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Dealing with a stump without having it ground out.
Last year, I had a tree taken down and asked them to cut it as close to the ground as possible. It was close to the fence line on the edge of a field, so I thought I would just drive over it with my JD. They left it about 6 inches high and impossible to drive over.
I decided to use Stump-Out. The stump measured 6' 7" in circumference. I had some 10" flashing that I cut to 7' long and made a small barrel around it. I used my Bauer 10" battery chain saw to score the top in multiple lines. Poured the Stump-Out in, added water, and let it set for 6 weeks. Last Wed., I added a couple layers of Kingsford to the top and 'lit er up'. It burned for 3 days and then rain came.    
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 6 bags of topsoil added  Grass seed and straw added and watered. 
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Nice!
Good thinking on using the fire to burn it out after you killed it.
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Nice work!
Don’t be surprised, if you need to add additional dirt, as the stump decays. |
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^^^ If it hadn't rained...I'm sure it would smoking and smoldering yet.
But I didn't need that...it did it's job. The fire left the outer bark...I think the heat couldn't get to it good. So I used my Bauer to cut that off...which went easy.
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Thanks Yeah, I am kinda counting on that. At least I can mow over that area again. (after the grass seed takes off)
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If you go the same route with the 'Stump-Out'....be aware that you might need two of them.
The one pound can doesn't go far.
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Brilliant solution. I have a bunch of stumps at the family farm. Too bad I can't buy dynamite anymore...
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^^^ Pmax
My place is on a hill and there are three lakes within a half mile and one is a mile long. Not much worry of fire here.
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I know...I remember going with my G'pa to buy sticks when I was a kid. Buy them at the hardware in town...and then go to a shed in an isolated area to get the dyno. It was an easy way to clear a field.
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Excellent! Nice job.
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I had a big tree removed from my yard recently. The removal service did the same thing only they drilled about a dozen holes deep into the stump and soaked it in diesel fuel for a couple days before adding the coals and lighting it.
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Nice job ... reminds me of Great Grandpaw Stumpy and country engine-ears 
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I tried that with my 20V battery drill...it got very hot before I could even do one hole. The stump was about 200 feet from an outlet, so my corded drill was out. .
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Anything that saves me from trimming around it is worth it. I use pramitol around each fence post, but to do that around the stump would make a large dead area.
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Yer either lazee or smart ....
Or both !
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Another option although slower is use Epsom salt . Drill some holes in top of stump . Pour the salt in the holes and on top of the stump . Cover with a pile of leaves . This method speeds up the natural decay/rot .
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Thanks for sharing this. I have some stumps on my property that need removed so I can mow. I will give this a try.
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Before I used the stump out, I tried my sharpened axe to see if I could chip off enough of the outside top of the stump to give a gradual rise for the mower.
I don't do it often, but I know how to swing an axe. That dried surface of a few years dead elm is like concrete. If the axe doesn't hit it square...it just ricochets off. I gave up with that after a dozen swings. .
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