rfwoody
Treehouser
Recently had a chance to bid on a tree removal job -- 3 smallish trees....
but I passed on it because:
* two of them were too risky: the were dead and/or rotten too near the house
* one was in a confined space in a small front yard.
Would anyone care to comment about how you would have gone about removing them?
(and, if you like, give a ballpark estimate of what you would charge?)
Below are the pictures.
(note: on a couple of them the branches turned out dark and I highlighted the ends with white so they would stand out).
TREE #1 (not sure what kind but I guessed a Silver Maple)
* This tree was dead and rotten with fan shaped fungus type growths all over the trunk.
* The trunk sounded pretty hollow or rotten all the way around.
* The tree was well within reach of the house next to it.
TREE #2 (Silver Maple?)
* This tree was about half dead as you can see from the leaves.
* The tall limb next to the house is well within range to hit the picture window if the limb or tree falls that way.
* The tree would go into the street some if felled that way.
* It sounded like there was some solid wood on the trunk... but also some punky and/or hollow too.
TREE #3 (Silver Maple 95% sure)
* This tree was living but unhealthy and maybe had some dead limbs (the ones without leaves)... but not too rotten like the other 2 trees.
* If felled as is, this tree would fall into the neighbor's yards on each side or about halfway into the street.
For all 3, my solution would be to use a bucket truck (which I don't have) or an aerial lift (which I could rent) to dismantle all 3 down to a manageable stem....OR... for the 2 with some life (#2 and #3).... I suppose with a pole (chain) saw with 2 people, one could cut from the ground and the other could pull the limbs with an attached rope into a good/better position for them to fall.
I was thinking I would charge $800 - $1000 per tree if I was going to do it.
Any comments are MUCH appreciated.
but I passed on it because:
* two of them were too risky: the were dead and/or rotten too near the house
* one was in a confined space in a small front yard.
Would anyone care to comment about how you would have gone about removing them?
(and, if you like, give a ballpark estimate of what you would charge?)
Below are the pictures.
(note: on a couple of them the branches turned out dark and I highlighted the ends with white so they would stand out).
TREE #1 (not sure what kind but I guessed a Silver Maple)
* This tree was dead and rotten with fan shaped fungus type growths all over the trunk.
* The trunk sounded pretty hollow or rotten all the way around.
* The tree was well within reach of the house next to it.


TREE #2 (Silver Maple?)
* This tree was about half dead as you can see from the leaves.
* The tall limb next to the house is well within range to hit the picture window if the limb or tree falls that way.
* The tree would go into the street some if felled that way.
* It sounded like there was some solid wood on the trunk... but also some punky and/or hollow too.


TREE #3 (Silver Maple 95% sure)
* This tree was living but unhealthy and maybe had some dead limbs (the ones without leaves)... but not too rotten like the other 2 trees.
* If felled as is, this tree would fall into the neighbor's yards on each side or about halfway into the street.



For all 3, my solution would be to use a bucket truck (which I don't have) or an aerial lift (which I could rent) to dismantle all 3 down to a manageable stem....OR... for the 2 with some life (#2 and #3).... I suppose with a pole (chain) saw with 2 people, one could cut from the ground and the other could pull the limbs with an attached rope into a good/better position for them to fall.
I was thinking I would charge $800 - $1000 per tree if I was going to do it.
Any comments are MUCH appreciated.