[SteveHants]

Drill a hole in the stump and set a charge in it..... light the blue touchpaper and stand well back...

[princesspiggy]

you can hire guys with stump grinders.
after a few years tho, the small stumps can be pulled out as they go dried and rotten.

[anderso]

if you can afford /want it out you can hire a stump grinder and this will take out the stumps to below ground level - most tool hire companies have them.

[bloomer]

stump grinders are good fun, just need to be sure theres not too many rocks in the ground with the stumps


the other solution in future is leave longer trunks dig round the base and tip the buggers over cut the roots and haul them out, nothing in that patch of woodland was to big to be dug out by your friendly lunatic landscaper 

[chrismahon]

We have used Root Out with success. Takes about a year for the stump to rot to the extent it pulls out or breaks up easily. Drill half inch holes at 2 inch spaces all round the sump cut face so that the holes include the live wood just under the bark. Drilling into the dead wood in the centre does nothing. Pack the holes completely with RO and the following day it will have dissolved into the wood. Supposed to compost the stump.


Would think the chickens would enjoy the stumps as perches. They are also useful to stand water barrels on for the drinkers. Cut tall enough it would be simple to make shelters. So I'd be tempted to utilise them within the chicken run.

[shetlandpaul]

a couple of teenagers and a small wage will get them clear. dig down mattock or saw the main roots then start to under mine it. after you have done a few you discover that they really are not a big problem and they can stay. i remember digging out a pretty big stump when i was 8 or 9 must have taken me ages. leave 3 or 4 feet standing it really helps..

[goosepimple]

Yes Shetland, we employed a couple of 16 year old brothers to clear some ground and one of them spent the whole time determined to get out that rotten stump.  Thought he was a hero, he wasn't going to be beaten!

[Roadkill]

If it helps down our way a popular method of getting rid of tree stumps is to cut out the bottom of an oil drum or garden burning bin pop it over the top, fill with fuel, pop the lid on and leave it to slow burn through the tree stump overnightonce the flames have died down a bit, takes anywhere from 1-4 burns to take the stump down to ground level

[Catweazle]

If it's a big diameter stump you can cut a space in the top face for a car jack and split it down the middle,  prop the split halves apart with bricks and light a fire down in the crack.  feed the fire because it will take a while for the stump to dry out and catch.  Beware that the fire can spread underground along the roots so don't do it in summer.  Safer that trying to blow it out with gas,  but not so much fun