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Stan(PA)

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Anybody have any good suggestions for burning stumps that are still in the ground? Cut the trees down last year, and now I'd like to burn the stumps in place.
 
I have two that I cut last yeat. A maple and a pine. I plan on drilling some holes in them and putting some dirty motor oil in the holes. Let them sit for a while and setting them on fire. I think the'll burn till they can't get any more oxygen. rw
 
55 gallon drum with ends removed and a few holes knocked in sides near bottom (for draft), placed over stump and fire built inside...........
 
I had real good luck doing it just the way you stated. Always did it in the winter, though. They seemed to burn better when cold. I've seen them burn roots and all. We could plow right through where they'd been in the spring. Thurlow's idea sounds intriguing. Must try it sometime.
 
My brother drilled holes in stumps and poured diesel in the holes, let it soak in and repeat several times over a few weeks so there is a lot of diesel soaked into the stump, it will burn like a candle but willsmoke for days.

I've burned out several dry stumps by piling brush on them and just burning the brush. The stumps were old and I did it during a dry spell. It burn the roots down to about a foot.
 
I have an old boxelder stump that I have ttried that with but it hasn't worked for me. And the tre was cut down at least three years ago. I ahve beentrying the drilling and old oil for the last two years with no luck. Guess this one just does not want to burn.
 
Boxelders are the worst. I agree. They keep putting out new sprouts every year. They really don't die. You're dealing with green wood. I used to get some stuff that the county used but I lost my contact there. It was purple, looked like ink. That pretty well killed them but even then it's not good burning wood. The guys with the outdoor woodstoves get it to burn but that's after mixing it with hardwood and forcing air through it.
 
If you can get away with it, put a tire on top of the stump and burn it with a little diesel fuel to get the tire burning. I like to use lawn mower tires, small but burn hot and the fire dept doesn t show up.
 
Call the FD before you burn them. They'll appreciate not having to make a wasted run. We have all Volunteer Dept. here.

Paul
 
Stan, try this: use your chain saw to cut several grooves in the top of the stump, then put 12-12-12 in the grooves and on top of the remaining wood. This isn't a quick method but the fertilizer breaks down the molecular structure of the wood and actually annihilates it. Pat
 
Tordon RTU works great for killing boxelder. Just paint the freshly cut stump with it. Boxelder is a maple so it will rot within two or three years from its own moisture if its dead. If cut green and stacked to dry it makes ok fire wood. Like maple it burns very hot and fairly fast.
 
It is important to kill the roots.Mixing 2-4-d with the oil at first application will take care of deadening the roots.
 
Drill some one inch holes in the stump, add some potassium nitrate (salt peter), cork the holes, do this in the fall, burn in the spring, works like a charm!
 
tim has it. charcoal or dry wood and set a leaf blower on the ground blowing on it to make a furnace. burned many a green wet stump this way,but i use dry wood instaed of the charcoal. dig down around the stump the best you can to get it burned below the surface . you want the dry wood against the stump between the blower and the stump to force the super heat on the stump. lucas
 
Just adding a note of caution, watch to be sure the roots dont start burning underground to set a field or another stump afire. I was burning one stump last year, was glowing real nice in the evening, next morning stump about 8 feet away was burning on opposite side, fire traveled via a common root. Have also heard of where roots will burn underground and set dry grass on fire.
 
I have a v shaped saw blade mounted on the blade of my dozer. It will cut the stump even with the ground or a little below.
 
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