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Originally Posted by Zeke
It's for real and one of the most dangerous tools you could possibly own.
I can tell that most posters here have never removed a sizeable stump. Men being men have a need to offer advice when all they have is creative thought and no real experience.
Cut it flush and you lose any opportunity to use leverage to pull it back and forth to help with loosening and exposing roots.
A stump grinder is on a center mounted pivot. There may be some offset models to cut flush with a fence, etc.. You have to be able to line up with the center mass of the stump in order to sweep the arc. And move back and then forward again.
Tree stumps wedged in between concrete footings or next to them are going to be tough as the tree will conform to the shape of the concrete including undercutting it.
There are not enough pics to even begin to access this situation.
Lastly, I can't tell when posters are serious or not if they don't indicate. The use of fire is totally out of reason. It won't burn in the first place...you know the rest.
Helping to accelerate rot is a very practical solution if time permits. Depending on the tree, figure 5 to 10 years to accomplish removal by rot.
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Yep....
I would (and have) remove that stump with a chainsaw (with an old stump chain
), an axe, splitting wedges and a sledgehammer. BTDT more than a few times.... and yes, it will be a helluva workout
.