Tree Stump Removal

Tree stump removal instructions that make a very difficult, if not an impossible job, manageable.

I spent about 20 years re-landscaping homes. We used to re-landscape three homes weekly, and we did all of this work on evenings and Saturdays because I worked a complete time job. I have no idea how many homes I re-landscaped over the years, however the number is well over 500. Every one of those re-landscaping jobs had overgrown landscaping that needed to be removed before we're able to even start the specific landscaping job.

That meant that dozens and dozens of tree stumps and large stumps from overgrown shrubbery needed to be removed.

tree surveys Chorley to say county wisdom says which you back up Bubba's pickup, wrap a chain around the stump and drive away as fast as you possbly can. I'll admit, I've done that. Does it work? Type of. But it's also the best way to really tear up a pick up truck, completely destroy the lawn, and perhaps damage the house.

Therefore it's not this type of good idea. Especially 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 is an impossible task. Tree stump removal with the proper tools is doable. I will not say it's easy work because it's not. But if you are using the right tools and the right techniques you don't need to strain your back and ruin your tools. It's more of a methodical procedure for digging round the tree stump with an excellent nursery digging spade, and using a landscape bar, often known as a spud bar to slice the roots as you encounter them while digging.

The secret is to start out from the stump. If you start working too closely to the stump you will encounter large heavy roots which will be too difficult to deal with. So if you start out a little farther and just start digging a small trench around the stump with the spade, then going around in the trench you merely dug with the spud bar to slice the roots that the spade won't cut, then more spade work, then more landscape bar work, that tree stump should come out of your ground. Don't pry and bend up your tools. Use the tools to slice the roots. Prying won't allow you to get anywhere as well as your tools will be ruined.

I've been teaching this system on the Internet for several years now and people write to me on a regular basis and tell me how well it worked for them.