2018 Vermeer, SC362 Grinders, Since Vermeer invented the stump grinder in the 1950s, stump removal is no longer the back-breaking, time-consuming chore it used to be. With the Vermeer exclusive AutoSweep system, stumps are simply swept away, one pass after another. Tough, reliable and easy to use on virtually any type of hardwood tree. Watch our stump grinders go to work in our video library.