Courtney / Arbortech did a great job for me this summer. He has a bucket and other equipment, but in my case it was mostly climbing and one tractor to move stuff around. I can't separate out individual trees as I also had to pay to barge the tractor out and back as well as barge the trees back to the mainland. With that in mind, Ishoot308's estimate sounds very accurate. My neighbor also got him to drop one big pine in place. No clean up, no removal. I don't know the price, but it took Courtney little time and my neighbor was pleased. I wasn't on site, but the report was that the whole crew was hard workers, no slack time.
Rather than chip (more equipment to barge) or burn, they stacked branches together in the woods and diced them. I had to go looking around to find the piles. Good wildlife habitat and after a couple of snow seasons, probably invisible.
Winnipesaukee Marine was doing work for me too, and they also recommended Courtney as they had worked with him before and they coordinated barge trips. I try to work with contractors I know or who are highly recommended, and if they charge a little more for quality work, that's fine. I did not seek multiple bids.
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