A little stump cutting

[pratt]

One of the largest stumps for me to date. The cutter wheel is 36'' across for reference.

 

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[bbqbull]

Nice machine.
They make short work out of stumps.
My buddy has one and grinds stumps when time allows.

 

[Excavator]

Yep, sure beats waiting for the ants to eat them.

I cut a Cedar down about 15 years ago and cut grooves in the stump thinking it might rot sooner. The stump almost looks like it was just cut, it sure isn't rotting any time soon. No wonder they make such good fencing.

 

[Old Dog]

Yep, sure beats waiting for the ants to eat them.

I cut a Cedar down about 15 years ago and cut grooves in the stump thinking it might rot sooner. The stump almost looks like it was just cut, it sure isn't rotting any time soon. No wonder they make such good fencing.

I can show you cedar stumps that were cut hundreds of years ago (yes, hundreds) by the Spanish clearing Mule trails through these mountains here. other than turning grey from exposure they might have been cut yesterday they are that solid.

Even if you grind that one down you will probably be able to dig it up in thirty years.

Thom

 

[Tubecity]

Done that kind of work before as a pro. tree trimmer for a large utility company.
They always said that the only thing that outlasted cedar & black locust by about
2 weeks was rocks. You can still find locusts posts used as fencing still standing
that was put in over 100 years ago.

 

[RON (PA)]

My dad and I cut down an old tree one time. I can't remember what kind it was, but we dug out underneath it and started a fire with kerosene, coal, wood, and coke. I think dad it this way because a stump cutter was too expensive and he wanted to give me a taste of manual labor. We worked on that old stump for weeks and finally got it out. Stump rot and hand saws did not do the trick. Hard work to dig them out by hand. Great lesson though.

 

[sniffer]

depending on the size of the stump, I cover it with charcoal and let it burn, it will usually burn down through the root. however, it only works on stumps that are kind of dry

 

[siz3petite]

Stump cutter.

Oh, so that's how they cut a stump out. Very interesting.

 

[rmptr]

Oh I know about locust!

That's good stuff!

A friend made a handle for my Dallugi 10 - 15yrs ago, and it's STILL good.

Best $5 I ever spent!

rmptr

 

[crazyjarhead]

Thats the biggest I have ever seen

 

[simonds]

I have about a five acre locust grove. I sold of some for fence post about ten years ago. They make a god cash crop to help pay taxes. I have been planning on building a log cabin in this area where I will retire in someday. Do any of you think the locust would make a good cabin, or would it be to hard to work with. I do know after it has dried out it is very hard. My locust fence posts around the pasture have been there for over fifty years and when I go to repair the barb wire, I can hardly drive a staple into them without bending. If I build the cabin with locust logs, I guess I would have to use them while they are still green and then let them dry and shrink before I do the chinking.
Any of you out there have any thoughts on this?

Thanks to all,
Clayton