Stump remover

A portable stump remover for cutting and grinding away a tree stump or limb situated within the ground comprising a rectangular-shape housing having a fore and an aft end and a horizontal top plate, a pair of side plates and a fore end plate, said fore end of said housing including a fixed bottom inclined angled plate extending upwardly from one side plate to the other, cutter means to facilitate the cutting and grinding of such stump or root mounted near the fore end of said housing, power means mounted upon said top plate of said housing near the aft end of said housing to provide the requisite rotational force to said cutter means, and wheel means to support said housing above ground level and facilitate the portable movement of the stump remover, said wheel means being mounted and supporting said housing near the aft end of said housing slightly behind the center of gravity of said power means such that said housing tends to rotate forward upon said wheel means causing said cutter means to contact such root or stump, said power means comprising an internal combustion engine having a horizontal stroke piston, said cutter means comprising a drive shaft supported for rotation within a bearing housing fixed to said inclined angled plate, said drive shaft including at one end a plurality of teeth for cutting and grinding such tree stump or root, and said axis of said drive shaft forming an angle of approximately 19 to 39 degrees with respect to a vertical plane extending fore and aft said housing.