No pictures to show but the worst stump I've seen was about 5' across & 4' out of the ground. Its root flairs were lifting up many of the patio bricks on one side & cracking the cement pad on the other.
Worst part about the whole thing was it was covered in Poison Ivy!
The customer wanted the stump out but didn't want me to disturb his cement or brick pad or I would be responsible for the damage.
There was no access for a proper size grinder other that a vermeer 252 or similar size unit...maybe. And this guy was becomming more dificult with more stipulations and wanting it in writting that he wasn't gonna pay me until HE was satisfied with the job.
Before the guy went any further, I told him that the best way for him to deal with his stump was to:
-Hit the poison ivy with round-up to kill it,
-then burn it off the stump after its dryed up to get rid of it,
-get a good chainsaw & have half a dozen extra chains handy,
-cut it out in sections, (cube it),
-dispose of it as he sees fit,
-(I go on & on about what he can do about the bricks & cement work, and how to deal with the remainder of the stump in the ground...etc, etc).
The customer tells me that, 'you could not pay him enough money to do all that work by myself'! I said to him thats something that we can both agree upon and that I felt the same way.
This is the part where I turned & walked away, leaving him with a dumbfounded(sp?) look on his face!
BTW, the stump & ivy are still there and its been over 5 years since my visit with this customer, go figure.
HC
