Removing a stump with 55 gallon barrel
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- We have a whole bunch of stumps at camp that we need to get removed but which is the best way to get them out?
In this video, we try a trick we have seen on RUclips where you use a 55 gallon metal barrel and fire to burn out the stump. How did it work out for us? We have mixed results. Check them out.
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This may sound kinda wierd, but in my opinion you should leave a few of those stumps around camp. We have a family camp that my grandfather and great uncle built together in the 60's and there are some old stumps around camp that have just turned into coffee tables, benches and even chainsaw carvings, and camp just wouldn't be the same without them.
We are using one for a table beside the fire. We actually debated whether to leave it or not.
Try a 1in auger bit in a drill and turn each stump into a makeshift rocket stove. Would love to see those results compares to the 55gal drum method.
I have done that in the past. Good bit of work getting the holes to line up but it is very effective.
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Best advice drill holes and fill with epsom salt, it will dry the stump out in a week or so and then you burn it! Hope this helps! Make sure to cover the stumps once they are coated with the salt
They are in snow country and can use road/driveway salt.
We drill and use rock salt... before we burn, I’ll soak the dried out stumps with a little diesel...
Use to do this in east Texas, found out you almost needed a tree worth of fire wood to burn one stump to ground level. Finally drove around one day and saw a guy down the road that had a heavy duty backhoe and traded him two cords of wood and he came by and pulled all the stumps out for me
You might check around and see if some one living around there has a piece of equipment that you could barter something to pull the stumps for you...
Yes, equipment would be faster. We were trying more "manual" methods. We do have all the tops from the stumps that need to be burned.
Drill some holes in the stump and soak in a little diesel for a few days. Don’t need other fuel.
@@michaelwerbick this man knows.
Stump be gone works, takes longer about $6 a bottle. Burning takes a lot of time but it’s cheap if you have brush. I have Seen a rocket stove design but you need a dry stump
Pouring oil, gas, salt over the stump dries it quick.
Use one of the barrel ends you removed to partially cover the top of the barrel as you would use a damper. That way you can keep the fire burning at a hot smolder, using far less fuel, and keep the heat better contained near the bottom of the barrel around the stump. If the stump is freshly cut, this will allow the fire to dry the stump out by boiling the water in its cells faster than the living stump can draw up water from its root system.
It’s easier to just save your lunch money and pay a backhoe with an operator to come out and remove all those stumps. They usually have a 4 hour minimum but it’s still only around $300. I’ve done this more than once and it’s definitely worth the money. 👍
Lol at your dad was taking a poop and came out the out house 😂😂😂😂
Notice that Wranglerstar had to make a video on this right after you?
Andrew Camarata in NY uses excavator to remove stumps -- burn pile does trick.
Thanks for sharing. Simple and effective idea.
you can yank them out with a tripod/a couple big eye hooks and a hand winch or bumper winch. ones you get a chain on or around it. It will pull right out. a truck will work sometimes as well. I recommend you install an old style pump well also.
Can drill holes in the top of the stumps.
By filling it to the brim you deprive the stump of ANY oxygen... and as you maybe know: "No oxygen = NO BURNING/destruction !"
Its much more effective to set the stump ablaze with a smaller fire and THAN force some air on it.
MUCH more effective !
Maybe I've been watching too much primitive technology. I wonder what would happen if you dug holes as close as possible to the stump and lit fires all around the stump and about a foot deep. Could you burn off all the side roots so the stump is easy to remove or would it just burn up?
Not sure. Many of the oak stumps have a decent sized tap root under in the center of the stump. Pine might burn up like that.
Not sure. Many of the oak stumps have a decent sized tap root under in the center of the stump. Pine might burn up like that.
@@RedToolHouse Where I live we only have pine. They branch out instead of a large tap root. Also, pine does burn quickly.
You got a cord of wood in those stumps. Cut them flush to the ground. Drill some holes in them with a paddle bit and take a sack of salt and fill the holes and a thin layer on top. It will kill the stump and rot it out in no time.
to much time, I get a few CIL sticks and caps with a wick,, a cordless drill and a coring bit, and drill a 2" core hole into the ground about 2 feet deep, and push the stick down tight, light it and take good cover, stump pops right out,, 2 stump or more in a clump.. one hole and stick per stump, when over 6" something an old farmer showed me how to do years ago,,, still works great
Would love to see that!
next time I cut some big spruce down on a new fence line, I will add that to my videos,,, just for you,,, it is fast and clean,,, I think a live stream would be best and delete after, yt may not take a liking too.. back in the 1950', 1970's my mom and dad use to carry some in there saddle bags on there Harleys motor bikes when they went on group rides though the back country, to open roads beaver flooded out, so they could get though
What's a stick of dynamite cost these days?
Be careful when it's drier, those stumps and roots can smolder underground for many days.
No doubt. We had one burn for almost a week here at the farm
I've seen several comments like this about the roots burning underground. I don't doubt that it can happen but I don't understand how the roots can burn without being exposed to oxygen. I've got a stump that is about 15 feet from my house and about 15' from another large tree, so I'm concerned about this.
Here's how to do it without the barrel
Hoe a small fire line , not necessary but I'm meticulous about fires for some reason
Use a larger sized drill bit to drill deep into the center , possibly do this several times for larger burns
Put some flammable liquid fuel in and let it soak , diesel is easy to obtain and good but don't try gasoline , you do one gasoline fire and then you never do one again
Dig out all dirt to expose every part of stump at ground level and then just layer small burnable material like sawdust on the outside , the sawdust should burn quickly and gets the fire started from the diesel used before creating a fire at the perimeter drawing air in toward the center which will eventually burn away
Apply more wood on top to keep it burning , if you just want to get rid of the stump quickly take a hoe or mattock and pull smaller pieces off the stump when the woods weakened from the fire , use water on handles to prevent fire damage to equipment .
Continue this and it can burn quick in a few hours
I would recommend drilling holes in deep at least 6 in each stump and putting some type weed vegetation killer in it to kill the tree stump will dry the stump out real good then use the barrel effect it will have more effect on the stump, or if you ever plan on getting ur property logged again to make sure stump removal is included in the contract!
6” holes 👍🏽. For a more environmentally friendly solution, pour rock salt into holes and on top of stump.
Bad idea; the barrel setup becomes a Rocket stove effect; a Highly Effeciant wood burning method where little bits or smaller amounts of wood is used. The barrel is good for isolating it, though!
I have taken a large spade bit and drilled several holes down into the stump, then pour burnt motor oil in the holes. Let it stand a few days then build a fire over it. The older the stump the better it will burn.
If you have wild hogs around you can cover the stump with deer cocaine or a mineral block.
Not really good for the environment to use motor oil.
Saw a utube vid of a guy talking about the danger of under ground fires, due to burning root systems that can flare up, long after u think the fire is out. Any truth to that?
He’s full of shit. Because all fires need oxygen to burn. Moisture and lack of oxygen will kill any fire much less an underground fire.
Watering the soil six feet diameter from the burn. Pretty much ends that problem. 😏