Tips on getting large stumps out of the ground?

[thankyouTBN]

I have a few stumps this size and a bit bigger. I've done completely around them but they do not budge. Any tips how I might be able to get them out? I'm running a CAT 306 which I believe is around 15,000 lb. I want to say that I pulled a stump out bigger than this with roughly the same size excavator before, but I don't remember exactly what I did.

I just finished tonight, pulling out two, what turned out to be MUCH bigger trees than I thought they were. It takes a lot of time and it is extremely scary and dangerous. I absolutely do not want to rent a stump grinder. I bought all other stuff years ago and I want to use it.
It’s kind of challenging and kind of fun. I got a 200 foot long 15,000 pound rope and 180 some odd foot-long half inch cable four snatch blocks. The first tree I pulled without using the pressure washer. The second one wouldn’t come at all so I need to pressure wash clean the roots so I can cut them with a chainsaw. It’s a lot of time, but it’s not as bad as what I used to do is to dig down and then pressure wash and then cut the stump off below ground level then bury it. THAT is a lot of physical labor. I really am getting too old to do that kind of work. Oh, I forgot to mention I COMPLETELY (hundreds and hundreds of gallons) saturate the ground with water. I think it does help. I feel like I’m making do with what I have. I don’t wanna ask my brother-in-law to bring his backhoe over. I don’t want to rent a backhoe. I don’t want to rent a stump grinder. I also don’t want a chainsaw the stump off below ground like I always do.

 

[compact]

Grab one edge and try to spin it. Get it to ride up on the side of the hole, move to the opposite side and try to flip it over on edge or upside down and rip the bottom until enough dirt and rocks come ou. Then spin it out of the hole and push it with the blade if it’s still too heavy to lift.

 

[kenhar]

Easiest for me is push the tree down and cut the stump off. Much more leverage with the tree attached.

 

[fustsgt]

In the 50's we cleared a field with dynamite. We didn't use a fuse, instead we hooked wire to the coil on the Case tractor.

My Dad would store the dynamite in the old Hudson in the woods. He would remind us not to shoot the Hudson with our .22's.

My grandad was a blacksmith, and a dynamiter, Stored the explosives above the work shop (not the forge). I remember him shooting the dynamite box slats, (soaked with nitro), to show us kids the power of nitro.

 

[emonbo]

I have a few stumps this size and a bit bigger. I've done completely around them but they do not budge. Any tips how I might be able to get them out? I'm running a CAT 306 which I believe is around 15,000 lb. I want to say that I pulled a stump out bigger than this with roughly the same size excavator before, but I don't remember exactly what I did.

Tannerite, Stay clear and make sure your rifle ammuntion has the right velocity.
Good Luck