Tips on getting large stumps out of the ground?

[future_vision]

I grind them even with the ground and leave them. I've probably done 30 that way. As long as the brush hog or mower can go over them I'm good. Fill in the holes as they rot, which takes a very long time.

Drive and parking are going in at the same location. I'm not keen on repairing sink holes as they rot away.

 

[future_vision]

Well, got in the excavator this morning and successfully extracted all 3. There was one that branched off at the base. Both pretty large. That one was a bear. Just wouldn't let go. Made it even harder that it had some very large rocks tangled in the roots. Those alone weighted probably as much as the stump itself.

 

[hayden]

Just keep digging, around and around, trying to get under the stump as much as possible. It's not about removing soil, rather about breaking/cutting roots.

 

[RayIN]

For those who don’t know, ANFO=ammonia nitrate fuel oil. In other words explosives.

That was my first thought; dad and i used ¼ stick of dynamite. The hole must be dug just right and in the right place. (5 minutes of fuse is less time than you think)
The stump will jump up about a foot at the blast, then settle back into the hole. Then the stump can be pulled out with a chain.

I wonder if farmers can still buy dynamite???

 

[dodge man]

You need a license to buy and use explosives these days.

 

[masscity]

In the 50's we cleared a field with dynamite. We didn't use a fuse, instead we hooked wire to the coil on the Case tractor.

My Dad would store the dynamite in the old Hudson in the woods. He would remind us not to shoot the Hudson with our .22's.

 

[caver]

Put it on FB Marketplace for free....you dig up.

 

[BryceSteiner]

Cut it flush to the ground and forget it - 10 Minutes

 

[LoudonNH]

Get yourself a heavy stump grinder and stop beating up your machine. This one weighs 2,000 pounds.

 

[boatmoter]

I have a few stumps this size and a bit bigger. I've done completely around them but they do not budge. Any tips how I might be able to get them out? I'm running a CAT 306 which I believe is around 15,000 lb. I want to say that I pulled a stump out bigger than this with roughly the same size excavator before, but I don't remember exactly what I did.

I always used my case 580 B backhoe, yours is much bigger and stronger. I dug around the stump while breaking all the roots into. until I seen no more roots, then start tugging on the stump in all different directions. it will come out.