Sawing walnut stumps

[Kelvin]

WHats the low down on the best way of sawing stumps?  These are 15 yrs old and still sound.  We just dug out 7 so they are covered with clay.  Do you just let them weather?  Power wash?  through them in the pond?  What is the best way that you have found?  These stumps are from trees about 24-32" in dia and weigh around 3,000 lbs based on the loader problems.  About 10' across on the roots.
Where is the best wood?  Only the part below the trunk?  Any of the roots interesting?  Any help would be apprciated.
THanks
KP

[Brad_S.]

Kelvin,
I wasn't going to post since I've never done one, but I hate to see a posted question go unresponded to. :D
I was hot to do one because I had always heard there was beautiful grain waiting to be had. However, there have been a number of posts here in the past if you search and they basically said the time expended and the blade damage caused by debris was not worth the often mundane results. I would be very interested in hearing back with your opinion should you go ahead and mill one up.

[EZ]

I sawed a 44 inch for a guy. The main stump was very interesting, the roots did'nt interest me or the other guy. It was a pain in the butt to saw because of the hidden rocks, but it did pay good.
EZ

[Kelvin]

How did you do it?  How did you clean it?  Help!
KP

[IL Bull]

I sawed up a large cherry stump.  I used my skid steer with a set of forks and cleaned the dirt off of the stump.  Then I cut the roots off and put it on the mill.  Sawed up pretty easy.  Only hit one pocket of dirt. :

[Brad_S.]

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=3904.0
https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=7524.0

[Burlkraft]

I've worked a lot of redwood stumpage and although it's nasty and dirty ya just gotta put the rain suit on and get in there and power wash and pry and wash and pry.......

The worst part is getting the rocks out of the pockets that are everywhere. When you hit a rock with a 12' pole saw that means a lot of chain sharpening time.

I really don't know any other way to do it. First you have to decide if it's worth it ;) ;) :-\ :-\

[woodmills1]

on the only one I cut I used a hatchet to chip away the outside after I washed it

[dad2nine]

Interesting thread - I have two walnut root balls I need to cut also. I like the idea of a good power washing and a hatchet to clean it up, then a power wash again. I'll let you know how it works out... I think I'm just going to cant em and seal with ancor seal, and resaw later accord to what a future customer wants.

That's my plan anyways...

Thanks

[Burlkraft]

Good plan at that ;D ;D