I’m amazed at how many ways you might approach problems. I’m equally amazed at the critiques below that seem to have found THE one and only way. I love the gentle approach of this fine video as two fine people share THEIR way. Thanks for sharing.
Not trying to take away from a good video but consider this. USE the trunk for leverage! While you have anywhere from 4 to 15 feet of trunk, clean away the roots with a shovel. Tie a rope high as possible on the trunk and with that leverage pull where you want the trunk to fall. Pull on the rope with an anchored come-along, winch, truck hard point or just have someone pull the rope. While the roots on the opposite side of the trunk are being pilled, cutting with axe or chainsaw is much easier. As you cut through roots it will get easier on subsequent roots. You might try different angles pulling the rope to get to other roots. Eventually the roots break pretty easy, again because of the leverage.
Try using a reciprocating saw to cut off the tap root (after you've dug around the base). Reciprocating saws work in soil just fine. Then you can often just dig out the stump with a pick axe.
I recently added a reciprocating saw to supplement my land clearing tools. It has been of far more use than anything else. Blades last quite a while, but when they dull I can simply pop another in the tool in a matter of seconds for a couple of bucks of expense.
Another method that worked great for me was build a charcoal briquet fire in top of the stump. Once the stump catches fire it will burn the roots clear down into the soil.
Not always an option but yes it works to burn it out. I have often covered it with dirt and mulch above the ground. 6 months later the stump is rotten and removes easily.
@@patchofparadise2930 our fire dept said steep fines for that because the fire can move underground, but before he said that I was going to do it that way
@@acts10truth Our privet roots go way under our house and next door's house - it occurred to me also that I could be responsible for burning down both houses - I hope the epsom salts kill off the stump. I'm going to give that a go.
Thank you Dan and Alice! I like the idea of using the auger in order to go deeper as we have large stumps. Enjoy your garden we are right behind you! Living the dream ✨️ 💝🙏🏼
I like how you call them volunteer trees, you can harvest a lot of seedlings and branches for mulch and compost. - I would let a part of the stump stand, cut into it to create some openings, and water it and plant mushrooms. Likely it would need some larger plants nearby to create shade. A little nitrogen rich compost around to compensate for the decomposing wood.
Anyone looking to deal with a stump check the wood type for the right fungi to inoculate it with and you can turn the stump into a mushroom garden as the fungi breaks down the wood.
My oak stump looks amazing with the conk fungus growing on it. You can also fabricate a wire basket using chicken wire, ect. , staple/ nail it to the flat top, put moss or landscape fabric in it, fill with soil, and walla! Lol
Leave the tree tall for leverage. Hook a comealong or electric winch to the base of another tree or other anchor. Keep tension whilst you cut and/or pry the roots.
This isn't a trick but this is how my Swedish grandfather split granite: wait till winter or till temperatures are under 0°Celsius. Drill a dozen holes or more about 2-3 cm wide, as deep as you can, ideally not less than 15cm but the deeper the better. Fill with water and then the water will freeze and split the stump just like the frozen water popped off slices of the drilled granite. When the thaw comes pluck out what you can; then wait till spring by which time several thaws and repeated freezes will have so shattered the stump it won't be hard to remove the rest. 😀 Obviously only works in climate zones with freezing temperatures... 🙄 Cheers!
@@wayfarer1101 when water freezes it expands. Granite has no give and that’s why it breaks. Wood does have give and doesn’t that’s why trees aren’t split all to hell every winter
I felt the same way, I removed a large stump not long ago and I used a chain saw to cut the tree down and chop the limbs up, I used a shovel and dug around it, going down about 4 feet. Used an axe to chop fire wood sized pieces off of it. Used a pick axe to chop through or clear dirt from around the roots and an 8 foot pry bar to pry parts of wood from the stump and also on breaking the roots apart. took me about 2 months, but I did not work on it everyday, still was a lot of work and sore muscles. I still have 7 to go.
@@johnbausch7557 👍lol 😂 it’s your choice; his choice. And someone else would choose from either one or come up with choice # 3- get someone with a machine dig up the stump. It takes them hours, or less, depending on the size of the tree 🌳 Lol 😂 Life is full of choices. And us, humans are creative.
One of the best saws for cutting roots or below the soil level is a SAWZALL... The blades are tough enough, and really not dulled by dirt as easily . Try that next time you remove a tree.
For those large side roots you can use a tree axe to cut through them and if you do that before cutting the tree, sometimes with a tree that size, the upper weight of the tree will pull it over and the stump out of the ground.
I might suggest using a 15" dia (38 cm) diameter auger bit, go down 3 ft (1m), fill hole with Epsom Salt, cover with AstroTurf(r) and a large concrete monument.
This was one cool video. I used my skill saw. Took a hammer and chisel and got it removed clear down below the surface. I re cut the remains and did like you showed in the video. Covered it with Epsom salt and limestone as it was in a landscaping area. Can't even tell there was a stump now. Years from now, the stump will be rotted away.
I use a fire ring around the tree to concentrate the heat and take the branches for the fire. Ring (a culvert works great) should be 6 to 12 inches above the stump. If near your house roast hot dogs or something. I’ve used this method to clear a field for planting grass for more pasture. It will burn the stump 3-6 inches below the surface.
If you drill down into the stump with a big drill them pour some kero into it and keep topping up the kero for a bit as it burns, it will actually burn that sucker right up from the inside out.
It isn't just buried...the Epsom Salts is not only good for making you shit your arse off...the Sulphates (Sulfates to Yanks) break down the Cellulose in the green wood and they eventually become organics. The Magnesium will help fertilise the soil. The alternative is to break your back when levering the stump out after roots are dug up and cut off.
I dont bother with Epson salts ,the cuts help let the "Slaters"(Australia) ( Woodlice ,Ciggypiggs, Pill bugs, Woodbugs ) eat it away, We had a trivet tree in my moms back yard, only good for shade and climing,
Or dirt in the bark or a rock in the tree or an old nail. Plenty of ways to dull a chain. Files are cheap and chains on consumer grade chainsaws are too. Just save old chains for cutting trash.
Dig out an extra 3 feet all the way around and 3 feet down around that tiny stump, back up your pickup, hook a chain around the bottom and jerk that little stick out of the ground.
You should cover it with plastic so that rain doesn’t wash it away. I did this with a few stumps in my yard. They are still there , but 1 year later, they are no longer giving off shoots and can tell they are decomposing.
I used a pressure washer on a stump. It stripped away the dirt and debarked the stump and roots. Bored it out with drill. Then used a mixture of boric acid and Epsom salt. The salt draws out moisture and the moisture makes the acid work to rot the stump.
Epsom Salts is the old common English name for Magnesium Sulphate and it is the Sulphates that create acidic conditions and break down the Cellulose in wood. Magnesium acts as a fertiliser.
@@_.cutiexpie._252 I was merely stating the obvious, and apparently I'm not alone in my opinion. Funnier still, is you're attempting to condone me, for doing the EXACT same thing you did posting your own comment. Logic is pretty amazing, ain't it? Play again?
Holy crap you cut the tree down and buried stump UA-cam is getting pretty stupid drill three or four or four holes that are filled with gas and burn it
@@kctyphoon “and apparently I’m not alone in that opinion” nah you just ain’t the only person mad at they life 😂💀. Foh don’t let your ego get to high bud lmfao. And yah I can “condone” you all I want lmfao it’s what you were doing in the first place for NO REASON. Over a god damn tree bud 😂. Grow up
How long does it take for that stump to disappear with the Epsom Salt on it?? Thank you for showing this video. I just took down an evergreen bush and there's a good sized root left so I will cut that down close to the ground and buy some Epsom Salt. Gods blessings to you.
I just bought a wood carvings wheel for my angle grinder. Was a lot faster than chainsaw and a lot easier. I tried drilling holes using an auger bit and it stuck in the stump, tried backing it out with drill, vise grips and crescent wrench but the thing is still locked in. I decided to just burn the stump with the auger still in it.
Since they repeatedly let "volunteer plants," a term he even used in this very video telling us that's what the tree they are removing was and also actively promote letting things that establish themselves to grow. I don't really think they care.
Consider using a reciprocating saw with a pruning blade to cut the root system around the stump. You might need to go a foot or more from the stump depending on the thickness of the root section.
My thought as well. Reciprocating saw blades are not expensive and you can replace them readily if they get dulled by going into dirt. The saw is a convenient size to work with in these situations too.
Dan and Alice - Thank you for the video. I have used this technique in the past and it works. Another method would be to cut the tree trunk as close to the ground as you can (just like you did) then take the tip of your chain saw or an axe and dish out a bowl shape in the tree trunk then add a few BBQ briquets, ignite the the briquets and walk away... They will slowly smoulder without an open flame. You get the same results, just a little quicker. You can even cook lunch over the briquets while they destroy the trunk. Wood ash makes a excellent garden soil enhancer as well. Michael from Canada
Wow, looks better than I thought it would. Can't even tell a tree was ever there. I'm having to romove trees (therefore tree stumps) along an old fence line, and there's wire grown into all the trees. Argh. What I'm having to do is cut the trees at a height above the fence line, then dig out each stump with a backhoe attachment that goes on my tractor. A small tree like that, I could totally tear out stump and roots in 5 minutes. But big trees are usually 4 hours per stump! P.S. Where's your wife from? I married a Filipina myself.
😂 don’t do this unless you know what you are doing, blunt saws are more dangerous than sharp saws. This saw is very blunt and the video should not be shown.A professional would do that size tree for £20-40 with the stump removed.Better safe than sorry. 🤕😵Bad info sorry
This looks like the way to go. Cheap and not too hard. Who cares if it's still under there? Due to the chainsaw scoring and e. salt, it won't be a problem. Thanks for your posting this to help others. So kind of you to share!
What an unsafe idiot , he acknowledged the possibility of kick back and still proceeded and on top of the in most cuts his face was directly over the saw, people like this cause accidents , go back to your basement dan
Privets are used as hedging in some place in New Zealand.I get rid of the big privet tree along my boundary.Birds really love the berries but it stain the roof of my car because the tree overhang my driveway.
The epsom salt MgS04 is a mystery to me but you say it works so I will try. Stumps take a long time to rot because they are mostly carbon. Speed it up with nitrogen and possibly phosphorous fertilizer like ammonium phosphate. The microbes will now have a more complete diet to do their work. You can drill holes in the stumps as well.
HOW COOL IS THAT!! That’s what I love about UA-cam! You learn great tricks for everyday problems and cool stuff like nourishing your soil when you thought you were going to get stuck with a stump that might outlive your kids! Thank you for this great trick to turn a problem into compost!
If time is not too important: Drilling holes in stumps makes sawing easier as much of the mass of the stump is already gone pre-sawing. If enough holes are drilled, use of a hand saw may be feasible . Whether time is important or not, putting epsom salts in drilled holes of stump may help prevent regrowth of tree by sprouts in some species.
Yo, you have your chain on the saw backwards.. there is no way even a dull chain would cut that slow. Trust me, I've done it once myself! Love the videos!
Now that’s a dull chain on that saw. Must of already gotten it in the dirt. Dirt/sand is terrible on the chain and bar. Excellent method for removing tree stumps. Nice to the point video and thanks for not having ugly background music. Good job mate. Would’ve been helpful if you hand said how long it takes for the stump to disappear or have shown us a pic after 3 - 6 months. Thank you
Just use stumpex or similar product. for best results, I've found that applying glyphosate (roundup) to FRESH cuts works wonders. The tree absorbs the product as it attempts to "heal over" the fresh cuts. So, make "pockets for roundup liquid to remain in stump (crosshatch was great), then add stumpex on top of that to start the deteriorating. It makes the wood spongy which holds water making it decay further. Still can bury it over as in the video, but works faster. It still will take some time, but if the stump/root isn't killed, you can have sprouts coming up anywhere along the root path as the tree tries to survive the trunk amputation... really bad with black and honey locust trees.
Enlarge the digging circle, using the pickaxe, garden hoe, gardening trowel, even a broom to sweep away dirt clinging to the roots while keeping it dry. Eventually, you will expose a large portion of the root ball, which can be cut through. You may also be able to angle back in under the trunk to get the main taproot, or at least notch it. Then use the top of the 4-foot trunk as a lever, a few snatch blocks or block and tackle, to multiply the force, and tie off one end to a nearby tree, the other to your vehicle, and the remainder of the roots should break without too much trouble, and the stump should easily pull out. Then use the epsom salt to kill off any remaining living root, to keep another new volunteer tree from growing off of the living root.
Thank You I had 2 large trees taken down and I knew to have the Criss cross the stumps with their chainsaw but didn’t know about the Epson salts I pour bleach in it every once in a while and it hasn’t budged it a bit so maybe the Epson salts I was trying to stop the trees from tearing up my foundation and the word is very much alive and I have volunteers coming up everywhere but I’ll try the Epson salts
It worked for you? Im buying some land with eucaliptus, that will be cut off in 8 years, i will use the land after the cut for cattle but its far away from my home, so if epsom salts (or nitarte of potassium) work i would rent to agriculture. A land ready for agriculture is much more valuable here.
I use Epsom salt a lot in my garden. I have not tried it on a stump, but I will. I would rather use that then the chemicals that are in the stump remover stuff. Thank you!
Thank you for the tip. I’ve had a tree cut to the ground, but I wasn’t able to use the space as the guy who cut the tree didn’t want to dess as l with the stump, so, thank you so much.
@@globetrotter5800 yep just start w the minimum to make a ring around the stump and just keep adding as the other briquettes burn away. Fireman told us how to do it and not have an open flame that the fire dept would have to put out. It was a huge stump and took a couple of days.
What he did is a well known technique. Why all the hating? The stump will rot out very fast this way. I do this to all my stumps. Chains can be resharpened, not a big deal. If i don't have time to wait for a stump to rot, i do what he did but with much deeper cuts that go completely through the stump. I also make extra plunge cuts into the side of the stump angling them towards the center. After the stump dries i pour oil on it and burn the stump. What ever doesn't burn up can be easily removed with a shovel and chainsaw.
Nice demo. Some nice comments, some dont know what they are talking about. I hired a stupid grinder, took him 3 hours, I had to finish the job digging out the roots he missed , clean up his mess, fill hole with dirt, put in sod. I did all the work he got paid. I usually just cut them level with dirt and just mow over them. Nobady notices there used to be a tree there.
Hey I just watch your stump videos from 2018. I was hoping this was an update. People in the comments had jokes but I was pulling for you. Fast forward to 2020, it looks like you change the game plan. What happened? Details please.
I read through most of the comments. Hiding a stump was not the purpose. Grinding does not stop the roots from growing. Case in point, a removed Chinese Elm in my front yard. Hate that tree! The important question is, how many years does it take for a stump like this one break down?
The stump is not out of mind, it will still be around 40 or 50 years from now . With a lot of little spring babies coming out all the time. And your Great Grand children will have a tire swing hanging from your limbs.
grow MUSHROOMS, the microbial funghi eat the wood - but if you are lucky spores of edibles do well. you can create some cuts and holes and even deep cuts (with an axe) to help water enter. That will speed up rot and help the fungi. Plus if it freezes in winter expanding ice will crack up your stump even more. I would plant some larger plants around it to create shade and would start the mushroom production. If you do not get edible harvest - you get only good soil. Nor sure about the epsom salts in that context.
@@bullshitstomper9417 , It was pretty obvious from the slow cut and sawdust coming off the chain that it was already dull when he started. A chainsaw with an already dull chain was the perfect tool for cutting down the stump and criss-crossing it. Now that he's dealt with the stump, he can sharpen the chain. I keep a spare dull chain for just such things, to include cutting underground roots. Even with a dull chain it still cuts faster and will handle bigger stumps and their roots than a reciprocating saw.
Deciduous trees are very useful. I grow a lot of vegetables right underneath my maple tree. Lettuce and cilantro need some good shades in the summer to prolong their growing season.
If it does it is temporary. I have used that method on stumps in my yard and had grass there by the next year. It is very beneficial to most plants. I water all of my plants with epsom salt including lawn, vegetable garden and house plants.
@@jeremyisensee9546 I was going to use 46-0-0 fertilizer to remove Chinese privet which is very invasive as well. Do you think this would work? I was hoping to plant in this area in the fall.
Cut enough to use the stump as a base for a stool/ bar table/smaller table/bird bath....etc......You could also leave it and wrap it in solar lights, so you would have a natural light tower.....plant mushrooms, nature's chicken coup seating.....so many possibilities.........That tree was a gift from nature.
Great idea! I watched the Epsom salt series first though so I had the understanding of how it works... I think a lot of the commenters here might have missed that.
I'll bet these people who are so critical of his method have never tried to remove a stump, or for that matter, done any yard work such as they're doing.
I like biology. The cool way to get rid of a stump is to let everything rot it. Drill holes into the tree, let the grass grow tall around it and watch stuff colonize it. For. e that is cool.
Wow why is everyone so mad at this guy, people are so ready to jump on someone at the first thing and he didn't do nothing wrong but try to give his version of how to get rid of a stump lol I guess everybody thought they were gonna see a magic trick
Because he was dangerous with the chainsaw, didn’t use chaps, and used a dull chainsaw along with looking right over the saw when he said he was concerned about kick backs. Maybe this is why?
I’m amazed at how many ways you might approach problems. I’m equally amazed at the critiques below that seem to have found THE one and only way. I love the gentle approach of this fine video as two fine people share THEIR way. Thanks for sharing.
Whoa! I've been watching these videos so long I just looked outside and my stump has rotted away! It works!
Not trying to take away from a good video but consider this. USE the trunk for leverage! While you have anywhere from 4 to 15 feet of trunk, clean away the roots with a shovel. Tie a rope high as possible on the trunk and with that leverage pull where you want the trunk to fall. Pull on the rope with an anchored come-along, winch, truck hard point or just have someone pull the rope. While the roots on the opposite side of the trunk are being pilled, cutting with axe or chainsaw is much easier. As you cut through roots it will get easier on subsequent roots. You might try different angles pulling the rope to get to other roots. Eventually the roots break pretty easy, again because of the leverage.
I took a tree are course and that's what they taught us!
STUMPFEST!!!!
Or get Alice to pull it out.
This would actually require some thought and work, can't have any of that.
not everyone has ready access to all that equipment!
and also this would work really well for smaller trees.
Try using a reciprocating saw to cut off the tap root (after you've dug around the base). Reciprocating saws work in soil just fine. Then you can often just dig out the stump with a pick axe.
I recently added a reciprocating saw to supplement my land clearing tools. It has been of far more use than anything else. Blades last quite a while, but when they dull I can simply pop another in the tool in a matter of seconds for a couple of bucks of expense.
not this guy... he's struggling with the pickaxe as it is....maybe Alice will have to 🤪
great I was getting some enjoyment out of digging out old small trees stumps with a shovel lol its fun
Just use you axe on those roots, i took out a 3 foot diameter stump by bisecting it with an axe. Not for the timid, certain and effective.
Bingo!
Another method that worked great for me was build a charcoal briquet fire in top of the stump. Once the stump catches fire it will burn the roots clear down into the soil.
That's what I do. Stack bricks in a square around the stump and add the charcoal. May take a couple burns but it will get rid of it.
Not always an option but yes it works to burn it out. I have often covered it with dirt and mulch above the ground. 6 months later the stump is rotten and removes easily.
@@patchofparadise2930 our fire dept said steep fines for that because the fire can move underground, but before he said that I was going to do it that way
@@acts10truth Our privet roots go way under our house and next door's house - it occurred to me also that I could be responsible for burning down both houses - I hope the epsom salts kill off the stump. I'm going to give that a go.
i've left the brush for next winter to dry out, and then built the fire around the stump inside an oil drum with both ends missing. block it on bricks
Thank you Dan and Alice! I like the idea of using the auger in order to go deeper as we have large stumps.
Enjoy your garden we are right behind you! Living the dream ✨️ 💝🙏🏼
I like how you call them volunteer trees, you can harvest a lot of seedlings and branches for mulch and compost. - I would let a part of the stump stand, cut into it to create some openings, and water it and plant mushrooms. Likely it would need some larger plants nearby to create shade. A little nitrogen rich compost around to compensate for the decomposing wood.
Anyone looking to deal with a stump check the wood type for the right fungi to inoculate it with and you can turn the stump into a mushroom garden as the fungi breaks down the wood.
My oak stump looks amazing with the conk fungus growing on it. You can also fabricate a wire basket using chicken wire, ect. , staple/ nail it to the flat top, put moss or landscape fabric in it, fill with soil, and walla! Lol
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Not positive but I think it’s “voilá”. Maybe not….
@@dr.OgataSerizawa You are correct Sir.. I was being facetious. 😉
It is spelled voila, it is a French word.
Leave the tree tall for leverage. Hook a comealong or electric winch to the base of another tree or other anchor. Keep tension whilst you cut and/or pry the roots.
This isn't a trick but this is how my Swedish grandfather split granite: wait till winter or till temperatures are under 0°Celsius. Drill a dozen holes or more about 2-3 cm wide, as deep as you can, ideally not less than 15cm but the deeper the better. Fill with water and then the water will freeze and split the stump just like the frozen water popped off slices of the drilled granite. When the thaw comes pluck out what you can; then wait till spring by which time several thaws and repeated freezes will have so shattered the stump it won't be hard to remove the rest. 😀
Obviously only works in climate zones with freezing temperatures... 🙄
Cheers!
Great idea!! Use nature, not force!!
The elders had vast amount of knowledge on how to work along with nature. Brilliant minds. Thank you for sharing.
Won’t work! Granite has zero give to it while wood has a lot
@@danjohnson6870 And frozen is frozen.
@@wayfarer1101 when water freezes it expands. Granite has no give and that’s why it breaks. Wood does have give and doesn’t that’s why trees aren’t split all to hell every winter
You made it disappear by raking dirt over it, I feel cheated out of 7 min of my life.
Thanks, on the the next
Thanks for the warning. It's a con. Annoying.
I felt the same way, I removed a large stump not long ago and I used a chain saw to cut the tree down and chop the limbs up, I used a shovel and dug around it, going down about 4 feet. Used an axe to chop fire wood sized pieces off of it. Used a pick axe to chop through or clear dirt from around the roots and an 8 foot pry bar to pry parts of wood from the stump and also on breaking the roots apart. took me about 2 months, but I did not work on it everyday, still was a lot of work and sore muscles. I still have 7 to go.
IKR?
@@johnbausch7557 👍lol 😂 it’s your choice; his choice. And someone else would choose from either one or come up with choice # 3- get someone with a machine dig up the stump. It takes them hours, or less, depending on the size of the tree 🌳 Lol 😂 Life is full of choices. And us, humans are creative.
One of the best saws for cutting roots or below the soil level is a SAWZALL... The blades are tough enough, and really not dulled by dirt as easily . Try that next time you remove a tree.
Yeah. Much safer. Drill, sawzall, anything but a chainsaw lol
Lol, works great...or did until my son burned up his sawsall.
Yep. I bury utilities on private property so not huge machinery. If the property is wooded sawzall is riding.
For those large side roots you can use a tree axe to cut through them and if you do that before cutting the tree, sometimes with a tree that size, the upper weight of the tree will pull it over and the stump out of the ground.
I might suggest using a 15" dia (38 cm) diameter auger bit, go down 3 ft (1m), fill hole with Epsom Salt, cover with AstroTurf(r) and a large concrete monument.
Lmao go all the way
Lol!
You make me feel like part of a global community and I thank you for all your sharing and caring.
Just found this channel. And just wanted to say hello and tell you both that Y’all are awesome ! Thank you for sharing your knowledge 💕
Thank you kindly!
This was one cool video. I used my skill saw. Took a hammer and chisel and got it removed clear down below the surface. I re cut the remains and did like you showed in the video. Covered it with Epsom salt and limestone as it was in a landscaping area. Can't even tell there was a stump now. Years from now, the stump will be rotted away.
Creating a sinkhole under your limestone. Dig up and discard instead.
Chainsaw chaps would be a good idea. Mine saved me a trip to the hospital when I was cutting off a large stump at ground level.
I use a fire ring around the tree to concentrate the heat and take the branches for the fire. Ring (a culvert works great) should be 6 to 12 inches above the stump. If near your house roast hot dogs or something. I’ve used this method to clear a field for planting grass for more pasture. It will burn the stump 3-6 inches below the surface.
If you drill down into the stump with a big drill them pour some kero into it and keep topping up the kero for a bit as it burns, it will actually burn that sucker right up from the inside out.
@@888WulfDog888 nice idea
Haha. I thought you were really going to show us some sort of trick. Instead you just buried it. LOL.
Thanks, thought I seen that coming. Watching at 1/4 through. Good work on his part though.
yeee loser tip
It isn't just buried...the Epsom Salts is not only good for making you shit your arse off...the Sulphates (Sulfates to Yanks) break down the Cellulose in the green wood and they eventually become organics. The Magnesium will help fertilise the soil.
The alternative is to break your back when levering the stump out after roots are dug up and cut off.
My dog does better tricks lmao buried it
I dont bother with Epson salts ,the cuts help let the "Slaters"(Australia) ( Woodlice ,Ciggypiggs, Pill bugs, Woodbugs ) eat it away, We had a trivet tree in my moms back yard, only good for shade and climing,
Just mallett some wedges into those cuts and you'll break the stump apart no need to wait.
Exactly. Use wedges, or he could've also had a fire on top of the cuts, and it would've burned into the core of the stump.
A split second to dull the chain hitting pebble or even dirt cutting that low. (Licensed Arborist - company owner 20 years)
Correct just dirt or mud will wear out chain and bar fast .
That chain was already dull as it was
Or dirt in the bark or a rock in the tree or an old nail. Plenty of ways to dull a chain. Files are cheap and chains on consumer grade chainsaws are too. Just save old chains for cutting trash.
Dig out an extra 3 feet all the way around and 3 feet down around that tiny stump, back up your pickup, hook a chain around the bottom and jerk that little stick out of the ground.
Wish I could give you 50 thumbs up
You should cover it with plastic so that rain doesn’t wash it away. I did this with a few stumps in my yard. They are still there , but 1 year later, they are no longer giving off shoots and can tell they are decomposing.
I used a pressure washer on a stump. It stripped away the dirt and debarked the stump and roots. Bored it out with drill. Then used a mixture of boric acid and Epsom salt. The salt draws out moisture and the moisture makes the acid work to rot the stump.
Epsom Salts is the old common English name for Magnesium Sulphate and it is the Sulphates that create acidic conditions and break down the Cellulose in wood. Magnesium acts as a fertiliser.
“How to make a stump disappear in minutes” - he covers it with mulch. Wow - i woulda never thought that one up.. That's Sarcasm btw.
Must be hard being mad all the time huh?
@@_.cutiexpie._252 I was merely stating the obvious, and apparently I'm not alone in my opinion. Funnier still, is you're attempting to condone me, for doing the EXACT same thing you did posting your own comment. Logic is pretty amazing, ain't it? Play again?
@@kctyphoon u must be rly sad in life
Holy crap you cut the tree down and buried stump UA-cam is getting pretty stupid drill three or four or four holes that are filled with gas and burn it
@@kctyphoon “and apparently I’m not alone in that opinion” nah you just ain’t the only person mad at they life 😂💀. Foh don’t let your ego get to high bud lmfao. And yah I can “condone” you all I want lmfao it’s what you were doing in the first place for NO REASON. Over a god damn tree bud 😂. Grow up
Any updates on your root/stump situation?
I gave a 👍 for the use of the garden hose. Good idea
Wow! Amazing, and so easy!
Thank you so much👍👏
Have a safe day!
Moira
From England.
How long does it take for that stump to disappear with the Epsom Salt on it?? Thank you for showing this video. I just took down an evergreen bush and there's a good sized root left so I will cut that down close to the ground and buy some Epsom Salt. Gods blessings to you.
Great video. We all have some of those pesky "volunteers." I've got three to do myself. Love the instruction. Thanks for sharing. Love Peg
We did this!! Thanks! Then we went along merrily with our landscaping! 🌟🌟🌟🌟
I just bought a wood carvings wheel for my angle grinder. Was a lot faster than chainsaw and a lot easier.
I tried drilling holes using an auger bit and it stuck in the stump, tried backing it out with drill, vise grips and crescent wrench but the thing is still locked in. I decided to just burn the stump with the auger still in it.
thanks for the warning!
You may want to reconsider planting a persimmon tree, they tend to sprout suckers from the roots 30-40 ft radius from the trunk.
Since they repeatedly let "volunteer plants," a term he even used in this very video telling us that's what the tree they are removing was and also actively promote letting things that establish themselves to grow. I don't really think they care.
I keep old chains and completely file down the rakers. I put them on a dedicated chainsaw I use as my stump grinder.
Consider using a reciprocating saw with a pruning blade to cut the root system around the stump. You might need to go a foot or more from the stump depending on the thickness of the root section.
That would work and paint some tree poison on the open wounds of the tree roots if you cannot remove them.
My thought as well. Reciprocating saw blades are not expensive and you can replace them readily if they get dulled by going into dirt. The saw is a convenient size to work with in these situations too.
Reciprocating saw is well? I find the easiest.
When I was younger, I learned to use those saws to separate those awful pond plants my wife loved. What a time saver. Now the plants are on their own.
Looks like Alice is getting some yardwork done and you are playing with your camera...
lolol
Dan and Alice - Thank you for the video. I have used this technique in the past and it works. Another method would be to cut the tree trunk as close to the ground as you can (just like you did) then take the tip of your chain saw or an axe and dish out a bowl shape in the tree trunk then add a few BBQ briquets, ignite the the briquets and walk away... They will slowly smoulder without an open flame. You get the same results, just a little quicker. You can even cook lunch over the briquets while they destroy the trunk. Wood ash makes a excellent garden soil enhancer as well.
Michael from Canada
THANK YOU! I was like why would anyone go through the trouble of cutting it and then LEAVE it there alive...
Thanks for that tip! We have as dead tree we need to remove and this idea will really help!
The title should read.... How to HIDE a tree stump in just a few minutes... !!!
making it disappear is technically hiding it....
yeee loser tip
Same method is equally efficient with a cat turd in the kitchen.
Just sweep it under a rug.
You can hide the cat turd but you can’t hide the smell😀
@@gillcalvert5699 Didn't Clint Eastwood say that in Dirty Harry?
Thank you Dan and Alice appreciate this very much I don't know what to do with the stumps and my daughter's yard
I has been 8 months since you did that to the stump. What does it look like now? Is it breaking down as expected?
Wow, looks better than I thought it would. Can't even tell a tree was ever there. I'm having to romove trees (therefore tree stumps) along an old fence line, and there's wire grown into all the trees. Argh. What I'm having to do is cut the trees at a height above the fence line, then dig out each stump with a backhoe attachment that goes on my tractor. A small tree like that, I could totally tear out stump and roots in 5 minutes. But big trees are usually 4 hours per stump! P.S. Where's your wife from? I married a Filipina myself.
I love your little baby saw. It’s so cute. Maybe one day it’ll grow up to be a real saw.
Scott Warren - The saw would be fine, if it was properly sharpened.
😂 don’t do this unless you know what you are doing, blunt saws are more dangerous than sharp saws. This saw is very blunt and the video should not be shown.A professional would do that size tree for £20-40 with the stump removed.Better safe than sorry. 🤕😵Bad info sorry
You ain’t foolin’ anybody.
You are king of the couch.
hahaha
This man is no doubt a epsom salt dealer. Check out his 3 part video of stump removal.
This looks like the way to go. Cheap and not too hard. Who cares if it's still under there? Due to the chainsaw scoring and e. salt, it won't be a problem. Thanks for your posting this to help others. So kind of you to share!
Fungi, time, and getting harvests of mushrooms in the meantime.
Just waiting for Part 27, how to mine for Epsom Salts in your back yard. Maybe should buy Epsom Salt futures?
Have you done an update on the tree stump you used Epson salts on back in 2018 I would be interested to know what its like now in 2021 thanks
So all you managed to do was destroy your chain saw blades, and bury the stump... in a few minutes? I thought you had some special trick.
Itchymoche n Vee it’s called a chain not a blade 😂
Ethan Karr now that was funny 🤣
What an unsafe idiot , he acknowledged the possibility of kick back and still proceeded and on top of the in most cuts his face was directly over the saw, people like this cause accidents , go back to your basement dan
In a few minutes work, he doesn’t have to worry about that stump again.
Don't forget to salt the earth so nothing else will grow there ever again
Great video. Out of sight out of mind. Cheers
Privets are used as hedging in some place in New Zealand.I get rid of the big privet tree along my boundary.Birds really love the berries but it stain the roof of my car because the tree overhang my driveway.
The epsom salt MgS04 is a mystery to me but you say it works so I will try. Stumps take a long time to rot because they are mostly carbon. Speed it up with nitrogen and possibly phosphorous fertilizer like ammonium phosphate. The microbes will now have a more complete diet to do their work. You can drill holes in the stumps as well.
HOW COOL IS THAT!! That’s what I love about UA-cam! You learn great tricks for everyday problems and cool stuff like nourishing your soil when you thought you were going to get stuck with a stump that might outlive your kids! Thank you for this great trick to turn a problem into compost!
Will still take years for that stump to deteriorate. Any large roots will probably take even longer.
I heard rock salt worked too.Hey.I watched your video.Great Job.Thanks man.
Well, we learned how to properly hide a stump.
If time is not too important: Drilling holes in stumps makes sawing easier as much of the mass of the stump is already gone pre-sawing. If enough holes are drilled, use of a hand saw may be feasible . Whether time is important or not, putting epsom salts in drilled holes of stump may help prevent regrowth of tree by sprouts in some species.
Very well edited video 🤘 thank you for the priceless information
Except for the ultra loud music we're blindsided with!?
Nicely done sir! And just the I needed.
Epsom salts! A million uses. I hope the persimmon treee gives you great pleasure as it grows.
💜to you and Alice💜
Super sweet team work
God bless
I had a Filipina girlfriend years back.. she was the most efficient worker ever. Looked tiny, but a physical beast.. never got hurt or sick either.
Yo, you have your chain on the saw backwards.. there is no way even a dull chain would cut that slow. Trust me, I've done it once myself! Love the videos!
Looks like she's doing all the work.
It's nice to see a man who makes his woman do all the work and just films it. That's why I watch, to observe the master!
Does the salt disintegrate rot away the stump? If so how long does it take?
Thank you for much information for a beginner.
I think the last time you used your chainsaw, was to cut through a rock.
charles miller 😂😂😂😂
charles miller 🤣🤣
Thats what I was thinking
Far cheaper then any other means !
Wow!!! Will this work on roots left behind from a tree?
How long will it take for the stump to disappear?
it depends on the size. mine took 4 years ( almost size of this gentleman).
Now that’s a dull chain on that saw. Must of already gotten it in the dirt. Dirt/sand is terrible on the chain and bar.
Excellent method for removing tree stumps. Nice to the point video and thanks for not having ugly background music. Good job mate.
Would’ve been helpful if you hand said how long it takes for the stump to disappear or have shown us a pic after 3 - 6 months. Thank you
Yup. It was cutting slowly and making sawdust, not shavings. The chain needs to be sharpened.
Just use stumpex or similar product. for best results, I've found that applying glyphosate (roundup) to FRESH cuts works wonders. The tree absorbs the product as it attempts to "heal over" the fresh cuts. So, make "pockets for roundup liquid to remain in stump (crosshatch was great), then add stumpex on top of that to start the deteriorating. It makes the wood spongy which holds water making it decay further. Still can bury it over as in the video, but works faster. It still will take some time, but if the stump/root isn't killed, you can have sprouts coming up anywhere along the root path as the tree tries to survive the trunk amputation... really bad with black and honey locust trees.
Enlarge the digging circle, using the pickaxe, garden hoe, gardening trowel, even a broom to sweep away dirt clinging to the roots while keeping it dry. Eventually, you will expose a large portion of the root ball, which can be cut through. You may also be able to angle back in under the trunk to get the main taproot, or at least notch it. Then use the top of the 4-foot trunk as a lever, a few snatch blocks or block and tackle, to multiply the force, and tie off one end to a nearby tree, the other to your vehicle, and the remainder of the roots should break without too much trouble, and the stump should easily pull out. Then use the epsom salt to kill off any remaining living root, to keep another new volunteer tree from growing off of the living root.
Thank You I had 2 large trees taken down and I knew to have the Criss cross the stumps with their chainsaw but didn’t know about the Epson salts I pour bleach in it every once in a while and it hasn’t budged it a bit so maybe the Epson salts I was trying to stop the trees from tearing up my foundation and the word is very much alive and I have volunteers coming up everywhere but I’ll try the Epson salts
It worked for you? Im buying some land with eucaliptus, that will be cut off in 8 years, i will use the land after the cut for cattle but its far away from my home, so if epsom salts (or nitarte of potassium) work i would rent to agriculture. A land ready for agriculture is much more valuable here.
I use Epsom salt a lot in my garden. I have not tried it on a stump, but I will. I would rather use that then the chemicals that are in the stump remover stuff. Thank you!
The chemical should just be potassium nitrate. It’s just saltpeter.
Why didn’t you add to the video the results of the stump gone or is it still there?
Thank you for the tip. I’ve had a tree cut to the ground, but I wasn’t able to use the space as the guy who cut the tree didn’t want to dess as l with the stump, so, thank you so much.
Couple bags of charcoal briquettes on the stump and in a day it really will be gone and not buried.
Yeppers. Been doing it for many years.
Tell me more! I need a stump removed. How do you use the brickettes? Light em on fire??
@@globetrotter5800 yep just start w the minimum to make a ring around the stump and just keep adding as the other briquettes burn away. Fireman told us how to do it and not have an open flame that the fire dept would have to put out. It was a huge stump and took a couple of days.
What he did is a well known technique. Why all the hating? The stump will rot out very fast this way. I do this to all my stumps. Chains can be resharpened, not a big deal. If i don't have time to wait for a stump to rot, i do what he did but with much deeper cuts that go completely through the stump. I also make extra plunge cuts into the side of the stump angling them towards the center. After the stump dries i pour oil on it and burn the stump. What ever doesn't burn up can be easily removed with a shovel and chainsaw.
Yup.
Nice demo. Some nice comments, some dont know what they are talking about. I hired a stupid grinder, took him 3 hours, I had to finish the job digging out the roots he missed , clean up his mess, fill hole with dirt, put in sod. I did all the work he got paid. I usually just cut them level with dirt and just mow over them. Nobady notices there used to be a tree there.
I'm STUMPED, tree...mendously ignant.
Awesome
Thanks for educating the community and appreciate your volunteership
Hey I just watch your stump videos from 2018. I was hoping this was an update. People in the comments had jokes but I was pulling for you. Fast forward to 2020, it looks like you change the game plan. What happened? Details please.
Do you want to get rid of a stump in a few minutes of Vermeer SC 252 I think no more stump gonna need to buy some soil to fill in the hole though
That chainsaw is blunt. And if I put my hands over my eyes the tree will disappear even faster.
I read through most of the comments. Hiding a stump was not the purpose. Grinding does not stop the roots from growing. Case in point, a removed Chinese Elm in my front yard. Hate that tree! The important question is, how many years does it take for a stump like this one break down?
Many. Video is bs, you have to continuously add the Epsom salt. Like, every other day. 'out of sight, out of mind' dudes a joke.
If it is like the privets that grow wild around my house, every root will now spring out a bunch of babies.
The stump is not out of mind, it will still be around 40 or 50 years from now . With a lot of little spring babies coming out all the time. And your Great Grand children will have a tire swing hanging from your limbs.
You can harvest them for mulch and compost. (or bury them in soil).
Good idea with the epson salt .I had a large tree taken down and want to get ride of the stump .I heard that vegetable oil is going also.
grow MUSHROOMS, the microbial funghi eat the wood - but if you are lucky spores of edibles do well. you can create some cuts and holes and even deep cuts (with an axe) to help water enter. That will speed up rot and help the fungi. Plus if it freezes in winter expanding ice will crack up your stump even more.
I would plant some larger plants around it to create shade and would start the mushroom production. If you do not get edible harvest - you get only good soil.
Nor sure about the epsom salts in that context.
I waited a couple years- [used it as a seat in the garden in the meantime] until the roots rotted, then I RAMMED IT WITH A TRUCK
worked like a charm
How to make chainsaw blunt in just a few minutes
@@bullshitstomper9417 , It was pretty obvious from the slow cut and sawdust coming off the chain that it was already dull when he started. A chainsaw with an already dull chain was the perfect tool for cutting down the stump and criss-crossing it. Now that he's dealt with the stump, he can sharpen the chain. I keep a spare dull chain for just such things, to include cutting underground roots. Even with a dull chain it still cuts faster and will handle bigger stumps and their roots than a reciprocating saw.
Deciduous trees are very useful. I grow a lot of vegetables right underneath my maple tree. Lettuce and cilantro need some good shades in the summer to prolong their growing season.
I’m wondering if the salt will effect the PH balance of the soil, becoming an issue for future vegetation planted in that same area? 🤔
If it does it is temporary. I have used that method on stumps in my yard and had grass there by the next year. It is very beneficial to most plants. I water all of my plants with epsom salt including lawn, vegetable garden and house plants.
@@jeremyisensee9546 I’ll give it a shot.
Thanks 😉👍 🧂🌲🌳
@@jeremyisensee9546 I was going to use 46-0-0 fertilizer to remove Chinese privet which is very invasive as well. Do you think this would work? I was hoping to plant in this area in the fall.
Cut enough to use the stump as a base for a stool/ bar table/smaller table/bird bath....etc......You could also leave it and wrap it in solar lights, so you would have a natural light tower.....plant mushrooms, nature's chicken coup seating.....so many possibilities.........That tree was a gift from nature.
You talked about dulling a chainsaw chain, you should look into sharpening yours.
I know right. I have a 18v chainsaw that cuts better than that. LOL
Great idea! I watched the Epsom salt series first though so I had the understanding of how it works... I think a lot of the commenters here might have missed that.
did they ever finish the epsom salt series? I only saw up to part 3.
it still doesnt dissapear in a few minutes like the title stated
I'll bet these people who are so critical of his method have never tried to remove a stump, or for that matter, done any yard work such as they're doing.
whats the purpose of the salt if stump is below ground level? out of sight out of mind?
I can make my car disappear in just 10 seconds! I put it in the garage and shut the door. And the small tree could have been dug out in half an hour.
Lol
You made my day!!!
hilarious!!
😂😂😂
I will try this myself. I threw my back out removing a stump this summer and haven't tried removing the rest of the Rodedendrons since.
I like biology. The cool way to get rid of a stump is to let everything rot it. Drill holes into the tree, let the grass grow tall around it and watch stuff colonize it. For. e that is cool.
About how long will it take for the trunk to dissolve?
Wow why is everyone so mad at this guy, people are so ready to jump on someone at the first thing and he didn't do nothing wrong but try to give his version of how to get rid of a stump lol I guess everybody thought they were gonna see a magic trick
Because he was dangerous with the chainsaw, didn’t use chaps, and used a dull chainsaw along with looking right over the saw when he said he was concerned about kick backs. Maybe this is why?
That'll work! Good job! Thanks for the video.