Root plate removal

[Mark Nankervis]

A client has a large Monterey cypress windblown rootplate she wants removing. The basal stump diameter is approx 1.5 m.

There is no access for large machinery or stumpgrinders large enough to deal with the size of the stump.

She does not want the root plate winched back into the root pit.

Does anyone have experience of using an airspade - and if so could this efficiently clean off the rootplate effectively enough to allow it to be dissected by chainsaw?

Or any other potential solutions?

 

Regards

 

Mark

[skyhuck]

There is no access for large machinery or stumpgrinders large enough to deal with the size of the stump.

 

A small stump grinder will deal with ANY size stump, hard work, but doable.

[Steve Bullman]

agreed....i have ground a 5ft stump before with a 20hp manual grinder....hard work but still profitable

[Dean Lofthouse]

Here you go, just half then quarter and so on till you can handle the peices by hand.

[Stephen Blair]

nice one dean, never seen that before.

[Johny Walker]

the glenfiddicth is still maturing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ukminch]

I once saw someone doing some 'stump grinding'

 

It was on a smallish tree admittedly (12inch) They bored into the stump then split it with an axe, repeated till it was below ground level. They then cut a piece of grass from nearby and put it down. Then they put some woodchip where the grass had been and mixed it up with some soil.

 

Sure it took about the same time as to grind it. Couldn't work out if I was impressed or not.......

 

As Dean said same thing would work as shown but would take a lot longer.

 

Rob

[Mark Nankervis]

Thanks guys.

The airspade idea appealled to me - but in the absence of any firm reassurance it would be likely to work I'll consult my local stump grinder.

 

Regards

 

Mark Nankervis