Have fun with your trains
QUOTE: Originally posted by denboske In case you don't have any loose dirt to backfill with, there will be a big pile in your neighbors yard after that trick. Somebody told me a stupid sounding idea but it worked. Drill a big hole in the top of the stump and fill it with grass clippings. Water it once in a while if not in the path of your lawn sprinklers. Apparently some sort of bacteria will grow as the grass rots and eat the stump. I cut down a 20" dia cottonwood tree last spring and tried this. Last fall I removed the stump with my bare hands. Just grabbed it and broke off large chunks. Below ground level a small axe cut right through it. Tom
QUOTE: Originally posted by denboske We tried the truck trick once too. Many years ago. Big tree, small chainsaw. Cut all the way around but couldn't quite reach the middle. Threw a rope over a branch from the top of the barn. Got it up pretty high. Tied the other end to the bumper of a Chevy LUV pickup. Truck moved - tree bent. To a point. Truck still had some momentum when the tree stopped bending. Lifted the back wheels off the ground. We believe this may have caused the truck to lose some traction. (2 wheel drive) Tree decided to unbend. Dragged the truck backward. Just a little farther than it had gone forward. Set the back wheels in an irrigation ditch. The wrecker driver still laughs whenever he sees one of us. Tom
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