Patent ID: 8006726
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
1. A method of coring a tree stump from attached roots to permit removal of the tree stump from within the earth, the method comprising: (a) rotating a cylindrical cutting blade of a hollow tubular body having at one end an annular ring of cutting teething about a generally vertical axis of rotation; (b) moving the cylindrical cutting blade in a generally vertical downwardly direction over a tree stump having a diameter less than the inner diameter of said hollow tubular body with the tree stump positioned within said hollow tubular body; (c) urging said cutting teeth vertically downward into the attached roots to cut the roots from the tree stump forming a stump core; and (d) moving the cylindrical cutting blade and stump core in a generally vertical upwardly direction from within the earth.