"v" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:13:37 -0500, someone wrote:


Use a chain saw, steel wedges and a sledgehammer to divide the stump into
pieces small enough to remove. It was hard work, but it worked for me.

How many chains did you ruin?

Normally nobody in their right mind chainsaws an actual stump (in the
ground) because the smallest amount of earth dulls the chain in
seconds, and the stump is quite dirty.

And normally plastic wedges are used while chainsawing. Steel is for
spitting already sawn firewood.

I didn't ruin any chains, but I did have to sharpen it once. You are allowed
to clean the earth off the outside of the stump first. The vast majority of
the cutting was on the interior of the stump.

The steel wedges were what I had available and were not left in the stump
while the chainsaw was being used. Iterations of cutting and splitting got
the stump removed. It wasn't easy work, but the stump is gone.

The best way is to pay a professional to take the stump away.