Burning stumps

[challengertn]

Anybody have any tips that would help when burning out stumps. These stumps are large and would take a dozer to dig out and they are in a place that would make the damage done by a dozer not worth getting rid of the stumps.

 

[slowrev]

Auger/drill a bunch of holes in them and maybe pour some kerosene in the holes, give it time to soak in good. Pile brush on top and get a good fire going all day long. Might take more than one burning.....I have had fair results with this method.

Ben

 

[Richard]

My uncle drilled holes in some of his and poured something inside the hole (forget what it was). As I recall, he said it would either hasten the deterioration from the inside... or that it was flammable and he was going to ignite it a day later and let the stump smolder underground.

For some reason, now that I type it out, I think it was more of the latter (smoldering) than rotting.

Perhaps he was going to soak with kerosene?

Anyways, that's all I know in it... I ended up popping them out with my backhoe and he never did it.

Richard

 

[Richard]

Dang that slowrev is a fast typest! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif jumped right in front of me

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[challengertn]

If I remember correctly it is saltpeter that you pour into the holes to hasten decay but I've never tried it. When I burn them I have a problem with the stump's fire suffocating under it's own ashes.

 

[HickoryNut]

I bought a piece of 4' metal culvert 4' long, they use them as drywells buried and filled with rock. Set that puppy over a stump and build a good fire in it and it will cook a stump pronto and contain the fire so you won't burn the countryside. Works great.

 

[GaryE]

I have used "Stump-Out" in the past. You need to add kerosine, but it does work well.


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Gary

 

[FL_Cracker]

Small walk behind stump grinders work great. Very little turf damage and they grind the stump into mulch. Then all you have to do is dig out a little of the chips and add soil, and your ready to grass over the stump....

 

[johndeere2210]

We have had good results with setting a piece of tin around the stump and spreading a few bags of charcol over the stump and set it on fire. It will usually smolder for two or three days and anything that is left is easily removed. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[Harleymsn]

Someone once told me copper sulfate was the stuff to pour in them.