Stump grinding questions

[Dennis S]

After a big windstorm and a tree hitting the house, we cut all the pines. There were probably 20-30 hundred footers that could hit the house and that many more outside the yard. There are too many to afford to grind or pop up with a backhoe, so I was wondering about drilling holes and filling them with diesel or something along those lines. I'm skeptical of a lot of the youtubes so I was wondering if this esteemed group had any suggestions. We can wait if we are confident the method we use will eventually work. I want to get started so they will be done sooner.

[MrNoBody]

Fuel Oil (diesel) is a component in may 'total' vegetation killers. Thing is, it will leech
into the surrounding soil & kill the surrounding grasses and other plants.
The stump will be dead but it will remain in place.

[anonymouse1]

Rent a stump grinder.

https://www.google.com/search?q=stump%20...r%20rental&cad=h

[macphanatic]

anonymouse1 wrote:
Rent a stump grinder.

https://www.google.com/search?q=stump%20...r%20rental&cad=h

If you go this route, rent a decent sized one that you don't operate like a rototiller as it will just beat you up. Get the kind that is towed on a trailer. As long as you have a decent path to the stumps and they're not 6 ft in diameter, you should be able to knock the majority of them out in a day.

[d4]

Great tutorial on removing stumps below.
Three different ways. An entertaining 15 mins if you're into things like this. Which I am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pgx_VPmJx8

[MrNoBody]

What the pros use...

Rotor Stump Grinder

The Rotor Stump Grinder can dig up a tree stump in seconds. There are eight
models which can each tackle a differently-sized trunk. The machines can weigh up
to 2,500 kilos, and the top model has 350 horsepower.

[Buck]

Hire a pro and they'll grind them all in 1 day.

[NewtonMP2100]

....nothin' wrong.....with a little.....bump and....grind.....

[lost in space]

Buck wrote:
Hire a pro and they'll grind them all in 1 day.

This^ It's what we did; we'd do it again.

We leveled the area and planted lawn, which looked great for about 7 or 8 years, when the remaining root balls started to rot and sink. It was another 3 or 4 years before everything stabilized. These were pines.

[datbeme]

I came here just to see what Newt would say.