Help -Has anyone just burned tree stumps - BX23

[jfw]

The easy (if slower) way is to drill the stump full of holes and fill the holes with milk. The milk will jump start the bacteria/fungi that digest/rot the stump. The Amish around me simply cover the stump with horse/cow manure, of which they have plenty.

If you don't want to wait for Mother Nature to do the work, you can use a tree shear. It will cut the stump off at or slightly below ground level.

 

[btolle]

I just spent $397 repairing the damage I did to the old B7100 pulling 2 small stumps. Wish I had hired it done or something, would have saved a lot of money.

I will try the milk on some pine stumps. I looked at the 'stump rot' products and they are too pricey for what they do. Hopefully, the milk will do the same thing as the rot products for a lot less money.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Bill Tolle

 

[LBrown59]

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[TerryRealty]

Stump grinder for $40.00 per stump is a good bet (or that's what they charge here), but try drilling several holes deep into the stump (about 1" or so in diameter and as deep as you can go, need a good drill and drill bit) and over a few days time of pouring used oil and/or diesel (no gas) into the holes (cover the holes over if it's going to rain) then after a few days (or several if it's kind of green) set the stump on fire by piling some dead wood over and around it and also possibly use a leaf blower to fire it up more and they should do it. Probably need to dig around the stump some so it will help burn as many roots as well also and to better pile wood around it.