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Nov 02, Step 1: Drill holes in the stump and sprinkle your powdered tree stump removal product inside.

This will help to make the wood porous. Step 2: Pour kerosene or fuel oil the holes.

Using a gallon metal drum is a great way to burn out a stump.

Soak the tree stump completely, allowing the porous wood to absorb the fuel. Step 3: Ignite the tree stump and let it burn. Watch it closely and make sure that the flame shrubclean.barted Reading Time: 8 mins.

For a completely labor-free removal, some manufacturers of tree stump removal chemicals suggest burning out what's left of the stump by pouring kerosene or fuel oil (never gasoline) into the holes.

Wait until the liquid completely penetrates the wood (this could take a few weeks). Then drop a match into the holes to start the burning shrubclean.barted Reading Time: 3 mins. Mar 25, To remove a tree stump by digging, begin by loosening the soil around it with the mattock. Clear away the loose soil with the shrubclean.barted Reading Time: 7 mins.

Aug 17, There is a tree stump removal product that comes in a powdered form, called"Stump-Out," which is designed to break down the wood fiber of stumps, leaving them porous. The porous wood then absorbs kerosene readily. After the porous wood is soaked with kerosene and ignited, it begins to burn away, and the fire soon becomes a low, smoldering flame. To remove a tree stump by hand, first, dig around the trunk to expose the major roots.

Use a hand saw, reciprocation saw or chainsaw to sever the major roots from the stump. Pull the stump out with a tow strap and vehicle. For smaller stumps, you can use a digging bar to pry the stump shrubclean.barted Reading Time: 10 mins. A tree stump can be removed by grinding, pulling, burning or rotting. Grinding is fast but most expensive. Pulling a tree stump out is the most work but inexpensive. Burning is the easiest but can take days, and rotting takes shrubclean.barted Reading Time: 11 mins.