Coste Tree Service grinds tree stumps in Tallahassee, Florida, and throughout Leon County. A grinder wheel takes the stump down below ground level, turns it into chips on the spot, and leaves you ground you can mow, plant, or build over. We grind stumps left from our own removals and stumps left behind by anyone else. Every job starts with a free estimate and a written price per stump.
If a tree still needs to come down, we handle that too. See our Tree Removal in Tallahassee page. Grinding is the step that finishes the job.
They are two different jobs, and the right one depends on what you are doing with the ground.
Stump grinding uses a rotating wheel to chew the stump down below grade, usually several inches under the surface. The roots are left in the ground to decay naturally over time. The hole is backfilled with the grindings. This is faster, cheaper, and less disruptive, and it is the right choice for almost every homeowner.
Stump removal, or full extraction, pulls the entire stump and root ball out of the ground, usually with an excavator. It leaves a large hole and a pile of dirt and roots to deal with. It is more expensive and more disruptive, and it is only necessary when the ground has to be completely clear of roots, such as under a new foundation.
People try a lot of things before they call a grinder. Most of them do not work well.
Grinding skips all of that. In one visit you get:
If you have been mowing around the same stump for three years, that is three years too long.
Grinding takes the stump and the surface roots that are causing a problem, such as roots lifting a walkway, a driveway, or the sod. It does not remove the entire underground root system.
That is fine for almost every use. The remaining roots are cut off from the tree, so they stop growing and slowly decay over the next several years. For a lawn, a garden, a fence, or a patio, you never notice them.
The exception is a building foundation. If you are pouring a slab or setting footings where the stump was, the roots may need to come out entirely, which is extraction rather than grinding. Tell us what is going in and we will tell you straight which one you need.
On site look, written price per stump, no obligation. We locate utilities before we grind, every time.
Standard grinding goes 8 inches below grade, which is enough to cover with soil and sod and mow straight over.
If you are planning something specific on that spot, the depth changes:
Tell us the plan at the estimate and we set the depth to match.
A stump grinder runs a spinning steel wheel inches into the ground, and utilities run shallower than most people expect. Gas, water, electric, fiber, and irrigation lines can all sit within grinding depth, especially near the house, along property lines, and beside driveways.
Before we grind, we call in a Sunshine 811 utility locate and wait for the lines to be marked. It is free, it is required, and it is the difference between a routine job and cutting a gas line in your front yard.
Ask any stump company whether they locate before they grind. If the answer is no, that is the answer you needed.
Every Coste stump grinding quote covers:
Not included: full root extraction, topsoil and sod to finish the spot, and tree removal. Each is quoted separately. We can bring topsoil and finish the grade if you want the spot lawn ready, just ask.
Stumps are priced per stump, by diameter measured across the widest point at ground level. Most stumps in the Tallahassee area run [$X to $X] each, with a minimum charge on a single stump visit, because getting the equipment to your property costs the same whether there is one stump or ten.
Four things set the price:
We will not price a stump off a photo. Diameter, access, and what is buried nearby are things a picture cannot show, and a phone guess turns into a number that changes on you. A quick look gets you a price that holds.
Coste Tree Service grinds stumps throughout Tallahassee and Leon County, including Midtown, Killearn Estates, Bradfordville, Betton Hills, Myers Park, Lafayette Park, Ox Bottom, Bannerman Crossings, Southwood, and the neighborhoods along the canopy road corridors.
Grinding uses a wheel to take the stump down below ground level and leaves the roots to decay, backfilling the hole with the grindings. Removal, or extraction, pulls the whole stump and root ball out with an excavator, leaving a large hole. Grinding is faster, cheaper, and right for almost every homeowner. Extraction is only needed when the ground has to be fully clear of roots, such as under a foundation.
Standard is 8 inches below grade, enough to cover with soil and sod and mow over. For a fence post, slab, driveway, or a new planting in the same spot, we grind deeper. We set the depth to your plan at the estimate.
No. Once a stump is ground out it cannot resprout. This matters in North Florida, where water oak, laurel oak, and sweetgum will throw shoots off a cut stump for years. Grinding ends it for good.
They go back into the hole as backfill, which is what closes the ground up instead of leaving a dip. If you would rather have them gone, we haul them off and quote it separately.
Every time. Gas, water, electric, fiber, and irrigation run shallower than people expect, and a grinder wheel does not care what it finds. The Sunshine 811 locate goes in before anything spins.
It depends on diameter, access, and how many you have. A single stump carries a minimum trip charge. Several stumps on one visit drop the per stump price a lot. You get the number in writing before we start.
We tell you whether it needs to come down, and what it costs, in writing.
Coste Tree Service grinds tree stumps in Tallahassee, Florida, and throughout Leon County. A grinder wheel takes the stump down below ground level, turns it into chips on the spot, and leaves you ground you can mow, plant, or build over. We grind stumps left from our own removals and stumps left behind by anyone else. Every job starts with a free estimate and a written price per stump.
If a tree still needs to come down, we handle that too. See our Tree Removal in Tallahassee page. Grinding is the step that finishes the job.
They are two different jobs, and the right one depends on what you are doing with the ground.
Stump grinding uses a rotating wheel to chew the stump down below grade, usually several inches under the surface. The roots are left in the ground to decay naturally over time. The hole is backfilled with the grindings. This is faster, cheaper, and less disruptive, and it is the right choice for almost every homeowner.
Stump removal, or full extraction, pulls the entire stump and root ball out of the ground, usually with an excavator. It leaves a large hole and a pile of dirt and roots to deal with. It is more expensive and more disruptive, and it is only necessary when the ground has to be completely clear of roots, such as under a new foundation.
People try a lot of things before they call a grinder. Most of them do not work well.
Grinding skips all of that. In one visit you get:
If you have been mowing around the same stump for three years, that is three years too long.
Grinding takes the stump and the surface roots that are causing a problem, such as roots lifting a walkway, a driveway, or the sod. It does not remove the entire underground root system.
That is fine for almost every use. The remaining roots are cut off from the tree, so they stop growing and slowly decay over the next several years. For a lawn, a garden, a fence, or a patio, you never notice them.
The exception is a building foundation. If you are pouring a slab or setting footings where the stump was, the roots may need to come out entirely, which is extraction rather than grinding. Tell us what is going in and we will tell you straight which one you need.
On site look, written price per stump, no obligation. We locate utilities before we grind, every time.
Standard grinding goes 8 inches below grade, which is enough to cover with soil and sod and mow straight over.
If you are planning something specific on that spot, the depth changes:
Tell us the plan at the estimate and we set the depth to match.
A stump grinder runs a spinning steel wheel inches into the ground, and utilities run shallower than most people expect. Gas, water, electric, fiber, and irrigation lines can all sit within grinding depth, especially near the house, along property lines, and beside driveways.
Before we grind, we call in a Sunshine 811 utility locate and wait for the lines to be marked. It is free, it is required, and it is the difference between a routine job and cutting a gas line in your front yard.
Ask any stump company whether they locate before they grind. If the answer is no, that is the answer you needed.
Every Coste stump grinding quote covers:
Not included: full root extraction, topsoil and sod to finish the spot, and tree removal. Each is quoted separately. We can bring topsoil and finish the grade if you want the spot lawn ready, just ask.
Stumps are priced per stump, by diameter measured across the widest point at ground level. Most stumps in the Tallahassee area run [$X to $X] each, with a minimum charge on a single stump visit, because getting the equipment to your property costs the same whether there is one stump or ten.
Four things set the price:
We will not price a stump off a photo. Diameter, access, and what is buried nearby are things a picture cannot show, and a phone guess turns into a number that changes on you. A quick look gets you a price that holds.
Coste Tree Service grinds stumps throughout Tallahassee and Leon County, including Midtown, Killearn Estates, Bradfordville, Betton Hills, Myers Park, Lafayette Park, Ox Bottom, Bannerman Crossings, Southwood, and the neighborhoods along the canopy road corridors.
Grinding uses a wheel to take the stump down below ground level and leaves the roots to decay, backfilling the hole with the grindings. Removal, or extraction, pulls the whole stump and root ball out with an excavator, leaving a large hole. Grinding is faster, cheaper, and right for almost every homeowner. Extraction is only needed when the ground has to be fully clear of roots, such as under a foundation.
Standard is 8 inches below grade, enough to cover with soil and sod and mow over. For a fence post, slab, driveway, or a new planting in the same spot, we grind deeper. We set the depth to your plan at the estimate.
No. Once a stump is ground out it cannot resprout. This matters in North Florida, where water oak, laurel oak, and sweetgum will throw shoots off a cut stump for years. Grinding ends it for good.
They go back into the hole as backfill, which is what closes the ground up instead of leaving a dip. If you would rather have them gone, we haul them off and quote it separately.
Every time. Gas, water, electric, fiber, and irrigation run shallower than people expect, and a grinder wheel does not care what it finds. The Sunshine 811 locate goes in before anything spins.
It depends on diameter, access, and how many you have. A single stump carries a minimum trip charge. Several stumps on one visit drop the per stump price a lot. You get the number in writing before we start.
We tell you whether it needs to come down, and what it costs, in writing.
Tell us what you need and we’ll call you back within one business day.
