Stump Battle

[rwork]

Well, today I managed to drag the gravel back up the drive that was washed down by the rains from Hurricane Issac. It is still so wet around my place, that there wasn't too much that I could do.
I did make an attempt at some stump removal. The photo shows a pine stump thats about 14" in diameter. After about thirty minutes of fooling around with it, I finally gave up. I dug down about three feet, and did manage to get it to move back and forth a bit, but with the ground as wet as it is, its got a pretty good suction on it.

Down here on the coast, the pines don't have many lateral roots, but some of the tap roots can go down six feet! I was a bit nervous when pushing it with the bucket, for fear of slipping off into the hole.
I guess I'll wait and tackle it again in a few days.

 

[k0ua]

Here is how my stump war went.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/219557-stump-yard-wars.html

James K0UA

 

[rwork]

Here is how my stump war went.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/219557-stump-yard-wars.html

James K0UA

I wish I would have had a bit of the trunk for pulling leverage. This one was cut right ground level.
I think I'm just going to dig further back to the hole so I'll have sort of a ramp down to it.
Gee, I can remember my father digging them up with a shovel, maddock, and a farm jack! If he did it by hand, surely I can beat this thing!

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[LittleBlueTractor]

Keep your eye out for a stump bucket. I've also seen a guy use a set of forks for cutting roots and it appeared to work out pretty well.

 

[Gary Fowler]

I took out a big thorn tree by digging it up with the FEL. It had lateral roots, big lateral roots AND a big deep tap root. I got it out finally but the hole was big enough to bury a large elephant when finished. Had to chain up some of the lateral roots and pull them out. Some of them were over 10 feet long and bigger than my arm. Glad I got it out before I built on to my shop as now I can barely get my lawnmower back there between my property line fence.

 

[rwork]

I went out to my property today, but its just too wet to do anything. The hole I dug around the stump was full of water. It'll likely take a week or too to dry out. If it doesn't rain again!

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[k0ua]

I went out to my property today, but its just too wet to do anything. The hole I dug around the stump was full of water. It'll likely take a week or too to dry out. If it doesn't rain again!

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OK this may be a dumbaxe question, but now that you have it dug out some, and have maybe 18 inches of stump showing, couldn't you just cut it off again and backfill the dirt, and have the stump well underground now?

James K0UA

 

[rwork]

OK this may be a dumbaxe question, but now that you have it dug out some, and have maybe 18 inches of stump showing, couldn't you just cut it off again and backfill the dirt, and have the stump well underground now?

James K0UA

Laughing': yea, you do have a point ! I really hate to use my chain saw below grade, because of the sand, grit. Besides, a chainsaw is nowhere near as fun to operate as my tractor......you should know that !!!

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[k0ua]

Laughing': yea, you do have a point ! I really hate to use my chain saw below grade, because of the sand, grit. Besides, a chainsaw is nowhere near as fun to operate as my tractor......you should know that !!!

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Well I was thinking maybe if you have a sawzall with one of those 12 inch wood blades, you could sacrifice for the deed.. I would not want to use my chainsaw either with all the grit on it, but I would try the sawzall for sure and be done with that puppy.

James K0UA

 

[rwork]

I may do just that. I might try one of those long pruning blades.
Thanks, James

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