Comments on: Removing An Enormous Tree Stump: How We Saved $576 http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/ About finding balance in your life, connecting with who you are, and creating a lifestyle where you wake up each morning eagerly anticipating the day ahead. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Deanna http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-83893 Deanna http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-83893 Or you could just plant a pretty vine to cover the stump and save your back! I used to work like a mule, too and now I'm paying the price. It's even prettier if you cut the tree off at ten or fifteen feet and plant a climbing vine. This also provides great wildlife habitat. Another option is to build your campfires on that spot which will eventually burn out the stump. Or you could just plant a pretty vine to cover the stump and save your back! I used to work like a mule, too and now I’m paying the price. It’s even prettier if you cut the tree off at ten or fifteen feet and plant a climbing vine. This also provides great wildlife habitat. Another option is to build your campfires on that spot which will eventually burn out the stump.

]]> By: A http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-28493 A http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-28493 I CUT MY TREE ABOUT 7 FEET FROM THE SOIL THEREBY GIVING ME LEVERAGE. NEXT I DUG AROUND IT SOME GUYS USE A POWER WASHER AND CUT AS MANY ROOTS AS I COULD. NEXT I SATURATED THE SOIL WITH WATER THEN ROCKED IT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE TRUCK EXPOSING MORE ROOTS TO CUT. FINALLY IT WAS DRAGGED OUT AND DUMPED. AM I CUT MY TREE ABOUT 7 FEET FROM THE SOIL THEREBY GIVING ME LEVERAGE. NEXT I DUG AROUND IT SOME GUYS USE A POWER WASHER AND CUT AS MANY ROOTS AS I COULD. NEXT I SATURATED THE SOIL WITH WATER THEN ROCKED IT BACK AND FORTH WITH THE TRUCK EXPOSING MORE ROOTS TO CUT. FINALLY IT WAS DRAGGED OUT AND DUMPED. AM

]]> By: J-rock http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-17958 J-rock http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-17958 That's exactly how I do it, though I haven't ever tackled such a LARGE stump! But it works, you just have to have faith, resolve, and KEEP DIGGING AND CUTTING. My family has removed some medium-sized trees by digging a deep trench around them, even deeper on one side, so that a chain could be looped around the root ball and underneath it. Then pulling with the tractor breaks out the roots on the bottom. I'm not sure that method would have worked at all for you, though, given the larger size and likely deeper rooting from that stump. That’s exactly how I do it, though I haven’t ever tackled such a LARGE stump! But it works, you just have to have faith, resolve, and KEEP DIGGING AND CUTTING.

My family has removed some medium-sized trees by digging a deep trench around them, even deeper on one side, so that a chain could be looped around the root ball and underneath it. Then pulling with the tractor breaks out the roots on the bottom. I’m not sure that method would have worked at all for you, though, given the larger size and likely deeper rooting from that stump.

]]> By: Colleen http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-1082 Colleen http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-1082 Great motivational story! Where there's a will, there's a way! Great motivational story! Where there’s a will, there’s a way!

]]> By: Hadias http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-1075 Hadias http://www.choosingvoluntarysimplicity.com/removing-an-enormous-tree-stump-how-we-saved-576/#comment-1075 Wow. I know that took alot of work. We cut down with an ax and chainsaw many (about 30) of our oaks and pines when we first moved here. They were varying sizes but it was digging up the stups that was a doozie. Many of the tress had and intricate root system that had been cultivated over years. I would hope that we never have to deal with tree cutting or stump pulling again. EVER... Thanks for sharing. Wow. I know that took alot of work. We cut down with an ax and chainsaw many (about 30) of our oaks and pines when we first moved here. They were varying sizes but it was digging up the stups that was a doozie. Many of the tress had and intricate root system that had been cultivated over years.

I would hope that we never have to deal with tree cutting or stump pulling again. EVER…

Thanks for sharing.

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