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aemeijers

wrote:
Anybody ever try to remove (chip out) a stump using a chisel
attachment and a hammer drill in the hammer mode?

(I've been looking for an excuse to buy one of these and wondering if
this is my chance)

Tim

Unless the thing is bone dry, or the chisel has a sharp edge, it'd be
like hammering a sponge. Especially the side roots. It isn't concrete-
it won't shatter. Probably have more luck with a ship auger, and just
start boring big holes in it. They sell stuff to pour in the holes to
speed up rot. If it is in the way, pay somebody to stop by with a stump
grinder. Or buy yourself an axe and a hatchet, along with a sharpening
stone, and spend several months doing an hour a day whittling away at
it. (Probably be a good exercise program, and good stress therapy.)

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