Conroe owners with wooded acreage can end up with a dozen pine stumps scattered across the lot, while subdivision yards often have one stubborn stump by the driveway. Sticks Tree Service grinds both. Trey Lamar’s crew hauls a stump grinder up from Cypress and works lots in Teaswood, Red Oak Ranch, Lake Creek Forest and across Conroe. The line is 281-373-1472.
Do you offer Stump Grinding in Conroe, TX?
Yes. Sticks Tree Service grinds stumps in Conroe, the Montgomery County seat, from gated April Sound to McDade Estates by the West Fork of the San Jacinto. Jobs range from one stump to clearing a set of old stumps so a section of acreage can be mowed or built on.
Pine stumps on big and small lots
Loblolly pine is the most common tree in the Conroe area and shortleaf pine is abundant, per the city’s Wikipedia entry, so most Conroe stumps are pine. Pine stumps tend to be softer than oak and grind quickly, but a wooded lot can hold many of them.
Lot size drives the job more than anything else. A local real estate guide describes Teaswood as large wooded lots up to 5 acres or more and Red Oak Ranch as 3 to 10 acres full of trees, while Stewarts Forest lots run about 6,000 to 15,000 square feet. On a small lot the challenge is getting the grinder through a gate and not hitting sprinklers. On acreage, it is travel time between stumps and finding a firm route.
Wet ground after floods
Conroe sits in the West Fork San Jacinto floodplain and saw 500-year floods in May 2015, April 2016 and August 2017, with nearly 32 inches of rain during Harvey. Trees that tipped in those floods, or in Hurricane Beryl in 2024, which ABC13 reported brought down large trees across Montgomery County, can leave root plates instead of tidy stumps. Soaked ground also means a heavy grinder can rut a lawn, so timing a grind after the ground firms up helps.
How Conroe stump grinding works
- Count and map. On acreage, every stump is located and the order of work planned to cut travel.
- Locate lines. Buried utility, irrigation and well lines are marked.
- Grind. Each stump is ground below the soil line and the main surface roots chased.
- Handle the chips. On acreage, many owners leave chips in place; in a subdivision yard they are often hauled.
- Rake out. Each spot is leveled for soil and grass.
What goes into the quote?
- How many stumps and how wide each is.
- Distance between stumps on a large lot.
- Gate width and ground firmness.
- Root plates from tipped trees that need cutting first.
- Chip handling: leave, spread or haul.
Around Conroe
- W. Goodrich Jones State Forest, a state forest managed by the Texas A&M Forest Service.
- Crighton Theatre, a Conroe theater from 1935.
- Heritage Museum of Montgomery County, in Conroe.
Got a dead pine that still needs to come down? See tree removal in Conroe. For the pines that stay, tree trimming in Conroe keeps deadwood off the roof. All of Sticks Tree Service is linked from tree service in Cypress, TX, and the full grinding page is stump grinding in Cypress.
Sources
- Wikipedia, Conroe, Texas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conroe,_Texas
- Jo and Co, Conroe neighborhoods: https://byjoandco.com/2021/09/03/the-best-neighborhoods-in-conroe-texas/
- ABC13, Beryl in Montgomery County: https://abc13.com/post/hurricane-beryl-montgomery-county-may2024-flooding-river-plantation/15047156/
Frequently asked questions
Can you grind all the stumps on my Conroe acreage in one day?
Often, depending on count and size. The crew gives a time estimate after mapping the stumps.
Are pine stumps easier to grind than oak?
Usually. Pine is softer, so a pine stump of the same width grinds faster than an oak.
Can the chips stay on my land?
Yes. On acreage, chips can be left in the holes or spread under trees.
The ground is still wet from rain. Should I wait?
If the yard is soft, waiting a few dry days keeps the grinder from rutting it.
Will grinding hit my well or septic lines?
Show the crew where they run before work. Lines are marked and the grinder stays clear.
Do you grind stumps in April Sound?
Yes. Check the community’s rules on contractor access first.