Mike_V
Bronze Member
A bischofia tree died suddenly. It was probably hit by lightening.
Could I and my little BX24 remove it and get the stump out? After struggling with a much smaller tree a few years ago, I knew I would need a better way than just digging and pulling with the backhoe. Indeed, I found a way that worked and with the help of a chain saw and garden hose, here's the result.
Here's how I did it.
First, I only cut off the top branches. I left the bottom 15 ft. of trunk. Then, I found a spot about 5 ft. away from the trunk where I could start digging a hole with the backhoe. It took a few tries before I found a break in the roots where I could at least get the bucket in between some of them. I dug the hole about 3 ft. deep. Then I washed the dirt (sand, mostly) off the roots into the hole so I could cut out about a 3 ft. section of the roots with a chain saw. I proceeded that way around the tree, until all of roots were cut.
Then I pulled the tree over with a chain. Once the tree was over, I filled part of the hole to make a ramp to roll the stump out. The picture shows how the chain was run over top of the roots in order to roll it out. Now that it is out of the hole, I can roll it with the FEL as long as I leave the trunk attached.
This is probably a standard technique for people who do this a lot, but I couldn't think of any other way to get the stump out myself.
I'm not sure what to do now, but I've seen where stumps like this can be made into tables.
Could I and my little BX24 remove it and get the stump out? After struggling with a much smaller tree a few years ago, I knew I would need a better way than just digging and pulling with the backhoe. Indeed, I found a way that worked and with the help of a chain saw and garden hose, here's the result.
Here's how I did it.
First, I only cut off the top branches. I left the bottom 15 ft. of trunk. Then, I found a spot about 5 ft. away from the trunk where I could start digging a hole with the backhoe. It took a few tries before I found a break in the roots where I could at least get the bucket in between some of them. I dug the hole about 3 ft. deep. Then I washed the dirt (sand, mostly) off the roots into the hole so I could cut out about a 3 ft. section of the roots with a chain saw. I proceeded that way around the tree, until all of roots were cut.
Then I pulled the tree over with a chain. Once the tree was over, I filled part of the hole to make a ramp to roll the stump out. The picture shows how the chain was run over top of the roots in order to roll it out. Now that it is out of the hole, I can roll it with the FEL as long as I leave the trunk attached.
This is probably a standard technique for people who do this a lot, but I couldn't think of any other way to get the stump out myself.
I'm not sure what to do now, but I've seen where stumps like this can be made into tables.
