Hunter Houses handles stump removal in Florence, SC and the towns around the Pee Dee. We dig stumps out with a mini excavator. The stump comes up with its root ball attached, so nothing woody stays behind. It loads into the dump trailer and leaves the property. The hole gets backfilled with the dirt we pulled out, packed in layers and rough leveled. What you get back is open ground you can mow or build on. We look at every stump in person before quoting, and the estimate is free.
Yards around Florence carry big loblolly pines and water oaks. Those trees leave wide stumps with roots that run out under the grass. A dig-out pulls the root ball and the main root runs, so nothing sprouts back. That matters if a shed or a fence is going where the tree stood. Wood left underground rots and leaves soft spots in the yard later. We take stumps after a tree service drops the tree. We also pull stumps left behind after clearing a wooded lot. One stump in a back yard or a whole field of them gets the same treatment.
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A stump grinder shaves the stump down, usually six to twelve inches below grade. The chips fill the hole and the root ball stays in the ground. The spot looks flat, and grass will cover it. Under the grass, the wood is still there and it rots over years. A dig-out is a different job. We open the ground around the stump and cut the big roots. Then the bucket lifts the root ball out whole. The hole goes down past the bottom of the stump. There is no wood left underground to rot or sprout.
Neither method wins every time. Grinding is faster and leaves less mess in a finished yard. It also works where a machine cannot reach without tearing up sod. A dig-out is the right call when something is going in that spot. A building pad, a driveway, a shed slab, or a fence line all need the wood gone. Roots that stay behind turn into soft ground under a slab. They also stop a post hole cold. We tell you which way makes sense at the estimate. If grinding fits your job better, we say so.
Every stump starts with a look in person. We size up the stump and the way in for the machine. Gates, septic lines, soft yards, and buried pipe all change the plan. South Carolina 811 gets buried utility lines marked before anyone digs. The request takes three business days, so it shapes the start date. On the day, we open the soil around the stump and cut roots as we find them. The bucket works under the root ball and lifts it loose. Big stumps come out in pieces when that is easier on the yard. Small ones come out whole.
The stump and the roots load into the dump trailer and go. Some owners want the wood left on site for a burn pile, and that is fine. Tell us at the estimate either way. The hole gets filled with the dirt we dug out, put back in layers and packed. We rough level the spot so it drains with the rest of the yard. Fresh fill settles for a few weeks after rain. If the spot has to end up flat and firm, grading and site prep can happen in the same trip.
Land that got cleared or logged leaves rows of cut stumps behind. Storms leave a different mess. Helene came through South Carolina in September 2024. Thousands of trees went down across the state, Florence County included. Broken trunks get cut up, and the stumps stay. Pine stumps sit the longest. Resin in the heartwood slows the rot. A loblolly stump can hold together in the ground for years. Old wood in the soil draws termites, and South Carolina has plenty of them. Digging the stumps out takes that food source out of the yard.
Multi-stump work goes faster per stump than a single one. The machine is already loaded and already on site. Once it is in the yard, one more stump is a short job. Point out every stump you want gone at the estimate. Include the small ones along the fence line and the ones behind the shed. We count them and quote the whole set at once. Some jobs need a ditch or a low spot filled in the same trip. That is excavation work, and it goes on the same quote.
From the first walk of the property to the last pass of the grade, here is exactly how it goes.
We come see the actual job first: the structure, the brush, the ground under it, and how equipment gets in. Demo and land work price off what is really out there.
You get a free, no-obligation quote with a real number and a real plan: what comes down or gets cleared, where the debris goes, and when. It holds unless the scope changes.
The equipment shows up when we said and the job runs the way we quoted it: teardown, clearing, digging, grading. If something unexpected turns up, you hear about it right away, not on the bill.
When the work is done we go over the property together. Debris hauled the way we agreed, grades draining the right way, the site left clean. Done means you say it is done.
Common questions about stump removal across Florence & the Pee Dee. Don't see yours? Give us a call and ask.
We clear overgrown lots and acreage around Florence. Underbrush and small trees come out, and the piles get hauled off on the dump trailer.
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We handle residential excavation around Florence with a mini excavator and a track skid steer. Root digs, buried debris, pad cuts and low spots that hold water.
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We mulch brush, briars and small trees in place and leave the ground covered in mulch. Good for understory cleanup, hunting land and grown up acreage.
View DetailsThe house comes down, the debris leaves on the trailer, and the lot gets graded flat. The same people handle the whole sequence, start to finish.
A mini excavator, track skid steer, tractor and dump trailer, matched to residential lots and rural acreage. Big enough for real work, small enough to spare your yard.
We look at the property in person and price what is really there. The estimate is free, and it holds unless the scope changes.
Based in Florence, covering Darlington, Hartsville, Sumter, Marion, Lake City and the towns between. Most jobs sit within an hour of home base.
A structure that needs to come down, an overgrown lot, stumps in the way, ground that holds water, a pad or driveway that needs building? Call or send the form. We come look at the property and hand you a free quote with a real number on it.
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