Tree removal

[teaboy]

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

[gzz]

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.

[svelte]

i second gzz.

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

[Coronita]

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?

[teaboy]

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

[teaboy]

[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

[svelte]

[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.

[Hobie]

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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