On Mon, 08 Aug 2005 19:31:19 +0000, Don White wrote:


I have a large mature Ash tree on my front lawn. The wife and next door
neighbour nagged & nagged about getting a few branches cut after one fell
in a wind storm, tore off my electrical/phone/cable service plus took the
neighbours phone & cable lines. At the time I checked on having it
remover...$ 1000.00 was the quote. Last year I had it limbed and all
deadwood cleaned up. The total came to $ 700.00...

It may be just a matter of time. Seems ash trees are the favorites of yet
another invasive pest.

http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/pubs/pest_al/eab/eab.htm