I found a pretty cool stump removal trick

[LittleLebowski]

Another redneck stump removal method is to take a 55 gallon metal drum and cut both ends out of it. Sit it over the stump and build a good fire in the drum and the stump will slowly burn up too. Move the barrel the next day and now you have a hole to fill up with dirt.

[Peally]

Sounds easier than pulling the damn thing

[Luke]

We've done it on small stuff with a leaf blower. I don't see it working without something pumping in fresh oxygen fast

[PPGMD]

The classic Redneck tree stump removal, drill hole in middle of tree stump. Shove a stick of dynamite to the bottom, light, and run.

If a single stick isn't enough, remember the critical equation for explosives: P= Plenty

[LittleLebowski]

We've done it on small stuff with a leaf blower. I don't see it working without something pumping in fresh oxygen fast

That makes sense.

I also need to start a leaf blower thread...

[mtnbkr]

Be careful with that method. Depending on the size and reach of the stump and roots, the fire can hollow out a significant space under the ground that could collapse as well as spread an underground fire to other trees.

Probably simpler to rent or hire a stump grinder if it's large or use a sawzall and cheap blade if it's small (have done the latter).

Chris

[Cookie Monster]

If you need to remove the stump to till for a garden or some construction project, burning it out seems fine.

99% of the time I low cut it with a chainsaw to ground level and cover with some dirt (and then sharpen the chain). I don't feel the need to disturb the soil if not needed. There is also "mushrooming" stumps which works well in a wood lot.

[SLG]

I mushroom mine and really like the way it looks. Just don't wait till they're dry...:-(

[David S.]

I mushroom mine and really like the way it looks. Just don't wait till they're dry...:-(

This.

Not as manly as FIRE!!, but it adds fertility to your land.

[LittleLebowski]

I mushroom mine and really like the way it looks. Just don't wait till they're dry...:-(

Reading up on this, sounds delicious.

[TCinVA]

I learn something every time I visit this site.

Often it's not remotely what I thought I would be learning...

[Arbninftry]

Cinder blocks around the stump, and charcoal. The charcoal will continue to burn for hours, charcoal is better than a fire. It stays hotter longer.
Burns the stump down, so you don't screw up your mowers.