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Thought a stump removal would take 2 hours... I was SO wrong
I took on a big silver maple stump in someone's backyard last Wednesday. Figured I'd have it ground out and be gone before lunch. But the roots had wrapped around an old sprinkler line AND a buried cable marker. Took me 6 hours total to get it all cleared and safe. Has anyone else run into hidden utility lines or pipes that made a simple job drag out way longer than it should?
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jamiew834d ago
Right?! @ryan952 hit it, I've seen roots totally fuse with irrigation lines over time like they're hugging them.
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ryan9524d ago
Wait that's not how ground stumps usually go, those roots don't just wrap around stuff like that.
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Ryan952 brings up a good point, but maybe there's something else going on here. Could be from a tree that was planted too close to foundations or pipes and grew around them over decades. Another thing nobody mentioned is these might not be natural roots at all. They could be from an invasive species like bamboo or something that twists and wraps as it spreads underground. Or maybe the stump was from a tree that fell and its roots got tangled with roots from a nearby tree. A lot of folks forget that roots can fuse together when they rub against each other for years.
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