951 vs. stump

Tom Bond

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This one may take a bit longer than anticipated. Only moving an inch or so right now. I'll keep the pressure on.....literally. We'll see if it moves more the next few days. Chain is pretty tight right now. Rain moving in tonight. Maybe it will soften up the ground some.


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have you tried routing the chain so the chain passes over the top of the stump on it's way to the tractor? I have found it kind of helps roll the stump when winching with my cat.
 
I'll try this a few days and see what kind of head way I make. If nothing happens, I have a 25 year old that can do the digging and cutting of roots. Then again, there's always the grinder option.
 

A chain saw could cut that stump low enough to allow for mowing over it. In addition, a saw won't tear up the lawn like a tractor. If you want it lower than that - wait for a dry period this summer. Place a cut off barrel, fire ring etc. around it and empty a bag of charcoal on top of the stump. Space the fire ring up an inch or so to allow air flow under it. Light the charcoal and let it work. After a couple cookouts the stump surface will be several inches below that of the lawn.

Two years ago I cut a 30" diameter walnut tree. I could get the mower over it after cutting. This summer I can not see where the stump was. Yes, you do need to follow up with fill in dirt as the stump decays.
 
That's what I do, Ken.

I use a hoe to remove the raised earth around the tree before cutting flush with a chainsaw. I find it easier to cut flush using the back side of the bar. Hard on the bar but I don't do it every day.

Mow right over the top with either rough cut or lawn mower. In a few years the stump will rot away unless it's black locust or hedge.

Dean
 
Good luck. Get back to us in 10 years when things really start to move...... :)

If you were a cowboy you would be all hat and no cattle there.

Paul
 
Local guy comes with a Vermeer grinder and for $50 a stump that size that I cut off low is gone. Some things just aren?t worth doing the hard way.
Easier to cart off the chips than a root ball.
 
The ground would have to be so saturated the tractor would get stuck, providing no pulling traction. Looks like an Elm tree. I pulled an Elm stump about the same size with the 555C, tree had been dead a few years. Strong hoe, but there was no way I could get enough leverage to uproot it. I had to dig around and sever the roots, and even then, it was tough to get out. I'm of the opinion that I'll defer such work to another means, can be hard on the machine. Just got new bucket teeth, general purpose, maybe should have got frost teeth to cut the roots better, as that is what makes a huge difference. Heck I tried to uproot one dead for 6-7 years, Elm, same size, would not give, so I just scratched the top down so I can get around with the mower. Darned thing are stubborn LOL !

Use care, I lost a friend doing this same thing about 2 years ago, he flipped 'er over on himself, just ain't worth it. We lost a great person, the community lost a master brewer, all over a darned tree stump.
 
OK. You guys convinced me. I put the tractor away and cut it down low this morning. Now to find someone to grind it or find a place to rent a grinder. Guess I could always try the fire ring thing too. Yes, German Shorthair.


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As the roots, etc. rot away the ground will continue to sink. You will need to add dirt multiple times to fill the depression whether you grind it out or not.

Without fertilizer, grass will not grow in the area for years as the organic matter decomposes.

BTDT, multiple times.

Dean
 
Good looking pointer ! We had one growing up, fond memories of him. Butt end of that stump is pretty big, looks almost flush and you don't have any exposed roots around it, looks like you can mow over it.
 

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