New business takes all the hard work out of stump removal

IDAHO FALLS – Doing yard work is a common summertime activity for many people in eastern Idaho and one dilemma many homeowners face is knowing how to remove old tree stumps from their property.

To remedy this problem, Idaho Falls resident Seth Harris opened Ultimate Stump Grinding, a tree stump removal, and cleanup business in May.

Though there is a variety of businesses that remove tree stumps in the area, Harris tells EastIdahoNews.com his business is the only one devoted specifically to tree stump removal and the method he uses is designed to take all the hard work out of it.

“I’ve seen people who have spent eight months a year drilling holes (in a stump) and hacking at it with a chainsaw and nothing gets it out or they hook a chain up to it and then rip the bumper off their truck. They finally call me and it’s gone in 20 minutes,” Harris says.

Harris drives to the customer’s home and determines the size of the stump. Then he uses a Bandit 2550 stump-grinding machine to grind it into wood chips. See how it works in the video player above.