Thread: Redgum stumps (not posts)

I hear this sort of request quite a lot but what most people have little idea about is the weight of stumps that size, and what they have in mind doesn't quite turn out like they thought it would.

Regarding the weights, 700 mm high x 400 mm diameter stumps will weigh around 90 kg while the 600 mm ones will weigh around 200 kgs!

Unless you plan to bury the stumps into the ground, 700 mm alone is too high for a seat. If you then place a 150 mm thick sleeper on top of that, the seat height will be ~850 mm and it will have to be "climbed" onto it and then it will feel like you are sitting on a perch. Comfortable seats are about 400 to 500 mm high so you really only need stumps that are 350 mm high which halves the weight. A 600 mm diameter stump will need 3 sleepers to fill out the width which will then look like a low table whereas the 400 mm will take 2 sleepers ok and look more like a seat. I suggest you draw a scale drawing of the various shapes before starting to lug heavy bits of redgum.

Anyway, I hope you can make use of some of these ideas.

Man, Australia has got to be the only place in the world where people ask how to put stumps back in?!

Wait 'til I tell the guys back home about this, they won't believe me.

Originally Posted by Eli

Man, Australia has got to be the only place in the world where people ask how to put stumps back in?!

Wait 'til I tell the guys back home about this, they won't believe me.

Not how... I just want to know where to get them.

I'm sorry, I'm just keeeding.

My neighbor has tons of stumps. He hasn't pulled any yet though, they must not be ripe.

Originally Posted by BobL

I hear this sort of request quite a lot but what most people have little idea about is the weight of stumps that size, and what they have in mind doesn't quite turn out like they thought it would.

Regarding the weights, 700 mm high x 400 mm diameter stumps will weigh around 90 kg while the 600 mm ones will weigh around 200 kgs!

Unless you plan to bury the stumps into the ground, 700 mm alone is too high for a seat. If you then place a 150 mm thick sleeper on top of that, the seat height will be ~850 mm and it will have to be "climbed" onto it and then it will feel like you are sitting on a perch. Comfortable seats are about 400 to 500 mm high so you really only need stumps that are 350 mm high which halves the weight. A 600 mm diameter stump will need 3 sleepers to fill out the width which will then look like a low table whereas the 400 mm will take 2 sleepers ok and look more like a seat. I suggest you draw a scale drawing of the various shapes before starting to lug heavy bits of redgum.

Anyway, I hope you can make use of some of these ideas.

Hi Bob,

Thanks for your input. I had intended to sink the stumps into the ground. As I said, the intent is to make it look like a couple of trees that had been lopped off, so that does require enough height of the trunk to have maybe 200mm or so below the soil, which will have the added bonus of making the seat more stable. I've already begun landscaping the yard and have created a spot in one corner where the seat will be set partly into the start of a small rise...



I've aleady played with the seat sizing in regards to the number of sleepers. Two is nice, my missus talks about three so I've got to take it into consideration.

But the question remains... where can I source the stumps?

How soon do you want them?

I can get you some that will be cut from the ground up and in Redgum at around the 300 to 500mm dia.