How To Remove A Tree Stump. Quickest and Easiest Method!

I'm interested in how long "no time" is. Months, years? Thanks, I do plan to give this a try. Stump grinding ain't cheap.

I want to give a little caution for people who are not very familiar with using chain saws.... the very tip of the saw (the rounded off part) is the most dangerous while the chain is moving.... if you dont put the bar into wood correctly it does what is referred to "bucking"... What that means is the chain saw will grab and uncontrollably swing upward. Some people have been seriously injured in their face from this. That is the purpose for the face shield on helmets that arborist use. Its not to keep shavings out of your face, its to give a buffer between the saw and your face in case the saw bucks on you. Please be careful plunging the tip of the saw into anything. Learn proper techniques before attempting it.

You were very polite when referencing Wranglerstar's old vs current videos !!! I would have not been so nice.

Thank you so much for sharing! Have a blessed evening!

Thanks for the info @Country Living! Stay positive and blessed!

I covered the trunk which was low to the ground and covered it with water softener pellets. I did this in the fall and it was gone the next spring. I also drilled holes in another one and put charcoal brickettes on top and poured the lighter fluid on it and let it burn. I did make sure to line around the trunk with rocks so it wouldnt spread and kept an eye on it. That worked faster. Epson salt is a good idea too.

A small warning for anyone with rocky soil where the stump is: NEVER underestimate how shallow the original tree might have accommodated the rocks between its roots. As the tree and its roots grow, they can literally suck up (or displace, I guess) rocks to above the surrounding soil level. I have literally destroyed chains by attempting cuts into the middle of a stump, only to find that there's one or more rocks hiding just a couple of inches beneath ground level. This has even happened when performing a horizontal cut 2 or 3 inches ABOVE the soil level. It's a trap for the unwary, and potentially could still happen in a field with very few rocks: guess where that ONE rock is going to be located? In the middle of your stump, that's where. True story.

Being a little ole lady I’ve tackled stumps I think successfully by cutting them down as close to the ground.Then using a pick ,mattock,I remove a lot more soil around the stump ,about 4 to 6 inches.Then once again I chainsaw down and now I’m below soil or ground level.I make Criss cross on top use my mattock,pick to cut any visible roots.Soak slowl whilst having a cuppa, so it’s totally flooded ,then I pour salt on top and a plastic bag or more on top and around then fill the hole and top with garden soil ! Grass grows over,this is quick and cheap and not visible within a season!

Yesterday my wife spoke about getting rid of a stump. I said it would be easier for me to drill a bunch of holes and put something in them to kill it. 6 hours later this video shows up on my YouTube feed. CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!👂👂

Yes I have used a bottomless drum , it works great

Perfect, I just cut down a big tree in my front yard. I was dreading getting rid of the stump until this video. Thank you!

Five years ago I used a circular saw to cut the same type of checkerboard cuts into a fir stump. I didn’t use epsom salts because I didn’t know about this trick (thank you!). But I went out to check on the stump. Half of it crumbled away quite easily; the other half hadn’t rotted away as much. I used an axe, a sledgehammer, and a chainsaw to grind up the remaining stump. It took about 10 minutes, but it did come out in chip chunks.

Some larger trees can draw dirt up into the center well above ground. You can ruin a chain with that, and you cannot see it ahead of time.

Thanks! Just getting ready to "move" a black walnut tree, which entails cutting down the old one and planting a new one. That's the advice I got off the internet. Before I could transplant it, it took off and grew like a maniac. It's just to close to the house, but it's a really nice shade tree. I'm going to save a few nuts and get one started further away from the house.

Back when I was a kid my dad used pigs too root stumps and remove em ! And the other benefit was we would fill the freezer in the fall !! Lol love the old days , and thank you for the video!!

I have removed two trees, one ( a pecan ) was cut down to a stump by a skill-less laborer in my neighbor's yard. The other - a china-berry - in my yard , I dug out about a foot into the soil at the root ball. Since the trunk was still about 12 ft. tall, I attached a come-along with a chain. One end as high ...about 10 ft up with the other end at the base of a living cedar several yards away. I filled the hole with water to soften the soil in the hole and then pulled the chain taught. As the tree began to lean, I used my chain saw to cut into the root ball main roots. The tree slowly tilted until it finally fell. This left a crater and the rest of the tree I cut into lengths of firewood. Back-filled the hole and used the extra firewood over the winter. It took a bit of effort but no delay for the stump to rot. This only works if there is another anchor tree nearby for an attachment point for the come-along.. I wish all success .

I dig around smaller stumps so I can get below ground level. Your method works well as I have used it for a while now.

Great info will have to try this better than digging the roots out.

I'm involved in just such a project right now. Manitoba Maples aka Box Elder is a weed in tree disguise. If they grow near your foundation, as in the case of my friend, they will destroy it. I did the gross cutting with a chainsaw, and then switched to a mini chainsaw ()a great tool, my current favourite). I stumbled upon the cross hatching cuts on my own, along with a brace and bit to dig holes as best I could. The little electric chainsaw just dug right in there, and dived deep into the centre, better than the drill.

Dad taught me how to take roots out when I was a kid in WVa. Dig around the tree finding roots, cut them twice with an ax. After awhile the tree has little roots left, the weight of the tree, leaves and limbs, it'll fall over. Cut up for fire wood, fill the hole in with what you don't want. Works everytime!