Stump burning

[Mike_Kanzer]

Hey guys-
I am going to cut down a dead pear tree which will have about an 8" diameter stump at the base and I want to burn it out. How do I go about doing that? Diesel? Should I wait awhile for it to dry out or can I burn it after I cut down the tree? Thanks in advance for the info. Mike

 

[captaincrab55]

Is the tree dead or alive???

 

[maybar]

Hey guys-
I am going to cut down a dead pear tree which will have about an 8" diameter stump at the base and I want to burn it out. How do I go about doing that? Diesel? Should I wait awhile for it to dry out or can I burn it after I cut down the tree? Thanks in advance for the info. Mike

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Even dead tree stumps can be difficult to burn since stumps usually have a different structure than a tree trunk.

If you can bore a hole or two down from the top and a hole(s) in from the side at a low elevation intersecting those vertical holes a chimney effect will usually be created allowing for a better chance of success. Even then it may take some persistence with the diesel fuel until it becomes dry enough to burn. Sometimes if there is no wind a small fan can be useful if in an area where you have elect. power.

 

[Mike_Kanzer]

It is dead. I saw there are also comercial products you can put into holes drilled into the dead stump that are supposed to break it down over several months. I wonder if these are any good?

 

[/pine]

I have been burning debris over a poplar stump for 4 years and the stump is still there from ground level down...

An old time method of rotting out a stump is to bore several deep holes from the top and fill them with sour buttermilk...then pour hot wax to seal up the top of the holes...within a year you should be able to just kick in the rotted stump...

There are commercial products available that are supposed to do the same thing...

 

[maybar]

It is dead. I saw there are also comercial products you can put into holes drilled into the dead stump that are supposed to break it down over several months. I wonder if these are any good?

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Sometimes good things take a little longer but I wouldn't want to take that long even if that snake oil worked. I'd have to getter done if I had to use my chain saw to grind it up.

 

[/pine]

another alternative

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...-digging-stumps.html?highlight=digging+stumps

 

[HickoryNut]

I have three sizes of these stump cookers made from 4' sheet metal. Anything you can put around the stump will reflect and intensify the heat.

I have many of these sweetgum trees that I girdle to kill them and dry them out a couple of months, then I fell them and by the time I've cut up the tree and burned it in the cooker the stump is burned to below grade.

 

[SARG]

Wrap the stump with any metal that will withstand the heat ..... pour in the charcoal and torch it off.

 

[lucky llama]

Get a bag of charcoal and pile up the brickets around and on top of the stump. Then dose it good with lighter fluid and fire it up drink a cold one and enjoy life.