[AT] 100 year old stumps are nasty

Dean VP deanvp at att.net
Thu Oct 14 10:25:25 PDT 2004


George:

The stump is over 500 feet from the nearest 110v outlet. Thought about using
a generator to drive a fan but it just seemed too much hassle for how long
it was going to take to burn a significant amount of good cedar wood. It
would have taken days even under encouragement from blown air. However, If I
had done that I probably would still have a healthy Garden Tractor. 

Looks like my homeowners policy will pick up repairs after the $500
deductible. I'm estimating damages in excess of $1,000. $300 plus hood, $190
plus instrument dash, side panel, radiator, radiator shroud, plus labor etc,
etc. 

Some days go better than others!  :-)

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door 


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-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of George Willer
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 9:40 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] 100 year old stumps are nasty

Dean,

You missed a good bet if you didn't try to use forced draft to burn it.  It
doesn't take very much... a household vacuum cleaner provides way more than
enough.  I've burned live stumps from live hickory trees using one.  All it
takes is the vacuum cleaner, a piece of pipe to keep it far enough back, and
a shovel so you can move dirt to direct the action.  The action can be
directed to even burn out individual roots.

George Willer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean VP" <deanvp at att.net>
To: "AT JD" <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>;
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 11:43 PM
Subject: [AT] 100 year old stumps are nasty


>I have spent the last couple weeks removing a 12' diameter x 12' tall old
> growth cedar stump in our front yard. I first was able to burn about
> 2/3rds
> of it but a pretty substantial section just would not burn even though I
> lit
> several fires under it and around it with other wood.
>
> So I started carving it up with the chain saw and removed it, a large
> chunk
> at a time. Well today I was down to the last section and root that by
> itself
> was over 1' in diameter. The remaining piece above the ground was at least
> 2' in diameter and about 12' tall. A really heavy piece.
>
> I chained the top to the JD 620 with locked brakes so it wouldn't fall on
> me
> while I was cutting the base root. I expected it to fall away from me
> towards the tension on the chain. Well this stinking 1000 lb plus hunk had
> a
> mind of its own. It didn't fall the way I expected, it fell sideways. I
> never expected that. Should have, but didn't envision that. Now I really
> feel stupid. @#$%^&. So much for saving money by doing it yourself.
>
> The chunk was just long enough that the top grazed the side of and
> demolished the hood, side panel, radiator, dash, fan shroud, etc on my JD
> 425 Garden Tractor. The engine and frame wasn't damaged. I would guess
> probably at least $500 to $1,000 worth of damage. Engine runs ok. What a
> disappointment and I must say a big surprise. I guess I should feel lucky
> I
> didn't get hurt but I had protected myself from that but didn't anticipate
> the fall to the side. Very dumb. Several bad words were uttered.
>
> Going to call the Home Owners insurance company and see if I have any
> coverage under that policy. An expensive day.
>
> Bad day on Black Rock.
>
> The only thing good I can say about this is the whole stump in now down.
>
> Dean A. Van Peursem
> Snohomish, WA 98290
>
> I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
> storeroom door
>
>
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