Rocket Stump 2.0 - Big Dry Maple Stump

We had a ash stump in the back yard. The tree had died off, we removed the limbs and most of the trunk, but left about two plus feet of the trunk. Chainsawed a hole in the center, filled it with good soil and planted a geranium in it. The geranium really liked growing in it, was good for a planter for several years until it finally rotted out and was easily removed completely. After that planted a tree Peony in its place which for several more years did spectacularly well. Tons of flowers. Just a idea in case anyone wants to try it….

I certainly brings back fond memories of my childhood when all I needed to entertain myself was gasoline and matches.

Great rocket stove :) I tried burning a stump from the outside. What I got was a weather resistant ,carbon coated stump that lasted for years!

Be careful if stump is not new the roots can smolder and burn for days, weeks and may catch your other structures or other burnables nearby

I learned on another property I owned that you can cut the stump close to the ground and load a good amount of dirt to cover it and ensure no suckers come back. Maintain moist and in about a year the whole thing is rotted enough to make scraped it flat. Dirt attracts insects and fungus that eat away the stump with little human effort.

I tried to do this many years ago at my parents house. I was looking forward to burning that stump all night! Then there was a knock at the door, UT was the fire chief saying we had an illegal fire in our backyard. He went out back and put it our with our garden hose. All the other firefighters were on a fire truck watching over our wall. What the fire chief didn't realize was that our hose had a blow out from being left on with a spray nozzle in the past, so when he put his thumb on it to spray it better and got completely soaked! All the other firefighters started laughing at him til they chocked and telling him stuff but the chief stayed totally serious with water dripping off his face and hair telling us how serious our stump fire was and not to do it again. Served him right for ruining our night!

When i was young . We did this to a large oak stump abont 15 ft from our barn .. it worked extreamly well , unfortunatly about a week after the stump was almost totally gone. Then a few days later the barn was also gone. It follower the roots to the old barn. Not saying this is a bad thing . Just a heads up if buildings are close. Must say that was 70 years ago.

Very nice I have done this a few times myself. One thing I’ve enjoyed. I use a 1 inch or bigger drill bit and make a little rocket stoves all the way around but then there’s a good amount of spacing depending on the type of wood. I also take old concrete panels forms build a box with a lid around the stump then add a temperature controlled blower for a day or two

I'm just glad you didn't need to fast forward to the part where the fire dept. wasn't putting out the garage fire!

I could suggest to people who want to do this, find an old used wheel rim [steel works best] from a junk yard cheap that you don't mind destroying, and put that up over the top of your stumps. It does 2 things: 1, it helps hold in a whole lot of radiant heat that would be lost, and 2, raises the 'chimney' [through the hole in its center] and a good sized car or truck rim has enough openings in them [usually] to provide adequate draft. You can get several burns from one rim as they are pretty thick steel, so ten bucks or however much they charge, will speed up the burn, and you won't have to work as hard at keeping the fire lit.

That's pretty cool! I've bought them swedish logs at the campground over the year's and never gave it a thought. The last time I got one out we use the milling head on a skid loader used to make notches on an asphalt crew that's what I do for a living. Poorman's stump grinder. Lol but pretty cool buddy thanks for turning on that light switch in my head. 🔥💪💯🇺🇲. PS; the stump we took out wasn't half that size lol

I would think putting the blower in the draft hole does more good than just growing the flame. When it's burning on its own, the ashes fall to the bottom and smother the bottom from burning. So only the sides will burn. Putting the blower in will blow all the ashes out, and allow the bottom to breathe and burn. It looks like you were pretty successful getting the bottom to burn. If you ever do it again, try blowing through the draft hole, to get the smothering ashes out, about every 2 hours. You want the fire to burn downward as much as possible. Good luck!

Cool video, great job! Here in Sweden there's a kind of stump-stove that you can get pretty cheap. It's basically a sheet steel chimney with air inlets that you mount around your stump. And the stump burning method shown in the video is sometimes used here as a way to cook a meal on a single piece of firewood.

Amazing he didn't catch the garage on fire by placing the blower pointing towards it while adding brush on top, snapping & crackling , blowing sparks towards his garage!

Nice video. In the past I have dug the dirt around the stump. Burns deeper.

I poured used motor oil on a stump on two occasions a few weeks apart. It lit easily and kept burning even under ground.

Hi from England , over here with small yards and smokeless zones I have had to dig out 100s of stumps with shovels axes and brute force. Love the USA and Canada you guys do things the easiest way, loved the video be lucky

"Mister, if you're tryin' to launch that there stump into outer space I think you got the nozzle upside down."

That was relaxing. I could have watched that all night. Thanks for your hard work!

I like your way of thinking. I used to put a steel drum around a stump and keep feeding branches for several days to burn down to below root ball your idea should do it all without adding wood.