Tree Stump Pulling

[CoronaRaptor]

Probably cheaper if you rent the hoe by the hour.

 

[Sunchild714]

Whatever you do, just video it and share. Tree stump pulls are always entertaining whether the ending is good or bad.

 

[Gerald]

Wow! I've never seen a group of people so starved for a funny video of an idiot doing something stupid with a Raptor and a tree!!

I'm a little more reserved and tend to take things slowly and methodically. My wife constantly complains that I engineer things to death!

We'll no joy this morning. I worked on the stump for a couple of hours until I ran through all three battery packs I have for my Milwaukee SawZaw. We've dug a trench around the tree now about 8-12 inches deep. I've cut through several roots that we're in the 3-4 inch thick range and there are still several that need to be cut once a get the batteries charged back up. Here are some photos from this morning.



The long distance across this stump is about 23 inches and the short distance across is about 12 inches. The stump is about 22 inches high. Here is a shot with the Raptor to give a little perspective.



And here is a shot with the strap set up.



I forgot to take a picture of the stump at the end of our efforts today. I'll try and remember to get a shot when I get there in the morning.

The process I'm using is to go slowly. I cut a few major roots and then tug on the stump to see if it moves. Then I cut a few more roots and tug again. I'm not flooring it or getting a large slack in the strap and taking off waiting for the jolt of the truck stopping in it's tracks!! I think I might have tried about 2 feet of slack, but with a slight acceleration. That way there is no strong jolt when I get stopped in my tracks. I'll continue this process tomorrow morning. Eventually the stump will start moving and I'll cut a few more roots and then I hope it will eventually fully release from the ground. When I think the stump might give, I'll take a video of it with my phone. But I don't have a YouTube account or anything to post the video. As a minimum, I will follow up with more photos tomorrow!

 

[GCATX]

Good luck man. Looks like you cut it too short to get any decent leverage. That looks like a real project.

I would just cut it flat and throw a little more rebar in the slab, call it a day.

 

[Donovan]

He alive or nah?

Come in GERALD. This is DoJo - out. lol.

 

[melvimbe]

I forgot to take a picture of the stump at the end of our efforts today. I'll try and remember to get a shot when I get there in the morning.

I took a pic last night. (I live pretty close)

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[04Ram2500Hemi]

Man, I was so hoping for a "Hold My Beer and Watch This" kind of story!

 

[Lupa]

If ANY truck can pull out a stump, then it wasn't much of a stump. Even with a D5 it takes a good deal of effort to get a decent size stump out. An excavator is the right machine for popping out stumps. A 320 Cat will get it done, but if you're clearing land a 330 is what you want.

 

[xrocket21]

If ANY truck can pull out a stump, then it wasn't much of a stump. Even with a D5 it takes a good deal of effort to get a decent size stump out. An excavator is the right machine for popping out stumps. A 320 Cat will get it done, but if you're clearing land a 330 is what you want.

this guy has pulled a stump before

 

[Gerald]

I took a pic last night. (I pretty live close)

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@melvimbe has been to the property!! There goes the neighborhood!!

Well, we were at it again this morning with no luck what so ever. Man, I've removed a lot of roots and dirt and this stump isn't giving an inch! Here is a photo of one of the roots I cut out. I put it on top of the stump for reference.



We've removed several roots similar in size and even one that was larger! We managed to get down I'd say 18 inches all the way around the stump. But still nothing.

So I decided to throw in the towel. Our land is fairly low and here where the stump is we are having to raise the land by about 2 feet. So I'm going to rent a stump grinder tomorrow and grind it down to at least 6 inches below the surface. So there should be about 2.5 feet of Houston black clay covering the stump before the slab gets put in. Then like @GCATX recommended, I'll add some extra rebar in this area to be safe.

Sorry to disappoint everyone about not getting a great video of something going horribly wrong!