Tree Stump Removal
Tree stump removal instructions that produce a very difficult, if not an impossible job, manageable.
I spent about 20 years re-landscaping homes. We used to re-landscape three homes a week, and we did all of this work on evenings and Saturdays because I worked a complete time job. I've no idea just how many homes I re-landscaped through the years, however the number is well over 500. Every one of those re-landscaping jobs had overgrown landscaping that would have to be removed before we could even start the specific landscaping job.
That meant that dozens and dozens of tree stumps and large stumps from overgrown shrubbery had to be removed.
Of course county wisdom says which you back up Bubba's pickup truck, wrap a chain around the stump and drive away as fast as you can. I'll admit, I've done that. Does it work? Type of. But it's also a terrific way to really tear up a pickup, completely destroy the lawn, and possibly damage the house.
Therefore it's not such a good idea. Particularly when you are doing work on someone's house like I was doing.
So over time we refined a method for actually removing these stumps by hand. Tree stump removal yourself with the incorrect tools can be an impossible task. Tree stump removal with the right tools is doable. I will not say it's easy work because it's not. But if Arborist Ridge use the proper tools and the proper techniques you don't have to strain your back and ruin your tools. It's more of a methodical procedure for digging around the tree stump with an excellent nursery digging spade, and using a landscape bar, also referred to as a spud bar to cut the roots as you encounter them while digging.
The secret is to start out from the stump. If you begin working too closely to the stump you will encounter large heavy roots that'll be too difficult to deal with. So if you begin just a little farther and just start digging a small trench around the stump with the spade, then going around in the trench you just dug with the spud bar to cut the roots that the spade won't cut, then more spade work, then more landscape bar work, that tree stump should come out of the ground. Don't pry and bend up your tools. Use the tools to cut the roots. Prying won't allow you to get anywhere as well as your tools will undoubtedly be ruined.
I've been teaching this system on the Internet for several years now and folks write to me continuously and tell me how well it worked for them.
I spent about 20 years re-landscaping homes. We used to re-landscape three homes a week, and we did all of this work on evenings and Saturdays because I worked a complete time job. I've no idea just how many homes I re-landscaped through the years, however the number is well over 500. Every one of those re-landscaping jobs had overgrown landscaping that would have to be removed before we could even start the specific landscaping job.
That meant that dozens and dozens of tree stumps and large stumps from overgrown shrubbery had to be removed.
Of course county wisdom says which you back up Bubba's pickup truck, wrap a chain around the stump and drive away as fast as you can. I'll admit, I've done that. Does it work? Type of. But it's also a terrific way to really tear up a pickup, completely destroy the lawn, and possibly damage the house.
Therefore it's not such a good idea. Particularly when you are doing work on someone's house like I was doing.
So over time we refined a method for actually removing these stumps by hand. Tree stump removal yourself with the incorrect tools can be an impossible task. Tree stump removal with the right tools is doable. I will not say it's easy work because it's not. But if Arborist Ridge use the proper tools and the proper techniques you don't have to strain your back and ruin your tools. It's more of a methodical procedure for digging around the tree stump with an excellent nursery digging spade, and using a landscape bar, also referred to as a spud bar to cut the roots as you encounter them while digging.
The secret is to start out from the stump. If you begin working too closely to the stump you will encounter large heavy roots that'll be too difficult to deal with. So if you begin just a little farther and just start digging a small trench around the stump with the spade, then going around in the trench you just dug with the spud bar to cut the roots that the spade won't cut, then more spade work, then more landscape bar work, that tree stump should come out of the ground. Don't pry and bend up your tools. Use the tools to cut the roots. Prying won't allow you to get anywhere as well as your tools will undoubtedly be ruined.
I've been teaching this system on the Internet for several years now and folks write to me continuously and tell me how well it worked for them.
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