Tree stump stuck in fence

[dscoll]

1 hour ago, SteamyTea said:

You get lots of journeys on public transport for 50quid.

Don't think we have enough busses to get out the county, regardless of price.

You've got loads of nice beaches though, our nearest is Southend, which doesn't count. Nearest decent beach Sandbanks!

[SteamyTea]

4 minutes ago, dscoll said:

Southend

Went to school in Westcliff on Mud.

All our beaches are covered in both dog and human shit.

Anyway, had spring tides, so they have all vanished for a few hours.

Apparitions appear at night though.

 

 

Edited October 5, 2023 by SteamyTea

[Canski]

Nobody has suggested a sledge hammer yet 🙄🙄

[dscoll]

9 hours ago, Canski said:

Nobody has suggested a sledge hammer yet 🙄🙄

I haven't tried that as its wet wood, but i'll give it a couple of whacks this morning

[joe90]

Nah, it will just bounce off. When I started my build I had to remove a fairly large tree and stump, even with a 7.5 ton JCB I was amazed at how hard it was to remove it from the ground.

[Iceverge]

A wire cutters would have it removed in 60 seconds. Patch it up with some wire the. 

[saveasteading]

Boltcroppers cost about £15. I dont usually buy own brand but these were good. Clip out the trunk and dispose.Then some sewing with wire or leave the hole for hedgehog traffic.

With acknowledgement to those above who have said some of this already.

[dscoll]

4 hours ago, dscoll said:

I haven't tried that as its wet wood, but i'll give it a couple of whacks this morning

Well that didn't work, good exercise though.

[dscoll]

2 hours ago, Iceverge said:

A wire cutters would have it removed in 60 seconds. Patch it up with some wire the. 

I'm going to get a bigger blade for the reciprocating saw and try that. If it doesn't work this is the fallback solution, though I don't think its 60 secs with my wire cutters. pcv coated chainlink is pretty tough, so I may need boltcutters as @saveasteading suggests

[Ferdinand]

Having read all the above, I'd say rather than try to separate it from the wire:

 

1 - Cut it out with the attached wire.

2 - Do a repair using ~£2 worth of chain link.

3 - Put feet up for the time you have saved, drinking gin.

 

 

[ProDave]

38 minutes ago, Ferdinand said:

Having read all the above, I'd say rather than try to separate it from the wire:

 

1 - Cut it out with the attached wire.

2 - Do a repair using ~£2 worth of chain link.

Then dry the stump, split it as much as possible with an axe. then burn it in the stove.  Then retrieve the wire from the grate and put it in the bin.

[Iceverge]

Alternatively you could just do nothing. 

 

It'll rot out of it in a few years. 

[saveasteading]

1 hour ago, Iceverge said:

Alternatively you could just do nothing. 

 

Not a bad plan. Drill a few holes in for quick access for bugs and water, and it will be gone in 2 years.

[dscoll]

2 hours ago, Iceverge said:

Alternatively you could just do nothing. 

 

It'll rot out of it in a few years. 

That was my first thought but there are other people involved and they want it out

[joe90]

12 minutes ago, dscoll said:

That was my first thought but there are other people involved and they want it out

Get them to do it then 😱

[dscoll]

1 hour ago, saveasteading said:

Not a bad plan. Drill a few holes in for quick access for bugs and water, and it will be gone in 2 years.

Not 2 years though. There are other smaller branches that have been embedded in the fence for 10+ years and they still haven't fell off. Also the stump it quite heavy so it will be pulling on the fence

[dscoll]

7 minutes ago, joe90 said:

Get them to do it then 😱

lol. Im sort of seeing it as a challenge now, man vs stump. Im 1-0 down at the moment.

[SteamyTea]

I like to build a model of something before I try it out.

Why not plant a small tree close to the stump, let it grow though the fence for a few years, chop it so that it is similar to the existing stump, leave for a couple of seasons, then experiment cutting that out.

[dscoll]

1 hour ago, SteamyTea said:

I like to build a model of something before I try it out.

Why not plant a small tree close to the stump, let it grow though the fence for a few years, chop it so that it is similar to the existing stump, leave for a couple of seasons, then experiment cutting that out.

Excellent idea. It's a bit difficult though to see what type of tree it is to get a proper replica, since its only a stump. maybe i'll just plant an oak.

[SteamyTea]

29 minutes ago, dscoll said:

maybe i'll just plant an oak.

Plant an ancient wood.

Should be a few going spare now HS2 has been cancelled.