root ball Advice needed on how to remove a large uprooted tree base from site.

[openspaceman]

Even my chinky cheap one would do that, especially if it has been cleaned a bit. I would not attempt doing anything to it with a saw unless I was determined to split if, then I would do some deep plunge cuts from the top face and hammer some wooden wedges it. A very long spade bit drill is easier to sharpen than a chain if I wanted to get through it.

 

The thing is a stump is a higher quality wood and interlocked grain because it has to resist all the motion the stem transfers to it without splitting.

[scbk]

Sell it

 

If the access is wide enough, can it not be dragged or rolled round to the road?

[Excels1or]

Stump Grind it

[Canal Navvy]

Ripper hook on a digger would soon break that up into manageable bits 😉

[AHPP]

1 hour ago, Canal Navvy said:

Ripper hook on a digger would soon break that up into manageable bits 😉

The whole thing, while out of the ground? I can imagine it scratching a lot of small roots and mud off but can’t see how it would do anything to the main boule besides roll it around. 

[Steven P]

If there is no suitable machine access to carry it away,

 

First thoughts are a massive bonfire (heat should weaken the mud, and take out some of the roots, what is left should break up)

Second thought is a pressure washer - soak it for a couple of days then pressure wash the mud out.

 

Doesn't look like a quick job however you do it

 

Remembering back to the thread on stump grinder injuries to shy away from suggesting that

[AHPP]

Time and attrition is cheapest. Leave a tool next to it. Everyone who comes or goes has to hit it ten times on arrival and departure. Don’t let children hit it. Then they’ll really want to hit it. Then let them. 

[Steven P]

never underestimate the power of "you are not allowed to do that"

[Rich Rule]

I believe it is called “the Red Button Effect”

 

Whatever you do, DO NOT TOUCH THE RED BUTTON.

[Canal Navvy]

7 hours ago, AHPP said:

The whole thing, while out of the ground? I can imagine it scratching a lot of small roots and mud off but can’t see how it would do anything to the main boule besides roll it around. 

Always hard to tell from a photo but going on past experience that doesn't look too bad, I can't imagine how someone with a stump grinder would keep it still either.