What does your stump grinder charge you? Just watching a stump grinder grind a big stump down to nothing is someone to see! --68.63.xxx.xxx

I know the company that does only stump grinding can be negotiated with especially when they have several to do on the same property. It never includes cleaning up the pile of debris. --173.170.xxx.xxx

Depending on the difficulty of accessing the stump it can go over $100, but $50 is average if they're already on site doing a job. Had one that was right next to a foundation so they had a terrible time getting the machine in there right. Took every bit of 2 hours. It's a special kind of person who plants a tree 3 feet from the side of a house. --173.19.xx.xxx

Good filler for your doggy holes. --74.37.x.xxx

A year ago, I had a large tree cut down that was leaning toward a neighbors house. That 3 ft. wide stump will be grinded down next week and I will use some of the excess dirt/wood chips to fill in the crater holes in the backyard of this rental house. I only hire Monroe when a rental house is vacant. --68.63.xxx.xxx

That is very cheap for my area and it is extra to clean up the debris and extra if you want them to bring in topsoil and fill the hole and plant grass on it.About 3-4 years ago my wife worked at a large equipment rental store and on a long weekend we rented a large pull behind stump grinder and did several huge stumps at our house,a few at a rental and a couple more big ones at my parents house,that thing was a blast and I put 22 hours of use on it in a 3 day weekend. --72.231.xxx.xxx

Being from AL I owuld think you'd take the grinding bag it and sell it as mulch? Roy I'm disaapointed!!!!! Where you born in AL? --99.103.xxx.xxx

For a 36 inch stump with clean up here, it would cost several hundred dollars....minimum. --70.30.xx.xxx

Sell the mulch, there is a program in my big city they have to remove the large trees from the curb cause they are falling onto cars and lifting sidewalks - talk about a mess, anyway I get a trailer full of trash cans and bring it to my places for mulching whatever needs it, takes half a day to shovel in - transport around and tip over plus some smoothing out. --76.188.xxx.xx

Stump grinding around here is over a hundred bucks and they will rake up the stuff if you ask or they leave it there to plant the next tree in. --73.33.xxx.xxx

When it decomposes the holes will now need more fill dirt. And the gas it puts off while doing so can stop grass from growing --73.177.xxx.xx

Has one done a couple of years ago and it was 100 plus he cleaned up his mess. If a contractor doesn't clean up their own mess they don't work for me again. --174.105.xxx.xxx

I haven’t hired a stump grinder guy in about 5 years, but prior to that I was paying $100 per stump, ( big machine like you speak of ) the only clean up was he wouid rake all the debris to where the stump used to be. The final straw was when I had thee decent stumps at different houses in the same hood. Took him just a couple hours for all 3. Still $300. At that point I went and bought my own stump grinder, and actually get to use it a few times a year. It’s a DR brand grinder, kinda like what you wouid rent at Home Depot. Plus, why was I letting someone else have the fun that’s involved in grinding a stump. --75.141.xxx.xxx

A dozen states away and they don't clean it up here unless it's an additional charge tells me it's a normal thing. --50.32.xxx.xx

That price is a lot cheaper than I've seen. Those guys just wanna grind and leave. I understand the problem. Have you ever tried burning one woth charcoal like was discussed on the boards recently? Cut it low and a bag a charcoal would probably get it done w a lot less cleanup. --70.195.xx.xxx

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Also....WATCH OUT that the grinder gets ALL the roots as if you are not watching they will cheat and get our as fast as they can. --173.63.xx.xx

Whenever I price tree work, it's about $300-$400 to take down the tree, and another $200-$300 to grind the stump. They're generally about 2' in diameter. I generally have them cut it down so that the stump is still tall enough that it's not a hazard for mowing, but I'll wait until I can find a more competitive price, and save my $200-$300 for clean/safe/functional, rather than trying to be a perfectionist in the yard. (We don't do manicured lawns in my little rural town, so no one has expectations otherwise.) --96.46.xxx.xx

Those that cant, Watch, Teach or Get in the way. --71.13.xx.xxx

Send Monroe to Indiana. I have 6 to do and haven’t found a Monroe yet. Found 1 guy that probably would a been close but then I asked him for cleanup included and well, the price goes up a lot. I figure they’ll rot in 30 years or so? --67.236.xxx.xxx

We had a cottonwood at our place that was mostly-dead and just barely hanging on to life, so we took it down ourselves at Easter of 2013, and left about 5' of it standing. Earlier this summer (four years later), it was severely leaning, and DH knocked it over with just a push. :) Sometime in the next four years, we'll pick up a chainsaw that's big enough to split it up for firewood... it'll be well-seasoned for sure! :P --96.46.xxx.xx

So the jobs pile up then I do 3-4 at once --198.168.xx.xxx

My 3ft. wide stump will have to wait till the ground dries out. After a good rain, the ground is just too soft for the 2 ton grinder and getting it stuck in the mud is a real possibility. --68.63.xxx.xxx

Deanna: best time to cut with chain saw is when wood still wet. after several years and wood is dry it will be way more difficult. I cut into 3 lengths when I bring down a tree then dry those then easy to split with a maul. --104.218.xxx.xx

Thanks, PMH, for the excellent advice and experience! --166.137.xxx.xx