Stump grinding is the machine work that chews a stump down after the tree is gone. The page is stump grinding. It is an add-on to removal, with its own equipment. It is not included just because the tree came down. The other choices are to cut the stump flush with the grade, or to leave it. We say which one you are buying on the walk. There is no diameter chart and no dollar figure for grinding on this site.
The removal itself is priced in words: a few hundred dollars for a small tree in the open, up to several thousand for a sectional takedown near a house. Grinding does not change that sentence into a new invented band. If you need a number, it comes from the stump in front of us, not from a glossary.
What it looks like here
A ground stump is a shallow hole of chips, not a vanished root plate. Surface roots can remain. We do not promise the entire root system is gone, and we do not promise you can plant a new tree in that exact spot the same day without dealing with the chips. Flush-cut stumps stay as a low wood cookie. Left stumps stay as a stump. Palms that were removals follow the same three choices. A dead queen is not a special grind product.
Grinding is not forestry mulching and it is not lot clearing. We do not sell those. A yard with one oak stump is this add-on. A lot full of brush you want erased to dirt is a different contractor if it is land clearing. Haul-off of chips, if you do not want them, is part of the conversation. Chips left in the hole are also a choice we will name.
What we do
After the tree is down we look at access for the grinder, the diameter, and what is buried nearby that we should not hit. Fences, irrigation heads, and a close foundation change whether grinding is even the right choice. We may recommend flush or leave. Sod later, if the lawn is going back, is a separate visit in the $0.85–$1.75 band once the grade is ready. We do not hide the grind inside the sod price.
Tell us, when you book the removal, whether the stump has to disappear, sit flush, or stay. The three choices are written on stump grinding.