Stump Grinding in Cutten, CA

Cutten and Ridgewood grew up inside second-growth redwood country, and the trees never left. Full-size redwoods and firs stand inside fence lines all through the neighborhood, sharing small lots with houses, garages, and swing sets. It makes for one of the prettiest neighborhoods in the county, and some of its most technical tree work.

How stump grinding goes in Cutten

Around Cutten the stumps that have to go through the grinder are the sprouters: coast redwood. Douglas fir and grand fir do not sprout, so those stumps can wait if the spot allows. Redwood roots crowd every Cutten yard, and a stump here is usually right against a driveway, a fence post, or a neighbor's lawn.

Cutten sits just inland of the bay fog, wet enough to grow second-growth redwood at full speed and windy enough in winter to test every heavy limb. The Cutten hazard is redwood limb weight over roofs and Douglas firs that have died back and need to come down in pieces between two houses. Cutten is fifteen minutes from our McKinleyville base and on the daily route through Eureka.

When Cutten homeowners call for stump grinding

• A coast redwood stump throwing a ring of new shoots every spring.
• A stump in the lawn, the fence line, or two feet from the shop pad where it is in the way of everything.
• Old stumps from a tree somebody else took down years ago near Walnut Drive.
• A fence, footing, or replacement tree going in exactly where the stump is.

Cutten and Ridgewood put full-size redwoods and firs inside small residential fence lines, sharing the yard with garages, decks, and swing sets, so nearly everything is rigged over a structure. Fire risk in these neighborhoods is low, but stacked redwood duff and dead limbs against a house still get cleared as part of any trimming job.

Working in Cutten

Working over houses without incident is a rigging discipline, and it is the part of the trade our climbers train hardest. Neighbors watch us work in Cutten a lot. We are fine with that.

Around Cutten that means Ridgewood, Walnut Drive, Cutten Elementary, Sequoia Park, and the properties between. Full-size redwoods and firs on small residential lots, technical rigging over structures.