The Oakland County sheriff's department says a man was using a tractor to pull out a tree stump when the tractor flipped and crushed him underneath, killing him. The department says the accident ...

Tree removal can be a pain, especially if you're dealing with a pretty sizeable one. You have to trim branches and remove them from the area, cut the tree trunk down to size — tasks that can be helped ...

When trees come down in a storm or you fell them on purpose, there are several ways to deal with the seemingly immovable objects left behind: the stumps. The remains of saplings you can usually dig ...

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