🔵 Burn Out a Stubborn STUMP out with a Boost | Gates of Hell | Teach a Man to Fish

That works great and even better if you cover the top of the fire with a drum with the bottom cut out and a lid on top . It helps to keep the heat on the stump and completely eliminate it .

Crazy how damn resilient stumps are.

There is some simple math that covers why a surface fire is so hard to burn out a stump but it boils down to 3 figures, Wood ignites at 660F, Water boils at 212F and the wet wood acts as insulation with the heat only reaching 1-2 inches depending on wood density and how wet the wood is. The hottest surface fire is at most cooking the water out of 2 inches of wood so lots of energy going to waste when a internal small smoldering fire cooks to the same depth but 360 around it so more total area on a fire you could have next to a building as the extra heat is going up rather then out. A vertical burn hole that you did with the chain saw and evenly spaced air intakes from around the stump to promote even burning out as the fire will follow the air intakes as it smolders. Think a turtle and hare type race where if you need it done faster simply cut more burn holes. The only major thing is if you have rain in the forecast is to find something metal you can cover the burn hole with to keep the water from hitting the burning area of the stump so a scrap of metal roof or even just a old baking sheet will work.

My neighbor beat you to it, without a shop vac, 65 years ago. He had several 4 to 4 foot oak stumps and used an old Electrolux vacuum. Took him weeks and a lot of beer.

We live in the middle of what was a prime lumberjack area back in the 1880's to early 1900's. We still have stumps from that time. It's terrible on chainsaw chain, etc, but I cut stumps down below ground level and cover them. That works great until you want to do a garden or flower bed. Great video, thanks.

At 5:50 What a flame! Now, all we need is a Witch. Great video. I've got some to get rid of and your video is a great inspiration.

i was crying when you just randomly started blacksmithing.... i saw a few other videos where they didnt get the stump, using way more 'advanced' techniques if you can call them that... meanwhile a guy with a shopvac is entering the iron age.

This is ingenious. Works like a forced air kiln. We have everything here to get it going, heat, fuel and air, except a few things, ie sausages, chicken and stake.

Hah!!! Did the same thing with a leaf blower!!!! Got me beat on using it as a forge. Good thinking!

It is easier to use a carbide circular saw blade with a gas trimmer to grind down and cut the tree stump. Cheap, fast, easy, and fun.

Did this a few years back with a long garden hose with a 1 inch pipe on the end. Used a little mattress pump on the other end. Put the pipe down in the hole. You could put set leaves and cover the hole and it would just incinerate.

Several containers of Cadwield poured down into the holes and across the top. It is far hotter than what you used.

That's a great idea making the stump a forge to eliminate it 👍

I am so greafull for this. Will it kill the roots too. And I wil also like to know could the root to burn underground and cause any problems later on. Since they might burn a long time?

great idea i have 2 i need to do this to thanks

At first I thought the shop vac wouldn't help but it makes a big difference.

Good job pal I enjoyed the video

A leaf blower works well.

That was awesome, what was the total burn time.

Always fun with fire 😀