Nashville yards hold a specific set of leftovers: silver maples that shed a limb every storm, Bradford pears that split down the middle around year fifteen, and hackberries that came up volunteer along a fence line. STUMP99 grinds the stump that's left and nothing else — no canopy work, no upsell.
The $99 price is a door, not an average. It buys one stump up to 12 inches across, ground 4 to 6 inches below grade. A 16-inch maple in Donelson is a $120 to $150 job, and a three-trunk hackberry gets measured and quoted before anyone starts a machine.
Middle Tennessee sits on limestone. In parts of Bellevue, Green Hills and West Nashville the rock is only a few inches down, so we probe the stump before quoting depth and tell you honestly if bedrock stops the wheel short of six inches.
What Nashville stump grinding costs
Same posted menu everywhere we work — no travel surcharge inside Nashville. Most standard yard stumps measure 13 to 20 inches and land in the $120–$150 band, not at the $99 minimum.
Up to 12" across
Minimum job price. One stump, ground below grade.
$99
13"–20" across
Most standard yard stumps land here.
$120–$150
21"–30" across
Priced by diameter at the widest point.
$150–$240
31"+ / multi-trunk
We measure and confirm before starting.
Quoted on site
Optional extras
Haul chips away
+$40 and up
Optional — most people keep the chips as mulch.
Surface roots
+$15 per root run
Grinding visible roots trailing off the stump.
Extra stumps, same visit
From $45 each
No second trip charge when they're in one yard.
Grinding in Nashville specifically
Limestone close to the surface
Cumberland Basin soil is thin over rock in a lot of neighborhoods. We check depth first so you're not paying for a depth we can't physically reach.
Bradford pear splits
Callery pear failures are the single most common stump call in Nashville. They're usually 12 to 18 inches with a wide flare — plan on the $120–$150 band rather than the minimum.
Hillside and terraced yards
Grades in East Nashville and 12South can be steep. Our compact grinder walks slopes a tow-behind machine can't reach, but tell us about retaining walls before we arrive.
Chips stay unless you say otherwise
We rake grindings back into the hole and tamp them level at no charge. Haul-away starts at $40 if you want the spot clean for sod.
Neighborhoods we cover
- East Nashville
- Donelson
- Bellevue
- Antioch
- Madison
- Green Hills
- Hermitage
- Old Hickory
Nashville stump grinding questions
- How much is stump grinding in Nashville?
- $99 is the minimum and covers one stump up to about 12 inches across. Most Nashville yard stumps — maple, pear, hackberry — measure 13 to 20 inches and run $120 to $150. Anything over 30 inches or multi-trunk gets quoted after we measure.
- Can you grind if there's limestone under the stump?
- Usually yes. We grind to depth where the ground allows it. If rock stops us at three or four inches we say so on site rather than charging you for a depth nobody can deliver.
- Do you cover Franklin, Hendersonville and Murfreesboro?
- The Nashville truck runs Davidson County plus the close-in suburbs — Brentwood, Hendersonville, Madison and Old Hickory at the posted price. Put your ZIP in the form and we'll confirm before scheduling.
- Will grinding kill the roots running under my driveway?
- Grinding removes the stump and the flare, and the remaining roots decay on their own over a few years. Visible surface root runs can be ground for about $15 each if they're tripping up a mower.
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