I found Earth & Stone while looking for excavators to remove around 60 stumps some maple, but mostly apple, in an old orchard my family owns. Since i plan on farming this plot I needed someone who could bring in the right equipment to rip out the stumps without costing me an arm and a leg. I spoke with several contractors with excavators and their estimates were no less than $5,000. Blake Becker of Earth & Stone comes over for a free estimate and with his equipment can complete the work in a day for a much more reasonable price. I hired them and the following week he and his son Adam ripped them out in less then a day and piles the stumps neatly in a corner of the field. Adam then rakes the soil around the stump holes to where their is almost no depression and piles up the branches and trunks I had cut down into several piles for burning. In conclusion I am very pleased with their work, their price, and the level of communication they maintained throughout this project. I would recommend them to anyone in need of excavation work. read more