Tree Services
Stump Grinding
We grind stumps and surface roots below grade so you can mow right over the spot, seed it, or replant.
Below grade, not just flush
A stump cut flush with the ground is still a stump. Mower blades find it, grass won’t grow over it, and it sits there going soft. We grind well below the soil line so the hole can be filled, seeded, and forgotten about.
The grinder wheel chews the stump into chips a little at a time, and we chase the surface roots that run out from it — the ones that trip you up and catch a mower deck. When we’re done, the spot is level ground, not a patch you have to mow around.
- Stumps ground below grade, not cut flush
- Surface roots ground out too, not left
- Chips raked into the hole or hauled off
- Fenced and tight yards — access checked first
- Underground utilities marked before the wheel turns
- Several stumps or a whole fencerow in one trip
How it goes
What to Expect
Free estimate
Call or email and we’ll come look at the stump. Size, species, how close it sits to the house, the fence, the septic — all of that changes how we grind it.
Mark and clear
Before the wheel turns, we get underground lines marked and pull rock, wire, and fence staples out of the way. Grinding a hidden chunk of metal is how teeth get ruined.
Grind it down
The grinder works side to side, taking the stump down in passes until it’s below grade. Then we follow the surface roots out and take those down with it.
Clean up
Tell us what you want done with the chips. We’ll rake them back into the hole and tamp it, or load them out with the skid steer and leave you bare dirt.
Why leaving the stump costs you
A stump doesn’t just sit there. It rots from the inside out, and the species that sucker keep sending up shoots from live roots. If it’s sitting close to the house, that’s a pile of rotting wood right up against the foundation. And it’s usually in the flat corner where the shed or the swing set was going to go.
It doesn’t get easier with time, either. The wood softens, dirt and rock work their way into it, and the sprouts come back every summer no matter how many times you cut them off. Grinding takes out the stump and the roots around it — on a heavy sprouter you may still knock down a straggler or two, but that’s the end of it.
- Hidden stumps and roots chew up mower blades
- Rotting wood is what termites and carpenter ants look for
- Sprouting species keep sending up shoots you have to cut
- Mushrooms and fungus keep coming up around the decay
- A stump takes up ground you'd rather be using
Questions
Common Questions
Below grade — deep enough to cover with topsoil and seed. Ground-up wood ties up nitrogen while it breaks down, so if you’re seeding or laying sod we’ll pull the chips out of the hole instead of raking them back. Planning to build over it? Say so up front.
Grinding turns the stump into a pile of chips and dirt that looks bigger than the stump did. We’ll rake it back into the hole and mound it a little so it settles level, or load it out with the skid steer and leave you bare ground. Your call.
Depends on the gate and the path to it. Send a photo of the access with your estimate request and we’ll tell you what fits and what we’d have to move. Taking a fence panel loose and setting it back after is normal — that part’s not a problem.
Old stumps somebody else left behind are no problem. Weathered wood grinds different than a fresh cut — dirtier, harder on teeth, since grit works its way into the wood — but we take them either way, one stump or a whole fencerow along the property line.
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Call (812) 482-2906 or email treeprosmanagement@gmail.com for a free estimate. We’re family owned, fully insured, and based right here in Jasper — and we’re always open.