Tree stump removal instructions that make a very difficult, if not an impossible job, manageable.
I spent about 20 years re-landscaping homes. We used to re-landscape three homes weekly, and we did all this work on evenings and Saturdays because I worked a complete time job. I have no idea how many homes I re-landscaped through the years, however the number is more than 500. Every one of those re-landscaping jobs had overgrown landscaping that would have to be removed before we could even start the actual landscaping job.
That meant that dozens and dozens of tree stumps and large stumps from overgrown shrubbery had to be removed.
Of course county wisdom says that you just back up Bubba's pickup, wrap a chain around the stump and drive away as fast as you possbly can. I'll admit, I've done that. Does it work? Type of. But it's also a terrific way to really tear up a pickup, completely destroy the lawn, and perhaps damage the house.
Therefore it's not this type of good idea. Particularly when you are doing work on someone's house like I was doing.
So through the years we refined a technique for actually removing these stumps by hand. Tree stump removal by hand with the incorrect tools is an impossible task. Tree stump removal with the proper tools is doable. I will not say it's easy work because it's not. But if you use the proper tools and the right techniques you don't need to strain your back and ruin your tools. It's more of a methodical process of digging round the tree stump with a good nursery digging spade, and using a landscape bar, often known as a spud bar to cut the roots as you encounter them while digging.
The secret would be to start out away from the stump. In the event that you begin working too closely to the stump you will encounter large heavy roots that will be too difficult to cope with. So if Tree Cutting Royston start out just a little farther and just start digging a small trench around the stump with the spade, then on offer in the trench you just dug with the spud bar to cut the roots that the spade won't cut, then more spade work, then more landscape bar work, that tree stump should come out from the ground. Don't pry and bend up your tools. Utilize the tools to cut the roots. Prying won't get you anywhere and your tools will undoubtedly be ruined.
I've been teaching this system on the Internet for several years now and people write to me on a regular basis and tell me how well it worked for them.