# My basketball pole, which was concreted in, collapsed. It left only the "stump" of the pole, which is the concreted in part, left. Is there a way to saw the stump down to the ground more or less evenly? (

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** basketball-nba, tools-electric-diy\
**Created:** [October 15, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-basketball-pole-which-was-concreted-in-collapsed-it-left-only-the-stump-of-the-pole-which-is-the-concreted-in-part-left-is-there-a-way-to-saw-the-stump-down-to-the-ground-more-or-less-evenly/991600 "2023-10-15T15:22:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-basketball-pole-which-was-concreted-in-collapsed-it-left-only-the-stump-of-the-pole-which-is-the-concreted-in-part-left-is-there-a-way-to-saw-the-stump-down-to-the-ground-more-or-less-evenly/991600/41 "2023-10-28T17:21:18Z")

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Angle Grinded it down today, worked quite well. Money spent:

Angle Grinder - $15  
Discs for Grinder(masonry and metal) - $15-$17 total  
Sledge Hammer - $25  
Face Shield - $8

About $65 or so to do the whole job. Took a few discs, but I cut it down nice and smooth. I can do more in the spring if it bothers me, but it looks low enough for:

- the lawn mower to go over
- grass to more or less fill around it. The spot is quite small that is exposed.

Thanks, everyone. Worked like a charm, though I did buy the cheapest angle grinder. If anyone has a job even a bit bigger, I’d probably say get a higher amp than I did to make it go even smoother. My disc locked up a bit and I had to go slower. Higher amp would probably have cut it like pure butter. Mine was less than 5 amp.

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**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2023, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-basketball-pole-which-was-concreted-in-collapsed-it-left-only-the-stump-of-the-pole-which-is-the-concreted-in-part-left-is-there-a-way-to-saw-the-stump-down-to-the-ground-more-or-less-evenly/991600/42 "2023-10-30T03:57:57Z")

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> [@mixdenny](#):
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> It’s called dynamite

Tannerite. No license required.

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