Submitted by sdemat t3_zwj6yh in newhampshire
I posted about the paranoia about some massive pines coming down and I’m glad to say I was over reacting. Now that the storm is over I’m gonna call and get estimates. However, what has everyone’s experience been price wise for tree removal?
Looking at maybe 5 trees, four of which are extremely tall pines. Curious to see what others have paid.
It is not comparable. It depends on location, trees, difficulty etc. You may get several quotes and compare.
Agree, it all depends on the location (can they bring the right equipment in easily), complexity (is it near wires, could fall on a home etc).
All of these weigh into the cost, like suggested above I would get a few estimates and compare.
Also, you want to ask how clean they are going to leave the site. Consider, are they taking away all debris, raking everything and stumping…that will be most expensive.
Few days prior to this storm (lucky me) I had about 9 trees removed for $4750
A few big pines Few skinny Big oak and some smaller ones
Stump grinding was not included but I’ll do that my self this spring
That’s not a terrible price. I think the height and location of the pines might hurt the price a bit.
Yes i was very lucky, the pines were only about 20-25 feet from my house, the oak overhung my house everything else was easy for them
They didn’t use a crane they just used a claw/saw combo and pieced them down
I was nervous to get a full blown quote from a tree place as I had a few people out who “did trees” who said just the pines would be about 1500 a piece
But glad I did, I was budgeting, for spring but when I heard the price I said let’s do it asap
If I could ask who did you use? I have a couple of trees that need to come down but have no access. So I would need a climber.
Technical tree
$2-3K for a single large (3.5' diameter at base?) pine in central NH.
I had seven Ash trees cut down a year or two ago for like $700, they were in a pretty safe spot.
I've got a huge tree next to the road that's dying or dead and I'm sure that's going to cost several thousand.
It's all over the place
get quotes, if they can be free fall you can get a yard guy for cheap, if wires are close, you need a crew / bucket truck, clean up? need a shredder want them to haul the logs away, loader truck, stumps? need a saw grinder.
Moved into our current house in 2018, had 6 trees removed for $2000. Recently called around to get a quote for having 4 trees removed, current pricing is ranging anywhere from $2500-$4000. All prices are including removal of wood, but not stump grinding.
Seems to be the consensus that prices are all over the place. I suppose I’ll call and get quotes. Two of the pines I might not even have them remove fully because of where they are. Maybe just bring them down enough to not be affected by wind.
For someone who is new to owning a house and is therefore paranoid about any of the trees surrounding my house falling on it, what are some signs that a tree is in danger of falling some time soon? All the trees surrounding my house seem to be pretty healthy but then again, I don't really know what I'm talking about. Any lesser known clues I should be looking out for?
That’s really what I was concerned about. From what I’ve heard some signs are rot, trees that have multiple leaders (when a tree splits. Another Redditor arborist called it codominent leaders”); and maybe excessive leaning? A lot of the trees though that feel around here looked to be healthy pines. So I dunno.
I paid about $1000 a tree before winter (complete removal but no stump grinding). Needed one of the companies larger cranes as it required going over my house to get to them.
Depends how many pieces they need to take down while its still vertical.
Depends on Terrain and what kind of equipment can get close.
Depends on how clean you want it after they are done.
Cherry picker on a 60+ year old elm near a house while its under contract=$6800
I think the smaller outfits have lower fixed costs so start there.
I have a good friend who owns his own tree company. He always said it depends on the size, how many, how easily accessible, does he have to climb and how much equipment he'll need. Straight drops are always the easiest. I got lucky when I bought my house he took out 15 trees for cheap. I also work on his equipment for free and store stuff on my property for him now when he needs.
nullcompany t1_j1vem5c wrote
I've paid for tree removals several times now at the same house
It's a classic y=mx+b from your high school math
y is the cost
m is how expensive your tree person is
x is how many trees you wanna remove
but the biggest piece is b: b is how much it costs for your tree person to get their stuff to your land
to have a single pine tree that leaning over the house, in 2010, it was 1,200 bucks.
to have five more trees removed a few years later, it was 2,000 bucks
to have the entire crew and all their gear show up and clear cut as many trees as they could do in a full day, in 2018, was 2,500 bucks, with stump removal
to have the entire crew show up in 2021 for another full day, it was 4,000 bucks, without stump removal
Remember that each one of those years, a buck is worth a different amount. I actually think it was all very consistent with itself, all things considered.