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Stumps
Dec 20, 2017 20:23:43 GMT -6
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 20, 2017 20:23:43 GMT -6
I hate stumps. Oak wilt took out 1/4 acre of red oaks by my stand and I'm expanding my plot there so the 8-16" stumps need to go. . I'm too cheap to rent a grinder and too impatient to let nature rot them down for years. Any suggestions? I've tried burning them down, but I go through lots of beer and the stumps remain. Maybe I need more beer.
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Stumps
Dec 20, 2017 21:13:54 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Dec 20, 2017 21:13:54 GMT -6
Have you tried putting a burn barrel over one to create an underdraft and furnace effect? Lots of ways guys use fire and force oxygen to the fire to speed shit up. How many stumps you talking?
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Stumps
Dec 20, 2017 21:21:23 GMT -6
Post by sd51555 on Dec 20, 2017 21:21:23 GMT -6
Some guys use a leaf blower hooked up to a furnace pipe, or a fan of some sort. I drank with some engineering students in college that were having a contest that had something to do with heat generation. They rigged up a liquid oxygen tank to a webber grill and melted it in a few seconds. At least that's how the story goes.
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Stumps
Dec 20, 2017 23:04:46 GMT -6
Post by nhmountains on Dec 20, 2017 23:04:46 GMT -6
Leaf blowers definitely help with brush pile fires.
If you cut them as low as you can and maybe do a couple cross cuts or plunge cuts in the top of the stump to create groovesx. Put some chicken manure on the top and cover with some dirt. If you don't have chicken shit try some nitrogen fertilizer. Then cover with dirt.
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Stumps
Dec 21, 2017 7:54:54 GMT -6
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 21, 2017 7:54:54 GMT -6
Have you tried putting a burn barrel over one to create an underdraft and furnace effect? Lots of ways guys use fire and force oxygen to the fire to speed shit up. How many stumps you talking? I'd guess I have about 30 stumps to deal with. My goal would be to get them down low enough so j could run a disk over them without causing damage. I haven't tried a burn barrel, but I do have one handy that I could use. I had good luck digging out the soil around the stump and cut it with a saw below the surface, but that takes forever and hard to do now that the ground is frozen.
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Stumps
Dec 21, 2017 7:58:37 GMT -6
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Post by benmnwi on Dec 21, 2017 7:58:37 GMT -6
Leaf blowers definitely help with brush pile fires. If you cut them as low as you can and maybe do a couple cross cuts or plunge cuts in the top of the stump to create groovesx. Put some chicken manure on the top and cover with some dirt. If you don't have chicken shit try some nitrogen fertilizer. Then cover with dirt. I think that will be my plan for any leftover stumps I can't burn out or dig and cut out. The lower roots on these oaks are rotten and mushy, but any part above ground is still hard as a rock. I think covering them with dirt and urea should expedite the rotting process at least in theory.
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Stumps
Dec 21, 2017 8:11:15 GMT -6
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Post by kabic on Dec 21, 2017 8:11:15 GMT -6
Cut them low enough that you can mow over. Plant clover, that should give you 3 or 4 years before you have to worry about them.
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Stumps
Dec 21, 2017 14:01:52 GMT -6
Post by wildfire123 on Dec 21, 2017 14:01:52 GMT -6
I have used the front end loader on my tractor to get down below the surface and push them out.
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Stumps
Dec 22, 2017 9:04:42 GMT -6
Post by nhmountains on Dec 22, 2017 9:04:42 GMT -6
I have used the front end loader on my tractor to get down below the surface and push them out. Oak stumps??
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Stumps
Dec 22, 2017 18:15:54 GMT -6
Post by wildfire123 on Dec 22, 2017 18:15:54 GMT -6
yes
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Stumps
Dec 31, 2017 15:50:29 GMT -6
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Post by Tooln on Dec 31, 2017 15:50:29 GMT -6
I've used a sub soiler to cut the roots near the stump. Then rolled them out with the loader. Ground wasn't frozen though.
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