As for burning the tree stump with diesel or kerosene, you are at the risk.

Jun 30, The black locust is a very difficult tree to remove. This stump was a whopping 28 inches in diameter with a foot-wide root ball. The removal options, trent a stump grinder. Aug 17, Instructions Use a chain saw or bow saw to cut the stump down as close to the ground as you can, without allowing the chain saw's Drill holes a few inches deep into the stump in numerous places, using the biggest, widest drill bit you have.

The wider Fill these holes first with water, then. Aug 20, Biggest machines are a JD or Ford Trying to remove a + YO DF stump cut in Was probably at least a 6 ft DBH tree. Have dug 6 ft deep all around, cut a number of > 15" diameter roots, and tried pulling,# on 16X set of blocks still does not even budge it.

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(other end tied to an even bigger stump) Guess I need to dig deeper. Removing a stump this large without specialized machinery seemed somewhat physically impossible, but we decided to give it a try. First my husband dug a trench all around the stump to a depth of about two and a half feet.

Each time a new root was exposed, we cut through the root close to the stump. Aug 20, Biggest machines are a JD or Ford Trying to remove a + YO DF stump cut in Was probably at least a 6 ft DBH tree. Have dug 6 ft deep all around, cut a number of > 15" diameter roots, and tried pulling,# on 16X set of blocks still does not even budge it. (other end tied to an even bigger stump) Guess I need to dig deeper.