Cupocoffee
ArboristSite Member
I got a call from a homebuilder to grind a 2' stump to just below grade level so he could start working on a room addition. I arrived on the site within an hour to find a couple of guys digging the stump out with a Bobcat Skid-steer on tracks. The builder was not there but the homeowner thought it was up to him to get rid of the stump. The builder showed up and was as surprised as I was. I was going to grind the stump for $100 and be on my way in less than half an hour. I was amused and watched the guy with the skid-steer dig at that stump for an hour. The picture below shows what he had gotten done when I decided to leave. BTW, the builder tried to make it right and pay me since he did call me out. I didn't take the money as that is the price of doing business. Also, he told me he runs into stumps a couple of times per month and he said he will start using me. He did not know how much the homebuilder paid the two guys to come out with the skid-steer. You can't tell by the picture but they ended up tearing up the ground for about 500 sq' but since it was going to have a slab poured over it, it wasn't important. At the point you see in the picture the guy operating the skid steer suggested that I just grind the stump. I told him it was no longer a $100 job and left.