I moved to small-ish town Wisconsin from Texas. A few months later a neighbor’s tree fell over in a storm, partly blocking the street.

Knowing the guy was out of town for the weekend, after the storm abated I moseyed over to see about at least getting it out of the street, maybe lopping some limbs off.

The City was already there. In about 3 minutes they had the tree chopped up and carted away. A few hours later they came back with a stump grinder and took out the stump.

Now, clearing the street, I can see. But hauling the mess clean away, gratis? The stump was well in his front yard and not even close to the right-of-way – and they did landscaping for free as well?

It’s handy, I admit. But I’m not sure stump-grinding private property as a convenience is something I really want to pay for.