Yard Repair
Stump Extraction & Removal in Edison, NJ
Edison Excavation removes stumps whole, roots included, rather than grinding them down. The excavator lifts the full root plate out, the hole is backfilled with clean fill and topsoil, and you're left with solid ground ready for seed, a new tree, or construction.
Extracted, not ground
A ground-down stump is still a stump. The root plate stays buried, rots slowly, and keeps sinking. We remove all of it.
Entire Stump Removed
The excavator gets beneath the root plate and lifts stump and roots out in one piece. No buried wood left to rot and settle under the lawn.
Gate-Friendly Machines
The tracked mini skid steer and mini excavator pass through a standard 36-inch gate, so a backyard stump doesn't mean taking the fence apart.
Filled and Ready to Seed
The hole is backfilled with clean fill in compacted lifts and topped with topsoil, raked level with the lawn and ready for seed.
Even one stump is worth doing right
Grinding chews a stump down and calls it finished, but the root plate stays. Try to pour a footing, set a fence post, or plant a tree there and you hit wood. Pulling the stump removes the obstruction entirely, so the spot is truly buildable and plantable the same day.
Where we work
This service covers one stump or a handful in an otherwise finished yard. For a whole overgrown area, see our land clearing service. In both cases NJ One Call marks the utilities before we dig, because roots and gas lines share the same ground.
What happens after you call
From the site walk to the final cleanup
1. Site Walk
We visit the property by appointment, check access and any constraints, and go over your plans or what you have in mind.
2. Marking & Layout
The layout is set on the ground with laser accuracy. Depths, lines, and elevations are marked before any digging starts.
3. The Work
The right machine for the access comes in, ground protection goes down where needed, and disturbance to lawns, trees, and hardscape is kept to a minimum.
4. Clean Handover
You're left with a site ready for the next step and a yard that's still in one piece.
Frequently Asked Questions
Grinding works if you only want the lawn to look flat. It leaves the root plate in the ground, where it rots and settles, and you can't build or plant there. Extraction removes everything, and the hole is backfilled with clean, compactable soil.
Usually. Our smallest machine needs about 36 inches of clearance, a standard gate width. Ground protection goes down where the machine travels so the lawn comes through in good shape.
A filled, compacted hole topped with topsoil and raked level with the surrounding lawn. It's ready for seed the same day, or for a new tree, which we can plant as well.
Service Areas
- Edison· Middlesex County
- Metuchen· Middlesex County
- Piscataway· Middlesex County
- Woodbridge· Middlesex County
- Highland Park· Middlesex County
- South Plainfield· Middlesex County
- Perth Amboy· Middlesex County
- Carteret· Middlesex County
- Rahway· Union County
- Linden· Union County
- Plainfield· Union County
- Dunellen· Middlesex County
Edison, Metuchen, Piscataway, Woodbridge, and nearby Middlesex and Union County towns north of the Raritan.
One stump or ten, send a photo and we'll give you a straight answer.
Site visits are by appointment. Share a few details about the project and a time gets set to walk the property together.