About us

Spokane locals. Straight answers.

Born and raised in Spokane, Jeff brings more than 14 years of hands-on and management experience in home services, including four years as a business owner. The Spokane and Coeur d'Alene region is home, and stump work is what this side of the business does.

Jeff James, owner of Spokane Stump Grinder
Jeff James Owner

Our story

Built on years of doing the work

Spokane Stump Grinder might be a newer name, but the experience behind it isn't.

Jeff grew up in Spokane and has spent most of his working life taking care of properties here. He started behind a mower at 13 and eventually helped build a local property maintenance company from one truck into a 30-person operation. After years of managing crews, customers, equipment, and everything that comes with a growing service business, he wanted to get back to something simpler.

Stump grinding was a natural fit.

It's a specific problem with a clear result. The stump is either gone or it isn't. The yard is either treated carefully or it isn't. And when the job is finished, the customer should know exactly what they paid for and shouldn't be left cleaning up after us.

So we built Spokane Stump Grinder around that idea: specialize in one thing, invest in the right equipment, communicate clearly, and do the work properly.

We're local, we know the properties and neighborhoods around Spokane and North Idaho, and we're building this business for the long haul.

No big promises. Just good work, straight answers, and one less stump in your yard.

Freshly cut stump with the grinder in the background

Do good work. Be straight with people. Leave things better than you found them.

— how we've run things from day one

What we stand on

Three things we don't bend on

Transparency

No hidden fees and no unknowns going into your project. You get the scope and the price in writing, and that's the number.

Innovation

We keep looking for better ways to do the work — the right machine for the access, the right technique for the soil we're in.

Professionalism

Uniformed crew, safety and environmental standards followed, and follow-up after the job to make sure the result held up.

How we work

Look first, then grind

Our approach on every property has always been the same: find the cause, fix it for good. On stump work that means looking at the actual stump before quoting it.

We diagnose before we quote

Diameter at grade, root spread, what's buried nearby, and how the machine gets in. Guessing at those is how a job goes sideways halfway through.

The plan fits your property and budget

Grind it and leave the chips, or haul everything and backfill with topsoil. We'll tell you which one your project actually needs.

We prevent the return problem

Grinding deep enough for what's going in that spot, and backfilling so the ground doesn't sink on you next season.

We follow up

A walkthrough at the end if you're home, and a check-in after to make sure the finished grade settled the way it should.

We know the seasons here

Inland Northwest soil, frost timing, and what a basalt shelf under a stump feels like. Local isn't a marketing word for us.

We do what we said

If something on site genuinely changes the job, we stop and call you. You won't get a surprise invoice at the end.

Who you'll deal with

The people on your property

Jeff James, owner of Spokane Stump Grinder

Jeff James

Owner

Jeff is a Spokane native and the owner of Spokane Stump Grinder. He handles the estimates and oversees the work, so the person you talk to is the person accountable for the job.

He's spent more than 14 years in the property service business and knows what it takes to do good work without making things complicated.

The paperwork

Licensed, bonded, insured

Homeowners ask about this before letting a machine into the backyard, and they should.

  • Licensed
  • Bonded
  • Insured
Business name
Spokane Stump Grinder
WA contractor license #
MARKOS*778D8
UBI number
601-939-576
Serving the area since
2023

Certificate of insurance available on request.

Where we work

Serving the Spokane & Coeur d'Alene region

Based in Spokane and covering communities across Eastern Washington and North Idaho.

Airway Heights, WA Chattaroy, WA Cheney, WAChewelah, WAColbert, WAColville, WADavenport, WADeer Park, WAElk, WAFreeman, WAGreen Bluff, WAHangman Valley, WAHillyard, WALiberty Lake, WAMead, WAMedical Lake, WANewport, WANine Mile Falls, WAOtis Orchards, WASpokane Valley, WAVeradale, WACoeur d’Alene, IDHayden, IDHayden Lake, IDPost Falls, IDPriest Lake, IDPriest River, IDSandpoint, ID

Don't see your town? Give us a call — if you're near the edge of the map we'll let you know straight.

Let's take a look at your stump

Send photos and details, get a written estimate back. Simple as that.

Call Free Estimate

Service request

Send us the details

We'll follow up with a written scope and price. No obligation.

1 How to reach you

Please enter your name.
Please enter a phone number we can reach you at.
That doesn't look like a valid email.
Best way to contact you

2 Where the stump is

We need the address to price access and travel.
Please enter the city.
Five digits.

3 About the stump

What do you need?
Several on one visit cost less each.
Widest point at grade, not the old trunk.
The gate opening decides which machine we bring.
Changes how deep we need to go.
Anything nearby we should know about?

4 Photos and notes

One from a few feet back showing the path in, and one close-up with something for scale.

We'll only use this to put together your estimate and get back to you. No spam, no sharing.