WSU MUP Student
Cyburbian
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I cut down a crepe myrtle tree over the weekend. Because of the location between the pool and the house, I had to dismantle it bit by bit. Then I rented a stump grinder yesterday and after 3 hours I gave up. The blades on the grinder sucked. It is just about surface level with the exception of where the new tree is going. I made sure to go deep in that area. On, and it was 95 degrees with a heat index of 104.
Sad thing is I am very active and in the gym almost every day. On weekends I am always doing something around the house or building something. But this project beat me down.
I'm pretty active and think I'm in great shape for my age but a day of yardwork or helping my dad on the farm or something like that just wears me down so much more than I would expect. I think that type of work is just a ton of different movements than what you would do in the gym, no matter how "functional" you think your workout is. There is just no real substitute for actual manual labor.
For the stump... you can do what we always did on the farm: cut some groves or drill some holes into what's left, pour a bit of gasoline in, and light it up! If you don't want to use gasoline (not necessarily the safest method), you can always use some lamp oil. It burns a lot less hot but also nice and slow.