Loader Ever found just ONE last stump????

[Small farm guy]

Last night I had to do a little dirt work for my wife. I moved our daughter's playhouse because it was right where the new plum trees needed to be. No sweat.....but.... There were some old 4 to 8 inch stumps where
I cut the trees 2 years ago when we were clearing some land. (pre Kubota days!) Surprisingly, they all came out in 15 minutes or so. I was happy to be done so quickly! (I thought!) I was using the loader and boxblade to rake out roots and smooth the earth when I snagged on something solid, REAL solid... Looked like a small old stump, but I didn't recall cutting a tree there. BUT it was in the EXACT spot the plum tree was supposed to be.

This called for a little exploratory digging, but as I dug, it got bigger, and bigger, and BIGGER..... Anyway, my pride insisted that the offending stump come out. I couldn't let my wife think there was at last a task that my faithful Bota couldn't do. I ran out of light last night so I mulled on what to do while at work today. Got home and after a little work, the pictures speak the rest of the story. I DID make a well where that root went in to the earth, it had almost 2 feet of water when I went to fill it in tonight! It is a 9 foot long fatwood stump that looks like it was cut with an axe!

 

[Runner]

Holy cow! Are you sure you didn't find an abandoned missile silo?

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Who needs backhoe when a FEL can do that kind of a job. Good work.

 

[Egon]

Now that is a serious case of "Stump Be Gone":thumbsup:

 

[MarkV]

With the looks of that hole you better order a bigger plum tree.

MarkV

 

[rd_macgregor]

Is your day job dentist? That looks like a molar extraction to me.
BOB

 

[Treemonkey1000]

The little person on the log is going to be driving that tractor some day. You might sell that log to the Swamp man on the Ax men TV show if you have seen it. He is a hoot.

 

[Happyman]

I know who I'm calling when I can't find the bottom of a stump :thumbsup:

 

[Small farm guy]

It is amazing what you can do with a FEL and a chain when that is all you have! I had no clue that monster was in the ground. I think it had been there for a lonnnnnnng time. Oh well, I can get those 3 plum trees in the ground now!

 

[Thomas]

Now thats what I call taking it personal...good for you.