Stump removal needed

[Simpo Two]

Can anyone recommend someone who can remove a stump from my garden? It's a chestnut tree, about 8" diameter and I've left five feet of trunk on for leverage. I've spent half a day on it and it just sits there laughing at me. Colchester/Ipswich area. Ta!

[GreenDog]

I believe there was a rather long thread on this in The Lounge a little while back

[Munter]

...no?

[Don]

Why not do it yourself?

You could hire a stump grinder - gets it right down to below ground level. £85 a day...

http://www.hss.com/g/62836/Tree-Stump-Chipper-Petr...

or this one gets to a foot below ground...

http://www.diggaway.com/C500%20Stump%20Grinder.htm

or you could attack it with chemicals...etc

[pacman1]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

GreenDog said:

I believe there was a rather long thread on this in The Lounge a little while back

I was wondering how to best put it too !

Now, see, sometimes I can be a bit slow on the uptake.
I'm with you now, thank's for waiting for me to catch up!

[Simpo Two]

Don said:

You could hire a stump grinder - gets it right down to below ground level. £85 a day...

http://www.hss.com/g/62836/Tree-Stump-Chipper-Petr...

I see £107 + VAT... I think I'll bribe some strong friends instead.

I've put another hour in with sledgehammer, axe, wrecking bar, chainsaw, spade, pruning saw, loppers, secateurs and trowel. I think this bd is connected to Australia.

[pacman1]

Had a cherry tree stump like that once. I ended up using a lorry strap out through the back gate connected to my Laguna. Thought I was going to burn the clutch out, but it worked.

[Munter]

pacman1 said:

Had a cherry tree stump like that once. I ended up using a lorry strap out through the back gate connected to my Laguna. Thought I was going to burn the clutch out, but it worked.

See where you went wrong there is you need a company car for this sort of thing. Personal cars just can't take the abuse...

[satans worm]

We just contacted a local tree surgen who did it for 30 quid on his way home.

[Simpo Two]

I did that successfully with a Sorbus that was growing outside (a few runs with a BMW730i did the trick), but this is inside the garden so there's a brick wall between tree and road. Thing is, with effort you can cut the roots on the outside (as thick as your arm) but no way can you get to the ones inside the defensive perimeter.

I think I'll ring 617 Squadron

satans worm said:

We just contacted a local tree surgen who did it for 30 quid on his way home.

That would be ideal; in fact I'm waiting for 2-3 calls to be returned.

Edited by Simpo Two on Tuesday 20th October 15:26

[Don]

Paddy_N_Murphy said:

OK then Serious response > Stump Grinder is what you need :

Petrol Driven - Check
Bloody Noisy - Check
Destroys things - Check
Can cause Death - Check

OP, you have yourself a fun time !


Will destroy the trunk, and go below the level of the lawn or whatever by a few inches - lots of lovely wood chip mulch for your borders.

obvuiously if you have the Ghey, you could yellow pages to get someone to bring one round and do it for you

Lets face it. There ain't a whole lot better than getting to use some dangerous power tools.

Even something as wussy as a shredder can supply a reasonably amount of entertainment.

Top of the heap is a big chainsaw. Now they're fantastic fun...

[jet_noise]

Dear Simpo Two,

5/10 try harder...
...I did a pine tree of similar girth and with hand tools only for real man points - felling & hand axes, bow and pruning saw, crowbar and sledgehammer.

You will make a chuffing big hole both in diameter and depth.
For the defensive perimeter you need to cut a length out of each large root (rather than just one cut per) so you can get inside.
Lastly you'll find just one root going straight down, this is the BUG3R.

Be prepared for a major tool sharpening excercise afterwards 'coz cutting earth really blunts a saw.

I would have used powertools if I had some!

Oh, and I remember the V8 saw from an earlier thread too, P&M, it was the obviously thorough involvement of H&S with regard to safety clothing and operating practices that I enjoyed. Risk assessment PAH

regards,
Jet

ETA V8 memory and praactices, oops came over all Zummerset there

Edited by jet_noise on Tuesday 20th October 15:58

Edited by jet_noise on Tuesday 20th October 16:02

[shirt]

Simpo Two said:

Don said:

You could hire a stump grinder - gets it right down to below ground level. £85 a day...

http://www.hss.com/g/62836/Tree-Stump-Chipper-Petr...

I see £107 + VAT... I think I'll bribe some strong friends instead.

I've put another hour in with sledgehammer, axe, wrecking bar, chainsaw, spade, pruning saw, loppers, secateurs and trowel. I think this bd is connected to Australia.

is there a small non-chain hire shop near you? if so give them a try and be prepared for a nice surprise price-wise, the family owned place near me usually comes out around 1/4 of the price of HSS.

[richyb]

Don said:

Lets face it. There ain't a whole lot better than getting to use some dangerous power tools.

Even something as wussy as a shredder can supply a reasonably amount of entertainment.

Top of the heap is a big chainsaw. Now they're fantastic fun...

Oh yes!



I'd stump grind it myself but if not saw, tirfor and a few hours would do.

Edited by richyb on Tuesday 20th October 20:42

[P924]

Simpo Two said:

I did that successfully with a Sorbus that was growing outside (a few runs with a BMW730i did the trick), but this is inside the garden so there's a brick wall between tree and road. Thing is, with effort you can cut the roots on the outside (as thick as your arm) but no way can you get to the ones inside the defensive perimeter.

Come on man. use sledgehammer on wall, only need to lose one brick. Rope through wall around stump.....

[Simpo Two]

Finally bribed an impoversished friend to lend a hand this afternoon... two hours later we had finally slain the beast, but I couldn't have done it single-handed. It was more like 14" wide at the bottom.

(And the chainsaw will be having a new blade as a reward - even sharpening it with a special Stihl file doesn't work any more)

Edited by Simpo Two on Tuesday 20th October 22:16

[gtr-gaz]

richyb said:

Don said:

Lets face it. There ain't a whole lot better than getting to use some dangerous power tools.

Even something as wussy as a shredder can supply a reasonably amount of entertainment.

Top of the heap is a big chainsaw. Now they're fantastic fun...

Oh yes!



I'd stump grind it myself but if not saw, tirfor and a few hours would do.

Pah! That's kids stuff. What you really want is something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R27UHHhxtX0

[richyb]

gtr-gaz said:

Pah! That's kids stuff. What you really want is something like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R27UHHhxtX0

Try lugging one of those through a woodland along with the rest of your kit!