke holes in it. Making like an oversized charcoal starter.
Then he would fill it with charcoal or even regular coal and burn the stumps from the top down into the ground.

 

[JB4310]

Thought I remember someone saying they drilled holes in them and poured diesel in and burned them from the inside, also took a long time like all the other approaches.
Not sure how well it would work with fresh/green wood?

JB.

 

[Mousefield]

Most of the stumps I put in the bush. To much work to try and burn them, can take forever unless it is done right. Last one I burnt took three hot fires to get rid of. When we cleared for our house the excavator guy built a nice big fire and then fed the stumps into it for a couple of days. You have to look at your situation to see what works best for you, at least now you have had some different ideas to help you.

 

[IslandTractor]

OK no stumps in the pond,, I'll dig them out and rake off the roots with the BH and drag them down back and put them on the tree line to rot..There goes the new lawn we put in last year,,

If the stumps are too big to lift and carry with the tractor then drag them on top of an old car hood. That should help minimize damage to the lawn.

 

[20 20]

Just a heads up on burning a stump in the ground. Years back I was burning a large pine stump. It burned real nice, even lit a few extra fires over 20-30"away The fire traveled under ground by following the root systems. An old pine forest can make a great fire place. Just a heads up if you're burning stumps watch for what you may not see. Oh and the spreading fire didn't show until the day after the stump fire.

 

[BruceWard]

I burned hundreds of stumps clearing land in 08 and 09. The last burn was a pile of 24 stumps. The trick I found was to build a very hot fire with lots of coals then start setting the stumps on top. I used forks on my tractor to place or push the stumps into the fire. As the stumps started burning I would place additional stumps on top of them. It worked best when I started the fire with other wood and then added the stumps to the top.

Here is a picture of one of the fires with stumps in the middle.

Stumps placed in burn piles did not burn. It was the small intense fires that burned up the stumps.

 

[forgeblast]

no one mentioned using a diesel and tire yet!!! Lol My buddy did that last year, smoke was everywhere, but all the stumps did burn.

 

[ctgoldwing]

I don't think I would roll them into the pond either. If you want fish cover or something like that, medium sized limbs with branches would be a better choice.

Stumps get buried over here. Just pick a spot you never want to build on or use for a lane or driveway. If you pack them in good, it will be a long long time before they rot and cause a slump. At least 30 years I have been told. Even if they would rot, a bucket or two of fill will take care of it.
Dave.

I had 2 stumps to remove when my tractor was delivered last fall. One was about 30" in diameter. It took a while to dig around/break the root system but when I finally freed it I carried it in to the woods, dug a hole & dropped it there. It really doesn't matter what happens to it now. I used some of the really black topsoil from the woods to fill the original hole.

 

[Mousefield]

no one mentioned using a diesel and tire yet!!! Lol My buddy did that last year, smoke was everywhere, but all the stumps did burn.

Very illegal for us to burn tires up our way. If they catch you could be big fine.

 

[Mousefield]

I burned hundreds of stumps clearing land in 08 and 09. The last burn was a pile of 24 stumps. The trick I found was to build a very hot fire with lots of coals then start setting the stumps on top. I used forks on my tractor to place or push the stumps into the fire. As the stumps started burning I would place additional stumps on top of them. It worked best when I started the fire with other wood and then added the stumps to the top.

Here is a picture of one of the fires with stumps in the middle.

Stumps placed in burn piles did not burn. It was the small intense fires that burned up the stumps.

That's the best way, our excavator guy did this and took a couple of days but they did burn up.