LOCAL CONDITIONS · MOUNT VERNON
Stump removal in Mount Vernon: field edges, ditch banks and Little Mountain lots
Around Mount Vernon, stumps tend to sit in two kinds of places. Out on the Skagit River flats they line field edges, ditch banks and old windbreaks, often black cottonwood and red alder that grew fast in damp soil. Up on Little Mountain and the east-side hills they are more often Douglas fir and western red cedar left from lot clearing, with root flares that spread well past the saw cut.
On the assessment we count every stump, measure the widest ground-line root flare, and check that the CAT 275XE can reach each one without cutting up wet ground. Farm-edge stumps usually have room to work; hillside lots depend on slope and access. We also agree on what the ground becomes next, because that sets the grinding depth and whether chips stay as fill, get piled or are hauled.
STUMP GRINDING IN AND AROUND MOUNT VERNON
- Little Mountain
- Skagit Highlands
- West Mount Vernon
- Conway
- Skagit River flats
