Greene Acres Stump Grinding,LLC, owned by Tim and Amy Greene, is ready to remove dangerous and unsightly stumps from your yard.
In the world of entrepreneurship, timing is everything. For seasoned entrepreneur Tim Greene, the licensing of his newest endeavor, Greene Acres Stump Grinding, couldn’t have come at a better time.
Two weeks before Hurricane Milton made landfall on Oct. 9 as a Category-3 storm, Greene applied for and was granted a business license for his new company. He also purchased a Bandit SG-40 stump grinder, an all-terrain machine with an aggressive cutter wheel drive system, enhanced operator visibility, enhanced travel speed, and high maneuverability.
The company’s focus on removing tree stumps, a service needed year-round, now found itself on the frontlines of a crisis and in the perfect storm. “I was in the right place at the right time,” said Greene. “People needed help clearing debris, and I was ready to respond.”
Months after the storm caused widespread damage and downed trees throughout the region, Greene is still fielding calls from homeowners and businesses eager to remove hazardous stumps from their properties, both for safety and aesthetic reasons.
Greene helped Plant City resident Jay Kent after a 60’ cedar tree split into four pieces in his front yard. He had removed the tree but a six-foot stump remained. “He told me exactly what it was going to cost and he stuck to that price,” said Kent. “He arrived on the day and time he said he’d be there, just a couple days after he gave me the estimate, and did a great job.”
Kent was particularly happy that Greene went above and beyond his expectations. “He spread the mulch out and made the area look very nice and even left me a pile that I could spread into another flower bed,” he said.
He’s shared his positive experience of Greene Acres Stump Grinding with friends and family and while he hopes he doesn’t have another felled tree, he will use him again if the need arises.
Greene Acres Stump Grinding is the latest in a line of successful entrepreneurial businesses. Born in Lakeland and raised in Plant City (he graduated from Plant City High in the Class of 1983), he launched Family Vending, his first venture, at the age of 25 after working for a company whose soda/snack vending machines were always inoperable. “I saw a need and wanted to fill it so I went to the owner and convinced him to let me put a working vending machine in his business,” he said. “That was my first taste of entrepreneurship.”
After growing the business for five years, he sold it and started Payphones Plus, a company he expanded from a small route of managing five pay phones to 330 pay phones throughout the Tampa area. During the same time period, he also started Capital Telecommunications to manage other business owner’s payphone routes.
As demand for pay phones waned, and with the increase in popularity of cellphones, he created Cellular Safety One, a company that assisted customers with cell phone activations and accessories, which eventually morphed into a wholesale company whose client list included Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint. Headquartered in Atlanta, Greene sold the business in 2015 and moved back to Plant City to care for his elderly father, where he also met and married Amy Trinkle.
With Greene Acres Stump Grinding, as with all his other businesses, he aims to stand out from the competition by offering a great customer experience. “In my years in business, I have learned that providing exceptional customer service is how to stand out from other companies in your field, and you do that by delivering on your promises,” he said.
Green Acres Stump Grinding is licensed and insured.
For more information about Greene Acres Stump Grinding or to get a free estimate call 656-777-4099 or visit its Greene Acres Stump Grinding Facebook page.
