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On Apr 29, 1:15?am, mm wrote:

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I sort of wish I'd left the stump a little longer and bought a winch, but
the thought of the chain whizzing past my head or damaging the anchor
tree
did not turn me on. So I decided to go the digging out root (ha-ha). This
is
looking like a 10+ hour job including the shed hole, only two hours
invested
so far. Although I'm nowhere near exposing enough of the stump to get
under
the tree. It's been insert shovel, use grub-axe to break roots, remove
half
a shovel of dirt. I have to remove about 3 cubic yards for the shed hole
and
I've only move about .5 yards so far. The stump is now too short to winch
it out, but some pressure might help me expose the roots to help with the
excavation?

Trees are two spruce trees about 8" in diameter, but I suspect they share
a
common root. Site is not accessible by vehicle, dynamite is not an
option,
waiting is not an option. The stump is about 16" above ground and must be
excavated to 10" below grade. Possible anchor tree is a Mountain Ash
about
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why do you have to have the stump 10 inches below grade, easier to cut
off just below grade and cover with dirt. spruce rots really slow,
sinking will be minimal and very slow...........

The shed floor will be patio stones, so the 10" is for 6" of gravel + 2"
Limestome screenings + 2" Stones.

Most of the hole is dug out now, except for the stumps of course. I was
thinking of taking the pressure washer to the roots to expose them, should
make a fine mess. Plan B would be to drag the dust collector out of the
basement. Since it's got a chip bucket very little dirt would go through the
impeller.