No settling
A root ball left under fill rots out over years and the ground above it drops.
Stump Removal
Get the whole thing out.
Pulled whole or ground down — so what's under your pad, pasture or yard isn't slowly rotting into a hole.
Two ways to do it
Grinding and pulling are not the same job.
Grinding takes the stump down below grade with a cutting wheel and leaves the root system in the ground. It's quicker, it's cheaper, and it's the right call in a finished yard where you want to plant grass over it and you're not building on it.
Pulling takes the root ball out whole with an excavator. It leaves a hole that has to be filled and compacted, and it costs more — but there's nothing left underground to rot, settle and take your slab or your driveway down with it years later.
If anything is going to be built on that spot, pull it. If it's yard, grind it.
What's included
Why it matters later
No regrowth
Some species will come back off a cut stump. Out of the ground, it doesn't.
No surprises
Nobody wants to find a stump with a trencher, a post hole digger or a footing.
Good to know
Questions about this work
Can you get stumps out of a finished yard without tearing it up?
Grinding, mostly yes — it's contained and the mess is chips. Pulling a large root ball out of an established lawn will damage the ground around it; there's no version of that which doesn't.
What do you do with the hole?
Backfill and compact it. A hole from a pulled root ball will settle if it's just pushed full of loose dirt and left.
Do you take the stumps away?
We can, or they can stay on site in a pile. It affects the price either way, so we'll agree it before we start.
Free estimates
Let's look at your property.
Call or text (601) 522-6821 — estimates are free and there's no pressure attached.