 going to take a little bit but it's definitely a doable project now an easier way to remove a stump is to use chemicals and they're going to be sold in home centers and hardware stores and they do contain potassium nitrate which is going to speed up the microbial process of decomposition so basically what you do is you drill some deep holes into that stump and then you pour those chemicals into the holes and then cover the stump with a tarp and you've got to wait about four to six weeks because then what's going to happen is that wood is going to become spongy at