Hi Dave. I had to remove a lilac bush this year. I started on one 2 yrs ago and it about killed me digging all around it to get at the roots.  We live next to McDonald plumbing and Shane came by ans said "would you like me to pull that out for you?"  I said I'd love it and he came back with a back hoe and chain and jerked it out in 5 seconds. I had another to do this year and did not even start to dig on it. I found Shane and asked if he had the backhoe out, would he pull this one too. It was gone the next day and he even too this one away in the bucket!! It is noisy in the morning living next to them , but there are a lot of advantages.
Say did you ever fix that handle on the hand drill??

Cheers, Jim ........................ Variety is the spice of life...............Learn something new every day