Stump grinding

[Ellis Kinney]

This is what I do. Ellis

 

[EFV]

where do you get an ant nest?

Have a picnic and set a trap . LOL

 

[drsportster]

The product where you drill holes into the stump ,pur in chemical then ignite does not work well at all.

 

[mechanicfred]

After a year or so I drill them full of holes pour waste oil into them put a barrel with both ends removed and build a fire on top. Works for me.

 

[2SteveWI]

When we're purchased our land it's basically covered in trees, had a company come out and clear enough land for house and a small yard.
Now that I have some equipment, chainsaws, tractor, brush hog, box blade, backhoe,..... it's tine to clear up some more land, i don't want to be just digging stumps for hours on end so looking at a PTO driven stump grinder. Any thoughts on these? Suggestions or comments welcome.

I Purchased a Baumalight 3 pt. stump grinder this last winter. I had a couple rows of Spruce and Pine trees at the edge of one of my fields. The grinder is rated for up to 80 HP. Have used it throughout the winter the grind out about 50 stumps 20-24 inches in diameter. Disked up the area when it was time to plant and there is corn growing there now. Takes roughly about 1 minute/ inch on the stump and the stump is gone. Have had stumps dug out previously by hiring someone with an excavator. Those piles are still there and will be for several years.

 

[johnofnewhaven]

OK you dig a big stump out, then what? Where are you going to put it. Where are you going to get the dirt? A raised 8 sided flower bed isn't the same as going around a smaller tree and getting smacked with branches.

I had a cherry tree blow down exposing the roots. I dug it out, cut all the roots. The roots ball was about 15 ft in diameter. A man with a large skidder couldn't even lift it. I used my backhoe and dug the largest hole in front of the root ball as I could make then rolled the mess upside down and covered it with dirt.

The way I see it, God put roots in the ground, they can rot there too.

A stump grinder won't fix the problem, when the roots under ground rot, then you will be filling the hole every year.

I prefer stump covers, you can pay to have yours ground. I'm too cheap.
geo

Where do you get the dirt? Same place you got it from for your raised flower bed.

 

[Hobo,NC]

I was running a new grey water line yesterday I hit a fat lighter'd stump it does not want to give up. My day ended as a hydraulic line went to spraying fluid. 3 year old Kubota 500 hr. a hydraulic line has a pin hole just my luck.

 

[bc]

I typically spend the price of a chain saw chain and start cutting a checkerboard pattern in the middle area of the stump cutting out the middle as much as possible. I dig around the outside of the stump and cut around as low as I can. Usually hit enough dirt to dull the blade. Have used a skil saw cutting a checkerboard pattern. An ax gets the rest and some roots.

 

[DennisinWI]

Recently had 12 stumps ground, 12" to 36", and the company charged me $1.65 per inch and I did the cleanup. Very good deal I thought.