Stump Grinding in Jacksonville, NC

A cut stump is not finished business. In our climate it will hold water, soften, sink an inch or two a year, and throw sprouts around the collar for as long as the root system has stored sugar. Mow over it once and you find out how expensive a stump is to a blade deck. Grinding ends all of that in an afternoon.

We grind several inches below grade as standard — deep enough to put topsoil and grass over it and mow like nothing was there. If you plan to plant another tree, a post, or a patio pad in that spot, say so at the quote and we go deeper and chase more of the root plate out, because a shallow grind will not give you planting depth. Surface roots running out across the lawn get chased back as far as access and utilities allow. We locate before we grind; nobody wants a cable line or an irrigation head chewed up.

You decide what happens to the grindings. Backfilling the hole with the chips is included: we rake it out, crown it slightly because it will settle over a few months, and you top it with soil later. Hauling the chips off costs a bit more and leaves you a clean, level patch that day, which is what most people want if they are reseeding right away. Either way the pile does not sit in your yard. And if another company took the tree and left you the stump, we will grind it — that is a normal call for us, no attitude about it.