Tricky stump removal- any pointers ?

[argonsixar]

BTW my Chinese chainsaw (£28 on Amazon) lasted one cut. Disintegrated rather quickly and is now in the bin.

 

[2manyoranges]

Bikeworkshop all I can say is

STIHL

Enough said

Or

Husqvarna

Well the boys seem to have done half a job. And done it in a way which means the full job is now 20 times harder. If, that is, the photo shows a bludgeoned stump with most remaining…the photo is a bit hard to interpret. Should sprout well next spring.

Fifteen years ago we cut down a white poplar in Switzerland which was about 12m tall - single trunk. Christmas ‘22 we cut down the fifteen 8m sprouts which came from the original stump. It’s shit firewood but we have a stove to contain the spitting and do something with the minimal heat it gives off. This summer I cut back a few of the 25 3m sprouts which came from the remaining stump. Bonkers.

 

[Gregag]

Could you sow the stump with edible mushroom seeds/dust/whatever its called and let them rot it back whilst you make mushroom omelettes.

 

[bikeworkshop]

Bikeworkshop all I can say is

STIHL

Enough said

An invitation to a stihl-waggling competition

My ms440, slightly more powerful than my 1st motorbike
Keeping a p7 company.
I wouldn't wave it near roots though, I have already discovered how long it takes to resharpen a 30" chain after catching a stone or even grown-over fencing wire

 

[argonsixar]

This is what happens when a group of pensioners with time on their hands get the chance to dodge the wife and whack a tree stump for a couple of hours. All good fun had by all.

 

[Woz]

Thought the title was more of a medical type question TBH.

Anyhow, if you want the root out easy and dead you can play the long game.

Drill about four or five 14mm holes in it about 15cm - 20cm deep and hammer in some 14mm copper pipe in the holes.

Let nature then take it's accelerated call of duty. Nothing new will grow from it.

 

[novocaine]

Thought the title was more of a medical type question TBH.

Anyhow, if you want the root out easy and dead you can play the long game.

Drill about four or five 14mm holes in it about 15cm - 20cm deep and hammer in some 14mm copper pipe in the holes.

Let nature then take it's accelerated call of duty. Nothing new will grow from it.

Or fill the copper pipe with petrol and light it.......... best use 22mm pipe.

 

[bikeworkshop]

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Then just a quick tidy- up

 

[2manyoranges]

An invitation to a stihl-waggling competition
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My ms440, slightly more powerful than my 1st motorbike
Keeping a p7 company.
I wouldn't wave it near roots though, I have already discovered how long it takes to resharpen a 30" chain after catching a stone or even grown-over fencing wire

Bloody hell a 440
What length bar?
Quite a noise machine

 

[bikeworkshop]

Bloody hell a 440
What length bar?
Quite a noise machine

The 440 is extremely capable
20" bar normally, 30 if I'm in amongst the big boys, although that's pushing it in terms of power output and manageability.

I'm not happy dealing with a trunk that's wider than my bar is long, so to speak.
Hence the large tool...

I've got a ripping bar and chain too for making lintels or gateposts out of substantial fallen timber

Sadly my spine's impacted discs take unkindly to more than a quarter of an hour of extreme vibration/ stress.