Stump Grinding

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Stump grinding can solve many problems. When a tree is removed, you’ll have the decision of whether to remove the stump or not. You may think that allowing a stump to remain in your yard may not pose any problems, but here are a few reasons to think again. Luckily Stump Grinding is an inexpensive solution to removing a tree trunk.

Why You Should Remove A Tree Stump in Your Yard

Tree stumps offer a lot of hazards – here are just a few:

• Stumps detract from the look of your property. Aesthetically speaking, the sight of a tree stump definitely isn’t appealing. However, if you’re meticulous about your yard and landscaping, removing the stump is well worth it.
• Stumps are hazardous. Stumps are dangerous to your children and pets. When running and playing in your lawn, they may not look for the stump and trip over it. And if a visitor or neighbour trips, it’s a liability that falls into your hands. In addition, tree stumps can damage your mower if you accidentally hit one when you’re mowing your lawn. Cha-Ching $$$ !!
• Stumps can renew tree growth. Leaving the stump behind may not be the end of it. Once the shock wears off for the tree, it can and many times does rejuvenate itself and grow new sprouts. This can result in many small trees growing around the stump. This is really unsightly to your landscaping and quite costly to try to remove because the new shoots can keep coming back, and you may need chemicals to kill them off completely. Another thing is that these small trees are voracious eaters and can also leach nutrients from other nearby plants.
• Stumps are a pain to maneuver the mower around. Mowing is a regular practice for good landscaping. Do you really want to navigate around a tree stump each time you mow or weed? A remaining tree stump is a nuisance and an obstacle you have to deal with when weeding or mowing your lawn.
• Stumps attract insects. When you leave stumps in your lawn, the decaying tree takes a long time to rot away completely. While it’s decaying, the stump attracts termites, beetles, ants and other wood-boring pests. These pests will eventually tire of the same tasting stump meal and begin to move toward your house. But, do you really want to risk them spreading to your home?
• Stumps take up precious yard space. Especially if you don’t have a very large yard, the space you lose from the stump and roots may occupy a lot of space. You could use that space for a flower bed or a vegetable garden.

Stump Grinding vs Excavation

When you utilise heavy equipment to literally tear the stump clear from the ground you also open your property to many other unwanted results such as

• Roots tearing underground services as they are ripped deep from the ground
• Heavy earthmoving equipment in many cases weighing tonnes causes massive levels of soil compaction and or severe turf damage.

With grinding we can efficiently grind down a stump usually to 200 to 400mm below ground level to allow planting or re-turfing over sites with little to no surrounding damage to adjacent plants or turf.

In light of all the above doing the job right the first time makes perfect sense.