Backhoe or excavator , possibly with a grapple. Rip them out. Shake them and pile them. Have a weenie roast in the future
embracethepale
Petty on 100
bigdrives3
Any more details to this? Was he paying to use this land? Did you purchase it from him? Did he cut them down when he was no longer allowed to use the land?
amoebashephard
With that soil, stump grinder.
Sir_HumpfreyAppleby
Can we get a story time on this?
DIYstyle
Can you just do nothing?
Voted4WoodrowWilson
Well now no one gets any apples wtf
audaciousmonk
Did he repossess his apple trees?
SnooWalruses6828
Did he poison all of them? If not, this could be the first step in top working them.
derpbeluga
Cool story, nice and short!
justnick84
Just get [This thing.](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=906024729931812) But really on our nursery when we have ones we need to get rid of we just use the mini ex with a thumb and pull them and give them a shake. Should be able to do that in about a day with a 4 or 8 ton machine.
woolsocksandsandals
Forestry mulcher thing on a skid steer.
But we’re all going to need the background on this. Please tell us the story.
Please.🙏
Avocadosandtomatoes
Do you think they’ll grow back? Trees are crazy.
J999999AY
If you live somewhere amenable to outdoor mushroom production I’d say drill holes in the stumps and start colonizing them with mycelium plugs. Could be one hell of a cash crop. I should have a chart somewhere with different hardwoods and their most compatible mushroom varieties. DM me if you want a picture.
SnooGuavas6192
Might be fine… they might just start shooting out branches and be a bunch of low level apple trees.
stuckinthedryer
Backhoe and dig them out. So sorry that is a suckfest. That is a whole lot of sad.
RaggedMountainMan
How bout them apples…..?
…. Or lack thereof.
Shartbite
Story time please
Carhug
There’s a chance many will grow back. The likely have pretty extensive root systems. They’ll probably resprout and since the tree is already a few years old they’ll fruit immediately.
Also, fortunately it looks like most of them were cut above the graft line.
Will actually purposely plant a lot of pear trees and if we don’t like the fruit will cut them back like you see in this picture on purpose and will graft on after the next year at sprouts the fruit we actually wanted.
In the meantime like other folks said, lawyer up. There’s a lot of big tree law out there. Since it appears like this is or was an orchard you can also look at calling insurance for loss of wages.
exampleofaman
What happened h?
CornecumTeutonicum
I’m stumped…I wouldn’t know.
jmeador42
If you want them gone now: Backhoe or mulcher.
If you can wait for them to die: Hack and squirt method using a hatchet and some glyphosate.
upwardswing
If you have some time, I say berm them up with other compostable logs and reap the benefits a few years down the line. There is a German method and (un)fortunately this situation looks perfectly suited for the aftermath.
Hugelkultur, pronounced hoo-gul-culture, means hill culture or hill mound.
Instead of putting branches, leaves and grass clippings in bags by the curbside for the bin men… build a hugel bed. Simply mound logs, branches, leaves, grass clippings, straw, cardboard, petroleum-free newspaper, manure, compost or whatever other biomass you have available, top with soil and plant your veggies.
jackfish72
I like your ex father inlaw’s style. That’s some high level vindictive shit.
No offense OP. Good Track hoe will rip those out in about 30 seconds each.
fishwhisper22
What do you want to do with the land?
KrinkyDink2
They make a stump removal powder (potassium nitrate). You drill some vertical/vertically angled holes in the stump and fill it with the powder, supposedly it speeds up the decay.
HappyAnimalCracker
Water them well and rent an excavator or backhoe.
madhatter275
One excavator could have these out in an afternoon.
Yum_MrStallone
Based on a comment below, I looked up renting an attachment for a bobcat. You probably need both the bobcat and the tree spade. Good Luck. [https://carletonequipment.com/products/tree-spade-rental](https://carletonequipment.com/products/tree-spade-rental)
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What happened to them?
Step 1 Lawyer up
Backhoe or excavator , possibly with a grapple. Rip them out. Shake them and pile them. Have a weenie roast in the future
Petty on 100
Any more details to this? Was he paying to use this land? Did you purchase it from him? Did he cut them down when he was no longer allowed to use the land?
With that soil, stump grinder.
Can we get a story time on this?
Can you just do nothing?
Well now no one gets any apples wtf
Did he repossess his apple trees?
Did he poison all of them? If not, this could be the first step in top working them.
Cool story, nice and short!
Just get [This thing.](https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=906024729931812) But really on our nursery when we have ones we need to get rid of we just use the mini ex with a thumb and pull them and give them a shake. Should be able to do that in about a day with a 4 or 8 ton machine.
Forestry mulcher thing on a skid steer.
But we’re all going to need the background on this. Please tell us the story.
Please.🙏
Do you think they’ll grow back? Trees are crazy.
If you live somewhere amenable to outdoor mushroom production I’d say drill holes in the stumps and start colonizing them with mycelium plugs. Could be one hell of a cash crop. I should have a chart somewhere with different hardwoods and their most compatible mushroom varieties. DM me if you want a picture.
Might be fine… they might just start shooting out branches and be a bunch of low level apple trees.
Backhoe and dig them out. So sorry that is a suckfest. That is a whole lot of sad.
How bout them apples…..?
…. Or lack thereof.
Story time please
There’s a chance many will grow back. The likely have pretty extensive root systems. They’ll probably resprout and since the tree is already a few years old they’ll fruit immediately.
Also, fortunately it looks like most of them were cut above the graft line.
Will actually purposely plant a lot of pear trees and if we don’t like the fruit will cut them back like you see in this picture on purpose and will graft on after the next year at sprouts the fruit we actually wanted.
In the meantime like other folks said, lawyer up. There’s a lot of big tree law out there. Since it appears like this is or was an orchard you can also look at calling insurance for loss of wages.
What happened h?
I’m stumped…I wouldn’t know.
If you want them gone now: Backhoe or mulcher.
If you can wait for them to die: Hack and squirt method using a hatchet and some glyphosate.
If you have some time, I say berm them up with other compostable logs and reap the benefits a few years down the line. There is a German method and (un)fortunately this situation looks perfectly suited for the aftermath.
Hugelkultur, pronounced hoo-gul-culture, means hill culture or hill mound.
Instead of putting branches, leaves and grass clippings in bags by the curbside for the bin men… build a hugel bed. Simply mound logs, branches, leaves, grass clippings, straw, cardboard, petroleum-free newspaper, manure, compost or whatever other biomass you have available, top with soil and plant your veggies.
I like your ex father inlaw’s style. That’s some high level vindictive shit.
No offense OP. Good Track hoe will rip those out in about 30 seconds each.
What do you want to do with the land?
They make a stump removal powder (potassium nitrate). You drill some vertical/vertically angled holes in the stump and fill it with the powder, supposedly it speeds up the decay.
Water them well and rent an excavator or backhoe.
One excavator could have these out in an afternoon.
Based on a comment below, I looked up renting an attachment for a bobcat. You probably need both the bobcat and the tree spade. Good Luck. [https://carletonequipment.com/products/tree-spade-rental](https://carletonequipment.com/products/tree-spade-rental)