Spent $600 on a stump grinder rental when my $40 axe and a mattock did a cleaner job on a 14 inch maple last Tuesday

Keith Scott · 2026-10-12T19:50:02.550374+00:00

The rental bogged down in wet soil and left a mess of shredded roots, but the hand tools let me chase the flare and cut clean. Anyone else skip the machine when the stump is under 16 inches?

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Spent $600 on a stump grinder rental when my $40 axe and a mattock did a cleaner job on a 14 inch maple last Tuesday | Arborists - Thought Shares