Going to the dump. Why ? What else would I do with it ?
A lot of it depends on what you have for tools/equipment. And if you have any interest in woodworking, or know someone that is. When you cut that into slabs from top to bottom you will find some interesting grain lines. It would take a least a year to dry it for woodworking after it was cut up. Some wood turnings will turn in wet as it is easier. But they can only get close to the final pattern, then it needs to be dried. There is a process to that. I don't have the equipment needed to slab it though.
I love working with wood. I have for years. I have built and designed some nice stuff but now I am learning to work with metal and I enjoy the learning process. I have dug out over half a dozen big stumps since retiring and some before that. I always dig by hand and even the smaller stumps are pretty big. They are like icebergs that way. If someone has the tools to salvage stumps, turn them into a thing of beauty, great. You all make good points guys. Thank you.
On two other notes I,m fat and lazy . last stumps i needed removed at the Chalet de 77 I got a local with a mini ex to dig them out . Amazing what those little machines can do .
And I was doing landscaping yard work at our other place , picked up a yard of dirt w my 56 chev truck . handled it fine , but also had upgraded rear leaf kit in it . trucks were made for working
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I,m as cool as Milner , but axeually a bit more like Beckwith
I have some stumps here that I will get the lad with the stump grinder to take car of.
As far as cutting up a stump for wood turning, I read somewhere that to prevent the
wood from drying out too fast and splitting, you can dip or spray them with anti freeze.
It does not evaporate as fast as water.
Or sumthin like that.
