Best way to kill off a tree stump?

[Chief Pote]

Originally Posted by Bwana

So when I moved into this house 15 plus years ago the former owner had planted a couple of trees between the sidewalk and the street. Fast forward to last year and the roots had pretty much destroyed my sidewalk so I had them cut down last summer.

Now I have two big stumps that are still alive and I'm getting ready to drop $2500 to have the sidewalk replaced. I drilled a bunch of 1 inch holes in the stumps at the end of the summer and dumped something in the holes, but the beasts are still alive. I would burn the damn things, but the fire department would frown on such an activity. If I was in the country, I would blow them up with dynamite or just make a few pipe bombs to take them out, but obviously the neighbors would become restless when their windows blew out.

I checked into having someone come over with a stump grinder and they are WAY to pound of their services. So is their a good chemical out there to take these wooden bastards to the promised land that anyone has had success with? I hear good things about this but I honestly have no idea if this is going to take them out.

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Look no further...Tordon RTU will do the job. Picloram is wicked shit, it's commercial grade be careful with it.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by Chief Pote

Look no further...Tordon RTU will do the job. Picloram is wicked shit, it's commercial grade be careful with it.

Great news, I'll be sure to glove up for the task. How quick does the stuff work?

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by Bwana

Great news, I'll be sure to glove up for the task. How quick does the stuff work?

How fast it works depends on how fast its growing. It'll take few weeks this time of year.

Be the hell careful with it. It has a crazy long residual for broad leaves. I don't know what it will do to grass but it isn't good for it.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by Buehler445

How fast it works depends on how fast its growing. It'll take few weeks this time of year.

Be the hell careful with it. It has a crazy long residual for broad leaves. I don't know what it will do to grass but it isn't good for it.

It would have to jump across the sidewalk to get on the main grass. Any roots that go under the sidewalk I plan to take out with my chain saw as well.

[19now11]

being an equipment operator, i recomend a cat 325 excavator. good luck.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by 19now11

being an equipment operator, i recomend a cat 325 excavator. good luck.

If I had one of those laying around, that would be the direction to go.