Tree stump grinding

[Piff]

I have 4 large tree stumps to get rid of, between 700mm & 900mm diameter and probably just as deep.
It has been suggested to me that stump grinding is the best option. Not done this before, normally get them hooked out with a digger, but this then leaves the problem of disposing of the stump.
Is one of these up to the job or does it need to be a bigger tool?
Approx how long would each stump take with this tool?

 

[renault12ts]

I was going to have this done...but the tree had grown over/round some rubble and the landscaper explained how dangerous (and expensive) it would be if it caught a brick.

Your stumps are big...that machine doesn't look very big.

Loads of videos on You Tube.

I think this is particularly relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyAgbQxyIkE

This is better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4jqehT6CXY

My favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVAJT2ThP-4

 

[ChrisEdu]

Could try dynamite! Alternatively, how about boring Rome holes into each and then setting them alight? If handy with a chainsaw, you could plunge cut into the stumps to weaken them / create a hole for a fire.

 

[Piff]

I was going to have this done...but the tree had grown over/round some rubble and the landscaper explained how dangerous (and expensive) it would be if it caught a brick.

Your stumps are big...that machine doesn't look very big.

Loads of videos on You Tube.

I think this is particularly relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyAgbQxyIkE

This will be the largest of them approx 900mm dia, approx 3.5m to the first fork. Unfortunately lots overhanging neighbours land so I've got to get a man in to get it down (£400 + VAT)

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

10+ MBclub members, a large Dominos delivery accompanied by lots of alcohol, I'm sure we'd get it all out in a day

 

[whitenemesis]

How much more would it cost to get your man to remove the stumps?

 

[ChrisEdu]

Looks similar to a tree that I'll be taking down in a few weeks. I love cutting them down! Stump grinders are serious pieces of kit. If you fancy doing it yourself, you could hire one from most good tool hire centres. Depending upon your aim, you could just get them cut as flush to the ground as possible. I have removed some by plunge cutting into them, to remove the bulk of the tree, and them mullered the edges with a sledge hammer to break them from any remaining root.

 

[renault12ts]

This will be the largest of them approx 900mm dia, approx 3.5m to the first fork. Unfortunately lots overhanging neighbours land so I've got to get a man in to get it down (£400 + VAT)

Yep...that's what I paid 18 months ago to have a tree removed...the stump is still there.

Unfortunately unbeknownst to me there was a TPO...I was interviewed under PACE a year ago, but have heard nothing since.

 

[Piff]

I was going to have this done...but the tree had grown over/round some rubble and the landscaper explained how dangerous (and expensive) it would be if it caught a brick.

Your stumps are big...that machine doesn't look very big.

Loads of videos on You Tube.

I think this is particularly relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyAgbQxyIkE

This is better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4jqehT6CXY

My favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVAJT2ThP-4

Looking at those videos, the first one is the sort of tool available at the local tool hire and it looks like it would take all day to get rid of the 4 stumps.

The machine in the second video looks more of the tool for the job - approx 5-10 minutes per stump.

Hmmm - pay approx £75 + VAT for a small tool & spend all day grinding or let digger pull them out (got to have a digger there at some point any way) and then burn the stumps.

 

[Piff]

How much more would it cost to get your man to remove the stumps?

He says he only has a small one & will give me contact details for a man with a big one. That was a week ago & I'm still waiting.

 

[Piff]

Looks similar to a tree that I'll be taking down in a few weeks. I love cutting them down! Stump grinders are serious pieces of kit. If you fancy doing it yourself, you could hire one from most good tool hire centres. Depending upon your aim, you could just get them cut as flush to the ground as possible. I have removed some by plunge cutting into them, to remove the bulk of the tree, and them mullered the edges with a sledge hammer to break them from any remaining root.

That particular one is close to new foundations so would be preferable to remove without too much ground disturbance. The other 3 large ones (there are dozens of small ones - less than 150mm dia - also are under the new drive

 

[Piff]

I was going to have this done...but the tree had grown over/round some rubble and the landscaper explained how dangerous (and expensive) it would be if it caught a brick.

Your stumps are big...that machine doesn't look very big.

Loads of videos on You Tube.

I think this is particularly relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyAgbQxyIkE

This is better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4jqehT6CXY


My favourite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVAJT2ThP-4

Like the John Deere one - if only that was economic to get that on site for 12 minutes work

 

[Piff]

10+ MBclub members, a large Dominos delivery accompanied by lots of alcohol, I'm sure we'd get it all out in a day

OK, how many can we round up for a hand dig of 4 large stumps? Don't count me in, I'll cut the pizzas & serve the beers but I have a belly to maintain so I can't be involved with the digging

 

[whitenemesis]

If you'll have a digger, then pull and burn. Dig and chainsaw the main roots first to minimise groung heave.

 

[flango]

What you need is "Blaster Bates" if he's still alive no finer man for putting tree stumps into orbit.

 

[Piff]

If you'll have a digger, then pull and burn. Dig and chainsaw the main roots first to minimise groung heave.

Think that's the likely option now from the forum input. Just need to watch how the willow stump impacts on the new foundations.
Likely to be using a 5 tonne tracked machine so it shouldn't have too much issue with hooking out the stumps.
Soil is sandy so no likelyhood of subsequent ground heave

 

[flango]

Want to borrow one of these the back ripping pick will sort the stumps out.

 

[Red C220]

What you need is "Blaster Bates" if he's still alive no finer man for putting tree stumps into orbit.

My word that's a blast from the past (pun intended).

My dad had some of his tales on LP.

The shower of $hit over Cheshire was a highlight for me.

http://monologues.co.uk/Sketches/Shower_of_****.htm

 

[ChrisEdu]

That particular one is close to new foundations so would be preferable to remove without too much ground disturbance. The other 3 large ones (there are dozens of small ones - less than 150mm dia - also are under the new drive

If near foundations, I presume you have considered any risk of heave?

D'oh! Okay, just seen your later post.

At £400+ I think I should become a tree chopper! I've got a fair bit of experience already - I'll have to find the photos of the 50'+ conifers I took down in my front garden; that was fun with all the various nearby hazards!

 

[Deleted member 11979]

If removing without a stump grinder remember some trees have a large root going directly down, took me ages to remove a laurel once, in the end pulled it with the land rover