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I have watched a few videos on digging out a stump, and yours is the most helpful by far. Thank you for explaining as you went, that helped so much. I knew it was going to be a pain (I am taking out an ash stump in a clay soil, and I would have hired someone if I could have), but the way you explained this made me realize some of the little ways I was making it harder on myself. Great video!
Great video, Bino! Good tip about leaving the stump long. My $0.02 Instead of a pulaski, try a cutter mattock. Your little weeding tool is actually called a hoe mattock. A cutter mattock is a bit larger and heavier than the pulaski. I've dug up dozens if not hundreds of stumps with this method and a pulaski or mattock. You can put your entire body into prying with a mattock with no problems. A pulaski isn't made for prying and I had to break two with fiberglass handles before I proved it to myself. XD The mattock is also much better at cutting buried roots. I sometimes utilize a cheap electric chainsaw that I don't mind burying in the dirt. :) On really big stumps I will noodle them into sections and split 'em apart with a maul or wedge instead of taking the whole thing at once. Also, a drain spade is a great tool for digging around the roots. A word of warning to others, this won't work with species that have a large tap root like oaks and pines.
Good point about the mattock but I prefer the light weight of the Pulaski. Very true about the tap roots you probably want to use a MUTT or a Slammer or saw.
Great video ! Also invaluable tip about cutting the roots further away from the trunk first. That makes so much sense and will save me a bunch of aggravation. Thank You !!
I love the T shirt i’ve done this many times , the worst was a date palm. Excellent lineup of tools for the right job. If the ground is super hard overtime I’ve learned that a soil auger helps break up the compact soil with a handheld power drill .
It is so satisfying to get that final root for the stump to roll free. And leaving some of the trunk to use as leverage really helps. I must admit though, the easiest bit is to watch someone else do it! And I am sure quite a few have watched me unearthing the more tenacious roots!
Nice tips, I myself have some experience removing stumps by hand. Hard work but there are some much satisfaction finishing it. :) Another tip, with shovel dig dip "pockets" between roots, by doing so, soil will fall there and will not interrupt the work. It's probable practical doing it with larger stumps when doing debarking (desoiling) work.
I've using a tackle and steel chain to doing this kind of job. Never fail even once and its saved my back 😁 Btw, nice vid dude, i'll put it in list to try. Best regard
You should look into a B'root Bar root cutting tool. I'm in the fence industry in south Florida and have been hand digging holes for the last 35 years and this is our new go to root tool. We found ours on Amazon.
I pull a lot of stumps by hand and have found a cordless reciprocating saw with a wood pruning blade is a great way to cut the roots both side and bottom roots. Saves the effort of swinging the ax. Just go slow and be carefully.
Nice video - I've done lots of stumps by hand - one tool that I've always used is a crow bar to chop roots and lever them plus get under the stump to cut any tap roots. The stump i'm doing now seems worse than usual (but that's probably because I'm now 73) Lately, I've found a reciprocating saw to be very useful in getting through the roots,
That saw is a good option. There is another tool called a Slammer it helps a lot for the tap and sinker root. It's kind of expensive but if you have to dig a lot of stump in tight locations it's worth it. 73 that's good to hear I'm feeling old a 55. Take care!
I removed a 12 year old crepe myrtle that was in clay soil. I saturated the roots first and let it soak for 24 hrs. I used all of the tools in the video but the single most valuable tool was my small works chainsaw. That mattock tool can make you get out of breath because it is heavy swinging it. Using the chainsaw saw was quicker to cut the roots. There is no short cut for the digging, that is why i wet the soil to make the removal easier. I am a 60 year old female and it takes a lot of energy to remove the roots of a tree but it can be done.
120v 10 amp sawzall and a bunch of long pruning blades helps a lot also. Just cut a circle right into the dirt around the base and then pull it over with leverage from the top of the (hopefully tall) stump with some pulleys.
@@BinoH One other idea I was thinking about is to use the wedging trick from th-cam.com/video/4oRIfOMpMpE/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/4ADUzcwear4/w-d-xo.html but leave the stump maybe 4 feet tall, then the individual sections can be pulled over with a rope and need much less digging since the leverage from the longer stump sections is used to break apart the root.
Everything you do with the 'Pulaski' and your loppers can be done with your roundpoint shovel, and just using your body weight on the back of the spoon of your shovel. Put the sharp tip of the shovel centered on where you intend to separate the root, put one foot (dominant foot) on the back of the spoon of the shovel, then with the other foot, put all your weight onto the other side of the shovel. Good quality shovels have a ridge on the back of the digging spoon, and it is actually called a "step." Because you're supposed to STEP on it. Even the huge root that you had to hack away at, could be separated with a good, high quality shovel, with a bit of time and effort. A cheap shovel will break though, cheap shovels are not too sturdy at cutting roots; but a high quality shovel will hold up and chomp right through all those roots in the video. Just that it's necessary to use your body weight on the step portion of the shovel. Not having to switch between the loppers and the shovel could save you lots of time, once you learn how to use your shovel to chomp through those roots. It's a lot more fun too, in my opinion. Thanks for the content. Keep up the good work. בס'ד
I've never used a Slammer Cutting tool, but I would like to see it. But I do love how the B'root tool cuts through large roots. Before we would kill ourselves using tamp bars and shovels .
Good question, what is more dangerous Climbing a tree or removing a tree. I think that if you are removing a tree by climbing that would have more possible risk.
Good video. Liked the mattock/axe tool. For the instructional purposes of the video I liked the order you worked, but using the axe before I'd located the water line for the irrigation head would've made me nervous.
Yes that can happen depending on the tree. This one it doing it very little but if you keep on removing any suckers it time it will die completely and then decay away.
I've removed numerous stumps. What's frustrating is if all the roots not removed it will come back every year as suckers. If skipped a few years you could have few more trees in place of the one removed.
I know. It still help when you are using a saw to start farther out and do the finish cut closer to the trunk. Hope the rest of your job goes well. Take care!
Most tree roots are in the top 3 feet of soil. Some trees have a top root but a lot of the time trees from a nursery are in containers so the tap root bends early. Once trees are planted in the ground they may have sinker roots that grow off the lateral roots.
Yes you don't need to take all the roots out the should just decompose. Some trees roots might sprout from the roots but if you keep knocking them off the roots will more likely die off.
That Pulaski looks like useful tool. Good technique . Thank you. However with a Silver Birch with a hefty tap root the job would be significantly more difficult. In my case, several hours more difficult. Ha ha.
Im using my truck and comalong sawsal shovels loppers axes - lots of work. I hope to dig the hole deep and clean enough to plant a 10ft apple or crabapple tre. I hsve to do it all by nyself though 2 extra helper would help me x5 ( ergonomic science).
@@BinoH Requires nothing less than many many hours with a shovel, pick axe, and countless reciprocating saw blades for the reciprocating saw. Oh, and a few chainsaw blades as well. A big Bradford pear stump is pure evil. I could not use a stump grinder or burn it out because the stupid builder planted the tree too close to the house right over the sewer line and close to other underground utilities. It was a nightmare, but I got it out without damaging anything.
Before you get to Where this video starts you will digging for for hours... If you want to remove a stump easier.. get a chain and put it out with a truck..
I have watched a few videos on digging out a stump, and yours is the most helpful by far. Thank you for explaining as you went, that helped so much. I knew it was going to be a pain (I am taking out an ash stump in a clay soil, and I would have hired someone if I could have), but the way you explained this made me realize some of the little ways I was making it harder on myself. Great video!
Good to hear. Gool luck and be carful. Take care!
Yeah for a very tiny stump
I agree.
Best small tree stump video I have watched! I have all the tools except the axe, and now I now which axe I need! Thank you!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great video, Bino! Good tip about leaving the stump long.
My $0.02
Instead of a pulaski, try a cutter mattock. Your little weeding tool is actually called a hoe mattock. A cutter mattock is a bit larger and heavier than the pulaski. I've dug up dozens if not hundreds of stumps with this method and a pulaski or mattock. You can put your entire body into prying with a mattock with no problems. A pulaski isn't made for prying and I had to break two with fiberglass handles before I proved it to myself. XD The mattock is also much better at cutting buried roots.
I sometimes utilize a cheap electric chainsaw that I don't mind burying in the dirt. :) On really big stumps I will noodle them into sections and split 'em apart with a maul or wedge instead of taking the whole thing at once. Also, a drain spade is a great tool for digging around the roots.
A word of warning to others, this won't work with species that have a large tap root like oaks and pines.
Good point about the mattock but I prefer the light weight of the Pulaski. Very true about the tap roots you probably want to use a MUTT or a Slammer or saw.
Great video ! Also invaluable tip about cutting the roots further away from the trunk first. That makes so much sense and will save me a bunch of aggravation. Thank You !!
Glad it was helpful!
some brilliant tools and lots of patience going have a go at my stumps now which i never fancied doing you made it look easy thanks
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
EXCELLENT video. Very well “produced.” It was great that you showed most of the work. Thanks.
Thank you. We do have the long version if you want to see more detail.
So helpful! Thank you... wishing your channel lots of success!
Thank you! You too!
Thank you for posting this. I did it today and it worked great.
Glad it helped. Take care!
Good advices learned.
Glad to hear it!
Your way of thinking is very impressive. I have a stump to dig out. Using your tips will help very much! Thanks for the video!!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
I love the T shirt i’ve done this many times , the worst was a date palm. Excellent lineup of tools for the right job. If the ground is super hard overtime I’ve learned that a soil auger helps break up the compact soil with a handheld power drill .
LOL, I didn't even notice it! Great shirt!
@@deluth4638 there are always details that are missed .. smiles
Good point about the power drill. That date palm must of been a nightmare. I love the shirt also my wife gave four different ones.
Thanks for posting - very helpful
You're welcome!
So very helpful - I learnt a lot.
Many thanks......all the way from London !
You're very welcome!
I’ve done bigger stumps the same way, great video 👍
That sounds like a lot of work. Thank you!
Excellent job 👏👏👏
Many many thanks!
It is so satisfying to get that final root for the stump to roll free. And leaving some of the trunk to use as leverage really helps. I must admit though, the easiest bit is to watch someone else do it! And I am sure quite a few have watched me unearthing the more tenacious roots!
Very true so satisfying when you get that last stubborn root. Thanks for sharing!
@@BinoH Indeed....Job satisfaction!
Quality Video. Exactly what i needed. Purserverance is what i need
Thank you! Take care!
Great information thank you 🙏
Thank you!
Nice tips, I myself have some experience removing stumps by hand. Hard work but there are some much satisfaction finishing it. :)
Another tip, with shovel dig dip "pockets" between roots, by doing so, soil will fall there and will not interrupt the work. It's probable practical doing it with larger stumps when doing debarking (desoiling) work.
Great tip and very true! Thank you take care!
Great video. Thanks.
Glad you liked it!
I've using a tackle and steel chain to doing this kind of job.
Never fail even once and its saved my back 😁
Btw, nice vid dude, i'll put it in list to try. Best regard
True that's a lot better on your back. Thank you and take care!
Good job of explaining.
Glad it was helpful!
Great job keep up the good work. Now it’s my time to get to work have a similar stump
Thank you, good luck on your stump!
Thanks for the video, it really helped.
Glad to hear it!
You should look into a B'root Bar root cutting tool. I'm in the fence industry in south Florida and have been hand digging holes for the last 35 years and this is our new go to root tool. We found ours on Amazon.
Cool It's just like a (MUTT Multi Utility Trenching Tool) Have you ever used a Slammer Cutting Tool? Thanks!
Good video very well explained thank you.
You're welcome!
nice tip with the root bounce mate
Glad you like it!
I pull a lot of stumps by hand and have found a cordless reciprocating saw with a wood pruning blade is a great way to cut the roots both side and bottom roots. Saves the effort of swinging the ax. Just go slow and be carefully.
Good point!
THANKS A LOT TIP VERY HELPFUL
You're welcom!
Nice video - I've done lots of stumps by hand - one tool that I've always used is a crow bar to chop roots and lever them plus get under the stump to cut any tap roots. The stump i'm doing now seems worse than usual (but that's probably because I'm now 73) Lately, I've found a reciprocating saw to be very useful in getting through the roots,
That saw is a good option. There is another tool called a Slammer it helps a lot for the tap and sinker root. It's kind of expensive but if you have to dig a lot of stump in tight locations it's worth it. 73 that's good to hear I'm feeling old a 55. Take care!
Brilliant
Thank you!
Great explainer video. Will help me make a better job of the remaining 3 holly stumps (much smaller than yours)! Thanks
Good luck. take care!
Good idea about not cutting the tree stump too low.
It really makes a huge difference when removing a stump by hand. Take care!
This is what i have to do. i guess little by little.... it will eventually come up and out.... Thanks for sharing ~
You're welcome!
I removed a 12 year old crepe myrtle that was in clay soil. I saturated the roots first and let it soak for 24 hrs. I used all of the tools in the video but the single most valuable tool was my small works chainsaw. That mattock tool can make you get out of breath because it is heavy swinging it. Using the chainsaw saw was quicker to cut the roots. There is no short cut for the digging, that is why i wet the soil to make the removal easier. I am a 60 year old female and it takes a lot of energy to remove the roots of a tree but it can be done.
Very true! Thanks for sharing! take care!
Good job
Thank you!
120v 10 amp sawzall and a bunch of long pruning blades helps a lot also. Just cut a circle right into the dirt around the base and then pull it over with leverage from the top of the (hopefully tall) stump with some pulleys.
Yes, that sounds like it might go quicker.
@@BinoH One other idea I was thinking about is to use the wedging trick from th-cam.com/video/4oRIfOMpMpE/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/4ADUzcwear4/w-d-xo.html but leave the stump maybe 4 feet tall, then the individual sections can be pulled over with a rope and need much less digging since the leverage from the longer stump sections is used to break apart the root.
Thank you for the video ! I like your hand saw ,but I don't think I can get this kind of hand saw on the market now !
Thank you!
You breath deeply for hard work but very good job you did !!!!!
Thank you!
Your mic is so good omg
Yes we has one that was not that good. We have a sennheiser mic now.
Good tip about cutting the roots on the outside circumference of your hole first, then cut near the trunk second.
Sometimes something as simple as that can make a job so much easier. Thanks!
Everything you do with the 'Pulaski' and your loppers can be done with your roundpoint shovel, and just using your body weight on the back of the spoon of your shovel. Put the sharp tip of the shovel centered on where you intend to separate the root, put one foot (dominant foot) on the back of the spoon of the shovel, then with the other foot, put all your weight onto the other side of the shovel. Good quality shovels have a ridge on the back of the digging spoon, and it is actually called a "step." Because you're supposed to STEP on it. Even the huge root that you had to hack away at, could be separated with a good, high quality shovel, with a bit of time and effort. A cheap shovel will break though, cheap shovels are not too sturdy at cutting roots; but a high quality shovel will hold up and chomp right through all those roots in the video. Just that it's necessary to use your body weight on the step portion of the shovel. Not having to switch between the loppers and the shovel could save you lots of time, once you learn how to use your shovel to chomp through those roots. It's a lot more fun too, in my opinion.
Thanks for the content.
Keep up the good work.
בס'ד
Thank you!
@@BinoH Get a pair of good quality, heavy duty boots though, like Redwings or similar!
Great tips 😂
Thank you!
The second blade on you mattock is an adze. These are ten found by themselves, but also combined with pick or axe blades.
Cool thanks!
I've never used a Slammer Cutting tool, but I would like to see it. But I do love how the B'root tool cuts through large roots. Before we would kill ourselves using tamp bars and shovels .
Buenas noches admiro el esfuerzo realizado, pregunto ¿Que es más difícil? Quitar un árbol o trepar con seguridad un árbol.Saludos
Good question, what is more dangerous Climbing a tree or removing a tree. I think that if you are removing a tree by climbing that would have more possible risk.
Thank you for this video! I hate cutting stumps but I think that tip about cutting outside first then cut inside to avoid axe bouncing will help a lot
Glad to help. Take care!
Good video. Liked the mattock/axe tool. For the instructional purposes of the video I liked the order you worked, but using the axe before I'd located the water line for the irrigation head would've made me nervous.
I'm glad you liked the video. Take care!
💯💯💯
Thank you!
A “come a long” can be used attached to another tree or stump to pull the roots taught so they pop easier when you axe them. (I think)
Yes that can work if you have something solid to connect to and It would make it a lot easier.
After removing the stump do you have issues with the remaining roots still in growing coming back as new trees
Yes that can happen depending on the tree. This one it doing it very little but if you keep on removing any suckers it time it will die completely and then decay away.
@@BinoH thanks man you have been a huge help likes and subbed my man
@@psschneiderjr Thank you!
You are fortunate it has a primary surface root system. If that had a deep tap root and roots going deep it would be very difficult
Very true. Not too many trees around here have tap roots. A good majority of the are container grown and the tap root ends there.
I've removed numerous stumps. What's frustrating is if all the roots not removed it will come back every year as suckers. If skipped a few years you could have few more trees in place of the one removed.
It depends on the type of tree some trees roots just die out.
leave the tree at it's full height. Just trim the branches off. Use leverage. Tie high and simply pull the whole tree over.... whenever possible.
That's a way to do it may not work all of the time though.
"Roots? We got roots" Amazing how the root spread. Thank you.
True and for small tree it was pretty solid.
Super very easy. Like drinking the beer.
It sure is!
I've been doing this all day with a recip saw. I know what you mean about the roots bouncing and shaking the main stump.
I know. It still help when you are using a saw to start farther out and do the finish cut closer to the trunk. Hope the rest of your job goes well. Take care!
just surprised the roots are all lateral. Trees dont have center vertical root that go deep down?
Most tree roots are in the top 3 feet of soil. Some trees have a top root but a lot of the time trees from a nursery are in containers so the tap root bends early. Once trees are planted in the ground they may have sinker roots that grow off the lateral roots.
That usually takes me 2-3 days...good workout, lol!
Thank you!
I am assuming the rest of the roots don’t t need to be dug out of the ground.
Yes you don't need to take all the roots out the should just decompose. Some trees roots might sprout from the roots but if you keep knocking them off the roots will more likely die off.
That Pulaski looks like useful tool. Good technique . Thank you. However with a Silver Birch with a hefty tap root the job would be significantly more difficult. In my case, several hours more difficult. Ha ha.
Oh yeah a tap root is a whole different situation. A Slammer might help. Thanks!
Nice video. A sawzall with a 9 inch pruning blade will cut the roots faster than an axe.
Thanks for sharing!
Im using my truck and comalong sawsal shovels loppers axes - lots of work.
I hope to dig the hole deep and clean enough to plant a 10ft apple or crabapple tre. I hsve to do it all by nyself though 2 extra helper would help me x5 ( ergonomic science).
Hope it works out well. take care!
Thanks dude I’m taking a week off to finish the rest lol
Have fun
All labor tools this some live action
Thanks!
You’ve never tried removing a big Bradford pear tree stump before. If you had you would not think it is easy.
I've done Ficus elastica
@@BinoH Requires nothing less than many many hours with a shovel, pick axe, and countless reciprocating saw blades for the reciprocating saw. Oh, and a few chainsaw blades as well. A big Bradford pear stump is pure evil. I could not use a stump grinder or burn it out because the stupid builder planted the tree too close to the house right over the sewer line and close to other underground utilities. It was a nightmare, but I got it out without damaging anything.
If I can get my truck to it that and a chain and a come a long I'm gold.
yeah that would be easier, but is it's in an area without mechanical option sometimes digging it is the only option. Thanks for sharing!
Man, I got a two 4 foot wide maple stumps to deal with. I’d be Hercules using this method after both of them. Lol
Yep stump grinder would be a heck of a lot better for those stumps.
@@BinoH agreed! I’ve learned a lot from your channel on all aspects of climbing. Happy to be subbed. 👍
@@barneslawntree4877 Thank you!
Before you get to Where this video starts you will digging for for hours... If you want to remove a stump easier.. get a chain and put it out with a truck..
This is how I do it too. I am 58 and take a break more often, but, I know that once I start in on one...it will be gone pretty soon.
Cool, thanks for sharing!
My trusty sawzall will do more and faster, than my old guy guns 💪🏼
Cool, even with a sawzall cut further away and then closer to the trunk you'll experience less bouncy roots.
i hope you didn't throw away the stump with roots. Would make an outstanding bonsai
No I didn't throw it away but I didn't make a Bonsai I started to make a name house for a gnome garden.
Limited income. Older than most who are removing stumps.
Haha. That tree is tiny. My huge silver maple stump right over my gas line is another matter altogether! :)
"Tree stump removal is easy"...not so much
True the larger a stump the more difficult.
Takes me 2 hours on average
Did four in the last year
Lots of hard work!
Why not just scalp around the stump and cut it out an inch or three below the ground level ??!
That could work if you're not planning on planting anything. If you're planning on planting something it may take a few years for the stump to decay.
Screw all that 😂😂 I'll wrap a tow strap around it n rip it outta the ground in 5 minutes with my truck. Jeeze diggin it out would take hrs...
why dont you just use a sawzall
That's an option but I do better with a pulaski.
Jet wash away the soil first.
Geez! That ain't a stump.
Removal is easy on a baby tree...
True but you could use these techniques on a large stump.
@@BinoH just tried.it was 24-30 inch, but i have gotten smaller ones out