Uprooted stumps

[ripplerider]

I'm bidding a job this morning that involves an uprooted red oak. I can handle the limbs and trunk removal but I have no equiptment to dig up the rootball. Anyone had any luck with flipping the root-plate back into place after cutting the trunk loose? It's about 12 ft high but fairly flat on the bottom with no big projecting roots or rocks. I've seen themflip back into the hole on they're own but I can't count on this. My plan is to tie a bullrope to the stump, run it over the rootplate to a pulley hung from a tree behind it and pull it with a 4-wd. Anybody else tried this ? It's in the edge of the woods so if it doesn't fit exactly right into the hole it should be O.K.

 

[gr8scott72]

I'm bidding a job this morning that involves an uprooted red oak. I can handle the limbs and trunk removal but I have no equiptment to dig up the rootball. Anyone had any luck with flipping the root-plate back into place after cutting the trunk loose? It's about 12 ft high but fairly flat on the bottom with no big projecting roots or rocks. I've seen themflip back into the hole on they're own but I can't count on this. My plan is to tie a bullrope to the stump, run it over the rootplate to a pulley hung from a tree behind it and pull it with a 4-wd. Anybody else tried this ? It's in the edge of the woods so if it doesn't fit exactly right into the hole it should be O.K.

You can't get someone with a stump grinder to get rid of it?

 

[danieltree]

I have flipped stumps back in place with a jack and also done it the way you describe.​

 

[Bearcreek]

I take it you're not going to have a tractor, skid steer etc. on site to load wood? If you are, thats the way to get your stump back in place. If not then the method you describe should work fine. You should make sure you remove anything that would get in the way of the stump sitting back down before you cut into the tree.

 

[ctrees4$]

Be carefull when you cut the trunk.I have had the stump fall back in the hole several times once you cut the weight off.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Had a similar job once and brought our tow behind stump grinder and did the stump first.
Jeff

 

[mpatch]

if it is a large root ball your not going to be able to move it with a skidsteer or tractor too much weight. I have used a large tow truck before doing storm work.

 

[isaaccarlson]

Clean up the bottom of the ball and the hole so they will fit together well

and then CAREFULLY (especially with those) cut the trunk loose. If it is fresh it will be more springy and should fall back nicely.