Removing (a large and fresh) tree stump

[bert]

Kinetic recovery rope helps - but attach a drag line to the stump first!!

[Nightjar]

I suspect that these days my sixth form chemistry text book would be classed as a publication likely to be of assistance to terrorists.

[Davey]

When I was at school, there was an old text book in the Science Dept. library. It had details of how to make a wireless transmitter, and clearly described how to set up the gap for correct creation of the signalling spark.

Also, I once worked for the transport division, ie lorries, of a big confectionery company. The dept. had a device for firing a spot of chalk at the ground when the lorry test driver hit the brake pedal, so that the braking distance could be measured. The operator had to have a firearms license to prime the 'gun'.

[Huge]

Google "ANFO". Still needs a high explosive to initiate it, though.

I'm presently watching "Breaking Bad" on Netflix. I suspect my Google searches as a result may have popped up somewhere. No, I have no intention of starting to "cook" methamphetamine.

[Huge]

And/or drape something over the rope. I foolishly failed to do this and did several hundred pounds worth of damage to my Discovery when the stump sanpped off and flew into the back of it.

[T i m]

Doesn't *your* daughter have a stump grinder? ;-)

Whereabouts are you?

Cheers, T i m

[T i m]

We did that on a fairly big conifer.

Took it down to about 3m, I dug round the sides and cut though and pulled out any side roots I could and then we used a wire-rope hand-winch from the top of this tree to the bottom of another to pull out the tap root.

That sounds like interesting work. On a small scale, my sister regularly goes 'ditch digging'. ;-)

Cheers, T i m

[news]

This is a diy forum, copious amounts of night water percolated through wood ash...

I go down the stump grinder route, the little Vermeer in the back of the transit if its just a few 10" stumps or the tracked Carlton if they are a decent size and a days work, have to allow for breakages though as the drive belt on the Carlton costs 800 quid.

AJH

[Graham.]

[rick]

Cut down trees with Det cord .... but getting explosive to take out stumps may be a bit more difficult nowadays.

I removed a load of mixed stumps by using a chain ratchet winch.... drove 2 long angle irons into ground to give me purchase for winch to pull against.

[Chris Hogg]

I can't see it being used to remove a suburban leylandii hedge that had outgrown it's position though. Mrs Bucket would not approve. And surely no-one lays land drains like that any more.

[Weatherlawyer]

Wouldn't a strip of land like that be best left to the tender ministrations of a litter of pigs?