Growing up when I was a little girl about you daughter's age we had a very bountiful Hayden mango tree in our front yard, about the size of what you have now. I loved climbing it and our family would have picnics under the shade of the tree. Neighbors loved that we shared the sweet juicy mangos with them. Super fast forward 45 years, we had to remove our beloved tree as it's massive roots cracked the sidewalks and uplifted the foundation to our home. We hired a professional company to do the job. They removed almost everything except for a few deep main roots they could not get to for some reason. Our mistake was we said to just leave it, and eventually it should rot away. We redid our lawn and planted El Toro Zoysia which grew in rather beautifully. Fast forward another 6 years and now those roots have rotted away leaving sinkholes in parts of my lawn. I won't have to deal with what you just did, but I am going to have to try to lift up the sod and fill in the hollow spots before laying the sod back down. I guess I'm sharing this with you as a word of warning, enjoy your tree for as long as you can but keep an eye on those darn roots.
Ignore the criticisms. Fact is you got it done your way. And, it was really entertaining. I also have a root that needs to be gone. I was going to do it last week but didn't get around to it. We had 50 mile an hour winds yesterday so I'm glad I waited.
Watching you using the circular saw bare footed scared the hell out o me. It could have kicked back and caused much dammage to your bare foot. Safety first my friend, always protect yourself from injury.
Just 2 days ago I removed a tree root roughly 6 ft long and 4 -6 inches round. I used my Sawzall with a 9 inch blade and a crow bar. Was done in 15 minutes.
It wasn’t that bad, I got a work out and was able to release some pent up frustrations. To bad I couldn’t just sprinkle seed on the bare spot like you cool kids.. I have to wait for my grass to spread and fill in. #timehealsall
Growing up when I was a little girl about you daughter's age we had a very bountiful Hayden mango tree in our front yard, about the size of what you have now. I loved climbing it and our family would have picnics under the shade of the tree. Neighbors loved that we shared the sweet juicy mangos with them. Super fast forward 45 years, we had to remove our beloved tree as it's massive roots cracked the sidewalks and uplifted the foundation to our home. We hired a professional company to do the job. They removed almost everything except for a few deep main roots they could not get to for some reason. Our mistake was we said to just leave it, and eventually it should rot away. We redid our lawn and planted El Toro Zoysia which grew in rather beautifully. Fast forward another 6 years and now those roots have rotted away leaving sinkholes in parts of my lawn. I won't have to deal with what you just did, but I am going to have to try to lift up the sod and fill in the hollow spots before laying the sod back down. I guess I'm sharing this with you as a word of warning, enjoy your tree for as long as you can but keep an eye on those darn roots.
Ignore the criticisms. Fact is you got it done your way. And, it was really entertaining. I also have a root that needs to be gone. I was going to do it last week but didn't get around to it. We had 50 mile an hour winds yesterday so I'm glad I waited.
Next time use a sawzaw & pry bar or check out the brootbar
I like the vacuum idea.
Watching you using the circular saw bare footed scared the hell out o me. It could have kicked back and caused much dammage to your bare foot. Safety first my friend, always protect yourself from injury.
That seems to be a lot of work, surely there's a quicker & easier way
Just 2 days ago I removed a tree root roughly 6 ft long and 4 -6 inches round. I used my Sawzall with a 9 inch blade and a crow bar. Was done in 15 minutes.
I need to get me a crowbar or a prybar. Someone in my comments mention a tool call a B'root bar which looks very promising.
Did this hurt the tree?
Check out the Broot Bar. It's a vertical axe.
Thanks for the tip!
Reminds me of a burke bar that I saw on Essential Craftsman. I'll look into getting a Broot bar, looks like a handy tool.
loved the music while you were using the skilsaw
Rock on!
Recip saw and 12 inch pruning blade.
Brooooo get a reciprocal saw and a diablo pruning blade. It'll change your life!
was gonna say!!! 10x easier
Vacuuming around the root 🤔🧐🤔😲. Why? Just seems unorthodox imo but hey no mess right? Anyway 👍
Aloha, bradah!!
Oh the undesirable jobs. Wow, what a job!
It wasn’t that bad, I got a work out and was able to release some pent up frustrations. To bad I couldn’t just sprinkle seed on the bare spot like you cool kids.. I have to wait for my grass to spread and fill in. #timehealsall
Kid is funny 😂
You show him who’s boss
Looks like a lot of work I wouldve just peeled some of that sod up it'll grow back quickly
Root are a big pain for sure.
😮 dang
I’d feel much better if his project wasn’t showing bare feet
💯💯💯💯👌🏽
Hail! 🇺🇲 FILL with what Vacuumed. All will Compost, Feed Worms, and create Rich Soil. : }
reciprocating saw!!!!!!
The root was oblong going deep into the ground. My 10" reciprocating saw blade couldn't get through it. =(
Way too much time with wrong tools !
And bare feet. Don't do what I'm doing, it's just one way. His way.
Too hard
I know...
Make easy become complicated.Waste time and unsafe
I agree, but a man is only limited to what he can do with the tools he has.
Waste of effort. He chose the most difficult way to do it.