Bush Stump Removal

jonwestuk · 25 Nov 2016

Hi,

I have been pulling out some unwanted bushes and v.small trees in my front garden. Whilst I have been successful in cutting round digging and levering out the roots of most of the bushes, I have 4 left which won't budge. I have found that they all have interwoven trunks of 1-5cm in diameter and the roots, which are similarly coiled have 5cm roots.

The roots seem to go down very deep and I can't get them out easily with my space/fork, or even using a saw on the larger roots.

Do you have any advice before I call a tree surgeon? Is it possible to use a chainsaw to cut at angles into the stump or will the soil screw the chain?

I need them gone quickly so stump killer isn't going to work and burning them out is also off the table

Thx for your help. Jon

Burnerman · 25 Nov 2016

Dip your chainsaw blade into soil and it'll be goosed in a minute......buy a mattock and see if Popeye is around

John

r896neo · 25 Nov 2016

A stump grinder or tirfor winch sounds like the best bet. Was pulling similar stumps and root balls today myself.

glasgowdan · 26 Nov 2016

You just need a mattock. Dig the soil out around the roots and hack them with the axe end.

Nozzle · 26 Nov 2016

Get that mattock for clearing the soil n shiz. Get a separate axe if you can, the axe heads on mattocks aren't that sharp. You could grind it sharp thou.

Nozzle

benjy_b · 7 Dec 2016

I'd recommend a mattock too.

When removing some bushes in my garden I managed to snap a spade, a fork and a pick-axe whilst also taking hours for one stump.

Bought a mattock and had the rest of them out in the same time it took me to do the initial one.

I'd recommend a wooden handle, the fibreglass ones don't have very good reviews.

nickjb · 8 Dec 2016

A pick-mattock is the best digging tool. Once you've exposed the roots cut them with a sabre saw. You can plunge the blade into soil quite happily. You might bend it occasionally but it can be straightened or buy a cheap pack of 5 blades.

Seafarer1966 · 8 Dec 2016

I've had a fibre glass handled pick mattock since the 90's. I bought it from Wickes and it has served me well.

You could grind a bit of a sharp edge on the end of the mattock blade itself with an angle grinder and use it like an adze on the roots. It's worked for me in the past.

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