What to do with 200+ MASSIVE stumps?

[Whoppa Choppa]

Hi. Picture if you will a 15 acre woodland on a mild slope. Recently clearfelled. We've now got over 200 absolutely massive oak stumps. The smallest is 4 foot diameter and the largest easily over 10ft diameter. They are also quite high as there was no chainsaw big enough to get to the bottom of the stump if you get me. Some are nearly 6ft high. Currently a bit vexxed about what to do with them. We don't want them there for replanting. Thinking either dig out and bury or mulch but don't think there's a mulcher big enough! Either way it's a big old undertaking and we want a blank canvas. Appreciate your thoughts. 

[dumper]

Justin kingwell and his very big grinder will walk it

[Squaredy]

14 minutes ago, Whoppa Choppa said:

Hi. Picture if you will a 15 acre woodland on a mild slope. Recently clearfelled. We've now got over 200 absolutely massive oak stumps. The smallest is 4 foot diameter and the largest easily over 10ft diameter. They are also quite high as there was no chainsaw big enough to get to the bottom of the stump if you get me. Some are nearly 6ft high. Currently a bit vexxed about what to do with them. We don't want them there for replanting. Thinking either dig out and bury or mulch but don't think there's a mulcher big enough! Either way it's a big old undertaking and we want a blank canvas. Appreciate your thoughts. 

Amazing that the FC allowed clear fell of trees that size.  Or maybe this is not the UK?

 

 What will be planted in their place?

[Whoppa Choppa]

2 minutes ago, Squaredy said:

Amazing that the FC allowed clear fell of trees that size.  Or maybe this is not the UK?

 

 What will be planted in their place?

Yes it was a mixed larch (sphn) and oak fell. Also sweet chestnut, birch etc. It was all old oak coppice and not been managed for a century. Frankly the oak was fkd; half at least of it was dead.

[MattyF]

If some are 6ft high I would leave as coppice / pollard .

[Whoppa Choppa]

5 minutes ago, MattyF said:

If some are 6ft high I would leave as coppice / pollard .

FC have stipulated complete removal. As per opening post, we don't want them there either.

[Johnpl315]

Dead oak stumps can be worth a lot of money if you put a glass table top on top of them! 

[JLA1990]

Justin kingswell is your man, his hitachi or pinroth will do the business alternatively break up the stumps and tub grind for biomass.

[Whoppa Choppa]

Average multi stem

stump size.

5 hours ago, MattyF said:

If some are 6ft high I would leave as coppice / pollard .

FC have stipulated complete removal. As per opening post, we don't want them there either.

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