Posted by Mike (WA) on May 02, 2012 at 13:10:38 from (69.10.196.49):
In Reply to: O.T. Stump Burning posted by JerryS on May 02, 2012 at 11:36:29:
Lots of old stuff on charpitting stumps- if you google charpitting stumps you get lots of hits. Basically, you get a good fire going in the stump (Old's suggestions of diesel and gas would probably work fine), but once you get it going, you cover the whole thing with dirt, to minimize the oxygen. The fire will turn the whole stump to charcoal, clear out to the ends of the roots.
Works best on big stumps- all of them around here are fir, hemlock or cedar, don't know how it would work on hardwood. My dad did a bunch back in the 40's- old growth fir, 4 or 5 feet through, and they had no equipment big enough to remove them. Charpitting worked fine for them.
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