Stump Grinding in Jonesboro, AR
Jonesboro Mulching grinds stumps on lawns, cleared lots, fence lines, and pasture across Craighead, Greene, Poinsett, and Lawrence counties. We take single yard stumps in Jonesboro and Brookland, cleanup after a lot clearing job, and old fencerow stumps on farm ground out toward Bono, Bay, and Trumann. On lot work we operate as an excavating contractor, since what follows the stump is usually a grade.
A grinder carries carbide teeth on a wheel and sweeps them side to side through the stump, taking wood off in thin slices until the stump is below grade. That is a different motion from a mulching drum, which grinds standing wood from the top down and is built to stay off the dirt. Rock and buried metal are what kill teeth, and old fence lines and yards are full of both. The operator probes before he cuts. Where the plan calls for a shop pad or a slab, we do not grind at all. An excavator with a thumb pulls the stump and the root ball out whole, because a spec that calls for compacted fill in lifts will not accept a hole full of rotting chips under it.
Depth by End Use
Lawn ground gets taken far enough below grade that soil and seed cover it and a mower never finds it. Fence lines get the stump and the roots along the run, so a post driver goes where it needs to go. Pasture only needs the stump out of the way of equipment. Pads need the root zone gone entirely, and that is machine work, not grinding work.
Root Chasing
Big surface roots keep showing up in a lawn years later as ridges and soft spots. On a sweetgum or a silver maple in a yard, chasing the main roots out from the stump is worth doing while the machine is already sitting there. Say so up front, because it changes the time on site.
Scheduling
Stump work runs all year and frozen or firm ground is the best of it. Soft yards take wheel marks, so we move a wet day rather than repair a lawn. (870) 555-0152.
Why does a mulcher not take out the stump?
A mulching head cuts at grade because that is what protects the ground. It rides on the surface, and pushing a spinning drum into dirt and rock ruins teeth fast. Some heads will shave a few inches under grade and that is the end of it. Taking a stump out is a different machine with a different wheel, and on a building footprint it is an excavator instead.
How deep do you grind a stump?
It depends on what happens next. For lawn you want it below the mower blade with enough depth to put soil and seed over the top. For a fence line the hole has to be clear where the post goes, so we chase the roots along the line. For a pad or a driveway, grinding is not enough at all and the root zone comes out with a machine. Tell us the plan and we grind to it.
What do you do with the grindings?
One stump makes more chips than people expect, because the wood comes out loose and takes up more room than it did in the ground. We backfill the hole with the grindings, tamp them, and crown the top because the fill settles. Leftovers spread out on site or go into a low spot. Hauling them off is possible and it costs extra.
Can you do a whole lot full of stumps?
Yes, and the price per stump drops sharply when they are all in one place. A single stump in a back yard carries the trailer trip on its own. Forty stumps on a cleared lot is a day of production. Send a count and a rough size range, or a photo, and we will get you close before we drive out.