[RWebb]

Have you called a stump grinding service yet?

I'm inclined to tell you to hire the guys who did The Big Dig, 'cuz that's what this is.

I removed a stump last year by digging and then using a pressure washer to get as much of the dirt/grit as possible away from the roots. Then went after it with different sized chain saws and pry bars. It take a long time to dry out but works.

You need surgical, so I won't regale you with my success in using shovels and a fence puller on the frame of a Subaru to pull another stump a few years ago.

Indians used to burn out stumps, and make canoes from burned out logs too - but not in urban boston...