Stump grinding in Mound House, NV

Mound House lies just across the Lyon County line at about 4,920 feet, on the highway between Carson City and Dayton. The Census Bureau does not count it as a place of its own, so we have no housing numbers to give you. The page below sticks to the ground and the job.

At a glance

• About 2 miles from our yard at 6301 US Highway 50 East
• Lyon County, about 4,920 feet
• Grinding for yards, digging out for ground that will be built on
• Backhoe, skid steer and track loader based next door

Grind it or dig it out?

On a lawn the answer is nearly always grind. On a working lot it depends on what happens next. Grinding takes the stump down into chips and leaves the far roots to break down in the soil. That is fine for gravel, storage or planting.

If a slab, a footing or pavement is going over the spot, wood left in the ground is not what you want under it. Full stump removal digs out the stump and the main roots and leaves a hole to backfill. Battle Born Tree Service owns a backhoe and a skid steer for that side of the work, and they are parked a few minutes from Mound House. Read stump grinding vs full stump removal if you are deciding.

Why is a stump a problem in a working yard?

Because things drive over that ground. A stump cut a few inches high hides in weeds and catches a tire, a trailer axle or a forklift. Along a fence line it stops the fence from being pulled straight. Around buildings it is one more thing to work around every day. A stump can be a hazard in any yard, and a yard with vehicles moving through it is where that is most true.

Several stumps at once

Stumps on open lots tend to come in rows, left when a line of trees or a patch of brush was cut. Grinding them fits naturally with lot clearing and brush mowing in Mound House, and the two can sit on one estimate. Count the stumps, note the biggest, and send a photo or two with your request.

What is under the ground here?

On commercial and mixed-use lots it is hard to know by looking. Old water lines, power to an outbuilding, a yard light, a septic tank. An 811 request, made a few business days ahead, gets the utilities to mark what is theirs. The rest is private, and the owner's knowledge of the lot is the only map there is. Tell us what you know before any machine goes in.

Fire and leftover wood

Two fires in the federal record have their centers within about 10 miles: the 1983 Moundhouse Fire, mapped at 2,345 acres, and the 2006 Linehan Fire, mapped at 5,863 acres. Dead stumps and piles of grindings are dry wood. On a lot with brush around it, have the grindings hauled or spread thin and away from buildings.