How to remove EXPOSED TREE ROOTS in the lawn. ULTRA SATISFYING 

Speaking as someone who just a day ago mangled his thumb using a table saw; when I saw Connor using a lot of force to pull the reciprocating saw towards his junk at 1:22 my toes curled at what could have happened if it slipped!

I don't know why I am also feeling satisfied seeing you getting the roots out. Impressive.

Perfect timing video sir, why hadn’t I thought of this? Just de-rooted my lawn. Thank you 🙏

OUCH!!!OWL OWL!!! ...🤣🤣🤣I laughed outloud ...connor pulling roots again 🤣🤣🤣🤣...its always the best !!!

dude, you just made my day! I've been putting this off for the lack of knowledge on how to and what's the easiest way to do it without breaking my back and this is just freakin' awesome! Thanks. Subscribed!

Looking forward to next year's video on removing dead Cottonwood trees.

I have done this many times. It’s the best solution I’ve found.

Hope your hand makes a speedy recovery 👍 . Pretty smart way to remove roots for sure 👍

What a great how to video video created by the one and only Connor Ward.

Thanks! Love the results and the reaction! I'm in the yard today. Definitely will be using this tip!

You did a great job. So satisfying to watch!

I wish I could hit that thumbs up button a thousand times. I’m so getting a sawsall now!

Man I love your videos, I need more neighbors like you.

You are awesome. You have no idea how much i needed this video. Thanks & keep up the good work.

Thanks Connor. I have lived in your area and now north of you. I had to take our the tree before my lawn suckers would stop. I tried everything before taking the trees. We just have to accept that trees are prolific opportunistic growers. Anywhere there is water the roots will find it and eventually take over your lawn. Take out the tree and the suckers stop!

Thank you sir 🙏 - great tips 👍 Ultra satisfying and those roots are out! 🌲

wOw this really saved the day for me and now i will be able to get the roots out and now i can save some time while clearing these roots out and now i am so thanksful for you so thank you

Thank you for this video!!! It helped me out big time!

That is awesome. Thanks for the idea, I need to remove a few!

Great solution to a long time problem! 😎👍 Thanks and you're welcome. 😉

Holy hell i was trying to figure out how to do this with my lawn..never thought of a sawsall..👍👍..cheers

Holy moly! This is ultra satisfying!

This has literally changed my life! I’m going out with the saws-all tomorrow! 😂 Seriously, great info. Thanks!

A lot better way than previous years😎👊Excellent!

Great how to get rid of roots in the lawn video Connor! Going to grab the sawzall right now!!

I know that you work so hard on your lawn, but there is something oddly satisfying watching you pull roots out of the turf.

It's very obvious this is a "teaser" video. We are on the channel for the lawn, and you gave us just a glimpse. But we saw it in the background and its looking amazing. Can't wait to see how the front is healing up. Good stuff!

That was smooth like butter 👍I wish my roots I took out was that easy but it was a living nightmare 🤦‍♂️

I was rooting for you the entire video! 🤭

Great idea! So many different ways to take care of this problem, but the method shown by Connor Ward turned out to be the easiest for me. Here's a few tips to make this sweaty process a little easier. 1. Dig the best you can all around the sides of the root and even a foot or two past where the root surfaces, (where the root remains just an inch or two below ground level). You don't need to dig under the root. Put the shovelfuls of dirt into a wheel barrow to help backfill the ditch when you're done. You'll need all of it. 2. Use a leaf blower to remove the lose dirt so you can clearly see the size of the root, uncover branching roots and see where you might want to dig some more. 3. Now, using a pair of simple bypass-type pruning shears, snip the smaller roots, (one inch or less) which spread out from the main root to make extraction easier. 4. I used the 9 inch, 5 TPI Reciprocating Saw Pruning Blades from Harbor Freight. Five blades for ten bucks. No sense using better quality blades for this job since the dirt you'll go through will quickly dull even the most expensive blades. 5. You can buy longer blades made for cutting wood, but I've found they will dull quickly as compared to the pruning blades. 6. After a few cuts you'll be able to feel when the blade has severed the root and you're beginning to enter the dirt. That's when you stop. 7. You'll know the blade is dull and useless when you see blue smoke arise from the cutting area rather than sawdust! Time to change blades. 8. With larger roots more than 4 inches in diameter, it's easier to cut the root into shorter sections of no more than three feet long so you don't have to pry and yank up such a large piece, (with all the smaller hidden roots you can't see) all at once. 9. Next, at either end of the cut root section, use a shovel, pry bar, iron pipe or even a good 2x4 to lever the root out of the ground. A narrow trenching shovel is better for this purpose than a regular round shovel. 10. After all of the offending root(s) have been removed and you've filled the trench with the dirt you've set aside in the wheel barrow, you'll still need to provide more dirt to replace the area where the root used to be. 11. Tamp down the filled area, sprinkle some seed, cover it and water the area. Crack open a cold beer and you're done.

Brilliant idea!!! Wish I could do that to the knobs from a cypress tree in my yard.

What a great idea.

this was great, yeah some parts a little dangerous lol , but you got it done and your attitude is great, just be careful. great vid loved it.

This video was so satisfying!!

Tool Rebel, always has the right tool for the job, never misused. Darn trees, having roots, how dare they?

I had a 1600 sqft section of lawn that constantly gave me trouble with roots. I finally had someone come in an rip it up with a bobcat down to 3 inches. It was all roots and rocks. Got rid of everything and added 30 yards of topsoil leveled everything off and have beautiful grass growing. Keep up the good work, Mr. Ward.

Holy cow thats awesome!! Ow ow ow ow ow! Good stuff

That really is so satisfying...

Sitting astraddle and pulling that saw sharply towards his groin- i thought he was going to remove his own "root." Be careful Connor.

As always, Connor has the best footwear in the lawn care game.

I spent a whole day with an axe getting rid of roots and some tree stumps. Was a ton of work and a big mess but I got a lot done

It’s not just satisfying, it’s ultra satisfying ;) you always make me smile Connor. Love your content and personality. Any update on the she shed?

This is so satisfying. 😂 Especially cause it's gonna save me a bunch of time this weekend.

So satisfying 🥰

That IS satisfying - doing this in my front yard too now

I feel very satisfied. Thanks. Going to get my sawzall.

The reciprocating saw is a perfect tool to cut the tree roots under the ground. I have used lots around my house.

Great idea made short work. Thanks

Not much of a Safety Sally, but damn you’re careless with that saw! 🤣

I'm so excited for 2023 when the she shed is complete!!! #rebelsdon'twearwatches

I guess you could say you’re really getting to the root of the problem. I’ll see myself out.

need more if this connor

I just did a mess of roots from my willow tree. the new Diablo blades made it so simple.

That she shed is looking great there in the background.

I like using this method. You can also push down trees like a giant if you cut them all.

Nice Video's greetings from Germany (Osnabrück) keep it up ;)

So freaking satisfying 🤣

As the country is a train wreck and cities are on fire we have Connor Ward cutting roots. That's somehow satisfying to watch. It's entertaining andnlooking forwarded to the next mow. LOL! Thank you Connor

This is a great tool for cutting roots. I have found (for me) the best blade to use is a "pruning blade". Since I'm a landscaper, I buy the bulk packs. Typically "Skill" brand, but there are others including "Dewalt".

Great idea.

LMAO this video is actually comedy gold

very satisfying

great idea tbh

Good idea, I got the same problem with spruce trees. got a Saws-all soo,, here we go, thanks

Trench the tree line at a depth of about 24" and add aluminum flashing so the roots shoot out towards the street. It could also serve as drainage to your water basin.

Standard safety approach no PPE and and trying to cut yourself in two 😂😂 keep up the good work

Thank you. I didn't know i could stick my saw down in the soil to cut the roots.

This is brilliant! I can’t believe I never thought of this. I’m totally going to try this. In past I was always put top soil over raised roots like that and tried to thicken the lawn. I don’t think this would cause irreparable damage to the tree 🌳 they have many roots and cutting one or two won’t kill them

Lol. Just about peed myself and had to watch it three more times right at 2:30. Sucks that you hurt yourself but it made me laugh. Dang roots!

I've heard that a pruning blade works well. 💪

Christ, I didn't even think to use the sawzall... Genius!

Love it!! 😂😂

I do the same thing, also wear gloves, it saved my hands several times.

seems good for small roots .some guy used a diamond flat surface grinder for stonework to grind them off it works great at getting rid of large roots..

Doesn't take much to 'amaze' this guy, does it?

After watching a recent lawncare vid about removing root balls from tree saplings and shrubs in mulch beds, I knew there would be a saw involved.

Think I’m going to do this with some huckleberry trees I got in my yard near my porch/patio

That forearm grip tho.... 😘

I'm in the mood for ice cream now. 🤔

I'm in the process of doing same task. I used a ax & shovel.

How perfect, I get a Root insurance ad on a video about removing roots.

New to channel, just derooted with your saw idea although I Never pull a blade twoward my body. lol

If you do this I'd still call 411 first. It's very unlikely you will cut anything because pipes and wires should be buried far below a blade's length, but you should still error on the side of caution. Old sprinklers systems may be close to the ground.

Tree roots occur in the top 23" of soil, because they need oxygen. When they show up in the grass, it's because the ground is too compact and rocky, and they are unable to get water and oxygen otherwise. So while a deep enough steel plate would provide an effective barrier, the tree would eventually suffocate. The better alternative is to excavate and pour top soil where you want the root system to grow, before the tree is planted.

Pisser offer if I ever saw one. Looks like you're popping a zit, but in the grass. Satisfying to watch.

Good excuse to get a SawsAll!

I harrowed for days on my acerage, never had a problem

Lol I think you needed to say it’s so satisfying a few more times. I would have just put down more top soil, seeded, and then put straw on top to call it a day. You would have taken care of the root problem and saved the trees.

I have a root going under my ac unit in the backyard. Really inconvenient.

Cutting toward the crotch, lol. Glad only injury was the knuckle smack. Thank you sir, I have one little root I might do the same.. cutting away from my crotch.

Will the tree die now?

Uses the Infinity Saw to tip the Cottonwood Tree root scale to balance.

Is there a way to detect the exact formation of the root system ?

Were those your union work boots? Hahaha thanks for another "step by step instructional" aka "how to" video!

You crack me up dude. Love your not "how to" videos.

I would love to do this. My only problem is that the tree roots belong to the trees in my neighbors yard. If I cut them and the tree dies and my neighbor finds out they can sue me.

Do a heavy topdress on just that area a few times through the season and you should eventually be able to cover them. I'm not a how to guy either but I'm 99.9% confident that that will work.

Excuse me Lawn Rebel. Can you tell me what electric gadget you used to cut the roots from the ground? Or if you can provide a link. Looks freekin awesome. I could use one of those please.

The most satisfying root on YT. Ha👉👌

Frigging Connor, you are funny man.😂😂😂, satisfying.