Service areasWhere we work
Home base is Millington, on the north side of Shelby County. The work runs out from there through the neighboring towns and across the county lines that make up the Mid-South. Not sure you're inside it? Text the address with the photo and we'll tell you.
Millington, TN
Millington is home, and most of the recent work on this site came from yards inside it or a short drive out. It's a town of older lots with the big trees to match, a Navy base that turns houses over every few years, and newer subdivisions where the builder's Bradford pears are reaching the age where they split. All three make stumps. In-town jobs are the easy ones to schedule; if you're on a street we're already working, the second stop is cheaper than the first.
Towns we cover
Ten towns we drive to often, roughly in order of how often. If yours isn't here, ask; the answer is usually yes.
Atoka
About ten minutes up US-51. Atoka has grown fast, and a lot of it is subdivisions built in the last twenty years, which means builder-planted trees hitting the age where they come out: Bradford pears that split, a sweetgum somebody regrets. Newer lots also mean tighter side yards, and that's where a 29-inch grinder earns its keep.
Munford
Fifteen minutes north, just past Atoka. Munford is an older town center with the big shade trees to match, and newer neighborhoods on the edges. The older lots are the ones with the wide oak and pecan stumps; those are the jobs where a rental gives up and we get the call.
Brighton
About twenty minutes up 51, between Munford and Covington. Smaller town, bigger lots, and plenty of properties with a few acres and the tree line that comes with them. Several stumps on one visit is common out here, and the second and third cost less than the first.
Drummonds
Ten miles out by the back roads, west of Atoka. Rural lots, old farmhouses, mature trees, and soft ground after a rain. A tracked machine matters here: it walks across a wet yard without rutting it, where a tow-behind sinks or has to stay on the drive.
Covington
The county seat, about 35 minutes north on 51. Covington has the oldest neighborhoods on this list and the biggest trees, and storm damage leaves stumps too wide for anything you can rent. It's the far edge of the regular route, so if a neighbor has one too, say so; two stops on one trip is cheaper for everybody.
Arlington
About twenty minutes east on 385. Arlington has been growing as fast as anywhere in Shelby County, and most of the stumps we see there come with new construction: a lot cleared for a build, a tree that didn't survive the grading, or the one the builder left in the middle of the back yard. Grinding it before the sod goes down saves a soft spot later.
Lakeland
Just south of Arlington off I-40, about 25 minutes. Wooded lots were the selling point, so the yards have real trees and, sooner or later, real stumps. Sloped, landscaped lots are where a compact tracked grinder matters; it gets up a hill and through a gate without a trailer in the yard.
Bartlett
About twenty minutes southeast on 204. Bartlett's neighborhoods mostly went up between the sixties and the nineties, and the trees planted with them are full-size now. That's a lot of oaks and maples reaching the end of their run, with wide stumps and surface roots under the lawn. Surface-root cleanup is its own line on the estimate; ask for it if you want the yard mow-flat.
Cordova
Around 35 minutes, past Bartlett. Big subdivisions from the eighties and nineties, on lots where a tree came down at some point and nobody dealt with the stump. Cordova is the far end of the usual loop, so a photo and an address before we quote helps, and if a neighbor has one too, say so.
Raleigh & north Memphis
Ten to fifteen minutes straight down 51 or Austin Peay. Raleigh, Frayser, and the neighborhoods between Millington and the loop are older, with the tallest trees in the county and plenty of yards where a tree came down years ago and the stump is still there. Older lots hide more underground; Tennessee 811 marks the public side, so point out anything you know is buried before the machine starts.
What to expect when we come out
Same job everywhere: a text with a photo, a free estimate, a date. The grinder comes on a trailer and walks in on tracks, so a 32-inch gate is enough and a soft lawn isn't a problem. Tennessee 811 covers the whole area for the public utilities; your own lines, irrigation, dog fence, lighting, are yours to point out in every town. Chips get raked level into the hole unless you want them hauled. Extra stumps on the same trip, yours or the neighbor's, cost less than the first.
- A text with a photo, a free estimate, a date
- A 32-inch gate is enough
- Tennessee 811 marks the public utilities; your own lines are yours to point out
- Chips raked level, or hauled if you want
- Extra stumps on the same trip cost less than the first
Send a photo. We'll send a number.
The fastest way to a price is a picture of the stump with something in it for scale. Text it to (901) 355-3112, or use the form and we'll text you back. If the phone rings through, we're probably running the grinder.