That was one big damn stump! Perseverance does pay off. Really cool slow-mo's pulling with that military truck. To do as much as you did with that stump, from where you started, I am impressed!
I got a new one out! Just had another crack at it. After digging around the stump, I discovered the stump is about 4 to 5 feet in diameter!!! OAK, is so slow burning and hard to get rid of as far as stumps go!
There is some simple math on why stumps are so hard to burn out when you understand the material properties. Wood needs to hit 660F before it can ignite yet the water in the wood will change to steam at 212F stealing the heat in the process with a 1-2 inch zone around the fire where this process is happening depending on the wood density. When you slice into the stump for the Swedish log effect you are increasing the surface area the heat can cook the water out of but also limiting yourself on how much air can get in to keep the fire going. When you blow on the fire you are making the area hotter but also moving the fire closer to the heat stealing water/steam process that can drop the coals enough to put out the fire by kicking out the heat leg of the fire triangle. A slow cooler fire works well for getting rid of a stump because it keeps pace with the drying process so will create its own fuel as it pushes the dry/wet boundary in the wood. Slice in with the saw as low as you can and use a scrap of metal over top to block any rain if any is in the forecast then just sit back and watch the smoldering fire eat the stump as it cooks the water out.
Andrew H best explanation I’ve ever heard. Thank you taking the time put all this wood fire wisdom down in a comment. I love it when folks add to the story in such positive ways. I hope that others will bother to lurk around and read your comments.
Next time you have to remove a tall stump. Take that long bar saw, and cut it as close to the ground as you can. Then you will have less stump to burn.
I wish I had a long bar chain saw. Mine is only 16" and the stump was over 4' in diameter. If you look close at the beginning, you can see where I tried to cut it closer to the ground, but didn't make it all the way through. It was a fun project, either way. Next, I tried lighting a magnesium bar in the stump... just to see what it would do.
Why not cut about half of the height off wth the chainsaw and then make the Swedish cuts? Sure seems like a lot time spent burning what could have been made time in half.
The trunk was too big for my chainsaw, plus it had a double trunk with a small hollow space between the trunks. The space was filled with dirt and small rocks, which would have chewed up my saw blade. The biggest miscalculation was underestimating how much of the tree was still alive. It had been cut down for at least 10 years and quite a lot looked rotten and punky. Looks were deceiving. I had a fun time, despite what one might think. Thanks for the comment, friend.
@@HelicoolsHelipad I thought of why you didn't cut it down further too but if there's dirt and rocks inside of it, screw that. I'm not going to go buy a new chain and I don't think it's even worth it to sharpen a bent chain from rocks and dirt so that's fair haha. Good video! I love the diy kind of guys instead of the guys that spend way too much on a tree and stump removal service.
@@bryan7087 Good to hear from you again. I believe that hiring people for stuff that a normal person is capable of doing, is cheating yourself out of an educational experience. DIY teaches way more than college about life. Cheers, friend!
I threw that comment in there because many, many people across the internet and on TH-cam would have complained that I was too close to the shop and idiot for not recognizing the dangers of burning a big stump so close to a building. I certainly do not mind advice or opinions, but positive one's are easier to handle. Cheers!
Had to laugh...….I'm having exact same experience as you did, hence me coming across your vid. The dig round the roots is bloody difficult but I think it's the only way. Cheers for that, very funny!
Rock on! I wish you the best of luck with your stump. You know that if a 19,000 pound military truck can barely make it move, that stump is not only huge, but very much alive. Some people seem to think it is just a simple process of putting a barrel over it and torching it off... I've never seen a barrel big enough... it's over 4' in diameter! LOL!
It's always better to try to burn from the bottom up so the fire travels up rather than down. That requires notching the bottom as much as possible after removing the dirt around the stump as much as possible.
I recently spend 2 hours digging around the stump... what I found was that it was over 6 feet one direction and over 4 feet in the other. And it kept going deeper. These trees have a tap root that could be as tall as the tree once was. So, my goal has been to burn it down to just below ground level, and back fill it with dirt.
@@HelicoolsHelipad I get that. Roots go to minerals in the deep soil or to water. The thing has to be taken out in parts. They make sawmill blades that make it possible to cut off side roots close to the tree and far away from the tree where fire would have trouble reaching a wet root. Those are the locations where you can build the fire with side cuts like you did to give the fire a source of combustion air. There really are few shortcuts to getting these trees removed. I have a stump from a broken sweet cherry tree that you could not break off with a 12 pound sledge hammer with a 3 foot handle. You did your best to get it where you did. Unfortunately scorched charcoal wood does not easily decay. My brother has some trees that were burned over 150 years ago that still stick out of the ground after this long ago forest fire. Deep holes into that tap root should help you be able to break it off if it is thoroughly burned. Remember that cylinders are extremely strong mechanical structures. Hang in there. Kerosene burns hotter than gasoline but all fires need combustion air. I use my leaf blower to get the fires going hot but it is a continuous process of on and off, especially when wet. I have a young 10 year old neighborhood boy who insists on helping me. He's very strong but he's normally good at breaking off green branches and putting them on the fire. He is super energetic so I just let him run loose. He's beyond the control of his mom and he only comes around when I'm outside working. He hates school and came to me a couple of years ago telling me he just wanted to work. I think he knows everyone within 500 yards and everyone looks out for him. He believes he can do anything even if he doesn't understand what he's doing. We all have to learn from the school of hard knocks.
Dig it out. Had you dug about 2 to 3 ft you could have axed some roots out. Then when it starts moving a bit, pull it out with the truck and chain. It would have come out. I'm taking down trees like that left and right except not truck and chain. We cut root after root til we get muscle the tree stump out. I must admit, I have a challenge coming up. Fell a tree that's about 4ft wide. May have to burn that one. Good video
Good advise... I had to dig out a huge tree with ample root system before... the hard way, with shovel and ax. It took me about two weeks, a few hours a day. It made me realize that I never wanted to do that again. I used to have a Bobcat steer skid loader, but had to sell it when I moved. I've dug down 5 or more feet on one side, then wedged a log in the bucket and used it to shove the whole tree over. Using the weight of the tree really helped pull the root and all. Sadly, no Bobcat. All I have now is an Army surplus M1078 LMTV troop/cargo carrier. It's a 20,000 pound 4X4 vehicle... you saw that the stump barely moved when I tried using it to pull the stump. :-D
It is not occur to me about the tarp, as I recall. It was not suppose to rain but in Washington State, I suppose raining is always an option. The fan that I used is off of a bucket vacuum... very powerful... perhaps a little too powerful.
EZ stump removal. Take a 1-inch auger bit and bore down into the center of the stump till you are a few inches below ground level. Pour in 1 OZ bullseye pistol powder, insert electrical ignitor (like they use for model rockets), tightly plug top with appropriately sized wood dowel that has been prepared to allow the electric wires to pass through (a small grove on the side will do). Depending on your situation you might want to load that stump up with sandbags before igniting. Probably illegal in many places now a days. I believe the ATF considers that to be an NFA device they call an AOW.
Not to be to negative. I would suggest cut it as low to the ground as possible to start with (less to remove). Then cross cut to your liking then burn.
I wish I could have done that, but my chain saw is whimpy with a small bar, and the tree stump was pretty big. I also had a problem with the stump splitting into two parts down low... it was filled with dirt and small rocks, making it difficult to cut into. I totally get where you are coming from, though. Less is more! Thanks for adding to the story and giving a good tip!
Cut the top and bottom out of a 55-gallon metal barrel. Place it over the stump. Under the bottom edge of the barrel, insert 4 bricks or rocks to give an intake of air. Fill the barrel with wood scraps and while cold, pour (out of a soup can) some kerosene or diesel fuel a couple cans of k. or d. Wad up a piece of newspaper and set fire. Drop into the barrel and set the scrap wood on fire. It will burn down to coals and heat the stump till it begins to make a coal and smoulder. Check it in a day or so. I've burned several stumps that way. It will create a draft of oxygen under the barrel and promote burning. I've had the coals to follow the stump roots in the ground as much as two feet. One year I burned one and spring moved the barrel, forgot about the hole and stepped into the hole up to my knee. Could have broken a leg. I've saved the barrel and have two more stumps to burn. I avoid using gasoline. Too dangerous for me. The fire can follow the vapor up into the can and blow it up in your face. DON'T.!!!!!
I have heard about this technique and truly love it. Yeah, gasoline is nothing to mess with. Since I don't have a spare 55 gallon barrel around, I'm going to try the bag or two of match-light brickets.
Vertical Cross cuts are great if you want to make firewood. Not bad for ventilation like you did here either. I've always augered 3 or 4 holes 12" to 18" straight down a stubborn stump, with side holes angled in to meet the vertical ones for venting. Half a gallon of _KEROSENE _*_not gasoline,_* and drop 4 or 5 Matchlights on top, toss a match, and commence to BBQing.
I had some oil watery diesel that is much like kerosene, and bored some holes to boot. The stump is totally dead now, with burnt stumpies still being stubborn sticking up. Someone suggested a whole bag of match-lights... it's worth a shot. Now that it has been almost a year, I'll light it on fire again! Thanks for your suggestions!
Mist your show, been busy working on the Washington Room until 7:00. I have found those stump are hard to burn, even out of the ground. Good Luck burning or digging the rest of that stump.
Maybe put a barrel over it to keep the heat in? I piled leaves on top of mine and the ash from the leaves kept it smoldering for about a week (even through a light rain).
It was cut years ago, but new growth was still trying to grow out of parts of the stump. I figure that there was more green stump than I had first imagined there was.
Even my 45-year old 16" McCulloch 120V chainsaw could cut that stump down to 5 or 6" above the ground, though the chain might need sharpening 1/2 way thru.
This old rotten thing had cavities full of dirt, rocks, and things. Chainsaw blades don't like that kind of stuff. It was more fun to burn it, anyways. :-D
@@HelicoolsHelipad I added a 6' tall 6"vent stack to an old 55gal drum today. Tomorrow, I will place it over the fresh oak stump I also prepared today. Really wet wood but I need the stump gone to install ground mounted solar. We will see how bad or well it burns, I am soaking briquettes overnite in diesel so at the very least I will make a bunch of smoke.
Wow, I knocked it out of the park! There is a 2-3" ring of bark, a little wood, and then charcoal inside. I had drilled 5 or 6 11/8" radial holes from outside into the hollow center. One hole at a time I inserted an 18" long piece of EMT into a hole and fed it air from a little 120V Coleman "Quick Pump" air inflator. Ran the air pump for about 10 hours total. Started with 8-10 diesel-soaked briquettes with about 8 more added every 2-3 hours. Next, I will wash the dirt off the bark with a water hose, cut the remaining shell vertically (like pie wedges) with an old chain on the chain saw, cut the accessible roots with a Sawzall, and finally using a chain thru the air vent holes pull the stump remainder into small pieces with a Bobcat. The next stump is smaller and very solid. So far, I have I have started plung cutting a 5" square out of the center but it's not deep enough yet. Later I will drill the hole for the air pump feed. More later, dinner is ready.
This is how I burn out stumps 100 to 200 kings ford charcoal bury stump in charcoal soak charcoal in fluid light give time no more stump YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I need to try that... that's one thing I have not done yet. This last time, I lit off a bar of magnesium in the center of the stump. That was pretty cool!
I've seen a few videos of folks burning up these tiny stumps that look like they dug a hole and half-buried a piece of wood. You know the stump is real and huge when a 19,000 lb. military truck can't budge it. Best of luck on the future success of your project. Cheers!
That blower that I had is actually the top of a special vacuum cleaner... LOL! I was also thinking about putting a riding lawn mower next to it and letting the chute blast onto the coals. YEAH!
I would, but they don't make burn cans (55 gallon drums) that big. This was not some pecker pole, a foot in diameter mind you. Even burnt down, it is still almost 4' across at it's base. We grow 'em big here in the P.N.W..
One side... two feet down? Oak trees, especially big one's like this used to be have massive root systems. That sounds like a lot of work, but I'll give it a try. Thanks!
Now if you would just put a barrel or Trash Can with the bottom cut out & a few Air Holes around the bottom outsides this would concentrate the Heat around the Stump to burn it out Quicker. The Barrel acts like a Chimney
I think now that it is good and dead, I'll have an easier time. I wish I could get a 55 gallon barrel to fit over it... it is still quite a large stump. Cheers!
If I had an unlimited budget and didn't want to show how to remove a huge stump for the common man, I would rent a Bobcat Steer Skid loader... a heck of a lot more fun and the entire stump would be gone in less than an hour with no sunken spot after the rest of the root ball deteriorates. Then, I could also fix the driveway, knock down a few rubbish trees, and dig a drainage ditch. Nah, if I'm going to rent something like that to remove it, what fun would it be... worthy enough to shoot a video?
Hi there I am sorry to say but you was attacking the wrong part of the stump it is held down by roots and if you manage to try and dig a bit and try to burn them I am sure you would have been able to pull it with the truck
Thanks Paul. I think I was doomed for two reasons. It was half the size of my VW Bug when I started, and it was still very green. Those oak trees are amazingly resilient! I'm going to try again this year after the burn-ban comes off the county that I live in. Cheers!
I wish I could get a barrel big enough to do that, but no such luck. Yeah, I've seen a few tiny stump burns... I could have pulled them right out with my Army surplus M-1078 LMTV. I think I am going to try the bag of match-lights.
@@HelicoolsHelipad if you tear the sheetmetal of a washer dryer or dishwasher you should have sumting big enough to fit , will give off some toxic smoke untill the paint has burned off , the sheetmetal usually screws together so you can make it as big as needed , you just need to get some of those sheetmetal panels at the local junkyard / dump
I almost burned up my drill boring holes in that cursed stump. It did help, but it was too green for the fire to consume it completely. Thanks for the friendly comment. I am planning on making a part 2 at some point in the future.
I know, right? LOL! I think I was doomed from the start, but I figured I'm going to win, or I'm going to fail... either way, it will be entertaining to watch and people will learn what to do, and what not to do. It's all good... thanks for watching providing great feedback. Cheers, friend!
Your're right... I think the people that cut the tree were more worried about just clearing it away from the shop, and not about finishing the job. Thanks for the comment!
@@mickowen568 wishful thinking, I know. People have been great on this video giving me good ideas. I think I'm going to try the bag of match-lights charcoal brickets. Thanks for watching and come back any time, friend.
I'm watching the different ways using fire to remove a 1foot tree stump. Last cuple years California fires, has been nothing I personally seen before But I'm not a fire fighter. It's not as easy or fast, even using the most effective methods like fuel, blowing air with shop vac, still didn't really look like the homes and towns where people used to lived. I'm just say"
Robert Vilaylack my cousin, and step brother lost their homes last year in the California fires. Green stumps are especially difficult to burn out. Worse if it is a hardwood.
@@HelicoolsHelipad i see the difference. The natural world is well made, if we find a way to build something close to Greenwood type homes... i went to the community to see if I could help in any way. what I experience will be with me forever hey thanks the video, very helpful I removed" few strups in the pass I can't say that was an experience lol next one will be by FIRE take care brotha.
I know... it is something that I have to do, but life keeps happening and I keep forgetting to do it. It's my own fault, really. An added comment... your avatar looks just like the avatar I made for that app for myself... except for the eye patch and robotic arm. LOL!
@@HelicoolsHelipad I've chrome in my hair now, and have added a cyborg leg to the collection. The next addition will probably be my left shoulder this fall...
My good chain became an "old chain" in no time flat. I'm going to try drying it out a bit more, and perhaps digging down... then, an epic re-torching! (without burning down the shop).
Oh definitely... it is ready, just in time for the burn-ban in our County to go in effect. *sigh! I'll catch a break some day. Thanks for the comment. Cheers!
@@larryehrlich8702 Who has that kind of time? Anyway, I wasn't worried about the stump or the shop... worrying just makes you old. LOL! Thanks for watching and the comment, Larry. :-)
Not Your Channel so, slow-mo’s of a chain ripping chunks off with a Military truck, time-lapses, and turbo flames don’t float your boat? It’s eye candy brother! LOL!!! Thanks for watching.
@@brandonb9452 I have some great ideas that have been suggested... I am thinking about the sack of match-light brickets or a propane fueled weed burner. I think the stump is still too wide for a 55 barrel technique. I'll see what I can do about posting a part 2 this summer. Thanks for the vote of confidence... I thought he was a bit critical as well, but to each their own. :-)
Terry Kyte well, thanks for watching. But next time, you should at least offer your suggestions for what you would have done. It continues the story for those that read these comments., so that proper handling of a three foot+ in diameter stump can be safely removed with little expense. Cheers!
Not the best prayer I've ever heard but you did capitalize His name. I'm always open to helpful feedback... hope you find the video that satisfies your desire for knowledge or just watching stuff burn. Peace be with you.
That was one big damn stump! Perseverance does pay off. Really cool slow-mo's pulling with that military truck. To do as much as you did with that stump, from where you started, I am impressed!
I got a new one out! Just had another crack at it. After digging around the stump, I discovered the stump is about 4 to 5 feet in diameter!!! OAK, is so slow burning and hard to get rid of as far as stumps go!
There is some simple math on why stumps are so hard to burn out when you understand the material properties. Wood needs to hit 660F before it can ignite yet the water in the wood will change to steam at 212F stealing the heat in the process with a 1-2 inch zone around the fire where this process is happening depending on the wood density. When you slice into the stump for the Swedish log effect you are increasing the surface area the heat can cook the water out of but also limiting yourself on how much air can get in to keep the fire going. When you blow on the fire you are making the area hotter but also moving the fire closer to the heat stealing water/steam process that can drop the coals enough to put out the fire by kicking out the heat leg of the fire triangle.
A slow cooler fire works well for getting rid of a stump because it keeps pace with the drying process so will create its own fuel as it pushes the dry/wet boundary in the wood. Slice in with the saw as low as you can and use a scrap of metal over top to block any rain if any is in the forecast then just sit back and watch the smoldering fire eat the stump as it cooks the water out.
Andrew H best explanation I’ve ever heard. Thank you taking the time put all this wood fire wisdom down in a comment. I love it when folks add to the story in such positive ways. I hope that others will bother to lurk around and read your comments.
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Next time you have to remove a tall stump. Take that long bar saw, and cut it as close to the ground as you can. Then you will have less stump to burn.
I wish I had a long bar chain saw. Mine is only 16" and the stump was over 4' in diameter. If you look close at the beginning, you can see where I tried to cut it closer to the ground, but didn't make it all the way through. It was a fun project, either way. Next, I tried lighting a magnesium bar in the stump... just to see what it would do.
I'm leaving a like for the intro message: "Some parts of this video should not be attempted." Thanks for making my day.
Thank you! lol. Some folks should never play with fire... :-D
Why not cut about half of the height off wth the chainsaw and then make the Swedish cuts?
Sure seems like a lot time spent burning what could have been made time in half.
The trunk was too big for my chainsaw, plus it had a double trunk with a small hollow space between the trunks. The space was filled with dirt and small rocks, which would have chewed up my saw blade. The biggest miscalculation was underestimating how much of the tree was still alive. It had been cut down for at least 10 years and quite a lot looked rotten and punky. Looks were deceiving. I had a fun time, despite what one might think. Thanks for the comment, friend.
@@HelicoolsHelipad I thought of why you didn't cut it down further too but if there's dirt and rocks inside of it, screw that. I'm not going to go buy a new chain and I don't think it's even worth it to sharpen a bent chain from rocks and dirt so that's fair haha. Good video! I love the diy kind of guys instead of the guys that spend way too much on a tree and stump removal service.
@@bryan7087 Good to hear from you again. I believe that hiring people for stuff that a normal person is capable of doing, is cheating yourself out of an educational experience. DIY teaches way more than college about life. Cheers, friend!
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A simple fire break is enough or watering the parameter if folks are worried about roots catching fire.
I threw that comment in there because many, many people across the internet and on TH-cam would have complained that I was too close to the shop and idiot for not recognizing the dangers of burning a big stump so close to a building. I certainly do not mind advice or opinions, but positive one's are easier to handle. Cheers!
LMBO! "Happy means, I give up!"
Had to laugh...….I'm having exact same experience as you did, hence me coming across your vid. The dig round the roots is bloody difficult but I think it's the only way. Cheers for that, very funny!
Rock on! I wish you the best of luck with your stump. You know that if a 19,000 pound military truck can barely make it move, that stump is not only huge, but very much alive. Some people seem to think it is just a simple process of putting a barrel over it and torching it off... I've never seen a barrel big enough... it's over 4' in diameter! LOL!
Still at it fella, not giving up with the f//ker!
It's got personal now...… Me or the stump!
Quite the stubborn stump. It must have really STUMPED you to try to get rid of it!
Thanks for watching with me during the premiere!
Love the turbo charge music 😆
That stump has been fun and a pain at the same time. Come back any time, my friend.
It's always better to try to burn from the bottom up so the fire travels up rather than down. That requires notching the bottom as much as possible after removing the dirt around the stump as much as possible.
I recently spend 2 hours digging around the stump... what I found was that it was over 6 feet one direction and over 4 feet in the other. And it kept going deeper. These trees have a tap root that could be as tall as the tree once was. So, my goal has been to burn it down to just below ground level, and back fill it with dirt.
@@HelicoolsHelipad I get that. Roots go to minerals in the deep soil or to water. The thing has to be taken out in parts. They make sawmill blades that make it possible to cut off side roots close to the tree and far away from the tree where fire would have trouble reaching a wet root. Those are the locations where you can build the fire with side cuts like you did to give the fire a source of combustion air. There really are few shortcuts to getting these trees removed. I have a stump from a broken sweet cherry tree that you could not break off with a 12 pound sledge hammer with a 3 foot handle. You did your best to get it where you did. Unfortunately scorched charcoal wood does not easily decay. My brother has some trees that were burned over 150 years ago that still stick out of the ground after this long ago forest fire. Deep holes into that tap root should help you be able to break it off if it is thoroughly burned. Remember that cylinders are extremely strong mechanical structures. Hang in there. Kerosene burns hotter than gasoline but all fires need combustion air. I use my leaf blower to get the fires going hot but it is a continuous process of on and off, especially when wet. I have a young 10 year old neighborhood boy who insists on helping me. He's very strong but he's normally good at breaking off green branches and putting them on the fire. He is super energetic so I just let him run loose. He's beyond the control of his mom and he only comes around when I'm outside working. He hates school and came to me a couple of years ago telling me he just wanted to work. I think he knows everyone within 500 yards and everyone looks out for him. He believes he can do anything even if he doesn't understand what he's doing. We all have to learn from the school of hard knocks.
Elm tree?
I am pretty sure it was an oak tree, since there are plenty more in the neighborhood, just like this one used to be.
Good video, good luck getting rid of the rest of the stump.
Thanks, RS. Bob gave me an idea to try.
Dig it out. Had you dug about 2 to 3 ft you could have axed some roots out. Then when it starts moving a bit, pull it out with the truck and chain. It would have come out. I'm taking down trees like that left and right except not truck and chain. We cut root after root til we get muscle the tree stump out.
I must admit, I have a challenge coming up. Fell a tree that's about 4ft wide. May have to burn that one. Good video
Good advise... I had to dig out a huge tree with ample root system before... the hard way, with shovel and ax. It took me about two weeks, a few hours a day. It made me realize that I never wanted to do that again. I used to have a Bobcat steer skid loader, but had to sell it when I moved. I've dug down 5 or more feet on one side, then wedged a log in the bucket and used it to shove the whole tree over. Using the weight of the tree really helped pull the root and all. Sadly, no Bobcat. All I have now is an Army surplus M1078 LMTV troop/cargo carrier. It's a 20,000 pound 4X4 vehicle... you saw that the stump barely moved when I tried using it to pull the stump. :-D
2:30 Did it occur to you to suspend a tarp or sheet of plywood above it to keep the rain off?
4:30 I might have used a shopvac set to blow.
It is not occur to me about the tarp, as I recall. It was not suppose to rain but in Washington State, I suppose raining is always an option.
The fan that I used is off of a bucket vacuum... very powerful... perhaps a little too powerful.
EZ stump removal. Take a 1-inch auger bit and bore down into the center of the stump till you are a few inches below ground level. Pour in 1 OZ bullseye pistol powder, insert electrical ignitor (like they use for model rockets), tightly plug top with appropriately sized wood dowel that has been prepared to allow the electric wires to pass through (a small grove on the side will do). Depending on your situation you might want to load that stump up with sandbags before igniting. Probably illegal in many places now a days. I believe the ATF considers that to be an NFA device they call an AOW.
Now you're talking! However, and sadly, the stump is about 4 feet away from my shop. :-/
What?! Aw man! I missed the premiere?! Cool turbo action on that stump. That must have roasted you with that IR energy. Cool vid!
Jackson Diamond, yep... next time, my friend. It was very hot standing close when the turbo blower fired up!
Not to be to negative. I would suggest cut it as low to the ground as possible to start with (less to remove). Then cross cut to your liking then burn.
I wish I could have done that, but my chain saw is whimpy with a small bar, and the tree stump was pretty big. I also had a problem with the stump splitting into two parts down low... it was filled with dirt and small rocks, making it difficult to cut into. I totally get where you are coming from, though. Less is more! Thanks for adding to the story and giving a good tip!
Cut the top and bottom out of a 55-gallon metal barrel. Place it over the stump. Under the bottom edge of the barrel, insert 4 bricks or rocks to give an intake of air. Fill the barrel with wood scraps and while cold, pour (out of a soup can) some kerosene or diesel fuel a couple cans of k. or d. Wad up a piece of newspaper and set fire. Drop into the barrel and set the scrap wood on fire. It will burn down to coals and heat the stump till it begins to make a coal and smoulder. Check it in a day or so. I've burned several stumps that way. It will create a draft of oxygen under the barrel and promote burning. I've had the coals to follow the stump roots in the ground as much as two feet. One year I burned one and spring moved the barrel, forgot about the hole and stepped into the hole up to my knee. Could have broken a leg. I've saved the barrel and have two more stumps to burn. I avoid using gasoline. Too dangerous for me. The fire can follow the vapor up into the can and blow it up in your face. DON'T.!!!!!
I have heard about this technique and truly love it. Yeah, gasoline is nothing to mess with. Since I don't have a spare 55 gallon barrel around, I'm going to try the bag or two of match-light brickets.
Vertical Cross cuts are great if you want to make firewood. Not bad for ventilation like you did here either.
I've always augered 3 or 4 holes 12" to 18" straight down a stubborn stump, with side holes angled in to meet the vertical ones for venting. Half a gallon of _KEROSENE _*_not gasoline,_* and drop 4 or 5 Matchlights on top, toss a match, and commence to BBQing.
I had some oil watery diesel that is much like kerosene, and bored some holes to boot. The stump is totally dead now, with burnt stumpies still being stubborn sticking up. Someone suggested a whole bag of match-lights... it's worth a shot. Now that it has been almost a year, I'll light it on fire again! Thanks for your suggestions!
Ignore the keyboard experts and critics. I enjoyed the video, thanks.
Thanks, friend! I don't mind the suggestions. But I really like the friendly encouragement. Thanks, again.
The stump get soft with fire , the man's heart grew stubborn with heat . Wow!
Tomorrow may bring greater performance by reserving the faith .
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Mist your show, been busy working on the Washington Room until 7:00. I have found those stump are hard to burn, even out of the ground. Good Luck burning or digging the rest of that stump.
No doubt! Bob says to take a 1” wood bit and drill holes straight down, then fill with diesel. Touch it after it soaks in. Either way, it’ll burn.
Use Magnesium shavings in the cuts for increased btu heat....then put your kindling going...
WHAO! Now your talking! LOL. Magnesium, once lit, does not go out under water! Yeah!
Maybe put a barrel over it to keep the heat in? I piled leaves on top of mine and the ash from the leaves kept it smoldering for about a week (even through a light rain).
If the stump was a bit smaller, I would definitely go for the barrel method. It is still about 4 feet at the base.
Hell yeah. I enjoyed the video!!!!
Jorge Posadas thanks, friend!
Awesome video! Great job!
Thanks for watching with me during the premiere! Love you!
If you go down next to the court and plunge once all the way.through so it can pillar under it will work
AH, yeah. That will take some digging. This thing is 4.5' in diameter. But it is worth a shot!
That was not a fresh stump though, was it?
It was cut years ago, but new growth was still trying to grow out of parts of the stump. I figure that there was more green stump than I had first imagined there was.
Get a roaring fire, throw a bag ot two of anthracite on top then get a leafblower going to turn it into a glorious incineration pile
Even my 45-year old 16" McCulloch 120V chainsaw could cut that stump down to 5 or 6" above the ground, though the chain might need sharpening 1/2 way thru.
This old rotten thing had cavities full of dirt, rocks, and things. Chainsaw blades don't like that kind of stuff. It was more fun to burn it, anyways. :-D
@@HelicoolsHelipad I added a 6' tall 6"vent stack to an old 55gal drum today. Tomorrow, I will place it over the fresh oak stump I also prepared today. Really wet wood but I need the stump gone to install ground mounted solar. We will see how bad or well it burns, I am soaking briquettes overnite in diesel so at the very least I will make a bunch of smoke.
Wow, I knocked it out of the park! There is a 2-3" ring of bark, a little wood, and then charcoal inside. I had drilled 5 or 6 11/8" radial holes from outside into the hollow center. One hole at a time I inserted an 18" long piece of EMT into a hole and fed it air from a little 120V Coleman "Quick Pump" air inflator. Ran the air pump for about 10 hours total. Started with 8-10 diesel-soaked briquettes with about 8 more added every 2-3 hours. Next, I will wash the dirt off the bark with a water hose, cut the remaining shell vertically (like pie wedges) with an old chain on the chain saw, cut the accessible roots with a Sawzall, and finally using a chain thru the air vent holes pull the stump remainder into small pieces with a Bobcat.
The next stump is smaller and very solid. So far, I have I have started plung cutting a 5" square out of the center but it's not deep enough yet. Later I will drill the hole for the air pump feed. More later, dinner is ready.
This is how I burn out stumps 100 to 200 kings ford charcoal bury stump in charcoal soak charcoal in fluid light give time no more stump YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I need to try that... that's one thing I have not done yet. This last time, I lit off a bar of magnesium in the center of the stump. That was pretty cool!
good effort tho, keep at it ..it I'll get done..I've got some to do sooner or later...at least it helps me manage the expectation... heheh
I've seen a few videos of folks burning up these tiny stumps that look like they dug a hole and half-buried a piece of wood. You know the stump is real and huge when a 19,000 lb. military truck can't budge it. Best of luck on the future success of your project. Cheers!
Use a leaf blower or shop vac
That blower that I had is actually the top of a special vacuum cleaner... LOL! I was also thinking about putting a riding lawn mower next to it and letting the chute blast onto the coals. YEAH!
Put a burn can around it and drop in some grill charcoal.
I would, but they don't make burn cans (55 gallon drums) that big. This was not some pecker pole, a foot in diameter mind you. Even burnt down, it is still almost 4' across at it's base. We grow 'em big here in the P.N.W..
Helicool's Helipad I got cha, from Port Orchard originally by the way. I am also referring to what is left not the original. I live in NC now.
But there's fun to have that camp fire
You got that right, my friend! Lots of fun.
dig the side, the soil for 2 feet, then start burning from there. remember, heat goes up. try it dude.
One side... two feet down? Oak trees, especially big one's like this used to be have massive root systems. That sounds like a lot of work, but I'll give it a try. Thanks!
Now if you would just put a barrel or Trash Can with the bottom cut out & a few Air Holes around the bottom outsides this would concentrate the Heat around the Stump to burn it out Quicker. The Barrel acts like a Chimney
Kala Hunter only the stump is too big for a barrel to fit it. I’m going to try again this Spring...
I think you use a 55 barrel and let the air come from the bottom. Then keep adding wood you get it done. Good try so far.
I think now that it is good and dead, I'll have an easier time. I wish I could get a 55 gallon barrel to fit over it... it is still quite a large stump. Cheers!
Need to run the forced air continuously.
I tried that... eventually, it blows the fire out. The stump just does not want to comply.
For shits sake, go to Home Depot and rent a stump grinder. Stump will be gone within the hour.
If I had an unlimited budget and didn't want to show how to remove a huge stump for the common man, I would rent a Bobcat Steer Skid loader... a heck of a lot more fun and the entire stump would be gone in less than an hour with no sunken spot after the rest of the root ball deteriorates. Then, I could also fix the driveway, knock down a few rubbish trees, and dig a drainage ditch. Nah, if I'm going to rent something like that to remove it, what fun would it be... worthy enough to shoot a video?
Hi there I am sorry to say but you was attacking the wrong part of the stump it is held down by roots and if you manage to try and dig a bit and try to burn them I am sure you would have been able to pull it with the truck
Thanks Paul. I think I was doomed for two reasons. It was half the size of my VW Bug when I started, and it was still very green. Those oak trees are amazingly resilient! I'm going to try again this year after the burn-ban comes off the county that I live in. Cheers!
seem people put a bottomles steel barrel over the stump to get a bit more draft and turns the heat back intoo the stump
I wish I could get a barrel big enough to do that, but no such luck. Yeah, I've seen a few tiny stump burns... I could have pulled them right out with my Army surplus M-1078 LMTV. I think I am going to try the bag of match-lights.
@@HelicoolsHelipad if you tear the sheetmetal of a washer dryer or dishwasher you should have sumting big enough to fit , will give off some toxic smoke untill the paint has burned off , the sheetmetal usually screws together so you can make it as big as needed , you just need to get some of those sheetmetal panels at the local junkyard / dump
Yes, I believe that would work nicely!
You need to drill air holes around the base, to help the fire breathe.
I almost burned up my drill boring holes in that cursed stump. It did help, but it was too green for the fire to consume it completely. Thanks for the friendly comment. I am planning on making a part 2 at some point in the future.
ever considere A LEAF BLOWER
I sure did. But I already had the electric blower, so I used it instead. It's quite powerful, that blower.
That wasn't a stump dude, that was half a hundred year old oak tree. Reducing the canopy height may have helped ( L.O.L.) Fun video though.
I know, right? LOL! I think I was doomed from the start, but I figured I'm going to win, or I'm going to fail... either way, it will be entertaining to watch and people will learn what to do, and what not to do. It's all good... thanks for watching providing great feedback. Cheers, friend!
SHANE!....SHANE!...
I'm sure a stump grinder would have been easier...
Of course it would, but fire is free and fun to watch.
Sure was stubborn to remove.
Thanks for joining me during the premiere!
Tough cookie to crack.
A chainsaw is much easier. People forget to do it right after they fell down the tree.
Your're right... I think the people that cut the tree were more worried about just clearing it away from the shop, and not about finishing the job. Thanks for the comment!
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gonna need a tank
I wish! But the question is, do I pull it out with the tank, or shoot it, instead? LOL!
well u carnt shoot it unless u wonna lose your building lol
@@mickowen568 wishful thinking, I know. People have been great on this video giving me good ideas. I think I'm going to try the bag of match-lights charcoal brickets. Thanks for watching and come back any time, friend.
lol will do
I'm watching the different ways using fire to remove a 1foot tree stump. Last cuple years California fires, has been nothing I personally seen before But I'm not a fire fighter. It's not as easy or fast, even using the most effective methods like fuel, blowing air with shop vac, still didn't really look like the homes and towns where people used to lived.
I'm just say"
Robert Vilaylack my cousin, and step brother lost their homes last year in the California fires.
Green stumps are especially difficult to burn out. Worse if it is a hardwood.
@@HelicoolsHelipad i see the difference. The natural world is well made, if we find a way to build something close to Greenwood type homes... i went to the community to see if I could help in any way. what I experience will be with me forever hey thanks the video, very helpful I removed" few strups in the pass I can't say that was an experience lol next one will be by FIRE take care brotha.
@@bobbazoid909 best wishes and be safe, friend.
Burning a 5-foot stump...
Yep. It was too big to cut it down to size with my chainsaw... I tried. It laughed.
Get the appropriate file from the big box store and sharpen your chain, it should be less than ten dollars...
I know... it is something that I have to do, but life keeps happening and I keep forgetting to do it. It's my own fault, really. An added comment... your avatar looks just like the avatar I made for that app for myself... except for the eye patch and robotic arm. LOL!
@@HelicoolsHelipad I've chrome in my hair now, and have added a cyborg leg to the collection. The next addition will probably be my left shoulder this fall...
A LITTLE BIT OF RAILROAD THUR-MITE LIKE THEY USE TO WELD RAILS TOGETHER WITH WOULD OF WORKED WONDERS.
Hey, Ron! I like the way you think! LOL!
Well sure, everybody has access to that stuff. May as well go full tilt with a nuke seeing as we are being silly.
@@easternsprails no doubt. I may be a little crazy, but not that crazy. "Thur-mite" or a nuke... I'm thinking, not. LOL!
use an old chain and cut it in 20 minutes without burning 1/2 of the neighborhood
My good chain became an "old chain" in no time flat. I'm going to try drying it out a bit more, and perhaps digging down... then, an epic re-torching! (without burning down the shop).
Let it dry out for a year and then next year it should be dry enough to finish burning it out.
Oh definitely... it is ready, just in time for the burn-ban in our County to go in effect. *sigh! I'll catch a break some day. Thanks for the comment. Cheers!
You could wait another 50 years and not have to worry about it at all. After all you don't want to burn down your concrete floor.
@@larryehrlich8702 Who has that kind of time? Anyway, I wasn't worried about the stump or the shop... worrying just makes you old. LOL! Thanks for watching and the comment, Larry. :-)
Wtf are you wearing
I guess I have a different interpretation of the word "REMOVAL" Thanks for the 20 minute clickbait
Not Your Channel so, slow-mo’s of a chain ripping chunks off with a Military truck, time-lapses, and turbo flames don’t float your boat? It’s eye candy brother! LOL!!! Thanks for watching.
Helicool's Helipad Thanks for the interesting content. You did your best with the stump. Mr “not your channel” is mixed up about what clickbait means
@@brandonb9452 I have some great ideas that have been suggested... I am thinking about the sack of match-light brickets or a propane fueled weed burner. I think the stump is still too wide for a 55 barrel technique. I'll see what I can do about posting a part 2 this summer. Thanks for the vote of confidence... I thought he was a bit critical as well, but to each their own. :-)
this is a comedy of errors - too many mistakes to list....
Terry Kyte well, thanks for watching. But next time, you should at least offer your suggestions for what you would have done. It continues the story for those that read these comments., so that proper handling of a three foot+ in diameter stump can be safely removed with little expense. Cheers!
my God, what a waist of time...
Not the best prayer I've ever heard but you did capitalize His name. I'm always open to helpful feedback... hope you find the video that satisfies your desire for knowledge or just watching stuff burn. Peace be with you.
re title thisvideo" HOW TO HAVE YOUR TIME WASTED WITH UTTER POINTLESSNESS"
Thanks for dropping by and have a great weekend.
Hehehehe if you wanna having fun with that Stump.. why dont you drill a hole down side of that stump.. may 4 direction.. drill it 1" through..
I tried that. It almost burned up my drill. This is a hardwood (oak). Very tough, very stubborn. Maybe explosives? Hahahaha