The drought of 2011 was the driest year ever for Texas, with an average of only 14.8 inches of rain. I ended with 20 medium trees dying from stress. Each year a few more die though I hope the trend is slowing down. I tried several methods of stump removal and ended up buying a stump grinder. Recently I bought a heavy duty chainsaw to help with the final cutting of the stump about 3" from the ground.
Having brand new equipment I want to recoup some of my investment and offer my services to the public.
Everyone's needs are different, but I will remove the stump below ground level and leave only sawdust in it's place. Removing the entire dead tree is also an option. For large lots I prefer to leave that much wood on the property, to be used for firewood and the rest put in the burn pile. For smaller residential lots, I can remove the entire tree if it is not too large. I don't really want to remove entire trees, but if you have just one or two and they need to disappear, I can do the whole job so you don't have to get two different contractors.
I work full time so this is a weekend thing.
I enjoy doing this and removing something that takes a lot of work for most people gives me satisfaction to help out. Depending on where you are and how easy it is to get to the stump, I charge $25 trip charge and $25 per stump, minimum. Oh yeah, that is very afforadable, so make an appointment soon, my weekend time is precious.
Stump Away From The View
Stump removal services
Owner: Mark Young
Cell: 512.669.0235
- Mark Young
- Programmer, tree lover, hard worker and a collector of nature images to share with people who enjoy wildlife.
Sky rains white, falls as tree blossoms
Going Somewhere, Slowly, Maybe
Oxalis. A native that grows from a small bulb (Thanks Doug)
Lots of these after it rained. The "bat" shadow is my camera. Also called Violet woodsorrel.
Native Yarrow
This looks like fern, and was very unexpectedly growing by BD's driveway It's only a few inches tall. I only happened to notice it when I hung my coat on a tree while walking down the road. Even BD didn't know it was there! Doug pointed out that it's native yarrow. I updated the picture now that it survived all winter (down to the low 20's) and yet it stayed green the whole time and has now bloomed. Later I found a whole group of two foot tall blooming specimans across the road and down a lot. Today I saw two more "bunches" of it on Spears Ranch. It's amazing what gros and you never see unless you look!