Cool way to remove a stump from the inside out. Stump burning. How long does it take?

So what we have here is a grown man playing with fire, what a fantastic way for any man to spend a day.👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The leaf blower was a great idea. There is another video on YouTube where a gentleman used his wifes cooking oil that was used up. He drilled a large hole with a drill from the top down. I would estimate a foot or so down. (2 inche diameter hole approx) he just poured and poured over a few weeks the used oil his wife gave him. He let it soak into the wood. Finally he set it on fire.... The stump burned very very well. (his neighbors all thought he had a huge BBQ going and French fry cookout). It worked!

Lesson from your first attempts to burn the stump: Piling a bonfire on top of a stump does very little good to burn out a stump. Lesson here, you should have made the side chimneys on 3 or 4 sides, in a radial pattern. Your method showed that the chimney method works great for the sides it is on. Turn your stump into a "Swedish candle", with air channels going down deep into and under the stump. Probably not necessary to cut out the square chunks, as that wood would burn out first once you get chimneying going on. Just more vertical and down trending saw holes, and/or drill holes, aiming for deep under the centre of the stump.

I started a similar project, instead using a 1 1/2' spade bit on a drill to make my air holes. I never let it burn overnight, and it became my fire pit project for almost 1 1/2 years before it was all burned out of the ground. At first, I burned a 'basin' in the top, being careful to keep the sides intact. I found that all I needed to do was get a fire going on the inside... then the inside would become the fuel, and I only burned the trunk itself. As things went along, I dug/burned out all the roots as well. I had ORIGINALLY intended on filling the hole back in... But it's now my fire pit and will likely remain so. I'm a pyro... I didn't want to do it quick, I wanted to extend the 'reason' for having a fire. :D

Fun! As a safety tip though, if you absolutely have to use gasoline, put the sawdust you made In the hole and put gas on that instead. It will soak in better, be less explosive, and the gas will last longer (more like a candle). Disclaimer: I am not condoning the use of gasoline to start fires, please don't, it's wildly unsafe.

Nice Video A safer way is to use a Large auger bit and extensions I used a large drill to power the auger bit I had a 3' dia White Oak stump I drilled 5 - 2 9/16" holes down into the stump to ground level I also drilled 1 hole in from the side for air I used a 10' chunk of 2" steel pipe pressed into the air hole and duct taped a leaf blower to the pipe It still took 2 days to burn But it burned most of the roots out also

I had this problem a couple of decades ago. The tree was about 10' away from my house. I couldn't burn the stump. So I dug under it. Found the big roots and cut them as far down as I could. Those roots bring water up. It's amazing how much water they can bring up. At that point the stump was suspended in the air by the other roots. I set a fire under it and just kept adding wood. It took about 36 hours to burn it completely away.

For anyone afraid of fire there’s always dynamite for those stubborn stumps.

You are on the right track. I burned a difficult stump out a few years ago. Drlll a hole down the middle and one from the side at the bottom. start a charcoal fire at the top and get a $4 hair dryer from the thrift store to feed fresh air from the side. after the charcoal is going well start to add some coal eventually using all coal. put a piece of scrap metal over the fire to hold the heat in the stump. the fire will follow the fresh air and make short work of the stump. drink several beers while observing the burn.

Cool way for sure.... but for the amount of time you spent cutting up the stump you could have cut the stump off at the ground...

If you've got a shop vac, you can set it to blow into the side hole continuously for an afternoon, and the stump will be gone. Use a section of steel or pvc 2-4" pipe 3 ft long to keep the vacuum hose from burning/melting.

Seriously dangerous use of a chainsaw. If you're gonna make a plunge cut, then do it safely. Never push the the end of the bar straight into the tree, well, unless you like kickback and a trip to the hospital. Start your cut with the bar at about 45 degrees to initiate for about the first inch or so, and then rotate the bar in line with your intended plunge cut. Also, wear safety equipement, Boots, trousers, gloves and helmet with ear muffs, or don't, and pay the price. Any fool can buy a chainsaw, but it takes a team of highly skilled medics to put that fool back together!

That looked like a lot of fun. I enjoyed watching that. Great video.

Glad you aren't in a dry area doing this, cause if you were all those embers your blowing all over the place would start a huge wildfire

Yes, I noticed that; making air holes at the bottom, and starting the fire there, with a clear chamber for it to move up the inside. More air holes should make it burn faster. I like it! Nice use of blower as a bellows!

I loved the video my dad used an old shell of a lg antique furnace and burned out three lg stumps he also picked up pieces of tires on the highway and it made a hot fire 🔥 he even had a chimney on it Can’t do that in the city anymore Great video 🔥👍🔥

That looked fun I never tried it that way Thanks for sharing this great video

Basically, what Mother Nature is saying, “Not so fast, buddy boy! It took me decades to grow this tree. I’m not giving up without a fight!” :-))

I`ve found that by boring multiple holes around the wood base of the stump particularly on the windward side for air flow and using a diesel/ old used oil mix to start the burn . Once the top opens to much I try to trap that heat to the center by partially blocking the chimney effect . This has forced the burn into the roots . As a heat cap in the past I`ve used rain soaked chipboard or corrugated iron sheet. Your idea is a good one .

This is exactly what my neighbor did; he must have watched this video too. Thanks!