Tree stump disposal

[landman2024]

10 hours ago, Cordata said:

I dig stumps out all the time with a mattock, if you post photos I could say if it's doable and what I'd charge

Well this is on a commercial scale, the stumps are roughly 600mm in diameter and there are 40 of them

 

[peds]

So you're saying you might need a second mattock?

[Mark Bolam]

Yeah @doobin, haven’t you got a mattock?

[Stere]

Why are they being so fussy as in what difference does it make how they are removed?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[peds]

Well Stere, check the other stump thread at the moment... is the whole stump really removed if you've only ground it down to 10-15cm below the surface?

Depending on what is being done with the space after the stumps are gone, just grinding might not be good enough.

 

Grass or a flower bed or left to nature, fine... replanting big trees, or putting in parking or a patio, or burying a water pipe... not fine. 

[openspaceman]

23 minutes ago, peds said:

Well Stere, check the other stump thread at the moment... is the whole stump really removed if you've only ground it down to 10-15cm below the surface?

Depending on what is being done with the space after the stumps are gone, just grinding might not be good enough.

I saw that earlier  thread and It's why I got my cheapy grinder, fair enough leaving laterals, you can pull them up later if they are in the way, but not much you can do  if the main stump is just lurking 6" down in a planting spot.

[doobin]

3 hours ago, landman2024 said:

Well this is on a commercial scale, the stumps are roughly 600mm in diameter and there are 40 of them

 

13t and ripper tooth. Days work depending upon species and soil type 
 

can they stay on site? Major extra costs if not. 

Edited 6 hours ago by doobin

[openspaceman]

49 minutes ago, doobin said:

13t and ripper tooth. Days work depending upon species and soil type 
 

can they stay on site? Major extra costs if not. 

A very long time ago on development sites we would dig and windrow them and pass over with a mulcher, the digger and rake then sorting out bigger stuff for another pass. Everything then put in a bund with topsoil for use landscaping at the end of building.

[woody paul]

Give Justin Kingwell a ring his got a big mulcher which will deal with them, even if they are in ground still. 

[peds]

1 hour ago, openspaceman said:

A very long time ago on development sites we would dig and windrow them and pass over with a mulcher, the digger and rake then sorting out bigger stuff for another pass. Everything then put in a bund with topsoil for use landscaping at the end of building.

 

I had a few big stumps in the way of the house when we were building, our digger driver did 2 things: dug a big hole, dropped the stumps in, smashed them down and buried them...

And for one big willow stump in the middle of a patch of daub, just pressed it down... down... down it went, and the grey semi-liquid clay just closed in on top of it by itself. Very impressive to watch.