[TheForge] Pulling Stumps

[Ben Barrett]

Tod's reply seems well-experienced.  Something odd that came to mind, though,
was an idea I got from a really nice coffee table made out of a big
stump with the root ends,
and dreaming up some other stump/root projects like drums, chairs, etc...
might be a bit much work when you are only harvesting knife handles,
and don't have
any need of keeping the whole thing intact.  Anywhoo, here goes:

You still would have to cut around a certain radius, and chop the main
roots, but you then setup
a slow lift, like a jack on a special support (or two, spanning a beam
attached to the stump),
so you can flood the soil the stump is in, and pull up slowly.  I
think the trick would be to vibrate
the heck out of the thing, like with a concrete vibrator or
jackhammer, etc, while lifting.
Prolly more work than it is worth!  But I'd appreciate any feedback on
exactly how hair-brained
this idea of mine is, heh heh.

thanks,

ben

PS - not being a big sports guy, I had to look up [Coach] Hayes, at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Hayes
and found a video of the "most unsportsmanlike behavior of all time" at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNtW0BW2fC0
(I think it is right at the end of that segment of "top ten")


On 4/2/07, Jerry Smith <jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com> wrote:
> I need help with this, I cut down a buckeye tree last
> year that was getting in to wires and stuff.
>
> Is there some way to pull the stump with out exposives
> or a large tractor? I want to let the stump dry for a
> year or so in my barn and then use it for handle
> materials.
>
> As ideas or suggestions.
>
>
>
> BTW I am planting 6 new buckeye trees in the back of
> my hay field, so Woody Hayes does come back and get
> me. :)
>
>
> Jerry
>