Digging Out a Giant Stump
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- digging out a tree stump with a compact tractor and a skid steer
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Tree stumps really are amazing structures. It’s a lot more fun watching other people fight with them. Your grandson always tickles me, and seeing him going at it back there I sincerely look forward to your content in 10 years when he’s getting one piece of equipment mastered after another. He’s got a priceless childhood happening right now. It will serve him well in life.
i gotta tell ya! you did some great work! wow...big big massive stump work! i think we can all say, we learned so so much from your efforts, that we might not have ever known!
I admire your persistence and tenacity. As you alluded too, you experimented and learned a valuable lesson.
Hey Brock. Well. When I suggested digging it out I did mention packing a lunch. 😊 But at least doing it this way the stump is gone and you'll not have to deal with it again. I actually took out one almost that size with a John Deere 2305. It took me a couple of days but it was well worth it. What I started doing after that was tying the tree off as high as possible with a block and tackle, digging around them and breaking as many roots as possible and pulling the whole tree over and used the weight of the tree to pull the stump out of the ground all in one shot. It worked really well and saved a lot of work. God bless you and your family and God bless America! P.S. There's no doubt about who your grandson's best buddy is. 😊😊👍
FIRST TIME watcher here. After almost 38+ years working for Deere I want to thank you for feeding me and mine! 👍
Welcome to the channel and Thanks for watching. I have mostly Deere equipment. I have a newer 2038R, a 1941 model A, 325g track loader, 2 stand on mowers, and an old hay wagon for Deere
Love your determination!
Tree stumps are hardest thing to get rid of but u did it ..good job. I have fought a few of them to the end too.
The BEST way to remove a root ball (stump) is not to cut the tree down. The tree's trunk makes an EXCELLENT lever for prying the root ball out of the ground. I'm not sure what kind of tree that one is, but I've pulled out a maple about that size using a mini-excavator by digging out the roots in front and behind (relative to the direction I wanted it to fall) and then reaching up with the excavator and pushing it over.
Yes, indeed. Using the enhance bending moment, cantilever fashion,over the thicker length of the trunk and apply a steady pull in the direction you want it to fall. Whilst it’s not imperative to remove the canopy, which can be used to increase the bending moment, it is deemed safer to do so to minimise risk of instability as tree tilts. Earth around base should also be loosened the assist root extraction during the induced toppling manoeuvre. Have seen this method successfully employed over 70 years ago . On a tree this size a 20ft lever effect could have been easily achieved.
I've already commented on this but he is a marketer who knows physics but would rather avoid solving the problem with physics and put on his Mighty Mouse costume.
I have difficulty watching stupid people who believe that they are smarter than the laws of nature.
I'm thinking that I will cataguized this guy under humor "stupid human tricks "
As opposed to an intellectually minded channel.
Just discovered this channel, it's awesome. I guess the moral of the story is, if you want to have a couple days of macho fun, burn it. If you want it out fast grind it.
Exactly
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You have a lot of nice toys
I am in the middle of a voluntary project, clearing some land. So far I have removed over 30 stumps by digging 5 feet underneath each side of them with a JCB 3cx, then lifting and wobbling the things out. Yesterday for a change I had a 6 year old stump which just fell apart when I got the backhoe on it. I would like to try the burning out method, which I think would work well on a dry stump. The usual method is to scoop some wood out of the middle of the stump. Then cut an air hole, on the upwind side, as low as possible... Best of luck from N Wales...
You are truly a very hard working man God bless you 👍🙏
Put that stump in your pond. The fish will love it.
I have had stumps that put up a fight. You da man!
foundation for the new house mostly dug now 😀😀😀😀
Exactly
I have had good luck with fire and leaf blower. Blast furnace burn out.
OK maybe burning it wasn't the best option... it has me STUMPED! :D Even digging it out that stump put up quite a fight! Definitely satisfying to see you victorious. On to the next challenge lol Thanks for sharing Brock!
Thanks for the comparrison of the removal methods. I dont have gear to dig a stump out or grind it, looking at hte effort I would likely rent a stump grinder if I ever need to remove one. IMO the fire was not as effectivte as it could have been because how low the stump was in the fire. Root balls are dense and likely wet wood where it was green wood, if you wanted to burn it ouf quickly I think you would of had to dig it out so the top of the stump is at the top of the fire not on the bottom to get more heat and oxygen. So to burn it out you would need to do 75% ore more of the digging then burn it and thats 2-5x the labor and time of just grinding it.
Whole lot of work getting that thing out. Very deceptive of how much root was still left after the burn, the more you dug, the more roots appeared really showing how ineffective burning roots out is. Bet it feels good having that done. Looking forward to your future videos.
Have you ever tried digging around a stump, similarly to where you are at 5:50 into the video, and then burning from below? Filling that trench around and under the stump with coal or the likes and then lighting it on fire. Maybe cutting some vertical grooveds into tbe stump to let air through. I think, that would do the trick.
Probably so. Thanks for watching.
That tree puller is not going to be one of those implements that is forgotten in the back of the shed.
Great stuff! Now just stop for a minute and think about our grand fathers who had to take out thousand of those stumps so that they could have land to farm! No hydrolic tractors back then, just horse and lots of hard work! I can't imagine the painfull days it certainly was.
Definitely
I took out the (smaller than yours - 120' high, but only 20" dia) eucalyptus stumps (with a larger - MF 3165 - backhoe) by digging around them and then pushing the tree over uncut, letting gravity pop the stump up. Some of the surrounding roots I had to "eat through" with the bucket teeth and some I had to follow out far enough that the bucket would finally break them. Also I dug around them with a "U" shaped hole (with the top of the "U" in the direction I wanted them fall) so that the back roots (which would hold the stump in tension) would have been (mostly) cut and ones in the direction of fall would just bend over. Additionally, my soil is pure sand (for over 400' down), so what works for me may very well not work for you.
I wonder how long it would have taken if you had just kept using the leaf blower without adding wood on. I once burned a heap of brush this way until it was cold. One nice thing is that you can keep working on it in the dark. Think about how much fuel you would have used compared to using your machines, and adding to the wear and tear on them. ;-)
Next time drill holes...fill with dynamite...light fuse....run like heck!!!!!!
Burn it now that you have it out 😂
Ok....at this point, half way through the video, Im thinking dynamite is next step
easier to dig it up before falling the tree. cut the roots and let the weight tear off the remainder roots.
Have you ever taken a minute to just sit down and think. Maybe it is not the rood that must be removed but you?
1) I am so sorry for suggesting and supporting the burning of this poor stump.
2) Your intentions are good but you're just making a huge mess and a problem for later when the place where the tree stump was becomes a wet boggy hole.
3) Becoming transfixed with continuing something which is not the best use of resources is something that we have all done. It's like self flagellatiion. You keep doing it the hard way although you know better. In hindsight you should have left the tree alone and worked around it. You'll learn soon enough if you've disturbed an Indian burial ground....
You got it out. Congratulations. Entertaining.
You pulled the stump out and filled the hole . What next?
Next time kaboom it
No stumping bucket❓❓❓
You’ve spent far too much time and energy on this. Just cover it up and move on.
I make videos for a living
Digging stumps out is far from easy.Shallow rooted Conifers don't even come close to a Large,Deciduous hardwood stump with massive tap root..Iv'e attacked many hardwood stumps with a mini excavator,when it comes to a stump of that caliber,Size matters.I've also been called to jobs where someone wants a stump out,I go into a backyard,look at it and tell them to call in a stump grinder.Not just the excavating of the stump,the finish work required to get the yard back in shape all costs money.Topsoil,grading,haul out.Much simpler and more fair to call a stumper,grind it,cover it up.No settling,soft spots.You have to know when to take on a stump job,or hand it off.I hate turning down jobs,but you gotta know when to be fair and your capabilities of your machinery.I'm no expert,but I've bit off more than i can chew in the past.You could not possibly compete on a quoted job against a guy grinding stumps for a living,there fast and efficient.Live and learn.This was a great video showing how robust hardwood stumps really are.
I have a 12,400 lb excavator. I dig 3/4 round the tree leaving the side I'm going to fell the tree towards. Then I push it over and cut the tree off on the ground. Unless I absolutely have to I'll never cut a tree first then dig the stump.
Of all the things I've done with my 1025R and 260B backhoe, digging out large stumps has been the most un-gratifying and disappointing. Watching you pick at that stump brought back some bad memories - but I admit, seeing the sped-up video is encouraging to just keep picking at it. It may be hard to see the progress in real-time, but all that little picking adds up, as the sped-up video shows very well. Thanks for sharing again, Brock.
Tremendous amount of respect and admiration to our farmers. Jack's of all trades and some of the hardest working, selfless and under appreciated people. May God bless the farmers and their loved ones!
Very satisfying watching you get that stump out! A little determination and patience go a long way. Maybe not the most efficient way, but you did clear out the hole and that will pay off in the long run. I enjoyed this video.
Always makes me think of all the work our forefathers had to put into clearing farm land. They only had strong backs and hand tools, possibly a team of pulling horses to help. Makes me grateful for all their hard work to make this great country.
Yup, wish everyone could appreciate and be grateful for the ones who came before us and paved the way. We are all standing on the shoulders of giants!
They had dynamite, Bill. Dynamite
Lol "forefathers." Now I know why you all want to ban books.
@@michaelayeni177 who said I want to ban books? Your comment makes no sense.
@@lonewolfFirearms They want to ban books to remove history. History which can tell you who those "forefathers" who cleared the land were.
💥 Doesn’t matter if it was the best way. It was the most fun way for sure! Nice job Brock!
*Keep on tractoring!*
My opinion to bring still remains my preferred method of attack on my own property. I understand that your hours spent was mostly about content and to educate folks that have no idea how hard a-stump is to actually dig out and time consuming also. My angle on this is that on your own property every farm needs a burn pit and I would only burn when I had things to burn and always take the stump out over time and NOT spend three or more days of my valuable time screwing with it. Time and fire allow you to do money making jobs instead of baby site the stump. Besides your wood yard will need a burn pit anyway and where the stump was is where I would have located it and in a few months I wouldn’t have spent all the time that you did trying to do it quickly. The Grand Canyon wasn’t created by digging it out….. time and erosion/fire are your friends. That said I congratulate you For The content and detail in this series educating the masses on the options available to deal with this situation if and when they are faced with a decision on how to deal with this when they have too. Again you’ve got the best channel on RUclips period! 👍👍🔥🔥🔥
if you would have dug like at 7min of vidio the first day you could have burned it out in one day, I burnt one like it with metal roofing around it with air holes and had flames 15 ft high and just kept putting brush on it, you built a fire on top and did nothing for the stump
Brock : what you should do is start selling rocks.that would solve to problems at once. Money,and all the dang rocks. You could call your business BROCKS ROCKS. LOL .
Great plan
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The trick to burning out a stump is 1) Drill a reasonably big hole from the top. Use something like a 2" carbide tipped Forstner bit. This needs to go down to grade, or better yet, below grade so an extension is required. 2) Drill an intersecting hole from the side at or below grade. Start a fire near the intersection. Add some charcoal to get it going good. Once it is going get a fan/leaf blower to blow in the side hole. You won't be able to run the fan 24/7, but the longer it runs, the better.
Agree. What I've noticed in all of the "let's burn the stump out" videos, is that they light a fire on top and expect it to burn straight down into the stump and remove it that way. Fire doesn't work that way.
Expanding on your idea, fill the 2" vertical drill hole with charcoal (broken up if need be), and drill 2 diagonally intersecting holes 90 degrees apart. Then light a road flare and shove it into one of the diagonally intersecting holes. The flare will light the coals deep inside and the other hole will provide air. Then just let it smolder. The radiant heat from the inside will burn it from the inside out.
You should have used the grinder on it. If you dig it out, it takes longer, and what are you going to do with the stump?
Having done this myself...I knew it was going to be a good deal of work no matter the method.
Drill a 1-2" hole down into the center of the stump. Stuff it with black powder except the top foot or so. Stuff the top foot or so with dryish clay around the fuse and tamp it down. Light it and move away.
if you ever end up burning another out you should try dig down next to it and making an air channel through it and injecting air with a leaf blower so it burns hotter from the center out same principle as melting metal in a furnace.
Wow, who would imagine you would have so much trouble with one task. However, you could put these videos in a playlist and call it "I'm Stumped" 🤣🤣🤣
Allrighty then. Got her done.
It ain't no step for a stepper...Way to go Brock!!!
I agree with the observation made by another person; the video quality looks better (HD)!
Broke your commitment to your channel/viewers goes Above & Beyond!
thx, tommy
Thanks
Excellent work. You demonstrated multiple types of strategies on a very difficult project.
"An auger bit with some dynamite for this stump from hell----!"Great job Rockhill Farm.
Good stuff Brock. Like you said, this was a living tree so the stump is full of sap not letting it burn very well. I was amazed when that last big chunk popped loose, that attachment is a beast!
Did you upgrade your camera? The last few videos look more HD
Yes. I knocked my tripod over about three videos And busted the screen
So I had to go get a new camera
Bro, that stump gave you more problems coming out than some wisdom teeth I've removed. Your persistence paid off, as did having a variety of the proper tools.
You need dynamite
Easy to see why old timers used tnt before heavy machinery. Good battle and victory with the stump.
Thanks
I almost stood up and cheered when you finaly raised that stump above the skid steer lol !!
Thanks for the heads up on " Stump Stories."
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Seems like alot of rocks embedded in the stump, maybe would have hurt equipment if you had tried to grind it? In any event, great job getting it out!
🙋🏼♀️🕊. Hi. It might be a good idea to load all of your rocks in one pile.. along the way. So you can use them on your land ?…rock garden…fence ..etc. This stump should win the prize , ,, 🌟🌟👀😖for its longest extraction 🤷♀️🤷♀️ like it is taking revenge for cutting the tree out.😖🤷♀️ time,,,frustrating ,,energy etc 🤷♀️🤷♀️🤷♀️.
Crazy huh, I would have thought it would have popped out also. Well it's done . I knew it would take forever burning it . Also it makes the stump harder by burning . It changes the sugars in the wood . I think you could make a screen and never have to buy gravel again with all the rocks u have lol . Good job and take care . Todd
How much did you spend on diesel and time? They only charge about 300 bucks to grind out a stump that size here.
Ata Boy Brock! Never give up.
I’ve got a stump in my yard I’m fixing to remove tomorrow. I’ve got a 331 Deere track machine and a 1025R Deere tractor with a backhoe. Sure doesn’t make me feel confident seeing this video 😢.
TNT would have been quicker... but ya can't do that. for those of us who don't have a stump grinder, and for your next attempt/video....
you burned (unsuccessfully) then dug..... fire burns up, but not down... try digging down and around, THEN burn. your stump was green, so, as with any green wood, it's gonna take a hot fire, and a little patience
'It prob woulda taken me 1.5hr to grind it" Also me, spending way more than 1.5hr just editing this VJO :)
Way to much trouble . Ammonia nitrate and diesel fuel in a ziplock bag, and blow it out. Can you say 2 lbs of tannerite, check it out. "Blowing stumps with Ammonia nitrate and Diesel fuel"
Hey Brock, as you probably know by now, it’s the two thirds rule for trees.
What you see above ground, there’s usually about two thirds of all that mass below ground.
Great video, mate! 🙏
Firstly, good on you for your tenacity! Here is my 2 cents. My property is an ex Christmas tree farm with mostly doug fir trees that have matured to about 60 feet. I am constantly thinning and clearing. I have tried every short cut method possible and here is what I've learned. Stump grinder; effective and looks great when finished but the rest of the stump dies years later and leaves a big hole. Burning; ineffective and just makes an ongoing mess. Tree toppling; pushing the tree over with the tractor (3320) is effective if the root ball is diseased. Look for mushrooms around the base. It's a dead giveaway. Digging out; this is the last resort and most time consuming. But if you must, find and cut the main perimeter roots and try pushing the tree while it is intact. Use the leverage of it's own weight. If that fails, cut the tree about 8 above the ground. Dig and find the main perimeter roots and break them. Once the main roots are broken the tap root will be all that is left. Sometimes it will give you the most trouble because it is the hardest to access. Pick away to loosen the soil near the tap root. Once that's done start rocking the trunk. At this point it will come out fairly easily. I carry the stumps to a burn pile and light them off in the winter. No more stumps!
I used to think that burning it out was the best and most efficient. It is the worst. Fire does not burn a damp stump well underground without oxygen. The best way is dig it with the tree still attached using the weight and leverage of tree to pull the stump up just like Ma Nature would in a storm. Experience is your best teacher. There is no easy way. If you want removal, then it is digging you will do. The smaller the machine the more digging you will do. If you are OK with leaving most of the stump in the ground, then grind it, cover it up, and let nature do its thing. They were removing stumps from land long before tractors and excavators existed with nothing more than shovels, axes, horse, oxen, and the mechanical advantage of rope and pulleys. My Pe’Pe’ (Grand Father) use to say, “There is no such thing as you can’t; where there is a will, there is a way.” He started his work life in the North Maine Woods as a logger in the 1920s after migrating south down from Canada. If you do not try, you do not learn. Good video/s of hard work and tenacity here and in the end, you got the job done!
18:10 He he...If you have used so much time without realising it was not the best way, you not only have wasted some time but apparently also not learned anything. Nothing wrong with failing. Those that sit on their asses all their life´s learn little. But you should be able to realise, without shame, that at least 3 ways had been more time and energy efficient.
I have not seen any of your video´s before. But judging from the "stump" video´s alone I would recommend you buy an independent efficiency consultant for a day to go through your farm. Sometimes a few twitches and investments can result in a more holistic and efficient use of resources lowering expenditure costs annually. Each Dollar removed from expenditures goes directly to the bottom line.
Work smarter not harder applies...BUT then again if you can make money over time from these video´s, no matter what they show, I guess even this long inefficient process can make you a buck. 😉
It's difficult to get under the stump with the backhoe. We have really soft ground here, no rocks larger than a baseball. Once I dug down about 4 feet all around the stump I was able to start shaking it loose. Oaks have a million small roots but no big tap root like pines do.
Nature wants to live. I'm working on my own stump and it is kicking my butt. Great project though.
Digging them out is long and tedious but, it’s the best way. And, if it’s straggly crap tree like the invasive “Tree of Heaven”, there is really no other viable choice.
I'm really good at spending other people's money, so my solution is that you need to go buy a John Deere 60G to use for stumps and other projects. Who doesn't need a mini-excavator around the house? 😁
drill 20 holes and use sulphuric acid...wait 3 weeks and it comes apart easy. I did a 120yo 140 in stump tree in a front yard in Vancouver with a circular saw and acid and a pressure washer.
Stumps are a pain, but when you're all done getting rid of them it feels soooo good! And you certainly do have some dry dirt!
I was just amazed how much work you had to put into thi what a awesome job you did!
Like i said. If you would have dig out around it, the 1st time! Set it on 🔥 It would have been gone. All i used was a shovel and a pick to dig out around it > OUT More wood with ashes on it > puts it out
Way to stay with, I kept trying to tell you to "go get the stump puller!!!!" But I don't have a mic on my computer, and it doesn't have a flux capacitor so I don't think you could hear me a day or to ago when you were out there..... LOL Now make a playlist of this "adventure" and anytime someone suggests "burning" a stump out, just send them to the playlist, then you can grind the stump out (or dig it out if you need everything below grade gone as well). Have a great weekend!!!
Yahoo the stump is out. After looking at the video it makes me wonder if you could have dug around the stump first and then set fire to it, the stump may have burnt better that way, I don't know, just a thought. Thank you and keep the videos coming.
Man, it is bone dry there. You just needed a small excavator or a bigger backhoe to remove that stump. I have never had any luck burning out a big oak stump. The closer you get to the ground level, the harder that wood becomes.
If you would have have dug all the dirt out from around it like you did in this video. It probably would have burned all of the stump. More Hines sight.
I will say one thing , ….rocket stove ……you missed the low intersecting drill holes , then it will burn from the inside out, you could even plunge cut with your chain saw
In my limited experience, digging a tunnel under the stump and let it burn upwards.
Edit: from the size of the stump, a cave might work with a blower.
Tree stump removal using the Dupont method: ruclips.net/video/2_txvd255lo/видео.html
Man that was one stubborn tree. I’m glad you were able to get it out. Hopefully that will be the last hiccup for the wood yard.
Thanks for the video.
Suggestion: Please keep a dusk mask of some kind with you. Concerned about the ash you might inhale
After all the digging and burning the stump should be dry with enough air circulation to give it a complete second burn.
A better way is to let nature do the work for you - don’t cut the tree down in the first place - dig a trench around the tree with a pick and spade - if possible cut a few bigger roots with an axe - keep filling the trench with water to saturate the perimeter of the stump and under it - wait for the next strong wind - then over it blows - good exercise saves wrecking your machinery and saves heaps of time - this assumes the tree is located wher it won’t damage anything when it falls
Enjoyed watchinig it - learned a lot! May never need to use your techniques, but who knows?
Everyone that told you to burn this stump out, clearly has never removed a stump. Grinding them is the best way.
The Precision stump puller had toilet paper stuck to its shoe. How embarrassing! 😂
Blow it up. Your just wearing your little machines out.
Looks good now that’s it gone
About 20 years ago I had on my land rwo trees, a little smaller than yours I think but big. I cut them down to the ground and burned them for three days and nights and then they were both gone. I put as you a lot of wood on and the fire got after a while also to the roots under the ground.
I know you must feel good that it's out b/c I felt relief when it came out. How much longer do you think it would of took to finish burning it? I do like your content of trying different things. It shows me how to do something or how not to do something.
One of the most satisfying things I've watched in quite awhile, Brock. Congrats on the victory! 😄
Forgive me for saying so, but your Stubborn streak is showing. LOL.