On 12/21/2018 12:16 AM, Bill wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:
On 12/20/2018 12:45 PM, Oren wrote:
On Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:01:03 -0500, Frank "frank wrote:

Â* Â* And I don't have a year or two to wait , it needs to go NOW .
If I
can get it cut off below grade I'll be alright , I need to build that
area up with some gravel anyway - the stump is right where the gravel
will be thinnest or I wouldn't worry about it .

I've waited years for stumps to rot in places that they are not
unsightly but you don't have that much time.Â* The best suggestion I
think you got when you mentioned pressure washer was to use it to wash
away the grit around the base of the stump and maybe a few inches
further.Â* Then you can use your chainsaw without getting the rapid
dulling if you cut into gritty soil.Â* Lot cheaper to resharpen a chain
saw than rent a stump grinder.
I had a stump pulled from the ground in recent years.Â* A 10 ton dump
truck, a couple workers to connect chains and yank it out.Â* OP may not
have that access to the stump.

Â*Â* It's easy to get to , nothing in the way at all . If I had a
bulldozer ... I really only need it down to or slightly below ground
level . I used a neighbor's pressure washer once before , but I think
his was burned up in a shed fire . I'm considering getting a
smaller/cheaper unit and using it as suggested to wash the dirt/rocks
away from the roots so I can cut them .


Not sure why you don't follow the suggestion of renting a stump
grinder.Â* That's what they were made for.

Â* Because they're outrageously expensive here for what they do and that
much isn't in the budget for this project .

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