Rocket Stump 2.0 - Big Dry Maple Stump

Video covering about 2 months worth of burning on a large maple stump to completely burn it down to ground level.

[@kryptofly]

We had a ash stump in the back yard. The tree had died off, we removed the limbs and most of the trunk, but left about two plus feet of the trunk. Chainsawed a hole in the center, filled it with good soil and planted a geranium in it. The geranium really liked growing in it, was good for a planter for several years until it finally rotted out and was easily removed completely. After that planted a tree Peony in its place which for several more years did spectacularly well. Tons of flowers. Just a idea in case anyone wants to try it….

[@ManBearBullShark]

Great idea. Plan on doing the same with some stumps, but planting ferns.

[@bigdaddy4691]

My wife did that with a stump from when we first bought our property. It rotted well below the ground and the flowers are still there.

[@kennethwallace4338]

Seen a tree growing out the one a neighbor cut down, three new trunks plus the stump below, rather neat looking.

[@russell4495]

There was a big hickory stump in our yard the tree had died from heart rot so we scraped the hollow out filled it full of good soil and planted a Red Oak sapling in it that was over 60 years ago and that tree is about 3 feet across at the butt and 65-70 feet tall my family doesn't own the house anymore but I still see that old tree and boy is it a great shade tree during the summer

[@MishMash22]

Love the idea of flowers growing out of an old tree. Wonderful idea 👍

[@c.joelummus8880]

I certainly brings back fond memories of my childhood when all I needed to entertain myself was gasoline and matches.

[@mcjdubpower]

It's all I ever wanted 🔥🔥🔥

[@billynomates920]

@@mcjdubpower 😄

[@congerthomas1812]

Hair spray

[@c.joelummus8880]

@@congerthomas1812 hairspray did not work near as well so we learn the hard way that it's gasoline and only gasoline that works!

[@wpog8453]

@@c.joelummus8880 no you didn't

[@jsmythib]

Great rocket stove :) I tried burning a stump from the outside. What I got was a weather resistant ,carbon coated stump that lasted for years!

[@IndependenceIron]

I have had similar results when trying to burn from outside!

[@zackmorgan4500]

Me too!

[@Auggies1956]

@@IndependenceIron Working on drilling dozens of holes, from the top and sides. Even dug the soil away from it and more holes. Will be using vegetable, to provide a fuel. I cut the bottom out of an old 55 gallon steel drum, to provide a stack over the stump, that will create a draft to burn faster and hopefully completely. Lots of work here!

[@Matt-my7pz]

😂😂😂

[@lavasiouxwindwater9789]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@scottsluggosrule4670]

Be careful if stump is not new the roots can smolder and burn for days, weeks and may catch your other structures or other burnables nearby

[@firebird77clonefirebird89]

Especially with pine. A friend burned a stump quite carefully only to have to call the fire department to put out a fire 30 feet away from the roots burning!

[@C_Engineer]

Happened in my Town in PA someone was burning and the coal veins running through our town has been burning for almost 60+ years. Crazy

[@milantepic]

This is the comment I was looking for, it can smolder for years.

[@alf3071]

how does it have oxygen in the ground? i guess if it's very dry

[@AnatolLaScarf]

Would it help if you water the surrounding ground of the stump?

[@vmr6771]

I learned on another property I owned that you can cut the stump close to the ground and load a good amount of dirt to cover it and ensure no suckers come back. Maintain moist and in about a year the whole thing is rotted enough to make scraped it flat. Dirt attracts insects and fungus that eat away the stump with little human effort.

[@grantyentis5507]

I tried to do this many years ago at my parents house. I was looking forward to burning that stump all night! Then there was a knock at the door, UT was the fire chief saying we had an illegal fire in our backyard. He went out back and put it our with our garden hose. All the other firefighters were on a fire truck watching over our wall. What the fire chief didn't realize was that our hose had a blow out from being left on with a spray nozzle in the past, so when he put his thumb on it to spray it better and got completely soaked! All the other firefighters started laughing at him til they chocked and telling him stuff but the chief stayed totally serious with water dripping off his face and hair telling us how serious our stump fire was and not to do it again. Served him right for ruining our night!

[@joaquinolvera1204]

Thats what he gets for ruining peoples fun.

[@howtogetoutofbabylon8978]

Friend of mine in Kansas Had that happen. Fire department tried to put this fire out and he stood them off at gunpoint.

[@mememan2344]

@@howtogetoutofbabylon8978 LOL

[@tanki__online__unboxing]

Rip firemen and the fire

[@VisualiseTheFun]

Serve them right for doing their job? Bet you'd be crying for the fireman if your house was on fire though wouldn't you?

[@ronmcwhirter3641]

When i was young . We did this to a large oak stump abont 15 ft from our barn .. it worked extreamly well , unfortunatly about a week after the stump was almost totally gone. Then a few days later the barn was also gone. It follower the roots to the old barn. Not saying this is a bad thing . Just a heads up if buildings are close. Must say that was 70 years ago.

[@samuelfellows6923]

🫢⚠️

[@Ultrazaubererger]

This greatly depends on the climate/weather in you area. I for example live in a pretty wet climate where the soil gets really soggy over winter so the roots would never dry out (there might be a danger zone at the end of summer but thats it). If the roots can dry out though, the danger levels go through the roof!

[@owenconnolly3041]

Great Advise Ron !! Thank you !!!

[@jcmee91]

Yea, that didn't happen.

[@jacobpoucher]

Liar

[@Gavintyler21]

Very nice I have done this a few times myself. One thing I’ve enjoyed. I use a 1 inch or bigger drill bit and make a little rocket stoves all the way around but then there’s a good amount of spacing depending on the type of wood. I also take old concrete panels forms build a box with a lid around the stump then add a temperature controlled blower for a day or two

[@eldie3d]

I would think putting the blower in the draft hole does more good than just growing the flame. When it's burning on its own, the ashes fall to the bottom and smother the bottom from burning. So only the sides will burn. Putting the blower in will blow all the ashes out, and allow the bottom to breathe and burn. It looks like you were pretty successful getting the bottom to burn. If you ever do it again, try blowing through the draft hole, to get the smothering ashes out, about every 2 hours. You want the fire to burn downward as much as possible. Good luck!

[@greggdsciotto8952]

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[@IndependenceIron]

I would do that most times i went out to do my hourly checks. The leaf blower is so strong it ejects embers pretty far even at idle so i didn't want to leave it idle unattended blowing out embers next to my garage. Would like a blower that has less flow that i could leave on constantly if not so close to structures.

[@johnies]

@@IndependenceIron Shop vac (exhaust)?

[@peterdarr383]

@@IndependenceIron thrift store hair dryer

[@yorkleroy5605]

@@IndependenceIron just get a brick to prop up the end of the blower and keep it just the right distance away, or you could just use a metal tube and hairdryer like I have.

[@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542]

I could suggest to people who want to do this, find an old used wheel rim [steel works best] from a junk yard cheap that you don't mind destroying, and put that up over the top of your stumps. It does 2 things: 1, it helps hold in a whole lot of radiant heat that would be lost, and 2, raises the 'chimney' [through the hole in its center] and a good sized car or truck rim has enough openings in them [usually] to provide adequate draft. You can get several burns from one rim as they are pretty thick steel, so ten bucks or however much they charge, will speed up the burn, and you won't have to work as hard at keeping the fire lit.

[@MangaCarta]

That'd create a heat sync and energy would be lost. I'm thinking old wives tale but my take might be wrong.

[@davidscott9257]

@@MangaCarta i don't think so, heat sync would need a good steady air flow applied and fins to pull heat away from the stump. source: me, computer nerd.

[@MangaCarta]

@@davidscott9257 A lot of surface area exposed to wind is what I'm getting at lol.

[@christopherbackus5578]

Pretty sure a magnesium wheel would burn that stump right quick. Might be a bit hard to control though.

[@nunyabisnass1141]

I'd be careful to keep in mind to make sure it's not painted, rje fumes from some burning paints are super toxic.

[@bpd231martinko9]

I'm just glad you didn't need to fast forward to the part where the fire dept. wasn't putting out the garage fire!

[@paulcondie2520]

That's pretty cool! I've bought them swedish logs at the campground over the year's and never gave it a thought. The last time I got one out we use the milling head on a skid loader used to make notches on an asphalt crew that's what I do for a living. Poorman's stump grinder. Lol but pretty cool buddy thanks for turning on that light switch in my head. 🔥💪💯🇺🇲. PS; the stump we took out wasn't half that size lol

[@fredriksjoblom5161]

Cool video, great job! Here in Sweden there's a kind of stump-stove that you can get pretty cheap. It's basically a sheet steel chimney with air inlets that you mount around your stump. And the stump burning method shown in the video is sometimes used here as a way to cook a meal on a single piece of firewood.

[@dale5898]

That was relaxing. I could have watched that all night. Thanks for your hard work!

[@silentwatch2260]

Nice video. In the past I have dug the dirt around the stump. Burns deeper.

[@unclefuddelmer8611]

Amazing he didn't catch the garage on fire by placing the blower pointing towards it while adding brush on top, snapping & crackling , blowing sparks towards his garage!

[@paulcondie2520]

The name matches the face

[@oldfart9287]

Hi from England , over here with small yards and smokeless zones I have had to dig out 100s of stumps with shovels axes and brute force. Love the USA and Canada you guys do things the easiest way, loved the video be lucky

[@Lawnmower737]

I’ve never heard of a smokeless zone, guessing they have to do with local UK laws I’m assuming?

[@CompSci10507]

Dynamite is actually easier still. Not so good near structures.

[@ZeroTwn]

It's not the easiest way considering the amount of time taken and huge risk to burn the property. The brute force may not work for the guy, as axes for the kind of risk-loving folks could end up badly. An electric accumulator drill and a hand saw to saw over the holes did the job for me quite well.

[@007bird]

I like your way of thinking. I used to put a steel drum around a stump and keep feeding branches for several days to burn down to below root ball your idea should do it all without adding wood.

[@kadejaynes956]

Thank you to the KZbin algorithm. What a fun video! Never thought I wanted to watch a stump burn

[@ralfg9194]

I had never believed that this works so fast. As a woodworker I had cut off 50 cm of the stump to use otherwise. However, fun action. Kind regards from Germany!

[@jacko4483]

May I offer a suggestion for you on future large stumps. It was something I discovered after helping a friend remove a stump from his yard. I'm a welder and fabricator by trade and I had the idea of going over there with my 25 ton air over hydraulic set up and several lengths of some heavy tubing and chains and trying to wedge and pull it from the ground. The stump was maybe 24- 30" in diameter and after digging down and cutting some of the major roots we were getting movement from the stump with my system but not near enough to pull it. I then decided to cut a deep rectangular pocket into the top of the stump and putting the 6" stroke 25 ton ram down into it, laying horizontally, start pressing it apart. It did a very good job of splitting the stump apart and the splits travelled down towards the roots. You can add wedges to the cracks to hold them apart and then put 2×4's behind the ram and hit it again. Basically divide and conquer! We didn't have the heavy equipment you have so with your capabilities you will probably find this system to be pretty effective and a much more complete stump and root removal. Also much faster than burning it out. I hope this gives you more ideas!

[@IndependenceIron]

That is a good idea. I have a 20ton bottle jack i may try it with on the next one. Even if i can't dig it out the splits would help it burn more completely.

[@carolmerlini9971]

I bet his wife loves the mess he's making out there.

[@billynomates920]

wow! my local council would think all their Christmases had come at once when they sent me the bill to remove that tree from outside my house. what a whopper! 😃 watching from the uk, btw. most of us don't have land or trees like that anymore. probably not for 500 years. i'd want to throw a hog on top of that. have a big ol' bbq! 😋

[@IndependenceIron]

We have alot of farm ground around us to where some places you can see as far as the eye can see and its nothing but empty fields after harvest. But we also have alot of bugs(ash borers) and similar killing trees near us. This one was dying before we cut it.

[@MarkTrades__]

@@IndependenceIronWatching ash borers the last decade or so has been quite sad. Growing up with an ash in my backyard, got to watch it firsthand sweep throught the neighborhood & kill our tree, my school's trees, neighborhoods trees, one by one. In alot of instances they would just kill em off one after another in a row as they slowly migrated. Think I was in middle or high school at the time.

[@IndependenceIron]

@@MarkTrades__ I cut this tree a few years back, but since then i have cut many more Ash trees that the borers have killed and it seems that as the Ash trees have dwindled they are moving into maples. Lots of dead silver maples in my area now.

[@pirate1958]

I helped a next-door neighbor with one that size. He did the rocket stove then added 3 bags of bbq charcoal. That did the trick. There was a sale and he bought the "busted bags" for 50% off

[@SubjectDelta20]

*"Mister, if you're tryin' to launch that there stump into outer space I think you got the nozzle upside down."*

[@IndependenceIron]

Haha just doing my part to keep the earth on its orbital track!!

[@donaldhoot7741]

We did this when clearing 5 acres of forest. We also dynamited and dug various sizes of trees! Great video!

[@donaldhoot7741]

I used to find the half rotted spongy stumps, you can light one little spark on them, and they burn completely.

[@BelkoTVMexicanJoker]

Wow

[@donaldhoot7741]

@@BelkoTVMexicanJoker Wow, what?

[@MrLinkiscute]

I poured used motor oil on a stump on two occasions a few weeks apart. It lit easily and kept burning even under ground.

[@IndependenceIron]

I will occasionally drill some holes in a stump and pour in some used oil. I did that on the edges of this stump twice were the main roots went out. I helped but still couldn't burn it fully out. Too much water left in the roots.

[@acbigal]

I have 3 stumps in my backyard I have thought about doing this exact same thing to. Your experience is valued knowledge.

[@derpinbird1180]

Just to note this doesn't work safely on all types of tree stump. Some types of tree stump especially old ones when burnt can cause a smouldering fire that works its way through the root system which can last months. This can cause fires to mysteriously resurface.

[@hilham89]

The last one I did I drilled holes in it poured some gas and oil mixed down into each hole and let it soak it in then I poured some more again then set it on fire. Had no problem getting rid of it, can't even tell there was a stump there. Cooking oil or kerosene works great as well

[@ttttonyyyy]

If you have a decent length of steel tube you can balance that on top and it massively increases the draw, like a chimney. No need for leaf blowers, it goes like a rocket. Only thing to be careful of is that eventually it'll burn out underneath the tube, so either you have to figure out how to prop it up or just stop using it when it's already well burning.

[@robertqueberg4612]

I did notice a connection of sorts in your choice of terms. You mentioned watching a NASCAR race, and that the stump was drafting real well. A good choice. Remember that little boys that play with fire will wet the bed, so Mom said. A method that I have used on a couple of these, is to drill down into the major roots, and soak these for a couple days with drain oil and a splash of diesel. That helps to get below the dirt.

[@Getzyaofficial]

Have been binge watching rocket stoves lately. Never in a million years would I imagine saying I'm jealous of another man's tree stump.... But here we are.

[@ducknorris233]

Was at a large bonfire and while looking at the sky I saw this object that was easily 10 times the size of any star or planet I had ever seen. It was alarming to see and when I asked others I was told it looked normal and some thought it might be Venus. I moved from where I had been standing and it turns out the immense heat coming from the bonfire had some type of lensing effect that made Venus look so much larger.

[@FingerinUrDaughter]

that is the stupidest thing ive ever heard. if you were sitting in a zone where its so hot there is a "lensing effect" going on, youre already dead. more likely you were just experiencing delusions from your lack of brain cells.

[@moos5221]

You should have stood in that same spot and showed everyone Uranus.

[@mrmawf1564]

​@@moos5221and then blamed it's extra large size on some lensing bullshit

[@skitzochik]

whenever I call my guy a "pyro" (which he is), he always corrects me & says "fire enthusiast"

[@robinstuyvesant7187]

Plenty of fire enthusiasts in 2020

[@missingremote4388]

Let him BBQ or grill and make a picnic out of it.

[@72stones43]

Cut level with ground, surround it with big rocks and make a flower bed for butterflies. Burning wood is for heating, wood stove.

[@clayboi6939]

I'm a simple man. I see a spectacular title such as "rocket stump", and I click.

[@ElementofKindness]

When burning out dead stumps, I cover over the area with some heavy gauge sheet metal, once the fire is well established. It will maintain a smolder for days, unaffected by rain, and eventually consume the roots

[@spacemanmat]

What I think would make it burn better would be to get the end of the initial hole a foot or more underground, then put the vent in at an angle to meet the bottom of the hole. That way when it burns it is already pretty low and does not need to burn down as much. Even if you have to lop some of the top off I think it would be better. Also I saw in the comments that adding an old car rim as a chimney (I was thinking a barrel would do also). Combine these 2 and I think you’d get a lot more material removed from below the ground.

[@paradiselost9946]

its amazing how much harder they suck with a few foot of flue pipe stuck on top...

[@TheZombieSaints]

Good idea with the stairs at the end there. Seemed to work well. 👍

[@davidj.leavitt249]

You’re having way too much fun playing with fire!

[@DerekDumas]

We did this before, It caught the roots of other trees in the area on fire. They died completely about 5 years later. The Arborist that came out said "Never do this, Ground fires can burn for decades, and you never know where old gas pipes are buried as well. You are very lucky this didn't do more damage."

[@BobbyDukeArts]

Dang, next time let me have that stump to carve into something!

[@charliesymons1409]

If you resin stabilised the burnt out shell it could possibly look quite cool. Might be worth a go on a smaller log tho 😆

[@mariaconcepcionrodriguezhe2850]

Sure but you dig it up

[@Fastbikkel]

Haha creative to use that blower. Thanks for sharing this. These treestumps can be a real pita to remove sometimes.

[@dalehatton6965]

A problem with trying to burn out old tree stumps is that they do what living trees do, bring water up from the ground, the roots don't burn so well because of it.

[@peterdarr383]

Others have said the roots continue to burn for days.

[@dalehatton6965]

@peterdarr7267 yes they can smoulder too because they are damp, depending on how wet the soil is.

[@Zeddicus_Zorander]

Just a reminder folks Hotspots can smolder for weeks underground.

[@joshuasingleton8235]

Good stuff. I was searching different methods of burning stumps and I like this one. One small tip though, when digging or lifting with the mini, you will get a lot more pulling/lifting force if you have the blade in front of you and fully extended. Not to mention the added stability. Have a good one.

[@Steve1734]

We used the gelignite system in Australia. My dad cleared 34 stumps from a paddock in a weekend. Then the D8 would come in and fill the holes and push them all into a pile and burn them.

[@IndependenceIron]

Fire is one thing, explosives are another lol. Little too close to the house for that!

[@thecurrentmoment]

You could also try splitting it from the tip with wedges. Maybe into quarters and you could jam the splits open with a few sticks. I haven't tried it but I imagine it would work well, and probably easier than doing all that work with a chainsaw, and you'd get airgaps all the way down

[@johnlennon335]

It would have been much better to have dug down a few feet below the soil to install the air inlets. Also some kind of chimney would improve the natural air draw initially. If a 55 gallon drum would fit over it might help too. Good job, well done. After you level the ground you will have further decay and the ground will sink and mushrooms will pop up, but not a big deal, unless you were going to put a patio over it or pave over it. Otherwise just keep adding soil as the ground sinks. Probably two years.

[@kitten_processing_inc4415]

The problem with getting vents cut below ground level is the bottom of the stump often has rocks etc included in it, you can't bore in without wrecking your saw chain.

[@gibbogle9486]

I burned a small cypress stump on my front lawn. I built a small fire around it. I did it at night, because open fires are illegal where I live. There was some smell of smoke, that worried me in case some neighbor dobbed me in, but it most dissipated within about 50m.

[@MI_Prepper]

In Beavis' voice... "FIRE! FiRE! FIRE!" UH HUH... huh huh...

[@Thousand_yard_King]

You got to be careful doing this, in 1909 my grandfather did this to a oak stump, 29 years later it was still burning under the ground.

[@MathWithMozart]

I don't understand why people have to lie on the internet.

[@grumpa5798]

at 11:56, I always push in the sides and then cover it with a piece of tin. The charcoal process begins and burns up the dried roots as well into the grown. After putting the tin on the remains, put the blower on it again to get the embers hot. It takes a few days but you'll eliminate the roots to a good point.

[@everettduncan7543]

Sounds like a good way to remove invasive Paulownia or sawtooth oak trees

[@sgsnowhiker]

awesome ideas with the lag bolt, slits and blower! Thank you

[@errolmills2192]

You did a great job now park your machine and get a packet of charcoal and fill the hole, set it alight and go away for a day. In my case the roots also burnt almost to the tips. I filled the hole and that was that. Good digging friend!

[@davidsnyder2000]

Just “liked” and subscribed 👍 That is the coolest thing ever with that stump burning. I’ve never seen this before. How awesome. How in the heck did you learn to do this?!

[@twinsmm1]

probably from the dozens of other stump burning videos on youtube.

[@cecilkoselke7878]

You just needed my dad's old excavator. 128,000 lbs, 4 cu/yd bucket.

[@zedwpd]

stump burning has been a thing since before the civil war. Even the Amish out here in rural Missouri use it.

[@MacGyver2154]

I use an old bathroom exhaust fan, slow steady airflow. Leaf blowers have too much volume and velocity.

[@THEBULLETPROOFGARAGE]

That's pretty cool! Need to try that myself on a few large oak stumps in the backyard.

[@keithpearson6187]

Deep hole rocket with angled air hole. Then an open ended oil drum with vent holes at the bottom. Add some charcoal when you have a stable burn.

[@onefixitman]

I dig a lot and use the pressure washer to clean the roots. I then use a sawzall with pruning blade or a chain saw to cut as best I can before I bury it all.

[@vesstig]

Im upset that this guy didnt roast any hot dogs over this amazing fire

[@waltershoults8803]

That ash is also great for the garden 👍💯

[@edgemonsiteworksllc3369]

I’ve been in this business since 1980. I clear hundreds of acres at a time. Nothing beats an excavator or as fast as an excavator.

[@MathWithMozart]

Well...no s*** sherlock.

[@edgemonsiteworksllc3369]

@@MathWithMozart oh a smartass

[@ajrob2888]

As a woodturner, I'm crying and thinking about how many beautiful bowls I could have turned from that stump... But as a pyro, hell yeah buddy!!!🤣🤠

[@poopsifter9022]

I would have invited friends over and had several cook outs and campfires. That 55 gallon drum next to the garage could have been placed on the stump tp help with the fire. I felled two large white pine stumps to burn down. I will try this and see how it works. It should work well though.

[@user-sb5kg]

This make a good bbq /oven I did an over night cook with a roast turned out so good for a few days with a stump in my yard

[@gruntqueen]

I'm inspired by this video. I have a camp property with many softwood stumps and I'll be giving this a try. I refuse to pay for stump removal but am happy to sit in a lawn chair, after dark and drinkin, to watch a stump burn. What specie of tree was this?

[@unclefuddelmer8611]

Maple

[@shaunnesbit1698]

PUTING A BARREL OVER THEM WITH A AIR INTAKE HOLE AND MABE A CHIMMNEY PIPE ON IT WILL HELP GET IT HOT

[@Jamestfarrell]

I would think that you could just take off the top 18" or so and save a lot of time and blower battery. Then do the top plunge cuts, followed by the downward angled ones for the drafts.

[@michaelpeterson4348]

I like this idea best yeah probably should’ve cut off the top of that stump first.. then, so much would not have to burn ..

[@groundup001]

17:45 My man had an excavator this whole time and still wanted to burn it😂

[@davidweatherall1486]

Thanks for the info. Nice work

[@edgemonsiteworksllc3369]

Burning stumps out of the ground near structures isnt smart. The root system could very well be under the structure and the burn will follow all root systems. Fight a forest fire or two and you’ll change your stump removal tactics

[@beardo_M.D.]

You should have wrapped up a rack of ribs and few potato's in aluminum foil and placed it on top for about 5 hours

[@andrejakobsson5790]

Why am I watching this and why am I enjoying it so much?

[@ashmatrix7088]

leaving all that sawdust laying there is a really great way to set fire to the rest of the property.

[@maddmaxx6730]

The roots are always 3 times bigger than the stump.

[@lennyf1957]

4:24 as you can see, two thin slits are not nearly enough to get it enough fresh air. A 2 x 4 hole on each side would have done the trick.

[@Jerry-ko9pi]

I would suggest putting some type of pipe over the center to create a draft that will pull in air form the sides. Another way would be to use a metal pipe that is directed down in the center and forcing the heat out the sides. Use a blower connected to the pipe for faster burn too.

[@raufabdullayev4535]

Congrats,you just made a finnish candle

[@jesusrodriguez4554]

Why you didn't use the the tree stump to cook some ribs inside the tree may I make some barbecue in there

[@robertanderson2223]

Surprised you didn't burn down your garage! Agree with the previous comment, stump grinder service only costs around $200, and someone else will do it for me. Better use of my time. Actually, this video would have been more interesting if the garage did start on fire at night! LOL

[@michaelhorn110]

Those were my thoughts too. A crazy guy makes a big fire 2 meters from a wooden house and blows the wind in the direction of the house.

[@robertanderson2223]

@@michaelhorn110 Next time maybe he should use dynamite! LOL

[@jeffreyyeater1780]

You people havent done much .

[@erniemathews5085]

Well thought out- the leaf blower was slick.

[@ericelam5656]

I use a hot air gun on low setting to keep the small flames going

[@toxicooze2220]

Maybe you should use a pressure washer and blast all of the dirt you can away from the edges then it would not damage your chainsaw as much,?

[@tomforeman4976]

I have found that if you cut the side slips at the big brase roots were the most sap isin a vertical instead of horizontal fashion hopefully in three or more spots it will burn the roots well below the ground. And have cut as many as 6 slots. That stump was 8 foot across and took 6 weeks to burn but was just cut the day before I started it to burn. It literally burnt 3 foot below ground in 6 weeks. There was an unbelievable amount of melted aluminum in the bottom.

[@bschwand]

Where did the aluminum come from ?

[@FullmetalAngyl]

I'm wondering the same thing about the aluminum. Did it burn around something under the tree that you didn't know was there? Or did it grow around something you couldn't get out?

[@michaelterry9347]

Beer consumed during 6 weeks of burning

[@FullmetalAngyl]

@@michaelterry9347 🤣 I love that! Good one!

[@Dan-gk7ti]

I love all the wood shavings on the ground up to against the house ! Amazing sense of safety !

[@richardbinell2053]

You missed a great opportunity to have a big barbecue right on the stump. Thanks for sharing a great idea.

[@johnchristmas7522]

Can I ask a question? Here in the UK stump removing companies use a vertical round saw of about 3/4 ft dia. and cut down into the ground via the trunk and end up with sawdust. Could you have used something simular? When the fire was burning in the night, I was worried about your roof catching fire.

[@sofjanmustopoh7232]

Oh yes there are many different kind of stump grinder . Just google stump grinder used in USA. He could cut the stump as low as possible and then use a Stump grinder . But to satisfy the inner kid . Burning stump and watching fire is more fun 🤣

[@johnchristmas7522]

@@sofjanmustopoh7232 Understand but wheres the beer?

[@lukehayes5377]

Im surprised there's not more comments on how close it is to the house and then blowing towards it! Im more impressed the shed/house is intact!

[@ivangovorko2127]

Next time you do something like this it's a very good idea to wet the surroundings with water especially the roof because that was one thing I was thinking about when you were using the blower to get the fire going and those embers travel really far too

[@lythairyn]

This video terrified me until you brought in the mini-excavator to chomp into those roots. Way to keep me entertained, as stressful as it was.

[@robbehr8806]

In pastures, I've set the inside of old hollow trees on fire. The fire makes a howling noise and you see smoke coming from every hole. They burn for one to three days, then fall and smoulder for a couple more days. It works great.

[@jimthode]

An interesting exercise. However I think you would have been time and effort ahead if you have cut the stump off and the ground level before starting the burning operation. It would have taken a couple minutes and saved a bunch of time to get the that point.

[@sofjanmustopoh7232]

The ground level stump is always semi wet . Very hard to maintain hot fire . Burning the whole stump get the bottom stump HOT n dry . Burning stump is always a long process. But if you enjoy fire 🔥 . It is very enjoyable

[@justadbeer]

I agree. I don't mean to be a downer, but this just seems like a lot of extra work, and he ended up pretty much destroying the yard anyway

[@eldie3d]

If you have a ground-level stump, there's no way to put a draft hole so the fire can breathe. If you try to dig one the side of the ground-level stump to put a port / draft hole, you're going to have roots in your way. The way he did it is the only way he could have done it. Granted, he could have shortened the stump, but it would have burned faster, causing plenty of ashes, and the ashes would have smothered the bottom from burning - which means only the sides would burn, leaving him with a ground-level stump! All he would have done was burn the above ground portion - if he shortened it. I would have done like you said, and cut the stump at ground-level. Not for the purpose of burning the rest, but for the purpose of selling the big chunk of Hard Maple to a wood worker! If you watch any woodworking channels, you'll find out that cookie slabs (a slice of the trunk) of hardwoods like Maple and Walnut can sell for $500 to $1500 each! I would have cut it at ground-level and then sold the cut-off. Then I would have gotten my 1" x 18" auger bit, and drilled about 50 holes as deep as I could into the ground-level stump, poured gas and lit it. It would keep going out because of underground moisture and no draft. But I'd keep lighting it until I won! LOL Have a great day!

[@chadcarrico5562]

I always dig as much as I can around it and take my 361 saw it off. Kick dirt over it and I'm done. I'm 50 and lazy though. Lol

[@tenthdimension9836]

What a colossal waste of time.

[@johnsmith-sp6yl]

Put nitrate stump remover on the top, then get it damp so it soaks into the wood and burns better. Could also get a long thin wood drill and put holes in it for the same purpose

[@user-ty6cz6jc1f]

I did this with a stump half that size and stuck a steel plate on top and was surprised how good it helped control the energy and therefore burn

[@channermlg]

Didn't watch with the sound on because I was on a call, but this video was very relaxing.

[@ScottyScott70]

I was always told you can drill a hole in the side at a downward angle, throw in about a half gallon of kerosene or diesel and let it soak for several hours, which will cause the diesel to be absorbed way down in the roots, then when it burns it will burn from within and there will be nothing left. But I have not tried that myself. Either way, much better than digging one up.

[@ocsplc]

Someone else probably said this but wouldn’t it be easier to get a 32-36” hard nose bar, some wedges, and cut slices off 4-6” at a time until you get near to the ground, then dig a simple dirt trench around it and burn it out and bury it. It’s a fire hazard to have such a huge piece of dry lumber so close to your biggest investment.

[@IndependenceIron]

I have had poor results trying to burn one from the outside as mentioned, and digging a trench next to a stump with roots that large, is difficult even with a small excavator.

[@devinlovell]

Dude, if you ever happen to burn down your house the insurance company will definitely not pay. That being said, I would like to see to more of this content.

[@PaJR]

Here in Finland, we call it lumberjack's candle, they have been burned in the yard on winter evenings, especially on holidays. We make them from sawn log pieces, we don't burn the stumps.