Have to get this tree taken down later this month ... Black oak?
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What the heck , I got a little experience paying for three trees taken down a few years ago. So my guess is
1k for a tree service to drop it and remove. How much wood 1/2 to 3/4 cord. Also my neighbor had good luck just having the tree service drop the tree very cheap. By doing this he had them carry any liability of a bad drop. Black Oak is good stuff. Good luck to you !
1k for a tree service to drop it and remove. How much wood 1/2 to 3/4 cord. Also my neighbor had good luck just having the tree service drop the tree very cheap. By doing this he had them carry any liability of a bad drop. Black Oak is good stuff. Good luck to you !
Alot, lol, the tree is near the road and there are houses within its drop range. Probably power lines too. You will need a company with a bucket truck and a chipper w truck if they are cleaning brush. You could make it cheaper by doing the cleanup yourself. Im guessing 4 facecords with all limbs cut to stove lengths and all twigs. With Oak its worth picking up all the scraps. A coworker of mine had a tree dropped in her development (houses really close) and her husband and her paid 2500.00
paul bunion
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Why you paying to get it down. Looks like it already is on its side to me. 
Applesisters guess on yield is probably pretty close. There is less than a cord in the trunk. And that assumes it is solid. Depending on how much limb you keep you'll get up near 1.5 cords. I would more hire a tree service with the goal of creating a supplier relationship than low ball price. Use it as a carrot to get more wood.
Applesisters guess on yield is probably pretty close. There is less than a cord in the trunk. And that assumes it is solid. Depending on how much limb you keep you'll get up near 1.5 cords. I would more hire a tree service with the goal of creating a supplier relationship than low ball price. Use it as a carrot to get more wood.
Ram 1500 with an axe...
Minister of Fire
Get 3-4 price quotes..... I have a tree co around here that works much cheaper than for a grand....
Ha .. couldn't figure out how to rotate the picture when uploading from my phone. Will certainly get a few estimates ... my budget for this is a grand ... much more, and I leave it standing till the spring.
I'm going to get an estimates from one company who's dropped wood off here in the past, and another that I see posting 'come and get it' on craigslist all the time (in fact, they posted one today for red oak that's less than 2 miles from my house).
bigbarf48
Minister of Fire
It's hard to judge size online but it doesn't look too big. Near the road which will up the price but it won't require anything special. I don't know why they'd need a bucket truck for it. Id guess less than 1k
Here in God's country if you want a largish residential tree taken down it's between $200-$300 - that's just the take down - no bucking or cleanup
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