Stump Grinding from Sarasota to Punta Gorda

Any Species, Any Count

Different trees grind differently. Palm is fibrous and stringy. Oak is dense and hard on teeth. Ficus roots run out wide, so there is usually more to deal with than the part you can see. The machine handles all of it, and the operator adjusts to what is in front of him.

Count is not a problem either. A single stump by the driveway gets the same attention as a whole lot full of them after a clearing job.

• Oak, pine and other hardwoods
• Palm stumps of any size
• Ficus and other wide rooted trees
• Single stumps up to full lot counts

Standing Stumps and Blown Over Root Balls

After a storm you are often left with something worse than a stump. The tree is on its side and the root plate is pulled halfway out of the ground. That is a different job than a flat cut stump, and a small machine is usually not enough for it.

We have worked hurricane cleanup up and down the coast, so tipped trees and lifted root balls are familiar ground. We can grind the stump down, deal with the root plate, and knock the hole back down so the yard is safe to walk on again.

Grinding After a Tree Removal

Most people would rather not schedule two companies and two visits. We take trees down and we grind stumps, so both can happen on the same job. Tell us up front that you want the stump gone and we will price it into the removal.

If another company took the tree down and left you the stump, that is fine too. We grind plenty of stumps we did not cut.

Access, Utilities and Irrigation

Two things decide how a stump job goes. The first is access. Gate width, slope, soft ground and how far the machine has to travel all matter. Send a photo of the gate or the side yard and we will tell you what we need.

The second is what is buried near the stump. Irrigation lines, sprinkler heads, low voltage lighting and invisible fence wire tend to live right where the roots are. Point out anything you know about before we start and we will work around it.

• Send photos of the stump and the access route
• Flag sprinkler heads and lighting you know about
• Tell us if a slab, fence or pool cage is going in after

HOA, Commercial and Multi Stump Jobs

Communities and property managers usually have a list, not a stump. Common area trees that came out over the last few years, a row along a lake bank, a preserve edge that got cleaned up. We will walk the property, count them, and give you one number for the whole list.

We work with a lot of the same communities and property managers year after year, so we are used to scheduling around residents, mowing crews and events.