I live in an apartment with no yard, but I’m still addicted to tree stump removal videos.

Thank you for making a basic, simple, direct, and to the point "how to" video without 20 minutes of bullshit exposition. You sir are my hero for today. 👍

This is the best version of the method. I like the steel drum angle. Several other videos on the subject say nothing about having water at hand.

Sitting in my quiet living room with the volume turned up I heard you just fine. Thanks for the info.

My father used this method to remove a stump on our property 45 years ago. It’s an ancient method that is very effective. No need for heavy duty grinding equipment.

Finally somebody's got it right. I always use charcoal and it always works. Good job great video. Thanks again

Fire starters are great. I wore one out! I’m on the second one now. Good idea. Thanks for sharing.

I found out about doing it that way about twenty years ago. I got a 3' section of an old 20 gal. oil drum and put it over the stump and elevated it a couple of inches with some rocks to make an airspace underneath, and started a charcoal fire on top of the stump. I had to add more charcoal every couple of hours, and finally it started burning down on the inside on its own. The next morning there was a hole in the ground. In one week I burned over a dozen old pine stumps on my property using that section of oil drum. If I had a really big stump I'd go buy a used 55 gal. drum and cut the bottom out of it and use it the same way.

This worked really good for me. I have a HUGE sweet gum stump and used a small metal 5 gallon bucket to get it going good. I kept putting on some of last years smaller firewood. It's still going to take some work but it's a good beginning.

I'm a retired contractor with about 45 years experience and by far, hands down, the best tool i've ever owned or used (and I've owned and used many!) is a Komatsu PC28 Excavator with a thumb. It makes short work out of removing small to medium sized stumps in about an hour. Larger ones can take a couple hours but not days, weeks, months, or years...I bought a "grey market machine" down in Oregon (no sales taxes) and it's paid for itself many times over. So many uses, i can't even list them all here and best of all, no more back breaking hard ass work!!! The machine does it all and is actually fun!! If you can afford one, you won't be disappointed...guaranteed!!!! (PS. I have 5 acres in Western Washington so it's a God sent!!)

Amazing what gets put up on my youtube recommended. I have never burnt a tree stump, I never plan on burning a tree stump, I doubt I ever will burn a tree stump, but this is still interesting to me for some reason.

Finally someone that knows how to make it easy. You can lay one piece of charcoal on the middle of stump light it next day 3 pieces light it then the next day build a fire in the hole of the stump with metal dryer drum around it and pretty much no cost and easy to do. Or like this guy buy a bag of charcoal and try and burn it out in one day 5 Dollar bag of charcoal. All my stumps were green and wet and I still burned them out. Iike small fires and coals with a perforated lid on top when its windy or leaving overnight so no fires break out.

Love this simple and effective approach.

Went and cut the bottom out of my 55 gallon drum. 6 Pine Tree Stumps to burn....Thanks dude!

Wow what a simple and great idea never thought about it thanks lots going out to burn some stumps

Thanks for posting this. This is exactly what I needed.👍

Sweet, I can't wait to try this method. Im going on craigslist right now to find a 55 Gal drum.

I just used a metal bucket I got from my job and cut the bottom out with tin snips. Put some charcoal and twigs from my yard . Worked great I didn't even put air holes in it, had enough space at the bottom.

Always have to give those tong a couple test clicks

That's pretty much how we've done it for years, we also just lay cinder blocks in a circle around the stump 2 courses high, get the fire going and throw on 2 big bags of charcoal bag and all, come back in the morning and no more stump, depending on how moist the soil is you can get them to burn a good 10-12 inches below ground level. Thanks for posting, there's a lot of people here on KZfaq that must be common sense challenged because they come up with the most difficult ways of accomplishing such a simple task.

Great job. Got some stumps around that have been there forever it seems. Cedar, because it's insect resistant, seems to last forever when it comes to stumps. Gonna try this method.

I watched a lot of videos and this looks to be the best way to burn tree stumps under a controlled conditions. I gotta try this out

I was planning on using same method. Now I know it will work. Thx for post

Very cool!! Thank you!! I.m clearing some land an was wondering a good way to get the stumps out an I think that I just found it!!!

Be very carefull doing this. We did it one day and about 40 feet away a fire popped up in the leaves out of nowhere. Then another and then another. We figured out the root system was buring underground and lighting fires above it. Pretty freaking stressful. Had to truck in water on a quad and wait around all day to make sure it was out.

I use my leaf blower, left over chips and bark and a cup of diesel and an open ended 5 gal bucket or drum to keep it safe if you have brush or high grass near by and most of my stumps are oak

Nice job, thanks --- best without music for entertainment

Like you I bore cut a 4ft wide Locust Tree stump. When I changed my car oil, I dumped the used oil into the boar cuts and covered it up. After 1 year, 8 oil changes (10 gallons), I ignited the stump. In one day, instead of stump, I end up with a crater 4ft wide 18 inches deep

Great idea! Can't wait to try this once I get my hands on a barrel

Higher flash point just means it takes a hotter heat source or spark to ignite. Great video, I like the drum and charcoal idea. I’m going to try them. Thanks

Thanks. I've finally learned how to correctly use my charcoal chimney. I had been putting the newspaper in the same cavity as the coal! 😕 Ha!

Best and safest way i've seen yet !. LIKE ! :)

Real nice, Thanks for the video. Better than paying dude to grind it out.

Thank you for the video. Have you tried this on green fresh cut stumps?

I modified a used bathroom exhaust fan with speed control to make my own chimney starter. It’s smokeless and makes red coals in a little over 1 minute with the right airflow.

Ok. Out of all the ‘ get rid of stump’ videos I’ve seen- and that’s a lot- I really like this one. So much this is the first one I’m going to try... thanx B T W - I would’ve subscribed but then I saw your logo ☹️. GO NOLES lol

Love the cowboy tongs!!! There really nice!!! 🥰🤠🥰

Add yard debris to the fire, limbs, sticks, branches and other things to burn and dispose of. It is cheaper than charcoal and gets rid of unwanted material from your yard.

Waxed cardboard (from the produce section of your grocery store) is a great firestarter too. I use it in my charcoal chimney.

nice. fortunately my burn barrel is about 10 feet from the creek but I still like your idea of keeping full buckets at the ready.

Rent a backhoe or mini excavator $250.00- $350.00 a day take out 3 or 4 stumps in a day plus other digging or yard work.etc I just did moved brush piles. To one big pile. Tore down small out blg. Moved some broken down cars and trailers, moved bunch of gravel graded my drive way and neighbors. All done in 8 hrs and 25$ of diesel. Well worth it. Doing it by hand,shovel,rake,wheelbarrow, etc took a few day and been tired as hell..

Wow, nice and easy! How "fresh" of a stump can be burned out this way? Was this stump dry or still wet?

I only had to remove a stump once in my life long time ago, and what I did is I went at it with an axe for 15 minutes, chopping it and splitting it and roots around it as much as I could, then I just created a fire around it, it burned up real nice real fast, because it wasn't 1 solid lump of wood.

Thank you for the tip !!

got lots of stumps - now I can get rid of them easier - thanks

your more successful than me .tried exact method while back

Where did you get those tongs? I've been looking for a pair like that for years.

Small holes bottom drum would help with air flow, just throw old wood etc. In to get it going...adding 2 drums high help with up draft, airflow is what burns out the stump.

Small suggestion. 3inch hole near bottom of can. Using the same sieve you did lighting the charcoal. Heat rapidly exits as it rises and sucks fresh oxygen in from the bottom. Well done either way!!

I like that you have water standing by. So few people do that, and even fewer show it. Please keep including that and maybe think of moving it to the front of the video.

Wandering Spider 1 year ago Be very carefull doing this. We did it one day and about 40 feet away a fire popped up in the leaves out of nowhere. Then another and then another. We figured out the root system was buring underground and lighting fires above it. Pretty freaking stressful. Had to truck in water on a quad and wait around all day to make sure it was out.

Dig a 1 foot ditch around the stump, wash the dirt off the stump with a garden hose, and cut the stump across with a chain saw to a couple inches below ground level, and then shovel the dirt back on top of it.

I use a Ship Auger and drill a side hole and use a pipe and my leaf blower to fan and speed up the process, a couple holes on top of the stump lets the air blow up and out threw the charcoal..... really speeds up the burn.

Thanks for posting!

Great way to clean up your yard with scrap wood and tree branches

I've heard people warn against doing this with evergreen stumps because they're a higher risk of root fires, can spread to other trees days later

i made a rocket stove to burn tree stumps . works great .

We used to use an old tire, then fill the barrel with the limbs from the tree. Does put out a lot smoke.

Good to know, thank you!

That's pretty cool except I have no idea where to get a hallow barrel like that and I'm in the city limits so doubt if if the fire would be in a barrel would be allowed.

Will this work with green stumps or does the stump have to be aged (dried out)?

That's way, ilike it ~~ I had 1 front, 2 backyards. Thanks

Wondering how old the stump is. Do you have to let it dry out a year before you try this?

So they're still a whole bunch of stump left sticking out around the outer edge of the barrel which has not burned. How are you dealing with that?

Only it gets expensive using charcoal compared to piling chunks of wood laying around which I prefer especially if your relaxing on an evening and don’t mind feeding it (no barrel needed either) and occasionally blow out ash with leaf blower.

A place i'm moving into has tree stumps in the yard, so i'm doing the same thing with a drum over them, except i'm going to have a bbq party with it as well, i'll drill some hole or cut out a few small sections & use my leaf blower to get it burning...looking forward to it.

I've got BIG white pine stumps that are about two feet tall and fresh. Do I need to let them dry out for a year or so before trying this?

great video. instead of adding more charcoal, do you think it would be ok to use heating oil sludge? I get the oil sludge from peoples tank when they convert it would give me some heat when working outside and besides getting rid of the stump it would help me get rid of the sludge.

what size bags of charcoal did you use and how many bags

I see you are in a dry environment. It doesn't work so well in the Midwest with lots of rain this June and now daily pop up showers in July. It takes about a week of perseverance due to the deep down moisture.

Good idea, but I'd run a sprinkler over the area after I'm done to soak the area to prevent root fires

I’ll bet used cooking oil would work good. Have you ever tried it.

Great video!

cool...great idea...I have all the above stuff to do this....just no stumps....!!! ;-) * thumbs up !!!

Fire stump. The way forward!

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I am going to try this on a stubborn stump in my yard

Just one question. Does this method prevent shooters from coming up? It costs $80 to $90 or more to grind a stump which usually kills the roots as well. There is a product sold at Orscheln's for about $20 that you can apply on a stump no matter how long you wait after the tree is felled. Granted, it takes time but it works. The product travels down into the stump and organically breaks down the stump and the roots. What remains basically is balsa wood. The product is called Tardon RTU Picloram herbicide. It works so well that you have to shovel out the dead wood and fill the hole it leaves.

What about using road flairs??

why wouldn't you just set the charcoal chimney on the stump to start it?

Used this methode and IT works perfectly

What if it doesn't fit in the barrel?

A guy down the street burned out a stump in a similar manner. It smoldered for two weeks, smoking out the whole neighborhood.

Best way to do it!

Put it on a grill rack to let air flow

I use the bag the charcoal comes in my chimney starter. Zero waste. Just tear it off as you go.

I had a tree stump and may I recommend a lawn chair a 30-pack of beer a small stack of firewood a large fire rim and a Bluetooth radio and sit and watch till the beer is gone

one of the safest and easiest stump burning methods. even if your stump is bigger than the barrel. you can prep the stump then burn scrap even.

Ingenious. Thank you

I have discovered that surrounding the stump with a small circle of rocks help intensify the heat and it burns down much faster

Love it!

Best stump removal video I have ever seen!

if you put a few bricks under the edge of your drum for air space it will burn 10 times faster. You can also punch some holes in the side with a pic axe or something and once the wind gets in its like a jet engine man. I burn allot in the country as we have no trash service. Wind is your best friend but just keep those buckets handy. WE run a small garden tractor with a dump trailer and fill it with 5 gallon water pails. makes it easy to move and if you need to get to the fire in a hurry you just drive to it. If you burn allot in one spot you can even install an old style pump well.

well done !!

Hey that's clever man. 'Ol pa stump likey!

That's a pretty darn good idea but I do have one question about how many times can you use that Barrel before it starts to deteriorate because I know burn barrels and I'll start getting holes and crap in them.

Where do you find barrel no bottom

Dude, the charcoal lighter is a two 🍺 beer time. Enough said. Hahaha

Where can you find newspaper?

Old shop vac and a washer drum for me, thanks.