stubborn stump

[Warren1]

May sound daft but how about axe and some wire cutters , worked for me in past.

[mistahbenn]

Tell them the truth, its full of metal! I did a big silver maple, that had a 3 inch metal fence post in the middle. Cut as much wood as I could, (after sharpening the 36 inch bar 3 times!) and the grinder came in and did most of the stump, leaving the metal post protruding nicely.

 

Or just get some dynamite!

[armchairarborist]

cut off as much as you can then fetch as much dry softwood, that pile of leylandii in the yard is perfect and burn the rest of the stump, i'll put up some pics nextweek of a few poplar stumps im burning out at the mo.

[Gary Prentice]

Tell them the truth, its full of metal! I did a big silver maple, that had a 3 inch metal fence post in the middle. Cut as much wood as I could, (after sharpening the 36 inch bar 3 times!) and the grinder came in and did most of the stump, leaving the metal post protruding nicely.

 

Or just get some dynamite!

 

Believe it or not, dynamite wasn't an uncommon option- back in the day. The first tree firm I ever worked for in Cambridge used to use it. That was before the Northern Ireland troubles though.

 

Might be a bit difficult to source and use nowadays.

[forestgough]

A good trick is to borrow someone elses bestest sharpest saw!

ps Wonder why ive got no mates?

[Gary Prentice]

A good trick is to borrow someone elses bestest sharpest saw!

ps Wonder why ive got no mates?

 

Maybe cos you keep borrowing their bestest sharpest saw to use on stumps full of metal:001_tt2::lol:

[travis]

you could just grind the bottom, fell it like a Beaver! (not joking BTW)

 

Le Sanglier, please explain?

[travis]

A good trick is to borrow someone elses bestest sharpest saw!

ps Wonder why ive got no mates?

 

I think thats why i was involved in the felling! it was my bestest and sharpest chain!!

[travis]

tree too big to winch i believe. explosive was poo-pooed, memories of Blaster Bates remembered.

I did think about the carbide chains, do you need a special bar as well?

someone has replied that the carbide chain doesn't fair well against other metal.

my reservation with digging down below the suspected fence line is that is the root base with all the grit, minerals and stuff the saw doesn't like.

doesn't it wreck the bar and sprocket as well as the chain (28" bar)?

maybe i just have to try again cutting around where i think all the metal is and end up with something like mistahbenn described. and what i think Le Sanglier also described and hack whats left behind with an axe.

thanks everyone for your enthusiasm.

travis

[travis]

Le Sanglier, please explain?

 

nibble away at the base of the stump with the grinder, like a beaver ?

can stump grinders do that?