The first tree stump to be tackled was the one of the conifer near the front door. This had been cut down many years ago and as the bucket of the excavator was swung it its general direction it just gave up and fell over. Easy we thought... lets move onto the second one.
This proved to be an altogether different proposition. If you look at the preparation page you'll see this in the bottom of the third picture. Looks OK doesn't it, not too big. Now compare that to the picture on the left and you'll see how much was below the ground.
This one did not give up without a fight, but after much slipping about of the digger in the sodden ground and the creation of a large hole, it eventually succumbed to our will. We also found out today how much the roots of a eucalyptus tree look like a cable or a black water pipe as there were a few loud cries to the digger driver to stop when we spotted one in the bottom of the hole. |