[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Need stumping help

Posted: 5/15/2006 8:39:53 PM EDT

As title states, have an 10 inch diameter stump that needs to be stumped. This is in a residential lot and cannot be pulled or tannerited. I do not want to pick axe it out and have drilled 8in deep holes in it and added stump killer. It is now dead. I was thinking about thermiting the shit outa it. Any ideas on this? Lemme know

Posted: 5/15/2006 8:40:58 PM EDT

[#1]

Rent a stump grinder.
I spent all last Saturday gringing stumps that I missed after Hurricane Wilma. Neat thing is they can suck in about 20 feet of chain link in about .5 seconds.

Posted: 5/15/2006 8:41:55 PM EDT

[#2]

Thermite, there's an idea.

But get a big drill and pour potassium nitrate/sodium hydroxide into the big holes and hose some water onto it. It breaks down the cellulose, rots the wood in a few months

Posted: 5/15/2006 8:59:26 PM EDT

[#3]

Posted: 5/15/2006 9:12:13 PM EDT

[#4]

now for the question of the week. Where can I buy rust? I do not wanna make it. Also, when the thermite is ignitied, will it burn the stump until it hits the soil, or will it combust the soil too?

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Need stumping help

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Need stumping help

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