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  • March 5, 2020 at 5:47 AM #22809
    teaboy
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    I just got permission from my neighbor to remove a 60ft pine tree which is blocking my view.
    I want to get it removed as cheaply as possible, leaving the stump. One landscaper quoted me $1800! Plus another $300 if i wanted the stump ground, too (which I don’t.)
    That seems a wee bit on the high side.

    Does anyone have any reliable referrals or advice?

    Cheers,
    tb

    March 5, 2020 at 6:14 AM #815143
    gzz
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    My advice is that it will be expensive and it is hard to even get a quote.

    Next life I might have to be a San Diego arborist.

    March 5, 2020 at 7:28 AM #815146
    svelte
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    i second gzz.

    Tree maintenance folks are the flakiest I’ve seen. If you get one, hold on to them.

    March 5, 2020 at 7:46 AM #815147
    Coronita
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    My gardener removed a large tree in front of my house. I think he only wanted $300, while as everyone else wanted $1000+. He also removed the stump. It was kinda funny watching him tie a chain to the trunk and his pickup truck, and pulling a few times. You’ve asked you gardener?

    March 5, 2020 at 8:50 AM #815151
    teaboy
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    I don’t have a gardener, but I have asked a couple local guys working in front of houses here in the neighborhood. One guy quoted even higher than $1800, one guy came to take a look then never got back to me, and one just looked confused, so I gave up.

    I’m thinking of heading to Home Depot to pick up a couple day laborers.

    tb

    March 5, 2020 at 8:54 AM #815152
    teaboy
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    [quote=flu]It was kinda funny watching him tie a chain to the trunk and his pickup truck, and pulling a few times. [/quote]

    Incidentally, this is how my old gardener removed a tree & stump from my front yard about 5 years ago, for about $600.
    Great deal I thought, until 3 months later when I had to deal with the the slow leak and $2000 repair job for the main water intake pipe to my house.

    tb

    March 5, 2020 at 11:49 AM #815159
    svelte
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    [quote=teaboy]
    I’m thinking of heading to Home Depot to pick up a couple day laborers.
    tb[/quote]

    Think about how much can go wrong removing a 60 ft tree.

    It could fall through your house, your neighbor’s house, cars, people walking by.

    A worker could get hurt and sue you.

    Penny wise and pound foolish on this one.

    March 5, 2020 at 2:38 PM #815168
    Hobie
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    Ditto Svelte. Seems about right price for large pine. Is it on a slope? Access and distance from tree to street ( chipper) is a factor. Good guys are booked out a month or so right now.

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