Help with Tree Stump.

[threebikesmcginty]

Hide it by growing a spinney around it.

 

[ayceejay]

If you can get someone to help you have them pull the stump to one side, you could also do this with a winch or even a car jack, then chop newly exposed roots with a sharp mattock. Then have him/her pull it to the opposite side and do the same, then repeat. I suggest a winch because you can use this to pull the stump out of the hole then use a sack truck to transport it to wherever you plan for its destination.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 2415144, member: 259"]Is it really not possible to hire a small stump grinder like one of these things and do it with that? It would save a hell of a lot of bother. And they are really good fun to use!

[/quote]

I'm off to make some stumps.....

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 2415092, member: 9609"]Any fire experts here (addictfreak) (I don't seem to be able to tag the name with the @ symbol)

If I covered the fence with a couple of sheets of plasterboard, packed around the tree with coal - would the fence survive.?[/quote]

Yes it wood.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I learned early on - leave the b*gg*rs alone. They rot away after a while

 

[400bhp]

We need a Stump Cam.

Can you get one and link it to this thread please.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

[QUOTE 2415014, member: 9609"]What's going to be down there if I keep digging, another tree ?[/quote]
Agharta, and under that, Australia .

 

[totallyfixed]

[QUOTE 2415100, member: 9609"]The tree was dead when I felled it three years ago, and the quality of the roots is surprising, hardly any signs of rot.

When you mention a tap root, is this something that goes vertically downwards ? (which would seem a little unusual)[/quote]
First myth, trees do not have a single tap root, they often have several. Eucalyptus develop deep roots because they grow best on free draining soil. You will find there are still 2 or 3, maybe even four substantial roots still to deal with. I have taken out several similar stumps out over the past year and I invariably get to the point you have and finish the job with a sharp long handled axe. From experience I would say there is about 2 - 3 hours work left there. Go in with the axe at the point where the roots leave the trunk, the side you choose is usually dictated by the side easiest to swing the axe from.
Let us know how you get on because I removed a Eucalyptus of a similar size about 4 years ago, BTW the wood burns very well but is resistant to just about everything else.

 

[snorri]

The last time I dug out some really deep roots, the leaves on a tree in Australia turned brown and the tree died and fell over, they got an expert in to look at it, and this tree had no roots, not a trace of roots..



edit Oh B****r , Victor beat me to it, that's what happens when you post before reading the whole thread.

 

[2bluegp]

Eucalyptus you say? Hire yourself a koala bear

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Options as I see it:

1) Get a new wife
2) Let existing wife dig it up
3) Move house
4) Learn to love eucalyptus

 

[slowmotion]

1) Get a large sheet of thick glass to cover the hole you have created.
2) Invest in a pair of hungry beavers or a large family of termites
3) Observe their progress

 

[screenman]

These people might be able to help.

http://www.themagicwandshop.co.uk/

 

[BigonaBianchi]

option 5)

fly to Australia...start digging...locate roots....pull hard...apply chopper....drink xxxx at the barby for a month before informing wife of reason for absence.

 

[Nihal]

There's always this,but your neighbors might complain