Simple ways to get rid of a stump on the site

Many people have problems with stumps on the site. The old fruit tree died and stopped bearing fruit, or the old tree just interfered (shaded the garden), etc. There are two ways to get rid of a tree stump effortlessly. Chemical and mechanical:

1. Chemical method

Rather, to say - this is a biological way. But in order to get rid of the stump in this way, it takes a lot of time: the process of even accelerated destruction of the stump will take from six months to a year. It is a way of increasing the rate at which bacteria break down wood. If you are in no hurry and the stump does not bother you, then the method is ideal:

For the process, you will need a drill (perforator or even a screwdriver), a feather drill about 20 mm. We drill several holes in the stump. The larger it is, the more holes. Hole depth - for the whole drill. We put saltpeter (potash fertilizer) into the holes.

A year later, the stump will turn into a rotten tree. Saltpeter will be a breeding ground for certain bacteria, which will actively destroy the wood of the stump. The tree destruction process will accelerate. Under normal conditions, the stump would rot for years.

Next, take a crowbar and a sledgehammer and break the rotten stump

The process is shown in the video using the example of two stumps: fresh and already rotted, treated with nitrate

2. Mechanical method

If you are in a hurry and need to get rid of the stump urgently. For example, build a fence or other structure and the stump gets in the way. Those. if time is short, this mechanical method will do. To do this, you need a hand winch:

Their cost is low. The main thing is to calculate the length of the cable and not buy a weak winch, with a maximum effort of several hundred kilograms.

Dig up the stump with a shovel as much as possible, exposing the roots. We chop off those roots that can be chopped off. This is where the hardest work ends. Next, we hook the cable from the winch to the stump. And the second end of the winch cable must be fixed either to the base of a neighboring tree (through slings, for example) or to hook on something else. The main thing is not to damage the bark on a living tree.

Ideally, if the stump is tall (cut the tree off at the very base). This will create a lever and the stump will be easier to topple to the ground and easier to rip out of the ground. In the process of tilting the stump, dig in the ground under it and chop off the bare roots. When the stump tilts to the ground, you can grab the rope in another place and pull out the stump completely. Let the stump dry out for several days, then remove the earth from it with blows of a sledgehammer and cut it for firewood.

Video of the process.

In this way, I would uproot the stumps of small trees. Large ones will be very difficult to pull out and for this I would use the first, chemical method.

If you have not yet cut down an old tree, you do not know from which side to approach this process, but it is large and tall, then this video will help you:

The work of a professional with a powerful chainsaw. Observe safety precautions in this process.

Or the logic of this photo will allow you to direct the fall of the tree in the desired direction without a jack, using only paddles (wedges) and a figured cut in the trunk.

By the way, you can cut any fruit tree on your site. But for forest, coniferous - you need to get permission to cut according to the law. Such a tree, although on your site, already belongs to the country's forest fund. Such a forest code. Comments of competent readers on this topic in this note

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Photos are taken from open sources, from Yandex. Pictures

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