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The most expensive thing I've bought since I got this house was removing a bunch of ****ing diseased elm trees. $7200 to literally ruin my backyard.

**** yes.

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12-15-2020 , 09:09 PM

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Donat3llo

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Originally Posted by DeadMoneyWalking

What kind of offer will that take?

Probably more than the house

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12-15-2020 , 09:12 PM

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Why didn't you just chop them down with a hand axe like a real man?

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12-15-2020 , 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dream Crusher

Why didn't you just chop them down with a hand axe like a real man?

And then turn the stumps into a sweet dining room table

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12-15-2020 , 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Dream Crusher

Why didn't you just chop them down with a hand axe like a real man?

https://twitter.com/edsbs/status/130...244166144?s=20

What could go wrong?

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12-15-2020 , 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Donat3llo

(shout-out to 11t for this idea)

said nobody ever

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Having a family is on the table these days

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Took a quick trip to Utah and stopped in Denver...haven't been around there since I was a kid and didn't really remember how breathtaking it could be. GF also really wants to find new horizons so it's a thought we're tossing around, but really no clue where's good etc, so just lots of looking right now

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12-16-2020 , 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by BiteMeFish

said nobody ever

tmi

Took a quick trip to Utah and stopped in Denver...haven't been around there since I was a kid and didn't really remember how breathtaking it could be. GF also really wants to find new horizons so it's a thought we're tossing around, but really no clue where's good etc, so just lots of looking right now

Greener pastures = there is only so many warrants one man can dodge, amirite?

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12-16-2020 , 02:44 AM

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Greener pastures = there is only so many warrants one man can dodge, amirite?

It's hard being antifa these days

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12-16-2020 , 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Dream Crusher

Why didn't you just chop them down with a hand axe like a real man?

Because real men get real back pain digging out the roots.

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12-16-2020 , 09:31 AM

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Garick

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Do you even dynamite, bro?

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12-16-2020 , 11:08 AM

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Because real men get real back pain digging out the roots.

i dig out the root of what i thought was a small tree in the spring. that was a significant mistake. probably took 12 hours total to get most of it out.

burning them out seems less risky.

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12-16-2020 , 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by johnny_on_the_spot

i dig out the root of what i thought was a small tree in the spring. that was a significant mistake. probably took 12 hours total to get most of it out.

burning them out seems less risky.

I've never chased the roots around the yard. Just cutting out the stump is a pita.

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12-16-2020 , 11:38 AM

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After grinding out one stump with a chainsaw, I'm definitely going back to the dynamite method for my future stump removal needs.

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12-16-2020 , 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by DeadMoneyWalking

I've never chased the roots around the yard. Just cutting out the stump is a pita.

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After grinding out one stump with a chainsaw, I'm definitely going back to the dynamite method for my future stump removal needs.

would love to try it, but i think my neighbors might object. no HOA, but side setbacks are only 10' in my town i believe, and they're generally close to that. probably 50' max between houses

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12-16-2020 , 12:26 PM

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After grinding out one stump with a chainsaw, I'm definitely going back to the dynamite method for my future stump removal needs.

Or you could just pay somebody and not deal with that bullshit

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12-16-2020 , 12:59 PM

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Or you could just pay somebody and not deal with that bullshit

$7200, tho. Lot of things I'd rather do with 7k

But in general I agree, happy to spend money to save myself time.

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12-16-2020 , 02:36 PM

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$7200, tho. Lot of things I'd rather do with 7k

But in general I agree, happy to spend money to save myself time.

just think of how much blow you could do off strippers asses with 7200.

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12-16-2020 , 03:19 PM

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$200 hooker with $7000 worth of blow, or other way around?

GaskingforafriendG

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12-16-2020 , 03:24 PM

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I'll take one sex and two cocaines please.

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12-16-2020 , 03:31 PM

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i only chased it around the footprint of the branches that stopped grass growth. it was probably an 8' diameter. i actually had a guy chop the stump up with one of those giant chainsaw machine on wheels and he got a lot of the roots too, but they were all over the place as i was leveling the ground.

would love to try it, but i think my neighbors might object. no HOA, but side setbacks are only 10' in my town i believe, and they're generally close to that. probably 50' max between houses

Lol modern men and power tools. Real mean go rooting with a hoe&mattock, because real senior thought power tools (and obv homemade bombs) are dangerous.

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12-16-2020 , 03:53 PM

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12-16-2020 , 04:27 PM

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So when I was a kid, we took out a bunch of stumps with dynamite. Most came out with one stick. One big one didn't even move. So my dad tried again with two sticks. It moved a little (apparently enough to break most of its connection with the ground, but not enough to lift it out). So my dad got mad and put 5 sticks under it. It flew up about 20 feet. I thought it was cool, but apparently it wasn't supposed to do that.