Tree Stump Removal

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I spent about twenty years re-landscaping homes. We used to re-landscape three homes a week, and we did all this focus on evenings and Saturdays because I worked a complete time job. I have no idea just how many homes I re-landscaped over the years, but the number is well over 500. All of those re-landscaping jobs had overgrown landscaping that would have to be removed before we're able to even start the specific landscaping job.

That meant that tons of tree stumps and large stumps from overgrown shrubbery had to be removed.

Needless to say county wisdom says which you back up Bubba's pickup, wrap a chain round the stump and drive away as fast as you possbly can. I'll admit, I've done that. Does it work? Sort of. But it's also a great way to really tear up a pick up truck, completely destroy the lawn, and possibly 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 technique for actually removing these stumps by hand. Tree stump removal yourself with the wrong tools is an impossible task. Tree stump removal with the right tools is doable. I will not say it's easy work because it isn't. But if you are using the right tools and the right techniques you don't have 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 utilizing a landscape bar, also known as a spud bar to slice the roots as you encounter them while digging.

The secret is to start out from the stump. In the event that you begin working too closely to the stump you will come across large heavy roots which will be too difficult to deal with. So if you begin a little farther and just start digging a small trench round the stump with the spade, then on offer in the trench you just 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 will come out from the ground. Don't pry and bend up your tools. Use the tools to slice the roots. Prying won't get you anywhere as well as your tools will undoubtedly be ruined.

I've been teaching this technique on the Internet for several years now and folks write to me all the time and tell me how well it worked for them.