Why stumps are worth removing
A stump seems harmless until you live with one. It's the thing you hit with the mower every week. It's a trip hazard for kids and grandparents. It sends up sucker shoots all summer, and as it rots it invites carpenter ants, termites, and fungus into the middle of your yard. And when you're ready to sell, it's the first thing a buyer's eye lands on.
Digging one out by hand is a brutal weekend. Grinding it out takes us a fraction of the time and leaves the area ready to be lawn again.
How stump removal works
We grind the stump down below grade, taking the visible wood and the top of the root flare with it. What's left is a shallow bed of wood chips where the stump used to be. From there you choose:
- Chips hauled off and the hole backfilled so grass can take over
- Chips left neat for your garden beds, one reviewer asked for exactly that and got "clean and neat piles of stump chips as requested"
One stump or the whole yard
Some calls are one fresh stump after a removal. Others are a property that's collected them for years. Multiple stumps in one visit almost always beats pricing them one at a time, so if you've got three or four scattered around, have us look at all of them while we're there.
Taking a tree down at the same time? Bundle it with tree removal and the whole thing, trunk to root flare, disappears in one job.
What it costs
Stump pricing follows the diameter of the stump, how deep it needs to go, and what's around it, sprinkler lines, fences, and slopes all matter. The quote is free and takes minutes. Text a photo with something for scale next to it and we can usually get you a ballpark even faster.