Best knife for digging out a treestump?

[Grover_Cephas]

Hey, if people can ask about the best knife for fighting a bear...

I just spent four hours helping my dad dig a stump out of the ground (motherf***ing contractors buried the thing in a wire basket--the roots strangled). And as I sit here aching, I can't help but think that the whole job would've been much easier if only I'd used a $500 knife to do it.

Any suggestions?

 

[BlindedByTheLite]

a shovel knife?

 

[numberthree]

Last summer, when clearing the driveway for our new house, I used a John Deere Tractor, a double bitted axe and a shovel to try and get the last stump out of the middle of the driveway. All failed to move the offending stump. After feeling the huge root underneath that pointed straight down, I pulled out my SAK Farmer, flipped out the saw, and had the stump out in 5 minutes.... true story.

 

[mete]

Dynamit and black powder have been used for many years !

 

[jcrim007]

a nice chevy pickup and heavy chain should do the trick. lol.

thanks,

 

[Robert Hankins]

Pay the local guy with a backhoe

 

[c.m. arrington]

Kobelco trak hoe, not to be confused with the economy model crack h......

 

[selfinflicted]

How bout a Mayo TNT

 

[Trace Rinaldi]

Man I can think of LOTS of things to get rid of a stump, and a knife is not one of them... Come on fess up you just want a new knife..HA!
That is a damn right novel excuse though..


Take Care
Trace Rinaldi
www.thrblades.com
www.shivworks.com

 

[glockman99]

A 3/4 stick of 60% stumping dynamite should do the job just fine.

 

[tom mayo]

ummmmmmmmm, backhoe knife???

 

[Stockman]

http://www.improvementscatalog.com/...ump_Remover&cm_ite=176185zz&code=macs=MPINK04

This stuff looks like the easy way to remove tree stumps, it will probably also kill everything else in the garden at the same time.

 

[Clydetz]

A nice forged pick ax with oak handle should get it out...Oh yeah, and a lot of sweat!

 

[JohnnyO]

Man I can think of LOTS of things to get rid of a stump, and a knife is not one of them... Come on fess up you just want a new knife..HA!
That is a damn right novel excuse though..


Take Care
Trace Rinaldi
www.thrblades.com
www.shivworks.com

My feelings exactly!

 

[ColoradoDave]

What? Surely there must be a SAK with a stump removal blade....

Dave

 

[Bastid]

Stumpgrinder - one of my favorites .

 

[ivan_yulaev]

A shovel knife and a khukri.

 

[Brian Jones]

Hey, I was digging a pit for a rocket stove to put under and outdoor bathtub at my friend's camp/homestead lst week. Rocky soil. I used the First Strike to get under some rocks and stepped on it to pop them out. I also dug up several bushes with hard wood roots with it -- it went superbly!

After all the knives I have owned, this one would be my first choice for bugging out if TSHF...

It is stout, flat ground, thick, yet cuts like, um, a knife!

~Brian.

 

[Gossman Knives]

Stumpgrinder - one of my favorites .

.....Ditto.......

 

[Walking Man]

I have a similar task to do.
I'm probably going to use my Khukri.