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Old 09-06-2004, 02:47 PM
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Default Another Way To Handle Tree Stumps?

In article , John Hines
wrote:

(BroJack) wrote:

Pneumatic drill?


Wouldn't do any different than an electric drill. Except maybe work
under water.

How about the classic Skill saw, with a cheap carbide tipped blade? That
will cut thru most anything, with the right blade. A low tooth count, if
you have a choice.

Otherwise, as Jimmie Walker used to say (not in this context)
Dyno-Mite!!


A neighbor drilled a dozen or so holes in the sides of an empty coffee
can, ran it through the can opener again to remove the bottom and set
the empty cylinder on the stump. He filled it with charcoal
briquettes, added some charcoal lighter, and fired it up.

The incredibly hot fire burned right down through the middle of the
stump; hardly any flame but a lot of wonderful smelling smoke. He
hosed down the area around the stump a couple of times a day to insure
that the fire didn't spread. By the time it burned itself out there
was little left but the outer bark. Once it cooled it only took a few
licks with an axe to knock what was left into the hole in the center.
A couple of shovelfulls of dirt on top and the stump magically
disappeared.

John