 Well, if you have a stump to get rid of, there are a couple of really expensive ways to do that. But there are also some less expensive ways to make stumps disappear. First, the most common method of stump removal is grinding, but that job is about as far away from DIY as you can get. You need to hire a tree service who will use a very specialized stump grinder, and that can get really, really expensive. It's a monstrous piece of equipment.