Grinding Stumps

Grinding Stumps

Last year, I cleared a bunch of dead trees from my front yard. I used my truck to rip the trees out of the ground, which cleanly removed virtually all of them. However, it left 5-6 stumps still in the ground from cases where the tree ripped in half instead of fully coming out of the ground. At the time, I opted to leave the stumps in the ground since I had other higher priority things to work on. This spring seemed liked a good time to fully remove the stumps, and to add some additional dirt to flatten out the ground in that part of the yard. To accomplish this, I rented a 13 horsepower stump grinder from the Home Depot:

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The grinder was fairly heavy, and was a chore to get in and out of the bed of the truck on ramps since its wheels were unpowered, but I was able to get it done. I hauled it out to the part of the yard where the stumps were located, and was able to rapidly grind down the stumps.

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The grinder was simple to operate, and although I wore a bunch of safety gear provided by Home Depot it probably wasn’t necessary in this particular instance because the stumps were soft, dried out wood that were easily ground down.

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After grinding down the stumps, I filled in the holes with dirt and planted grass seed that should quickly grow in and leave me with a more pristine, easier to mow front lawn.

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Jon Hardin

Website: http://hardinhome.wordpress.com

By day, Jon is the CEO of a software company. Outside of work, Jon is an avid home improvement enthusiast who enjoys a wide variety of renovation, landscaping, and other projects.

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