how does one remove a tree stump? I have a cut down tree stump,appr 5-8" off the ground.It will not rot fast

Question

enough.Is there a way to speed up the process or what. It was cut down 2-3years ago.I live in N.E.

Answer 1

you have to hire a landscaper to grind it.

Answer 2

Assuming the tree is relatively vertical and balanced, and that taking it down in one piece is not going to do damage, you can cut a notch in the side of the tree facing the fall direction. This notch should go in about 20% of the tree diameter - it forms one half of a "hinge" that you will make on the next cut. Then cut towards that notch from the back, attempting to keep the saw parallel to the back of the notch (to keep the hinge uniformly thick from side to side). If the tree is large or if it's not already leaning in the direction you want to fell it, you may need to put a wedge in behind the saw (and well before the hinge gets cut too thin to hold the tree upright) to prevent it from pinching the saw, and to coax it to fall in the desired direction. Once the wedge is in solidly, cut some more and drive the wedge in more, and so forth until the hinge thickness is about 20% of the trunk's diameter. At that point you should be able to either push it, or drive the wedge in further. Note a couple things here: 1) If the tree is leaning the wrong way, this may not be the job for you. Professionals would either use a hydraulic jacking device against the trunk, or they'd take the tree down in pieces until what remained could be felled safely. 2) Any tree that is felled intact, with all it's branches, can jump and twist and do unpredictable things as it's going down or as it hits the ground, so be prepared to run away to either side - escape routes are important, especially if the tree does something weird (like falling the exact opposite way you expected). Keep your eye on the tree so that if it begins to do the wrong thing, you have enough advance warning to run the right way. Don't trip, and good luck!

Answer 3

Rent the stump grinder or hire someone but don't be shocked at the price. Or the stump remover others have mentioned. Available at garden centers and mail order/ online nursery companies. It is ammonium nitrate. Yup the same fertilizer used to make bombs. It can be used two ways.
1) Drill several holes down into the stump. Fill with ammonium nitrate and water it often enough just to keep moist. The nitrogen speeds up the rotting.
2) ( it won't blow up- I promise ) Drill the holes and fill. Then pour some diesel fuel onto the ammonium nitrat and wait a day. The diesel should have soaked in. You might add more. after a couple of days light the diesel fuel. Hard to get started charcoal starter helps. The flames will die quickly but it will smolder and burn the stump to the point you can pretty much just break it up. It will even burn below ground level. Both methods are on the label.

Answer 4

You can rent a tree stump grinder which will knaw it down below ground level within a few minutes - a big ugly piece of equipment that comes with its own trailer.
You can get a large paddle bit and drill a series of holes into the trunk and put water into them regularly. There are also some tree rotting chemicals at nursery centers or online.
You can get a chain saw and trying to avoid hitting the dirt cut a series of slots across the top of the stump. By angling the cuts, you should be able to pull out wedges of wood. Then use the water on the stump method.

Answer 5

Depending on how fast you want it gone, here are two ways. the second has been told to me, I am not positive that it helps.

1. At some large tool rental places, they sell a stump chipper, that YOU use. It chips off pieces of the stump and can go down under the ground as for as you want to. i am guessing that it would be about 3 hours work.

2. I have heard that pounding RUSTY nails into the stump will cause it to rot much faster.

Good luck

Answer 6

Get a back ho and dig it out, or do it by hand.

If it is 5'8", you could cut it down as close to the ground as you can, and then drill a big hole in the center, that will make it rot faster.

Answer 7

Have a tree service bring in a stum grinder and grind it down to a level far below ground level.

Answer 8

Sand or cut out as deep down as you can. Then fill it with soil and plant something in it. This will help disguise what is left, and the new plant's roots will eat away at what's remaining.

Answer 9

Here's an article that outlines the pros and cons of stump removal methods.

Check it out.

Answer 10

You can get a product called stump remover or you can try rock salt

Answer 11

go to your nearest hardware store and buy some stump- out which gets rid of tree stumps. you will find stump-out in the lawn and garden section.