Price for stump grinding?

[Tdog]

I have ~~ 28 stumps that I want to get ground. They are all sizes, from 4" diameter to a couple of feet. Some are laid over from Katrina in 2005 with some of the rootball exposed.
Has anyone hired a stumpgrinder recently? Just curious. I know I won't get the $7 a pop price that I had 15 years ago for about twice that many stumps.

Thanks,

Jack

 

[meadowlarkponds]

I recently had a bunch of them removed for what turned out to be just less than $5 per stump. The guy had a Bobcat and that thing was just flat amazing on a stump. The prices may surprise you because of the huge improvement in technology from years ago with tools like the Bobcat.

I have a small dozer, and honestly, there is no way, absolutely no way I could have removed those stumps with my own equipment in any time frame that would have been acceptable...not to mention equipment repairs.

The guy I hired would work by the hour or by the stump and in my case, it was much better to work by the hour because I had enough for about 2 days of work. The set up time kills you if you have only a small number of stumps.

Check it out, it may not be as bad as you think.

 

[tallyho8]

I just finished grinding 180 stumps from my property in South Louisiana. I rented a large stump grinder with automatic sweep from Home Depot for $160 a day. It took me 2 ten hour days to do the stumps. They ranged in size from 2'' to 18". This was only about $2 a stump with gas.

I am not as young as I used to be but it was fairly easy work with this grinder. I had rented a smaller, cheaper grinder a few years back and it almost worked me to death and wound up costing more to rent in the long run because it did the stumps so much slower.

 

[Tdog]

Tally - - thanks, but doing it myself is not an option. I don't have the time - - I'm retired.
BTW, I just sent you private message.

Jack

 

[Tdog]

Just an update - - I have received 2 estimates, one for $400 [by the job], and one for $420 [$15/stump]. Better prices than I expected.

Jack

 

[Highbeam]

I had one stump ground and it was like 75$. There are some serious economies of scale going on here.

 

[buckle97]

I had one stump ground and it was like 75$. There are some serious economies of scale going on here.

I had a guy grind 130 pine stumps in my pasture that were 16" to 28" for $10 per stump. The same guy charged me $150 to come back at another time and grind one oak stump that was about 40" in diameter and about three feet tall.

 

[bbirder]

Some of those prices are not bad! I had 13 stumps done that ranged from 14" to 32-36" and he charged me $800. It was a bid job and thought it would take him longer. He wrapped it up with a nice job in under 2 hrs!

 

[Highbeam]

I'm starting to like the idea of stump grinding for many of us who just want to convert forest into something that we can mow.

No digging, no burning, recycle the wood debris, instant gratification, etc.

If a guy could harvest the logs, chip the branches and tops, and then grind the stumps he would have a smoothish pasture that was minimally disturbed.

 

[Willis Fecon Bushhogging]

I have ~~ 28 stumps that I want to get ground. They are all sizes, from 4" diameter to a couple of feet. Some are laid over from Katrina in 2005 with some of the rootball exposed.
Has anyone hired a stumpgrinder recently? Just curious. I know I won't get the $7 a pop price that I had 15 years ago for about twice that many stumps.

Thanks,

Jack

In my area, the grinders charge $1+, per inch, per tree