Need some trees removed

SAMIAM · 07-23-2007, 08:37 AM

MboroBill....I'm surprised at the price he quoted you for those trees.I also called him in response to his mailer and he took down 7 dead hemlocks for me.They averaged 50' but one was much larger.He took them right to the ground,removed them several had to be climbed.limbed and topped (even layed limbs accross the driveway so that the tree wouldn't damage the asphalt) cleaned up so that you'd never know the trees were even there.
The price............................................. .........$1,000
Must be that larger trees require a crane......or maybe he was just getting started and came in way too cheap.I had no idea because I got no other quotes....but I was happy.

Mboro_Bill · 07-28-2007, 06:02 PM

Hi Samiam,
Wow, you definitely got a great price. If I had been quoted a better price I would have gone with him too. He stopped by the house when we were not here and then called my wife back to give her the estimate. I'm not sure I can repeat what she told him ;-). He did say he would definitely need a crane but I expected that since they are so close to the house and he probably can't drop them. I sent Court an email and he said he would be out to take a look. We'll see...

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Originally Posted by SAMIAM

MboroBill....I'm surprised at the price he quoted you for those trees.I also called him in response to his mailer and he took down 7 dead hemlocks for me.They averaged 50' but one was much larger.He took them right to the ground,removed them several had to be climbed.limbed and topped (even layed limbs accross the driveway so that the tree wouldn't damage the asphalt) cleaned up so that you'd never know the trees were even there.
The price............................................. .........$1,000
Must be that larger trees require a crane......or maybe he was just getting started and came in way too cheap.I had no idea because I got no other quotes....but I was happy.

secondcurve · 07-30-2007, 05:57 AM

MboroBill:

Check around. I had a similar job (6 good sized trees in Tuftonboro near power lines) and got two quotes at around $3,500.00 and then a third at $1,350.00. The third was from a national firm so they wre no fly by night company. Three guys did the work in about 5 hours. If you do the math, they clearly made money at $1,350.00......I think it all comes down to who has a crew that is sitting around and who is busy.

Mboro_Bill · 07-30-2007, 12:54 PM

Secondcurve

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

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Originally Posted by secondcurve

MboroBill:

Check around. I had a similar job (6 good sized trees in Tuftonboro near power lines) and got two quotes at around $3,500.00 and then a third at $1,350.00. The third was from a national firm so they wre no fly by night company. Three guys did the work in about 5 hours. If you do the math, they clearly made money at $1,350.00......I think it all comes down to who has a crew that is sitting around and who is busy.

07-23-2007, 08:37 AM	#1
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,918 Thanks: 341 Thanked 1,692 Times in 594 Posts	MboroBill....I'm surprised at the price he quoted you for those trees.I also called him in response to his mailer and he took down 7 dead hemlocks for me.They averaged 50' but one was much larger.He took them right to the ground,removed them several had to be climbed.limbed and topped (even layed limbs accross the driveway so that the tree wouldn't damage the asphalt) cleaned up so that you'd never know the trees were even there. The price............................................. .........$1,000 Must be that larger trees require a crane......or maybe he was just getting started and came in way too cheap.I had no idea because I got no other quotes....but I was happy.

07-30-2007, 05:57 AM	#3
secondcurve Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,127 Thanks: 1,343 Thanked 564 Times in 291 Posts	MboroBill: Check around. I had a similar job (6 good sized trees in Tuftonboro near power lines) and got two quotes at around $3,500.00 and then a third at $1,350.00. The third was from a national firm so they wre no fly by night company. Three guys did the work in about 5 hours. If you do the math, they clearly made money at $1,350.00......I think it all comes down to who has a crew that is sitting around and who is busy.