one of the best things about this guy is he actually reads & tries the suggestions given i just love that

Anyone considering this, take the extra 15 minutes with a shovel and dig deep on 4 sides of the trunk first and drill some holes as low as you can get towards the center. THEN drill the hole down the center and add your fuel mix. A fire in a hole has very little ability to get oxygen to where it is needed, hence the side holes. That extra time and effort will be repaid handsomely by increasing the fire to burn instead of smouldering, and make a 6 day job a 24-36 hour one. And it should burn much deeper as well.

@skydiver6711

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I had a stump, not quite as big as that, but pretty big anyway. I drilled holes all over it and then poured them full of diesel fuel. Then I filled it with fuel again that night and then again the next morning. Then that morning I put a small bag of cheap charcoal on it and set it on fire. I burned for 4 days, but when it went out there was no more stump and even one of the main roots burned about 4 feet down.

@robertgoss4842

3 жыл бұрын

Like a rocket stove. Good thinking.

@JoeGlines-Automator

9 ай бұрын

I've burned a lot out by using a leaf blower. It gets the fire hot enough where it will actually get down in there

I've been a tree guy my entire life. If I was going to burn a stump out this is what I would have done. Stumps are just a tough deal when burning. Makes for a good day to spend with family and friends.. Thanks for the video.

I’ve burned a stump or two in my day - never from the top down. Drilling down into the Stump leaves a hole with no oxygen. Find an easy side, dig a little, then drill horizontal to connect with those holes you drilled down.

@NIGHTMARERICA

3 жыл бұрын

Then dump I'm 60% gas and 40% used oil

Dig out as much dirt around the stumps a possible then take your drill and drill as many holes as deep as you can with your biggest bit soak the stumps with Diesel for a few days at least one day then start your fires around them should be gone in a a day or two. The hardest part is digging out around them. Did a stump about 3 1/2' diameter dug around it and drilled it, that took a day soaked over night in Diesel started the fire the next day burned all day and night next morning it was below ground level with about a 3rd of the amount of wood you used. Real key and hardest part is how deep you can dig down around it and the roots below ground level.

@pippaseaspirit4415

4 жыл бұрын

rack391 Exactly what I was about to suggest!

@geo52041

4 жыл бұрын

@@pippaseaspirit4415 Me also .Let it soak and the burn it with the holes drilled

An old saying goes like this: A fire burns upwards in seconds, sideways in minutes and downwards in hours

@geo52041

4 жыл бұрын

A wise man once said ,you are very smart young man

@rfcasey

3 жыл бұрын

In this case yes. I respectfully disagree. I always start my fires from the top. (aka top down fires). My fires start alot faster this way with less smoke.

Quite a collection of interesting comments. You got it done without all their advice, imagine that. Nice job, and nice new saw. It's a beast. Thanks for the video.

We used to take longest widest augur carpentry bit, drill as many holes as possible into stump and fill holes with diesel and keep filling over a period of days .... then we would torch it. Great channel great content 👏👏🙏

From one Firebug to another..... you had some fun, now clean up the metal and get to grinding! LOL Good job!

We used to dig down and around the trees stump and build the fire right around the stumps to burn it down. That way you can keep a good fire happening around it, to help it burn down better.

@NancyBryantIdeas

4 жыл бұрын

I had popular tree stumps I did that with then. When they quit I went at them with an ax.

That is satisfying to watch, the leaf blower on the fire. I've done that with an air compressor.

Blowing the ash off the stump will greatly improve your progress. I was glad to see you break out the blower

Love, love, love your channel ❤️ Thank you for sharing! I have literally watched and rewatched you videos numerous times. Now I'm gonna be stuck on watching you all day!! 😂😂😂

That was fun! Thanks for sharing.🐓

Btw I really enjoy the way you listen to ideas you like from your subs. That's cool to see!

The saw cuts were a good idea to give more surface area, however, I think the idea of the diesel and oil mix was to put it directly on the stump and let it soak in not on the firewood.

Love these longer videos

I bought a stump grinder and believe me when I say, it does the job but it is a workout! You did a good job with it, but I would have taken a slightly different approach (don't know if I'm right or wrong). I would have bored holes in the stump as deep as I could and filled them up with either oil or a diesel/oil mixture and let it soak in. Then I would have piled brush/old wood on top and doused with some more diesel and lit it on fire. The key is to make it as hot as possible. Good luck!

Enjoyed watching. Ty🙂

Hi..... Thank you for sharing your video homestead 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 🎥👍👍👍

Nothing like another long term project huh. Thanks for the video...

If you have a few days with no rain in forecast, soak the stump in used oil for a day or two prior to lightning

@LifesLaboratory

3 жыл бұрын

I assume you also need to build a lightning rod, and cross your fingers? ;)

In my limited experience, I have found that the key to burning up a log or anything massive is to get the object above kindling temperature throughout. If it can get some air, It will burn down completely.

I was wondering why you didn't just rent a stump grinder in the beginning, but when you showed all the medal I understand. I think you did the right thing. It took a while, but it was the smart way to go. That leaf blower trick was impressive!

Or, about 45 minutes with a stump grinder would do it. Wouldn't be as much fun though. Anyway, the burning got rid of your yard trash and was good exercise. Love watching a fire burn. It's said that we are all either fire or water watchers. I like both. Blessings.

By the glint in your eyes it looks like the leaf blower is your new toy Evan :-)

Yes, Chain saw is a darn good idea!

My Dad drilled holes in our maple tree stump and poured used motor oil in it, letting it soak for several hours before adding more, then torching it. Took several times, but it worked eventually! So glad to see your little dog running around - fully healed, I hope??

Clean up old trees and burn out a stump....two for one sale...lol. Great job. 👏👍🌟

Good luck! I am clearing land for both pasture reclamation and I'm restoring an oak savanna so I have tons of stumps. I don't use any heavy machinery so the alternatives are burning or just letting it rot. The problem with stumps is that they draw up moisture from their roots. Unless the stump is a few years old they are very hard to burn -- even with a smaller stump. I made a stump burning video a couple of years ago, and the stumps are still there 😉 In the end it wasn't worth all of the fuel it was taking. I finally added stump remover (nitrogen), and they are rotting. Nitrogen will speed up the rot, and will also make the stump burn but it takes a while.

wow didn't know there was all that metal in there a metal detector can be a big help finding it not only around the stump but the whole area with all the other stumps good luck and God bless

greetings evan; have you ever pondered as to why something has to burn up before it can burn down?.....g

Good morning Evan and Rebecca and Maggie. Cleaning up the outdoors after others is challenging sometimes. All I can say is good luck and keep everyone away from your area while trying any kind of grinders. They will sling things DANGEROUSLY EVERY DIRECTION. Best would be to dig them up with a backhoe and refill the hole when you know there was metal piled on the area. Be safe. Thanks for sharing with us.

I had a stump about that size a couple years ago and it took a while to burn it out. I ended up getting a excavator to dig it out. Lol! Keep up the good work!

Your a wild man and tried everything to burn that stump, and you did it.

My opinion is to find a tote that water, chemicals come in, but cut the top out and would be idea for your fire wood, great job and video 👍👍

I broke quarantine today to pick up some beer and wine after working on a stump in my backyard all day. I used my stilh saw and a few chains which I sharpened a few times. And my axe. My arms are already sore but job accomplished.

Big point for cool vid!

Evan, This is probably too late to be of help to you on this job, but for anyone else, here's my two cents. I am a city boy, but I've been up to the land a few times to do this sport of thing. We found the best way to burnout a stump is to prep the stump with holes or chainsaw cuts, or even axe divots. Pour on some accelerant like the oil and diesel mix you made directly onto the stump and let soak in for a day, topping up every few hours. Even a few hours will help if you are rushed. Then light a fire on top. Now the key here is to not just pile a fire on top. You have to clear away ash, because once you get enough of it, the ash becomes an insulator, rather than a conduit for the heat. I learned this as a blacksmith. Every now and then, we would rake off the ash, take a pick to the stump, and hack out chunks of charcoal. Throw the embers back on the stump and let her burn again. Leaf blowers are great for oxidizing, and can replace the fire on top. The stump will ember out, but you risk burning out your blower if you just run it all the time. Anyway, once you got the stump coaling, it will take care of itself pretty well. It may take a few days with a huge tree like that, but it will burn out the stump right to the roots if you let it. My girlfriend and I put out a root fire that threatened a forest, so the burning can go on for quite a while and quite far from your original site. Be sure to check that this doesn't happen to you. Hope this helps. Cheers!

The problem you are having is the ash. The ash will act as an insulator and will protect the stump. The leaf blower is your best friend to keep ash from building up. Good stump and a tough project. I’ve found it isn’t that you need a lot of fire but you do need a lot of time.

I do the same thing but I use charcoal, lighter fluid and cover the top loosely with aluminun foil or something reflective. Also heard adding a yard blower air to keep the flame up.

I also learned something from this vlog, leaf blower on a brush pile. I would have poured fuel on the stump before I started the fire

They were feeding the tree Iron it makes them tougher!

Evan, I use old oil and gasoline, dill holes and let it soak in keep filling the holes vigor a few days they touch it off, you need to fill down so the liquid gets to the root system.

I had a farmer get a large stump taken out of the field. The cost to me was a case of beer and a bucket of corn. This farmer brought over his Hog and some fence. He had that bucket that he added water to make a mash. We poked holes around the stump and filled the holes with mash . He then let the hog loose. We grabbed a couple lawn chairs out of the truck and watched the hog do his thing. We enjoyed the beer and the hog loved the mash. Never put up any fence just dumped leftover mash in the trailer and he walked up when the job was done.

Major accomplishment may be brush and punk wood clean-up!

Hello there, when I was teaching fire safety, we let citizens use a fire extinguisher to put out a live fire, the fuel we mixed was a 50/50 of diesel and gasoline. Have a wonderful and blessed day.

I agree with drilling holes. That or dig down on one side of the stump a foot and drill toward the center horizontally and plunge cut a square down the exact top center vertically to the horizontal cut and burn that way. Kinda like a rocket stove. Love the videos guys. Hope all is well.

When ever I burn stumps (thanks to my Pops wisdom) with debris on top as you did I always lay sheet metal on top of the fire much like a Tee Pee and it holds the heat in like a wood stove and burns the stumps roots and all into the ground

Hahaha.. Its really very funny. If there r few more big stump, i think he is going to cut all the trees just to to burn the stump.

Perhaps soak the stump with your motor oil solution? Always enjoy your videos. God Bless from Phoenix. Russ

Did this one time in the backyard.... man to help it along I put the leaf blower on high and watched it burn away faster. Kids thought it sounded like a jet..lol

You might want to consider looking for a buddy who has a midsize or large excavator that you can borrow or rent. Digging stumps out is a lot faster and more productive than trying to burn them out like this. Fires are great, but to take a while. Especially if you have a small quality you need to do.

Nice to hear a bird at the end of your video ! Here in Minnesota most all birds leave except the crows & owls etc. It’s just to cold here in the winter for them to survive !

@Tomhohenadel

4 жыл бұрын

Dennis Hayes sounds like a cardinal

I dig a trench around trunk fill will design and oil .lt will burn the stump ..then u can cover up with dirt

Interesting video...l have chopped out a couple of stumps - my grandfather had besides me, 3 other grandsons who helped... our D6 Cat was being repaired and he couldn’t wait...teachable moment l guess? ha ha Butch from Florence Texas

Inspired by this video is this option. With a chain saw and a tree stump cut it into a “Swedish Fire Log”. To speed it up with chimney draft add a hollow cylinder of slightly smaller diameter on top of the stump.

This is the funniest video I ever saw. Get er' done

When its covered by ash, it can't burn without oxygen(air) which is why the leaf blower helped so much blowing in air and blowing out ash

@rickeypendleton1075

4 жыл бұрын

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Great Video. I am currently burning out a 52 inch locust tree stump. Drilled numerous 1 inch , 1ft deep holes with an auger bit, and for approximately a year been soaking it with oil from car oil changes. Also I been covering it up with a tarp. Lite the stump with a propane torch like yours and used bark from the tree as fuel. Began buning at 12:30 in the afternoon had to put out the fire with water at 8:00 pm. ( I live in a residential neighborhood) The next day 1/2 the stump was gone and I took my chain saw and cut down the remaining stems and drilled more holes. Some holes I drilled were at 45 degress from the outside towards the center. One more go around without the oil we will see how it goes. I believe the soaking of oil combined with the hole drrlling and tarp covering contributied to my first round of success. Will let you know who the second round goes

Cute dog…. Little dogs rule ⚓️ gotta soak a couple days

drilling a bunch of holes all over & pouring diesal down them & letting it soak for a couple hours worked real well for me

My dad didn't use a drill, didn't use a chain saw, didn't use fuel. Burn and dig, burn and dig and repeat. It takes every bit of the tree to burn up the stump deep enough to plant in that spot....Always.

A 50 gallon drum would work good to finish some of the smaller areas left.

Those are plow disk that i remember my grandfather had on his john deer in the mid 60s

Good morning Evan and Rebekah That stump is wicked! The blower made for great footage. Grinder? where I live you are required to be a professional in the industry to rent a commercial grinder. The non commercial grinders are time consuming . Good Luck.

Its Maple drill lots of holes in it and fill with mushroom spawn and enjoy the harvest for a couple of years at which point you can dig it out with a spoon.

you also need soak the whole stup and create a reflective cover to keep the fire inside....on a smaller stump I use charcoal briquets and aluminum foil io a metal garbage lid for coverage

Use your chain-saw to cut a cross in the middle of the stump. Chop out thin pieces, re-insert in the cuts and set fire to them. This is known as a Finnish Candle and will burn the stump out.

Kevan Look into renting a Mini- Excavator to dig out all the Stumps, then pile them on what is left to burn out. Keep using the Steel Tractor Rim to contain & Concentrate the Fire. Get a 55 Gal Drum & Cut out both ends & use as a containment for the Stump Fires along with the Blower at the base of Barrel.

We rented a stump grinder in the past and have hired a local guy to bring his over. Renting is more cost effective if you have several stumps. The one we rented was a big unit that was essentially a trailer you pulled behind the truck. Backup up to the stump and use the articulating arm to reach out and grind back and forth with a sweeping motion. I believe the unit we had was a Vermeer diesel unit. Only downside was it produced so many wood chips that you had to keep a rake or something nearby to rake them out of the way because it was easy to miss a section that was still sticking up. Also, we happened to make an area where a stump had been into a gravel parking lot. Over time, the stump continues to rot away and produces a soft spot that we need to add more gravel too. We didn’t put any fabric down first though, so that may help if you do that. Good luck. I enjoy the channel.

Heroic effort dude, but frankly, for harry homeowner the Grinder wins hands down. I've stump ground maybe 10 stumps of similar size.. My grinder is a 420cc carbide.. no slouch, but there are bigger. Each one takes maybe 4 hours of Grinding.. but it's done..

For future reference, best and easiest way to get rid of a stump (without dynamite or heavy equipment) is to turn it into a rocket stove. Dig as much dirt as you can out from around the stump first. Then find the biggest drill big you can, and cut a hole deep into the center of that stump (a stump that wide might require two enter bore holes). Then cut three or more holes around the perimeter of the stump connecting to the center hole. Put a little diesel or some other accelerant in the center hole, light and walk away. Ideally, it should start moving air through the outer air holes into the center hole and burn like a rocket stove. 24 hours later there wont be anything left, and you don't have to keep tending it, other than maybe making the area around it wet to prevent accidental spread.

@noocemiller6005

4 жыл бұрын

This is excellent advice. The air is what makes the fire burn better

@boots7859

3 жыл бұрын

Thats appears to be the fastest way of doing it from all the video's I've watched. Just drilling holes on top prevent any air from getting to the fire and wood interface.

What helps burning out stumps is drill large hole into the side of the stump at an angle to intersect your vertices holes. The get more air lower into the stump to help it burn.

years ago we used old car tires to burn wet wood IT seem to work well

Should’ve burnt the brush pile over the stump in the first place... (that is my fatherly input for the day)... I’ve always found that once you get the fire going hot, you add the used motor oil and it will increase the heat for a bit... it also doesn’t flash immediately giving you a few seconds to step back

I have a stump, I bought stump remover, potassium nitrate , powdered oxygen. The instructions say drill into the stump, all over, then pour the stump remover into the same holes, pour water which will carry it deep into the roots. then add desal fuel., letting it soak into the roots. On the computer, it showed a deep hollow where the roots were. good luck with yours...

I wonder what would happen if you use the leaf blower almost all the time (that you could keep an eye on it) rather than building bigger fire I mean if you force the air onto the fire of stump it self sort of like a when blacksmithing building hotter fire rather than bigger one ?

@christopherfitch7705

4 жыл бұрын

Matej Šoky dude you sound like you haven't done this I have. You don't run the blower more than like 5 minutes

I have used old pieces of tin over the fire it keeps heat down towards stump

YOUNG MAN , AS LONG A SMOKING STILL BURNING !

WHAT WE DO IN THAILAND IS PUT RING ON TOP FILL WITH WOOD LIGHT THEN COVER UP WITH SOIL AND LEAVE FOR 2 /3 DAYS

I am not suggesting anything but i am enjoying watching God Bless

The ash is perfect fertilizer as well, rich in carbon and potassium.

That was fun to watch! I am noted for being kind of a Pyro though... :)

Yep drill some holes about a 1 inch drill bit an a long drill!

Cut a hollow in the stump. fill that with charcoal and some fire starters Use some tube to blow air downwards into the drum towards the hollow with 2 low 4 inch exits at 90 degrees. Rig the tubes before lighting. It will act like an inverted forge and concentrate all the heat downwards. Heat going up is all wasted. 2 exits allows you to approach the drum. If you left the top on the drum and cut a hole for the downward tube that would keep more head acting down and out the side holes

Need to get a airway underneath it

That dangling firewood shed roof :) ... everytime I see it I wonder if it will get repaired?

Well done so far. Ashes smother the fire. Leaf blower was a suggestion. I've found that cutting slots with a chain saw doesn't work very well. I like to start a month out, and drill holes as deep as I can. I go straight down, and diagonal on the sides. Then I pore diesel, or sludge oil into the holes. Every few days I top off the holes. To start the fire, I take some kindling , and old firewood and soak one end in diesel. Some cardboard and diesel will start the fire with the leaf blower. The firewood doesn't need diesel to keep it burning. A little firewood, much less than you used goes a long way. Just like your wood stove, just a little at a time. Oxygen is the key.

Just a tip, point the leaf blower on the base of the fire. The embers will give you the 600deg c temp you need to burn that sucker out.

Good luck

A backhoe... or some shovel work around it... use your chainsaw and near the ground on the side. Cut into the stump toward the center... air vents in... the use your chainsaw and plunge cut from the top a hole down to the side vents you cut. Now fill the hole with your fire start material... some charcoal.. and place a bag or two of charcoal around the base. Along with some firewood. Now light the fire use your blower to direct air in through the vents on the side. It will burn from the center of the stump like a rocket... and the outside material will burn the outside. The idea of the rim was good it was just to small. However it would help to contain the fire along with the other steps....

Takeing out a stump with fire is worse than watching icicles melt one drip at a time!

im amazed you didnt set the forest on fire with that blower, wow that was a lot of embers

@CountryViewAcres

3 жыл бұрын

I live in the Midwest, we don't have forest fires around here. Everything stays to wet.

@lilongge1304

3 жыл бұрын

@@CountryViewAcres Those of us in the southwest watching this are having anxiety, cuz it's so dry here, that using a leaf blower would highly result in a forest fire.

I took and old circular saw with a new carbide blade and just cut the stump up, deep in the ground. 100 year swamp maple. Ruined that old saw but no problem. Threw it out after getting rid of the stump and bought a new one. Also cut out the extending roots by digging down and cutting them out with a sawzall.

You may want to try the Dupont solution.

You could burn it with leaf blower alone. Is not needed to make a big fire above but to clean ash more often.

High Nitrogen fertilizer (100-0-0) some diesel fuel and a m-80 that you can fuse electrically from some distance away.

@stevedeweysmith

3 жыл бұрын

lol.. sounds like a bomb ?

During the driest part of the year mix up a solution of potassium nitrate. About a pint per gallon of water. Drill holes and soak with the solution. Let it dry completely. Then light. It will burn like a fuse and even burn out a lot of the roots.

Interesting stuff. Hopefully u can get it out . Maybe an axe would get it broken down now it’s a bit burnt