the 'todays job' thread

[Dan Maynard]

10 hours ago, kram said:

Unsure what the roots will be like but I've offered to dig these out with the mattock and make it nicely flat.

Conifers like that not usually too deep, too late now but next time if you're digging yourself then leave a stem on each stump as a lever. Nowadays I'd grind them, but you have youth on your side - just keep digging and chopping.

[openspaceman]

36 minutes ago, Dan Maynard said:

Conifers like that not usually too deep, too late now but next time if you're digging yourself then leave a stem on each stump as a lever. Nowadays I'd grind them, but you have youth on your side - just keep digging and chopping.

A high lift jack can be handy for shrubs like that but you do need something to grab with a chain or get under with the beak.

[Stephen Blair]

My finest reduction yet.

 

[Rich Rule]

Delicate.

 

Lovely work mate.

[kram]

22 hours ago, Dan Maynard said:

but you have youth on your side

40! Youth left me with my hair 20 years ago.

 

I do have a secret weapon. A very heavy sledge and a sharpened leaf spring. It will cut and lever any small  stubbon bits. Pic from a previous job.

If you cant get to the roots you can smash through it below ground level.

 

I found most of the roots small and some rotten, there was one large 4-5" root on one side, very odd! Didnt take long to smash.

 

 

Helped customer with tipping, she has a nice small van.