Abstract: A method and apparatus for removing pieces of wood, such as stumps, from a logging site. In particular, the method entails driving a spike into a given piece of wood, attaching a line to the spike, pulling the piece of wood to a desired area away from the logging site, and then removing the spike from the piece of wood. Also provided is a spike having a head that has a first, broad width at the top of the head, a second, narrow width below the first, broad width, and one or more shafts extending from the second narrow width of the head. Further, the head of the spike has a hole therethrough able to receive a line so that the spike, upon being driven into a chunk of wood, can be pulled to the desired area.