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What's the best way to dig up roots/stumps?
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:20 pm
I have a lot of stumps from bushes in my yard that I need to dig up, how the heck do I do this? They are cut low to the ground so I can wrap a chain around it and pull or anything, and a shovel definitely isn't going to do it. What should I do?
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Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:21 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:21 pm to DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:23 pm to DavidTheGnome
Tree Service
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:23 pm to DavidTheGnome
A shovel
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:24 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:24 pm to DavidTheGnome
rent a stump grinder, turns it into wood chips in the ground. Or hire someone to do it.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:24 pm to DavidTheGnome
Hi-lift jack or a truck with chain.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:25 pm to DavidTheGnome
Use a pitch fork and loosen them up. Then pull them up
Or hire some illegals
Or hire some illegals
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:26 pm to DavidTheGnome
I rented a little bitty backhoe to do this one time. Easy to operate and fun to boot. If these bushes are close to your house you're going to have to be good with that bucket.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:26 pm to DavidTheGnome
Chevy s10 and a chain. Please video your attempt.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:29 pm to DavidTheGnome
Dynamite.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:31 pm to DavidTheGnome
Use pressure washer with fine nozzle to blast the soil around the roots creating a big enough hole to use your chainsaw without dulling the blade on the soil.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:31 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:33 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:41 pm to DavidTheGnome
Any chance of utilities ran in the area?
If so, don't pull the fricker!
The roots will make sure "you're gonna have a bad time"
If so, don't pull the fricker!
The roots will make sure "you're gonna have a bad time"
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:43 pm to Roman Candle Tag
Backhoe will do the trick. Right after One Call.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 8:44 pm to DavidTheGnome
Going to need a maddux if you're going to go thru the hell of doing it by hand.
I know a guy who twisted the axel up like wringing out a wet towel trying to pull a stump out with a chain.
Have also seen small tractor sized back hoe break the pins and hydraulics trying to dig them up.
Pay someone with a stump grinder to come do it. Will be the best $ you ever spend.
I know a guy who twisted the axel up like wringing out a wet towel trying to pull a stump out with a chain.
Have also seen small tractor sized back hoe break the pins and hydraulics trying to dig them up.
Pay someone with a stump grinder to come do it. Will be the best $ you ever spend.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 9:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'm here to save you shot tons of money.
About 10 years ago I had 65 pine trees cut from my property. The guy that did it was supposed to grind the stumps but was shady and bailed on me.
Your answer is charcoal. Regular charcoal.
Pile them on the stumps and light them. Make sure it is not gonna rain for at least 5 days and don't touch them. I cleared stumps as big as 90 inches around doing this over a couple of years. I don't know how but it even cooks down into the root system.
Just don't do it around any stumps that are near underground utility lines.
About 10 years ago I had 65 pine trees cut from my property. The guy that did it was supposed to grind the stumps but was shady and bailed on me.
Your answer is charcoal. Regular charcoal.
Pile them on the stumps and light them. Make sure it is not gonna rain for at least 5 days and don't touch them. I cleared stumps as big as 90 inches around doing this over a couple of years. I don't know how but it even cooks down into the root system.
Just don't do it around any stumps that are near underground utility lines.
Posted on 4/8/16 at 9:18 pm to DavidTheGnome
Dozer with a root rake
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