Stump pullin'.....

[Jabroni]

Some guys like having a picture taken with their Black Marlin, or a big elk. For me, this has been my personal "white whale". I've worked on this stump for several days trying to get it to budge. Several times, I was tempted to push the dirt back in the hole and give up on it. I finally had to get in the hole with a digging bar and expose the tap roots that were under the large support roots that provided good shielding. I then got my trusty limb saw and cut as many as I could get to. Then using the hoe, I literally twisted the stump in the hole breaking the remaining small roots and dragged it out of the crater that I created. I have a few more of these, only larger, and I'm debating whether or not to take them on.

 

[familyman]

Breaking roots that size can be tough on our smaller backhoes. I'd suggest the ripper sold by bro-tek.

 

[fireplum]

I would go rent a L39 pull 1 stump with it.
Then you could show the boss that you need a bigger machine
And more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$4

 

[btolle]

After tackling a couple of pine stumps a lot smaller than that I called the stump grinder in and had the rest ground off a few inches below ground.

Unless you just want to make a time consuming hobby of stump pulling I would consider a stump grinder.

Bill Tolle

 

[MOPAULY]

Here's a stump I pulled last weekend. Took about 2 hours from start to finish, with help from my chainsaw. Worst part was pulling it out of the ground, gave the BX fight. Felt good to get it out

 

[Thomas]

Slow and steady win the race they say...in your case its true,sure hope that's the last biggest stump you needed to remove.

 

[Youare]

Don't it feel good to see that thing laying on top of the ground. After a victory like that it doesn't make much difference how much fight was in that stump, you had more determination and you won!

The amasing thing is how small of a root can keep a stump in the ground.

Good job.

Randy

 

[Jabroni]

Breaking roots that size can be tough on our smaller backhoes. I'd suggest the ripper sold by bro-tek.

Already got one on order!

 

[ejnichol]

After tackling a couple of pine stumps a lot smaller than that I called the stump grinder in and had the rest ground off a few inches below ground.

Unless you just want to make a time consuming hobby of stump pulling I would consider a stump grinder.

Bill Tolle

+1 I agree 100 %

The first day I used my new bx24 stumps were high on my list. After 45 minutes spent on two stumps. One really small hardwood still partually a live cut flush last year, another heartpine old, dead a year. I realized the bx24 backjhoe is best for digging dirt, stumps are mostly out of its league.

The best strategy is did out around it (by hand is faster) and cut flush with chain saw or just hire someone with a stumpgrinder.

All I did was heat up the tractor with the rams getting warm/hot to touch.

 

[Erik Graham]

Gents;

After having watched my brother-in-law tackle a similar sized stump with his B-20, I now have a better understanding of what the term "being stumped" really means.

Cheers, Erik

 

[gumtree]

When I heard about burning stumps I thought it was a good idea until I was told it was illegal to burn stumps in the county I live in. So I rented a full size Backhoe.

 

[Sully2]

I'd sure hate to buy a USED tractor from some of you guys!!!

 

[Jabroni]

This is central Massachusetts, not central Oklahoma. If you start a fire in a stump out here, you'll have the police and fire at your house in a minute! We're limited to burning brush and that can only be done between January and April with a verbal permit from the FD. And there's not one stump, but over 40 of them to be pulled. This area of land was reclaimed from a portion of woods for a lawn and and an open area for a 75 foot guyed communications tower I'm going to erect. I personally don't have time necessary for chemically aided decomposition and I'm sure as heck not going to mow around 40 stumps. I will probably hire someone to grind the several monster stumps, but the rest I'm pulling myself and will backfill the depression next Spring. Hey, and BTW in case anyone doesn't realize it, the pix I posted was meant as a little humor. Geez, I didn't know it would incite such passion in some. I promise to be dead serious in the future.

 

[x703jko]

...This area of land was reclaimed from a portion of woods for a lawn and and an open area for a 75 foot guyed communications tower I'm going to erect...

Jabroni are you a ham (amateur radio operator)?

W3KL here.

Jeff

 

[Jabroni]

Sure am! K3GM here. This will be tower number two. I have a guyed 40 footer under the pine canopy up here on my land.

 

[mike69440]

I would go rent a L39 pull 1 stump with it.
Then you could show the boss that you need a bigger machine
And more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$4

Last Sunday I got the urge to level out the drop off by the riding rink to have a pad poured for a 28 x 36' storage building.

As the excavator was in the shop, I used my trusty L-39 to yank 6 stumps ranging from 6" to about 13-14". The worst pair were about 36" apart on center, one was say 13" diameter and the other 8"-9" with roots all grown together. I could not get the stumps from 360 degrees, maybe just 220 degrees. While the smaller ones came out reasonably quick, those two took about + 1-1/2 hours. Finally came out as one root ball. I had to wack the dirt off it to make it light enough to pull them out of the hole and toss them down the gully.

There are two stumps remaining, about the size of the one in the photo. I plan on leaving them where they are as they are at the edge of the drop off, not near the pad. Even my excavator would have to work at them, so let them rot.

The little BX should not be used to pull stumps the size or bigger than what is the photo.

 

[patrick_g]

K3GM here. /QUOTE]

Did I forget to mention that my favorite stump removal method was blasting? That got tougher since 9-11 due to controls put in place from overreaction. I don't think any of the major terror events used legally purchased commercially manufactured explosives.

N6AYR here (I know, a Tech call sign but I am a general) first lisc as KN5DBP in 1962 (let it lapse.) There are a significant number of ham brethren on the sister site, CBN.

Patrick

 

[don716]

Another good way to get stumps up is to start with a 55 gallon steel drum and cut the top and bottom out of it and go to the store and buy some charcoal. Then put the drum over the stump(unless he stump is too big) and pour the charcoal in the drum.Light it up and when it gets started good put some wood in there with the charcoal and keep it going and the hot coals of the charcoal and wood will do the trick. The drum will keep the heat confined to that one area and make it super hot.This could take a while if you have alot of stumps. But overall it works great.
Donny