Johnny's Stump Grinding & More

Johnny's Stump Grinding & More is a one-man Upper Cape operation run by Johnny Castleberry, who started the company in 2012. It's veteran-owned and first-responder-owned, according to both the company's own site and HomeAdvisor's listing. The record is about as clean as they come: 39 reviews across five platforms, every one of them five stars except a single 4.5. In a 2025 review, one customer described John clearing more than 30 stumps, small and large, in a single day; in a 2022 review, another said he'd handled stumps ranging from 3 inches to more than 50 inches in diameter across multiple visits. A recurring detail across the years: John himself answers the phone and shows up when he says he will — in a 2022 review, a customer specifically noted reaching him directly on the first call rather than routing through office staff. Reviewers consistently mention fair, upfront pricing and thorough cleanup afterward, and several describe tricky jobs — a stump ground down right next to a gas line and an asphalt driveway in a 2023 review, and, in another 2023 review, a tangled cluster of large stumps that other companies couldn't figure out how to remove cleanly. A number of customers say they've used him more than once. Angi and HomeAdvisor both show a perfect 5.0 rating from 37 reviews each. For stump grinding on the Upper Cape, especially an awkward or oversized job, the reviews describe a responsive, hands-on owner-operator who's been doing exactly this since 2012.