Hi every one, thanks for all the likes and comments ! I'm just a guy having a little fun in my garden, messing about, removing a tree stump myself and keeping the boredom at bay. For all the dislikes and negative comments ... meh, lol ... :) , dont take things so seriously.

Making good use of what's available. No one got hurt, no tools were broken, the job got done, and you had fun. Perfect! ...and thank you for not putting music on your video.

If you watched more KZfaq, you'd know that the way you're _supposed_ to do this is to tie the stump to the trailer hitch of your car. Then you just drive away; the stump comes loose, flies through the air, and smashes in your car's rear window. Easy peasy! 😁

Best idea I've found on how to remove a stump on KZfaq using basic tools. For us guys who don't have heavy equipment, I give you credit for your ingenuity.

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty satisfied with this video recommendation from KZfaq. Well done sir

Good job, sir. There's nothing more than therapeutic than removing an annoying stump.

This video is not click bait, lived up to expectations and was riveting throughout 10/10

I have done this many times. It always works, there are a few iterations tightening each pass just as you did. It helps to get the sawzall in there when the stump is lifted up and cut a few more exposed roots. It can get tippy.

Was great to see the "evolution" of the methods. This is first time I've seen bolts recessed to help with the chain center of stump, neat idea. Thanks for posting, really like the sequence. (What was even more interesting, was that could have been my backyard - I have the same type of metal sheathing on my workshop, same color, and same grass!) :)

WOW! Excellent video! I've got a stump I need to get rid of and I've got all this stuff. What an ingenious idea! Thanks for sharing.

Love your video! I used the same technique some years ago to get fence poles out of the ground which were stuck deeply in fat clay. Now that clay really sucks, LOL. I used whatever I had laying around at the time, which were my never failing cheap 'made in China' hydraulic trolley jack doing 4500Lbs (2000Kg), a sturdy beam, a strong rope and some board. Neighbours looked at me with 'the what the hey?!' look LOL, but eventually requested me to help them out with their fence poles too, sure no problem :-) I totally love seeing you experimenting, processing results, adjusting the set up and so eventually getting the job done!

I had my doubts....you nailed it man! Well done. Great method

Hurricane Ida and Tornado came through my neighborhood on 9/1/21. I have set up a stump removal gathering for this Sunday. This is such a GREAT idea! Thank you for posting this!

Absolutely love it, I could watch this sort of ingenious thinking all day, well done 10/10.

Well that was cool. Nice job on the lag bolts. I would not have thought of that. Was yelling at you to get something under the jack and then you did! Nice work!

Great idea. The problem with the first setup is that you didn't have your jack supported. As the jack extends, and it becomes uneven, you can actually bend the jack frame. In the second set up you had the jack supported properly and eliminated the tilted lifting and gave yourself another inch and a half of lift. Well done!

Out of all the random videos I watch from small channels, this one turns out to be one of the best I've seen today! Chill, and fun to watch the work to the end-goal of getting that stump out of the ground.

That was well done. I was on the edge of my seat. Thanks!

I love your method and can honestly say I would not have thought of it on my own. I have some small stumps to clear in the next week or so, and -will- be using this method!! that being said, I can still offer you a few things that would help. Lift the stump as far as you can (as you did) and then chuck as much of that stack of brick UNDER it as you could, so that it would STAY lifted ... -then- reset your jack and lift more from that point without letting it settle back into the hole! great solution though honestly.

Excellent technic, and pleasant to watch. You will no doubt inspire many more stump removals. Thank you.

Thank you, I’m going to try this first first before I buy a farm jack . Appreciate your sharing

very nice job..that taught and inspired me to try mine in the backyard with 2 jacks and 5 different lengths of blocks..

This is brilliant thank you, Was going to build just needed to see it work 👍🏾

Way to be resourceful. Using what you have on hand to get a job done without overpriced, complicated tools is something every handy man should take pride in.

By golly this method would work for jacking up a sunken concrete gutter I have at my PT maintenance job. Thanks for sharing the video!

Well done dude! Like your thinking and coming up with this solution, which deemed succesful. Always love to see people try shit and share it. Thanks man!

Awesome job and quite an ingenious use of your auto jack!

Yay! Success. I was rooting for jack and you. Great video. 👍🏾

I've done something very similar using an engine hoist. Worked great multiple times, so much so it has become my go to method for pulling small trees and bushes.

Thanks for posting the video. It was interesting to watch. I like the dedication and the tension (pun intended).

The physics in theory are correct. Quite often we find ourselves with a problem and a shed full of stuff available with which to solve the problem. Those among us who are doers scratch our heads, think a bit and grab things and proceed to experiment until we solve the problem. The prototype is usually not pretty. It solved the problem. So what if you reinvented the wheel. It's your wheel!!! Congratulations! It takes a lot of time to make the video afterwards. Thanks for doing the work.

I have used this method for a long time. It works great, especially for fence posts with concrete! If it is a stubborn one, put pressure on it and let it sit for 15 minutes, it will come up. I use a jack stand on one side and hydraulic jack on other. You want to use this bridge method as it doubles the amount of lifting force. Be careful as a chain can slip off and send pieces flying!

Nice. Not all engineers have college degrees. This method and the tall tire method seem to be the best for DIYers aside from heavy hydraulic equipment. Thank you for sharing.

Improvise, adapt, overcome. Brilliant display of backyard engineering!

This is the most intelligent video on this subject I’ve seen on KZfaq!! Most people would be too lazy and impatient! Not to mention they would think it was ridiculous and funny idea to them! It’s not I believe it’s the right way to do it! I believe a bigger stump would just take a larger Jack!!

Very well done! I hope to have a tractor soon for such jobs, but until then I'll use your brilliant method. For the negative commenters, well, they're not paying your mortgage and they're not blowing you, so to hell with them. 👍

That took a lot of imagination and engineering with the tools at hand. I'm impressed! Who would think that watching a stump being pulled was so interesting? But it was!

That's exactly how Dr. Frankenstein lifts his monster.

you've inspired me, I'll be using my engine hoist to remove a stump!

The stump had an uplifting experience. When he was first trying to solve the problem, he was stumped. It was stacking up to be a successful job. The stump was moving up in the world.

Nice video. Thank you for sharing. The thing working most in your favor was the decomposition of the roots. If it had been a fresh stump, it would have been a race to see which broke first, the beam, the chain, or the lock. (My money’s on the lock). Next time, try using another piece of 4x4 as a post to hold your beam up when you reach your jack limit. Then you can retract the jack, raise it with supports, then start lifting again without losing any of the lift you did on your first stage.

The first two takes were a good demonstration on how to drive your jack into the ground. :-D But you got it in the end. Very impressed. I have two dead citrus trees I may use that method to remove. Next to a shed...of course!

Outstanding, have some work to do tomorrow, thank you for sharing!

Next time, when you reach the max height, throw some off-cuts into the hole, release the jack, and reset it. That way, the stump won’t ‘fall’ back in.

Good idea young man it’s a sound concept, evolving.

We remove stumps commercially using a stump grinder. For small to mid-size stumps, this appears to be much more simple - no grindings to dig out and dispose of. I am curious how much lifting strength you would need for a live stump. I have a couple of 20 ton bottle jacks that I might try. Good video. Always nice to see a different way of doing something.

Good job - did it with what you had available and a little bit of know how - clever stuff!

My engine crane is my favourite yard tool, removing star pickets, stumps, gal posts with concrete around the base and house stumps out of the ground after digging around them. Just not easy manoeuvring around on soft ground

That worked great. If you have a pruning saw you can sever the tap root that runs straight down once you created a gao. After that it should come out much easier.

Nice video: No blah blah blah, no insipid "music." The job gets done! Bravo!

I have got two jacks, will try it on a bigger stump, tanks for the upload

I thought the 4 x 4 was going to snap first, then maybe the chain after the 4 x 4 was replaced. Great job!

Slick trick! I really dig the lag bolt idea.

Thanks ! Was wondering how I can use my floor jack to pull a smaller stump. Now I know !

Love new set up lol binge watching stump removal techniques 3 in my yard need to go 👍👍

I only have a scissor jack but I think it would work just as well. It's a good system since it's a compound lever system. A high-lift jack would probably be easier to use but gotta work with what you have.

Really, really great idea. But be cautious, I use the same chains for uprooting small trees with a ratchet-lever hoist and I found out that those chains, meant for cargo securing, are specified up to 200 kilograms only (8mm version). Breaking load is eight time that, 1600 kilograms, but anyway, I never go where the chain would move if it snaps. Furthermore, I purchased a few shackles (they are cheap enough). I would never dare to use a padlock.

Now you're learning. Good job This is the begining if mechanics CHEERS

Great thought, mate! The video was oddly intriguing and the comment section was a laugh aswell!

Wow this is a clever method, I will test this out today on some stumps I need to remove.

OK good work. I have a floor jack too but I think I need a Farm Jack for my stumps.

Damn good job. That’s what I call perseverance.

Gotta admit...I didn't think the bolts would hold. They didn't seem to have enough non-rotted wood to bite into. Great job. At 6:51, i was like "Oh yeah....now we're onto something." why is this so satisfying?

Clever idea. Thanks for posting.

Like it. I'll try this on my old stumps in the yard. Thx for the novel idea!

I do respect ur thinking to use the floor jack & leverage. That would come in handy if u had to deal with a fresh stump that size..

Nice job. Thanks for the video.

Nice job. Just a tip: you could have gotten more leverage by having longer boards and having the chain closer to the end not supported by the jack. But those boards would have to have been able to handle the forces developed.

Honestly a clever idea! I got two 40 ton bottle jacks I can use in a similar fashion! Great show!

Very Ingenious and practical idea. Thank you for sharing

Great idea! I’m going to try this on a stuck submersible well pump.

Thats one of the best ideas i've ever Seen 👍👍👍👍

Thank you. I have the same project ahead of me. I am going to try your method.👍

thanks this is exactly what i was looking for

So Cool and Satisfying when it came out, thanks : D

Thanx bro!!!! Big HELP.

It is fun to play with things like this!!! Love it!!😂🤣😁😁😁😉😉

Excellent. Interesting to watch, a useful example for others, no insecure pleas for likes and subscribers, and no inappropriate 'musical' background. It gives me hope for you Earthlings.

When you first started hammering the hex bolt I was so confused because it looked like it was already screwed in some. LOL

well thought out, well executed. Impressive

you are a genius, great work....

Plot twist: It was actually detached the whole time.

Think you got it buddy ! Great Job !

Brilliant backyard engineering!

F’ing awesome man. Very creative. Well done

Interesting.... I just used my engine hoist to get fence post out. Worked pretty well.

Leverage is an amazing equalizer. Thumbs Up!

Well done! Great idea.

Hey mate you got there in the end! Well done.

A hydraulic jack placed in a dugout area beneath a stump is also very helpful in PUSHING the stump out, rather than pulling on it. Place a 3" piece of a 2 by 4 (or something else even sturdier) on the top of the jack after positioning the jack. Works great when the stump is large or when removing concrete footing. Even "farm" jacks have limits.

I want this guy on my team, well done !

Love your work.

Excellent video--great problem solving skill.

Thank you! I'll remember to use more leverage if I ever try this!

Good stuff. Was waiting for some wood to go under the Jack to give more lift, or at least a block on the Jack. Good initiative though!!

Nice method! It shows that leaving some height on the stump allows you to screw in the lag bolts to lift the stump out.

Try substituting high lift farmers jack that is designed to pull poles out of the ground (or a large bottle jack) for the jack stand you were using to get an anchor point that can be moved up or down, and continue to use trolley jack on other side. If all else fails, use long chain attached to stump with same carriage bolts and draped over inflated spare tire positioned very close to stump so that chain goes straight up, then over the tire and then to trailer hitch on a truck or tractor at least 20 feet away and then pull it up and out. If you don't get traction, use longer chain and move vehicle further away before pulling. If you have a tractor with a 3 -point hitch and a pole boom, just attach chain where necessary on pole boom to keep front of tractor from rising up, and pull it straight up that way. Thanks for showing us the creative way to remove a stump with the tools you have available.

Stubborn tenacity on both sides of this tug of war. Good show sir. The triumph of man over nature. She gave you a good fight though. Lol.

I've removed stumps very similar, but I found that using an engine hoist worked a lot better. I only had to do it once to remove the stump.

even before watching the video, I want to say thanks for idea... I just removed several roots by digging and cutting with sawzall... I am going to try this on roots in back yard