Tree Stump Removal
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Tree stump removal instructions that make a very difficult, if not an impossible job, manageable.
I spent about 20 years re-landscaping homes. Tree Surgeons Hitchin used to re-landscape three homes a week, and we did all this work on evenings and Saturdays because I worked a full time job. I have no idea how many homes I re-landscaped over time, however the number is more than 500. Every one of those re-landscaping jobs had overgrown landscaping that would have to be removed before we're able to even start the actual landscaping job.
That meant that dozens and dozens of tree stumps and large stumps from overgrown shrubbery had to be removed.
Of course county wisdom says which you back up Bubba's pickup, wrap a chain round the stump and drive away as fast as you can. I'll admit, I've done that. Does it work? Type of. But it's also the best way to really tear up a pick up truck, completely destroy the lawn, and possibly damage the house.
Therefore it's not such a good idea. Especially when you are doing focus on someone's house like I was doing.
So over the years we refined a technique for actually removing these stumps by hand. Tree stump removal yourself with the wrong tools is an impossible task. Tree stump removal with the right tools is doable. I will not say it's easy work because it's not. But if you use the proper tools and the proper techniques you don't have to strain your back and ruin your tools. It's more of a methodical procedure for digging around the tree stump with an excellent nursery digging spade, and using a landscape bar, also known as a spud bar to cut the roots as you encounter them while digging.
The secret would be to start out away from the stump. In the event that you begin working too closely to the stump you will come across large heavy roots that will be too difficult to deal with. So if you begin a little farther and just start digging a little trench around the stump with the spade, then going around in the trench you just dug with the spud bar to cut the roots that the spade won't cut, then more spade work, then more landscape bar work, that tree stump will come out of your ground. Don't pry and bend up your tools. Utilize the tools to cut the roots. Prying won't allow you to get anywhere and your tools will undoubtedly be ruined.
I've been teaching this technique on the Internet for several years now and people write to me constantly and tell me how well it worked for them.
I spent about 20 years re-landscaping homes. Tree Surgeons Hitchin used to re-landscape three homes a week, and we did all this work on evenings and Saturdays because I worked a full time job. I have no idea how many homes I re-landscaped over time, however the number is more than 500. Every one of those re-landscaping jobs had overgrown landscaping that would have to be removed before we're able to even start the actual landscaping job.
That meant that dozens and dozens of tree stumps and large stumps from overgrown shrubbery had to be removed.
Of course county wisdom says which you back up Bubba's pickup, wrap a chain round the stump and drive away as fast as you can. I'll admit, I've done that. Does it work? Type of. But it's also the best way to really tear up a pick up truck, completely destroy the lawn, and possibly damage the house.
Therefore it's not such a good idea. Especially when you are doing focus on someone's house like I was doing.
So over the years we refined a technique for actually removing these stumps by hand. Tree stump removal yourself with the wrong tools is an impossible task. Tree stump removal with the right tools is doable. I will not say it's easy work because it's not. But if you use the proper tools and the proper techniques you don't have to strain your back and ruin your tools. It's more of a methodical procedure for digging around the tree stump with an excellent nursery digging spade, and using a landscape bar, also known as a spud bar to cut the roots as you encounter them while digging.
The secret would be to start out away from the stump. In the event that you begin working too closely to the stump you will come across large heavy roots that will be too difficult to deal with. So if you begin a little farther and just start digging a little trench around the stump with the spade, then going around in the trench you just dug with the spud bar to cut the roots that the spade won't cut, then more spade work, then more landscape bar work, that tree stump will come out of your ground. Don't pry and bend up your tools. Utilize the tools to cut the roots. Prying won't allow you to get anywhere and your tools will undoubtedly be ruined.
I've been teaching this technique on the Internet for several years now and people write to me constantly and tell me how well it worked for them.
