Removing Stumps? Try this. 

I loved this video and your honesty - I came to find out how to get rid of a few stumps we have but unfortunately they are up against an ugly modern plastic fence ( not ours ) I think I’ll try the Epsom salts though. Thanks for sharing your farm life also

Using a chain saw to cut the stump down close to the ground shortens the burn time needed.

I’ve done several stumps in the last couple of weeks. The best technique I’ve found uses about 10’ of 12” aluminum flashing and a Weber Kettle lid. Loop the flashing around the stump, fill with charcoal, fire it up, open the vent on the lid and put it on top. If your stump is bigger than the lid, cut it vertically to ground level with a saw (chainsaw is best), and do the halves (or quarters) one at a time. One of mine was close to a fence. The vent on the lid lets you direct the hot exhaust away from exposures.

Came for the stump removal, stayed for the rest of the farm videos

I was taught holes filled with saltpeter, boiling water poured over, wait a week, pour kerosene over, wait a week... Then burn it, it'll smolder for a couple days underground and get stump and roots out

You used the potassium nitrate incorrectly, the stump is supposed to be drilled with an auger instead of cut with a saw, you want to drill at least 15-20 1" to 1.5" diameter holes around the top and sides of the stump, with the holes on the sides angled downward, and make sure no holes poke out the other side. Once the holes are drilled to depth (about level with the ground, or as deep as you can get with your auger if not) you fill them with potassium nitrate, a few ounces per hole at least (I buy the stuff bulk, so I go ham and fill the holes to the brim, using about 5 pounds in one stump lol) then once each hole is filled you pour boiling water into each hole also to the brim. Wait 2 months, add more boiling water, wait 2 more months and add more KNO3+boiling water again, then after that wait another month or two to fully dry out, it's best to start the 6 month process near the beginning of the year, so when you're ready to burn it's had all summer to dry out. Once it's bone dry and you're ready to burn (covering it with a tarp or piece of plywood is a good idea if it rains a lot, but still allow airflow so it dries) you will then pour about 3-6 ounces of kerosene into each hole and let that absorb into the wood for about an hour or two, then you light it up with the steel barrel around it covered in charcoal briquettes or firewood. The stump will be a pit of ash below ground level in a couple hours, an hour if you use 10 pounds of KNO3 total like I do lol. The KNO3 stump removers need water and time to work properly, what they do is suffuse the wood with oxygen which allows it to burn much more rapidly, just pouring it on the top or in saw cuts won't do anything at all.

The metal trash cover was missing one piece. A lid. Basically with a lid, the heat is trapped, eventually becoming so hot, it forms a draft. Pulling air from the bottom and shooting it off the top!

Cut stump the same way. Soak with diesel build a little charcoal fire on top after a hour put a fan blowing on it. This will keep the ash off and make it burn like a blow torch.

We just had to remove a few of our stumps and have a big one we are working on

Dig them out.Old method,good exercise, have some fun,pick axe,pull it out.Get large ones done in half a day.Old truck or tractor

When it comes to burning away stumps best results are going to require work and time… the good news is time can be substituted for more work… if you have time (6 months or more) do some light digging around the most topical roots (6inches below ground level) cut a grid pattern in the stump with chainsaw use rot accelerants and dehydrants to fully kill the stump and make it susceptible to burn (might want to reapply every few weeks)then once the stump looks like firewood douse it in an accelerant (like lighter fluids to) cover it with a barrel and pour in enough charcoal to cover the stump (preferably pre lit) now if you don’t have 6+ months to kill the stump… you can accelerate the process… but you will need to trade in a descent amount of sweat equity… you going to need to dig probably a foot into the ground around the stump (till you can put your hand under a few of the topical roots (this will provide you with better air flow underneath and allow you to cut deeper into the stump with chain saw) do not apply any rot accelerator apply your barrel fill with charcoal and let it burn… you will likely find yourself losing a flame and clearing out ash (to stop it from smothering embers and coals) a few times before the stump fully burns away… Pick your poison you’ll either need patience or sweat equity

Still a good video

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Drill hole all over the stump. Pour on your used car oil and let it soak in. Repeat until your oil is gone. Light it with some lighter fluid and let smolder until stump is gone. LOL Totally environmental friendly method!

Dude, KNO3 is designed to accelerate rot over time, and NOT to be an ignition accelerant (facepalm)

Done wrong. Drill bunches of small holes. Pour in salt peter dissolved in water. Let dry. Then light.

dynamite? lol