Diging out tree/shrub roots?

[chris-red]

Have some Trees/Shrubs in the garden that are damaging Fences/Patio I've cut them down and now I need to remove the roots the biggest has a root diameter of 25cm ish the smallest about 10 and there are 5 in total.

Any advice/tips? I'm guessing this will be a fucker to do.
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[arry]

Good drill, make bore holes, pour in kerosene. Set fire. Burn baby burn.

[Chuffin Nora]

Erm, let me think . . . (tough one, this)

Yeah, wasn't it Wernher von Braun, the great German rocket scientist who, having found himself in a bit of a hole at the end of the Second World War, gave to mankind an invention that, eventually, would get your problem off the ground?

Now, put your shoulder to that which was invented around 3,500 years ago.


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[whitedevil]

Loosen the soil with a spade then tie a rope around the stump and pull it out.
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[pepperami]

[chris-red]

Fuck that I'll get my missus to do it, she was an archaeologist so can dig pretty well, I only use power tools.
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Well, you know what they say. If you want to save the world, you have to push a few old ladies down the stairs.
Skudd:- Perhaps she just thinks you are a window licker and is being nice just in case she becomes another Jill Dando.
WANTED:- Fujinon (Fuji) M42 (Screw on) lenses, let me know if you have anything.

[whitedevil]

[dodgydog]

Leave three or four feet of the trunk above ground (leverage). I dig out to expose roots, (I use a garden trowel or smallest spade) then cut the roots with reciprocating saw, or twat them with a very sharp mattock.

I did two last week in a customers garden, both around 50cm trunks, got them both out in 2 hours.
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[RhynoCZ]

Turn it into an BCF challenge. People will get that out for you, and you all are gonna have a plenty of fun doing so.
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[Grizly]

I've done more than a few of these - a mattock is the answer - it's like a pick axe but with 2 larger blades angled 90 degrees to each other.

This stump, 90 mins, just me (including getting it out of the hole); quite satisfying too.[/img]
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[Ben90]

If the stumps are dead, they won't grow any more and will cause no further lifting. You're likely to cause far more damage trying to remove them, including your back

If they're not dead, go to countrywide, find Rosate 36 or similar 'neat' glyphosate and paint on the stumps with a brush after making a fresh cut.

Edit: If you really want to go he-man on them, the mattock was my weapon of choice for occasionally hacking out stumps during 8 years of tree surgery.

In future, leave 3-4 ft of stem for leverage - there's always one bastard root right underneath holding on like a loose tooth.
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