On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 14:51:13 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 13:26:42 -0500, Clare Snyder
wrote:

On Sat, 22 Dec 2018 06:16:34 -0500, Bill wrote:


Terry Coombs wrote:
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 .

Going that route, I'd get a "disposable" chain saw from Harbor
freight that I didn't care about at all. I checked for you and I
see they have an electric one for $49. What's the worst thing
that can happen? --Bill


Or use a "yard sale find" like my old Partner saw that I paid $35
for - with an almost new chain - - -

If washing the dirt off the roots you almost need a slurry pump to
get/keep the hole clean and dry enough to work in.

It depends on the dirt I guess. Around here the hole will drain in a
few minutes. I just kept working around the tree in different spots
until I had all of the big roots exposed enough to chain saw. Once I
got the radials out I hooked a chain to the truck and yanked on it.
Then I cut the remaining roots as they came up. It took a while but I
got it out. Next time I called a grinder guy.


When I took out an old pussy willow I did similar - dug out around,
cut the lateral roots with the axe, tied a chain around the base of
the stump and over a truck rim to the hitch on the Firenza and popped
it out But that pussy willow was onlu a clump of about 3 3 or 4
inchers.