grinding with ingrown wire

[tree-fancier123]

felled a line of trees next to fence, stumps have wire grown in, do people use a stump grinder or not risk it and ask for digger?

[Botty Cough]

A small hand held grinder would munch it .

Snip out the most of the wire by hand before you start

I would be more concerned about the concrete that's most likely holding the fence post.

Edited March 13 by Botty Cough

[tree-fancier123]

[Botty Cough]

Cut it back with wire cutters so it doesn't wrap around then grind it

[tree-fancier123]

Ive been using a batter grinder on it but the biggest stumps are 14" with wire grown into the wood

[Botty Cough]

Any half decent grinder will munch it.

I wouldn't use anything smaller than this.....

[tree-fancier123]

I'm asking if stump grinding with bits of wire grown into the stumps poses much danger to machine and opetator, i know a hedge flail is a different beast to a padestrian grinder, but remember hearing of a fatal accident with barbed wire being thrown at operator through rear window

[Botty Cough]

50 minutes ago, tree-fancier123 said:

I'm asking if stump grinding with bits of wire grown into the stumps poses much danger to machine and opetator, i know a hedge flail is a different beast to a padestrian grinder, but remember hearing of a fatal accident with barbed wire being thrown at operator through rear window

Stump grinding is dangerous.

Do what you thinks best

I would cut the wire back to the stump pull it out of the way then grind the stump.

 

Good luck 

[5thelement]

1 hour ago, tree-fancier123 said:

I'm asking if stump grinding with bits of wire grown into the stumps poses much danger to machine and opetator, i know a hedge flail is a different beast to a padestrian grinder, but remember hearing of a fatal accident with barbed wire being thrown at operator through rear window

Cut the worst of it away from the stumps so it can’t wrap around the wheel and check for old concrete post stumps with reinforcement.

Any decent grinder (certainly not the one in the photo) will rip those stumps to shreds,  the wire won’t be an issue as long as you are operating the machine in the recommended work position.