removing tree stumps

[darcyvuqua]

But just what would you plant in a hole that deep afterwards

my mother in law!!

[veggiechicken]

Norty, darcy, very Norty - but funny

[darcyvuqua]

to be honest VC i couldnt ask for a better mother in law

[mothhawk]

But just what would you plant in a hole that deep afterwards

Anything you like, I bet the soil has a lovely fine tilth!

[veggiechicken]

Like mother, like daughter, then. You're a lucky fella!

[veggiechicken]

Anything you like, I bet the soil has a lovely fine tilth!

Could be down to bedrock though!

[darcyvuqua]

Like mother, like daughter, then. You're a lucky fella!

yes,...yes i am

[Matt94]

But just what would you plant in a hole that deep afterwards

A tree?

[veggiechicken]

Good idea Matt - there's room for one with big roots

[Mikey]

I think I'd plant my runner beans in a trench like that, saves on the double digging.

[snohare]

Shades of Blaster Bates removing stumps at Knicker Brook...
I second totally what AP says, I have done many....many....too many...stumps that way. Tool of choice is a grubbing mattock or failing that a pruning saw/axe, spade and a pick, particularly one with a long chisel to it. Leverage is everything in this game.

I just dig them out, but it is hard work

You ain't kidding ! You don't need a gym membership if you do this as a pastime. The size of big stump you describe is the stuff of my nightmares !
One of the techniques Conservation Volunteers use is to dig a hole under the stump, pass a strop under(preferably a wire one), and use a Tirfor handwinch to pull it out. (A pinchbar stuck into the ground at exactly 45 degrees will act as an anchor.) This is a lot quicker and easier, particularly if you dig a hole around the stump, or even just off to the side that is being pulled away from, to give the roots less grip.
The only thing I would disagree with AP on is, we usually dig a trench right around the stump as close to it as we can get, then saw or cut through the roots uncovered before digging under and using a mattock to pop it out.
Or failing that, we ever so casually saunter off and leave someone else less experienced to do it.

[Dusty Rhodes]

Quote Originally Posted by veggiechicken
But just what would you plant in a hole that deep afterwards

my mother in law!!

Gotcha now M8! Next round is on Darcy