Don White wrote:
N.L. Eckert wrote:
Harry wrote:
The crew showed up on time to remove my 125' tulip poplar (we measured
it once it had fallen), and I was mightily impressed by the
technology. The treecutter and his crew had a substantial bucket
truck. The main man
went up in the bucket about 30' off the ground and tied a 1-1/2" braided
line around the tree. The other end was attached to the back end of a
Ford F350 HD diesel. The treecutter marked a precise spot where he
wanted the tree to fall, and damned if it didn't. Shook the ground
mightily. In addition to a wonderful diesel powered
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My sympathies if you have these trees on your property, they're really a
dirty tree.. About 12 years ago, I had 4 rather large poplars (the crew
chief was from the south and he called them cottonwood) removed from my
back yard. The biggest was about 3 ft. in diameter at the base, the
smallest about 2 ft.. I had all 4 cut down and removed for $1500.
Last fall, I called in a tree guy for an estimate on removing a maple,
its now $2000 for one tree!! I decided I sorta liked the maple after
all.

Happy boating,
Norm

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's very risky work, and I can understand the prices. It's not like
being a dentist, after all...if you make a mistake cutting down a large
tree. you're dead.