Stump removal

[treemuncher]

According to my County Ag. Ext Agent, pure ammonium nitrate will rot down wood fastest. This is what I recommend to my customers who want a good stand of grass after I've done my thing. That and lime to counter the acidity of the chips.

I used to be able to purchase this in bulk at the local fertilizer company years ago. Not sure now with past terrorist stuff.

 

[adventure bob]

I live in a burn scar and am dropping burnt trees for pasture. The quickest most economical way I have found to get the stumps removed is by an excavating company, not anyone related to forestry or logging. Stump grinders wanted between $12 and $15 a stump. An excavator with a 10K front end loader comes in and runs by the hour and it works out to about $6 a stump.

 

[MacLawn]

Good tip, adventure.

 

[tonyoz]

I live in a burn scar and am dropping burnt trees for pasture. The quickest most economical way I have found to get the stumps removed is by an excavating company, not anyone related to forestry or logging. Stump grinders wanted between $12 and $15 a stump. An excavator with a 10K front end loader comes in and runs by the hour and it works out to about $6 a stump.

And leaves holes everywhere that need to be filled. Is $6 a stump inclueding disposal or leaving them beside the holes. The whole truth would be good to get true comparison.

 

[oldballs]

I don't know about two acres worth of stumps, but if a stump is in my way, I dig out around it,....chainsaw/axe it off about 6 inches below grade then cover it up with dirt. It'll rot in time and leave a depression that needs more dirt after awhile. It's good exercise Murph.

That's two stumps that were close together. .... then one was covered up.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[murphy1244]

I don't know about two acres worth of stumps, but if a stump is in my way, I dig out around it,....chainsaw/axe it off about 6 inches below grade then cover it up with dirt. It'll rot in time and leave a depression that needs more dirt after awhile. It's good exercise Murph.View attachment 487584View attachment 487585View attachment 487586

That's two stumps that were close together. .... then one was covered up.

Cheers,
Mike

I don't like those long sticks on hard steel things. No motor or seat, no way

 

[adventure bob]

So I'm not sure of the implication of "truth."

Yes it leaves holes to fill, but its being turned into pasture so it gets tilled a couple of times eliminating the holes. We cant have stumps left in the ground cause they rot out leaving holes the horses trip in. No matter what method of stump removal you use, your eventually gonna have a hole to fill. Whether you let it compost, you pull it, or you grind it. The only question is how soon will you have to fill the hole. Pulling them just makes the hole fill a more imminent activity.

As to cost, $6 a stump is to remove and pile. If you have the name of someone who'll remove and haul for $6 a stump I need their name. There's more business than they can do in a lifetime in Black Forest CO. So I pile and burn them.

For truth in comparison the burning part is nearly free.

 

[k0ua]

I don't like those long sticks on hard steel things. No motor or seat, no way

And they don't have any way to apply hydraulic power... So I am not much interested in them either...

 

[oldballs]

And they don't have any way to apply hydraulic power... So I am not much interested in them either...

Both my right and my left are hydraulic powered. So says Tennessee Ernie Ford........blah ....blah.... blah....but I ain't no help to the OP.

 

[sea2summit]

I've been fighting six acres of planted pine the last property owners logged with my MX and backhoe. Nearly 170 hours this year all dedicated to digging stumps, dissing, taking, dragging, spreading lime. This summer I did have two stump locations turn into small sink holes but overall I think I'm in the dig them out crowd because it's done now and all I need to do from to maintain it now on is mow the grass not worrying about finding fill dirt to level out 700 low spots in my yard every spring:thumbsup: