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| In the summer, this tree prevents at least two hours of rich sunlight from reaching my garden. Not sure of its species, however, it's a fairly tall tree. I want to know, what would be a fair estimate to have it removed? Up here, costs are usually on the higher end of other's estimates. In my opinion the tree is about 45 feet tall... |
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| The way to get an estimate is to call a few local arborists and/or insured tree peeps (tree pees only for simple removals, not for pruning jobs or other tasks that might require an ISA-certified arborist) and get them to give you an estimate. GardenWeb estimates would be completely meaningless, unless the person giving the estimate is willing to drive over and do the job. Seeing a picture of a tree like this is not even close to actually being there and doesn't answer even half of the questions that would need to be asked for a meaningful estimate. |
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| Brandon is correct but I could drop that fairly easily. If you want me to haul away is a different story because I can't see the property. Buck it up for firewood and leave it there brings my price down. So your prices should all include the same thing and they should be fairly close because there is plenty of room. |
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| Complete removal is a lot more expensive than just getting it out of the sky. Looks like there is plenty of room to safely drop it to the right and away from the fence if that's all you want. The price on removing it will depend on how close a truck can get to it and whether or not you want the limbs and top chipped. Do you want the firewood? What about the stump? Do you want it ground up and how deep? For the price, I'd forget about it. Doesn't look like it's in the way of anything. Putting a lawn over a ground out stump that size won't work for long. The ground will settle as what's left of the stump decays. Get some bids, ask questions, and choose the one you like. My Certified Arborist friend just looked at your picture and said what Brandon said, He'd have to be there and know more of what you want to give an estimate. Mike |
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| Have you consider taking it out yourself? You can rent a chainsaw for less that 100/day, and but the book to learn chainsaw safety for about 20. There does not APPEAR to be any thing the would be damage if it were dropped into your yard. If you decide to do it yourself, THINK THROUGH EVER THING THREE TIMES. STUDY CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU MAKE YOUR WEDGE CUT, AND MAKE SURE EVERY BODY IS OUT OF THE AREA. Your big problem will be to remove the wood once it is cut up, but if you have a fire place that will not be a problem. |
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| I had three gum trees that were roughly that size, all beside each other. Taking them down, sawing up into firewood size and hauling firewood away, grinding up the limbs and brush and hauling away. They had to use a bucket truck and put down pads to position the truck on. All the work was done from the top down, lowing branches on ropes. There were one bucket man, one chain saw man on the ground, and two helpers. All for $1200. Of course, it would have been less for just cutting them down. They were in a position where they could not just fell them due to my landscape beds and shed. I did not get three estimates on this job because I had used this company before. Make sure you get three estimates and then weigh everything. Your job looks pretty straight forward. If some guy shows up and walks around, studies it from all angles, talks out loud about nothing, beware. A professional experienced person will look at it and then give you an estimate in writing. He also will offer a copy of his insurance or tell you where to call to request a copy. If neither of the three estimates or their experience level thrill you, get another estimate. |
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| "If (none) of the three estimates or their experience level thrill you, get another estimate." ...or adjust your expectations to reality. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Feb 16, 13 at 19:45
| ask for and retain a copy of their ACTIVE insurance policy ... call the ins co the day before.. and insure the policy is up to date ... otherwise.. what they said ... ken |
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| In the summer there are many hours of daylight, and I'd not be too concerned that it lacked two hours, especially if that two hours were the peak of the day. Sometimes, it's a blessing, allowing you to sneak in some species blasts of sun would stress mid-day. Most sun lovers wouldn't mind and it actually prolongs bloom time. |
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| I've had tree work done 3 times in this yard from the insured "tree peeps", actually the owner is a friend and he is pretty reasonable when I pay cash. ;) They chip up the brush and small branches and dump those for me to use as mulch, and cut up the wood into 2-4 foot lengths and leave it laying there. I've NEVER had to pay anyone to remove wood. I used to have a friend who heats his house with wood come and get it, but he died of heart attack last spring. :( Put the wood on Craigslist for free and you will have people swarming to come get it! I just gave away some from my yard about a month ago, had 5 responses to the CL listing in 45 minutes! Just make sure they know what they're doing. The guy came down with his truck, trailer, and 4 wheeler, and he pulled the trailer around the yard with the ATV and filled up the trailer with a cord of wood. He couldn't even take all the wood and I still have some laying around. Then I smartened up and sold a cord of wood that was piled up at my rental house, got $80 for that (which was a bargain for the buyer, that was all seasoned and cut to length, and most of it didn't even need to be split). A lot of this wood was from the tropical storms and the October snowstorm over the past 1 1/2 yeasr, and all of it was hardwood of course, Maple, Ash, and Elm. |
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- Posted by fireweed22 none (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 12:28
| I see a fence, gardens, and another tree it could get hung up in. Suggesting to someone to rent a chainsaw to do it??? That's how people get killed. Look up YouTube videos of tree removal accidents. Then hire someone with experience and insurance. |
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| When you get your estimates, I'd ask the arborist to tell you what it is. It might be a really nice tree (or unusual) and it would be a shame to cut it down without knowing that and reconsidering. For example, perhaps it is a American chestnut or elm, both unusual trees now and mature individuals are much prized. Just a thought. Anyway, get at least 3 estimates. |
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| Renting a saw to cut your first tree down is asking for a disaster. Cutting wood up on the ground is dangerous enough for an amateur, let alone drop a 45 ft. tree. The 'wedge cut' is commonly called a face cut. I've been heating my house for 35 years exclusively with wood I cut. Here's a picture of 1/3 of my woodshed with some Red Alder before splitting to make it small enough to fit in my stove. Mike |
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- Posted by greenthumbzdude (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 20:20
| Looks like a red maple based on the branch pattern How I would remove it: 1.) get a quarter stick of dynamite 2.) tape the quarter stick to the bottom of the tree 3.) light the fuse 4.) Run away 5.) problem solved |
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| ThumzDude, that's good comedy. |
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