What Would You Charge

[tree108]

What Would You Charge (STUMP REMOVAL)

I was just wondering what some of you in different parts of the country with stump cutters would charge to cut this thing?

 

[CoreyTMorine]

Those are a real PITA. put $1200 on it and hope some other guy quotes $800

I don't know dick abpout stump grinder pricing, but you should definately ad 50 to 100% of whatever you think its worth. I often do that; come up with a reasonable figure, then ad 20%. Seems like i still get most of the jobs and the people are happy with the price.

 

[Ekka]

I wouldn't grind it, I'd get ab excavator and dump it. $990

 

[treeseer]

Ekka, grinding it recycles the biomass, while dumping is dumping. I think that's worth the extra trouble. Your dumping price sounds in the same ballpark anyway, so why would the client want to be left with a hole in the ground?

pm murph on this, he did a lot of em after Isabel.

 

[CoreyTMorine]

Its tough to dump stumps here anymore, nobody wants them. You have to bring them to a recycle site where they grind it up anyway. I think they get $25 per yard to dump stumps. Although i heard that the bark mulch delivery guys (the big ?40 yard trucks that deliver mulch to the retailers) will take debris like that, if you load their truck after buying a pile of mulch.

 

[Mike Barcaskey]

only on a time and materials basis

 

[tree108]

What Would You Charge (stump)

I did not cut the pictured stump but I have removed several similar to it but none quite that big. This type of stump presents many a problem upon removal with a stump cutter such as the one in the picture. I have found that here in the south, customers just don't realize how much work there is to it. I have found that you just about have to have the assistance of some type of front end loader in addition to the stump cutter. (does anyone know a better way using a stump grinder? in this type of removal) The problem I find is that just about any size cutter under 80 h.p. is robbed of it's power from excess chip buildup and the chips must be constantly moved aside. Of course you also have to cut the thing from underneath its self do to the fact you can't sit the cutter on top of it. This puts your $30,000 cutter in a good place for damage as the stump collapses. Now the mind blower, there are people here in the south and competitors who will cut this thing for $250.00 with only using a stump cutter, now go-figure.... ..I can not get good depth without additionl equipment and the job can't be done right for 250.00. So how are they doing it??
I would like to here from others who have experience with this type of removal and cleanup.

 

[Ekka]

Hey Treeseer,

Our dump recycles it anyway and sells it as mulch, they get big grinders and stuff in, the hole is the clients problem, extra if they want it filled.

 

[Lumberjack]

I would charge 300 bucks from what I see in the picture, its really not that big a deal to grind uprooted stumps, no front end loader needed.

I figure it would take about an hour and a half to grind it, probably less.

 

[treeman82]

Probably a grand. Maybe a little more, maybe a little less. Get my buddy in there with his 10 wheeler and excavator. Take it up to the recycling facility, put down some topsoil, seed, hay, done.

 

[Dadatwins]

Not really that hard to do with a self propelled, grind around the root ball filling in the hole as you go along. Flip up the guard and grind away. Might set up a shield if necessary to block flying chips, but I find with the guard up especially in an open area, it allows the chips to escape and not build up under the machine. I would not start on the trunk side as the machine in the picture is facing, I would come in from the sides. I have done a few that size with a Carlton 7500 similiar to what is pictured. I did a few a bit smaller than that with my Rayco 1625, takes a bit longer but it can be done. As for pricing, this area probably in the $500 - $750 range. Be careful.

 

[Diesel JD]

Couldn't you cut the trunk off until the root ball falls back into the hole? It has been my experience with the few uprooted trees that I have cut that after most of the weight of the trunk is off the rootball, you can get it to fall back into it's hole...then you can grind it just like any other stump without leaving you, your crew or your grinder in harms way. I am not a pro, just a weekend woodcutter, so if anybody can tell me why this is a bad idea...go for it...can't comment on price...we've always just left stumps in our yard, and being a non pro, rarely work for other folks...
J.D.

 

[xander9727]

I would charge $500 with no clean up and $1000 to grind and haul off the excess. I have a high-flow Gehl 6640 with a Miller machine stump grinder. I could grind the whole thing in under and hour. A skid steer mounted grinder makes stumps like that easy. Clean up is pretty easy too with a smooth bucket. I'd probably lift it into the hole before I started to keep the debris off of the machine.

 

[okietreedude1]

My thought is to hire that front loader to stand it back into the hole like it was before it fell over, cut off the 'stump' and grind it like a normal stump. That way I'd charge about $175 + front loader time. to grind it like it is???? im afraid I'd have to pass. Or maybe sub it out.

 

[tree108]

I would charge 300 bucks from what I see in the picture, its really not that big a deal to grind uprooted stumps, no front end loader needed.

I figure it would take about an hour and a half to grind it, probably less.

At some point in the cutting the chips build and your elevation changes some what, so what depth do you expect over in the middle? Will you be using a shoval very much? Instead of a loader.

 

[Rob Murphy]

Stumped

Re excavater I know operaters that would simply dig hole on site and bury it.

 

[Lumberjack]

At some point in the cutting the chips build and your elevation changes some what, so what depth do you expect over in the middle? Will you be using a shoval very much? Instead of a loader.

I see your in MS.

I grind at 8-10" below the common grade, allowing for any differences in the height the machine is above the common grade.

I doubt I would touch a shovel, or a pitch fork for that matter.

 

[a_lopa]

id put 800 on it get a subby to grind it for 300.

 

[tree108]

Thought about when purchasing a new self propelled machine, getting one with a blade on it, I think Rayco and Carlton makes them. Can anyone tell me how well they work? (or don't work)

 

[xander9727]

They work if you want to push stuff out of the way. They won't help much if you need to cart it off.