6k = 21 trees Update: First day progress pics added

[dank69]

All 21 trees are dissassemble, no room to drop any of them.

Around here I drive by two houses on my way to work the have their entire yards filled with firewood to the top of their fences. You can barely give away wood around here. We are keeping one tree's worth of wood for our fireplace.

Price includes stumping the 9 trees that are actually on the lawn.

Biggest tree is about 3 feet diameter at the base and the power to my house runs right through its branches. Another two foot diameter tree is on the other side of the power lines in my front lawn and both of these trees are on a 35% grade. Doing the work myself was not an option, lol.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Squirrels are a nuisance. More so when they chew the power lines to sharpen their teeth.

Last year, the rats we acquired were eating the acorns and piling the remnants under the house.

Squirrels are fun to have around the neighborhood especially when you get them tamed up and they come in your hand and stuff. They're like kittens but even more crazy. I miss the days where I used to camp a lot. Squirrels and chipmunks were lot of fun. They never caused issues either. Plug any holes and don't make your house inviting and they wont go in.

Then there's crows. Those mofos are bigger every year it seems. I had a team of them cleaning out my gutters looking for food. Saves me from doing it I guess lol.

 

[highland145]

Squirrels are fun to have around the neighborhood especially when you get them tamed up and they come in your hand and stuff. They're like kittens but even more crazy. I miss the days where I used to camp a lot. Squirrels and chipmunks were lot of fun. They never caused issues either. Plug any holes and don't make your house inviting and they wont go in.

Why, yes. They can be. Is this what you mean by inviting?
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/409602/


Never had a problem with them in the house.

Swiped from rinan's link.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

OP's not very good at creative thinking. Should have held a "lumberjack youth camp" and got paid for the kids removing the trees.

 

[edro]

slash and burn is cheaper, but it takes a long time and your lawn would be on fire

 

[jupiter57]

Interest post being as I just sold 16 Oak trees for $11,480 yesterday.
Logger is gonna cut them down and haul them off to resell, then cut the tops in lengths for firewood for me! (I'm gonna make a deal with one of the neighbors, for every load he takes, he stacks one load for me! Free firewood for him, no labor for me!)

 

[dank69]

Interest post being as I just sold 16 Oak trees for $11,480 yesterday.
Logger is gonna cut them down and haul them off to resell, then cut the tops in lengths for firewood for me! (I'm gonna make a deal with one of the neighbors, for every load he takes, he stacks one load for me! Free firewood for him, no labor for me!)

Those must have been some big trees.

 

[Brigandier]

Interest post being as I just sold 16 Oak trees for $11,480 yesterday.
Logger is gonna cut them down and haul them off to resell, then cut the tops in lengths for firewood for me! (I'm gonna make a deal with one of the neighbors, for every load he takes, he stacks one load for me! Free firewood for him, no labor for me!)

This man is doing it right.

 

[ch33zw1z]

6500 is NOT bad, especially up here in New England. My In-laws are looking into getting rid of 15 enormous hemlocks, bids come in between 6k and 10k...obvious variables apply.

I paid $500 last fall for 4 large oaks to be removed from my back yard, overhanging the back end of my house.

It gets expensive, but it's tons of work to do alone or even with help.

 

[Wyndru]

Damn, less than 300/tree? I just got quoted $9000 to take down the Oak outside my house. 1 tree lol.

It's the biggest tree in the neighborhood though, with a really huge trunk. I'm taking it down because it's roots are lifting our driveway and getting really close to the foundation of the house.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Before and after pics? My soon to be new house is covered with oak trees and I wouldnt want it any other way.

 

[DrPizza]

I had a very large maple (4 foot diameter at the base) that I needed to have taken down because it had a split in it. $150ish to get it on the ground. From that point, the rest of the work (cutting it up, etc.) was my responsibility - not taking out the power lines that ran under the tree, or my house, or my barn, was the tree guy's responsibility.

Hard work, but very enjoyable work.

OP: You should have taken the $5500 bid, then SOLD the wood. Instead of paying someone to haul the wood away, you could have had someone pay YOU to take the wood away.

 

[dank69]

I had a very large maple (4 foot diameter at the base) that I needed to have taken down because it had a split in it. $150ish to get it on the ground. From that point, the rest of the work (cutting it up, etc.) was my responsibility - not taking out the power lines that ran under the tree, or my house, or my barn, was the tree guy's responsibility.

Hard work, but very enjoyable work.

OP: You should have taken the $5500 bid, then SOLD the wood. Instead of paying someone to haul the wood away, you could have had someone pay YOU to take the wood away.

Yeah, as I explained already, there is no market for wood in this area. Wish I could have, but it would have just rotted before I could sell it all, if I could sell any of it. My neighbors had to resort to giving away firewood to get rid of it.

 

[waffleironhead]

Do the work yourself, and then sell the wood for firewood or wood for smokers.

You spent money instead of making money, you did it wrong.

Do you have the equipment and skill to drop 21 trees in a residential setting. This means not dropping branches on the power lines and neighbors roofs? Plus chipping and removal of the waste.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Yeah, as I explained already, there is no market for wood in this area. Wish I could have, but it would have just rotted before I could sell it all, if I could sell any of it. My neighbors had to resort to giving away firewood to get rid of it.

Where do you live? The amazon? I didn't know there were places in the US so abundant with firewood you have to give it away.

 

[dank69]

Where do you live? The amazon? I didn't know there were places in the US so abundant with firewood you have to give it away.

I'll see about getting some before/after pics and I'll also see if I can snap a pic of one of the backyards I mentioned above.

 

[dank69]

Trees start coming down on monday. Some before pics:

 

[Anubis]

i can see removing some of those but not all of them

 

[jlee]

Yeah, as I explained already, there is no market for wood in this area. Wish I could have, but it would have just rotted before I could sell it all, if I could sell any of it. My neighbors had to resort to giving away firewood to get rid of it.

Where do you live?

Seasoned wood is ~$250/cord here. Green is $160ish.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Those are some nice trees, and it looks like a decent sized yard so not like it's cramped.

Personally I would only touch the ones near the utility lines.

 

[dank69]

i can see removing some of those but not all of them

There will still be lots of trees, I'll post after pics when the job is done.

Those are some nice trees, and it looks like a decent sized yard so not like it's cramped.

Personally I would only touch the ones near the utility lines.

After raking up 8 large wheelbarrows full of acorns twice last year, I am not going to miss them. 4 of the ones in the back yard are dead or dying as well, and all of them have dead sections dropping branches all over my yard on a daily basis.

 

[sdifox]

that's cheap. I paid 6k for ONE tree.

 

[dank69]

First day progress pics:

And some pics of a mushroom from my neighbor's yard just because I've never seen one so big:

 

[xSauronx]

Around here you could have had the trees cut down for the wood. No charge.

at least, and depending on the wood you could have made a few bucks. i had a small lot years ago and had it partially cleared, cutting didnt cost me a dime. it was all skinnier pine so i didnt make anything, but at least i didnt pay for it to get done.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

$6500 for 12 trees? I just received a quote for $7500k to clear and regrade my back yard, which involves removing (including stumps) 37 trees, 10-12 of which are 50 feet tall (pines). I received the same quote to clear and regrade my front yard, which involves removing ~15 trees and bringing in a shit ton of fill (180-250 cubic yards). If I do both at the same time, the job will cost 13k (2k discount for only having to deploy the euipment once)

FWIW, I'm in NH. When I do either project, I'll be selling the wood. The pine will go for 75-100 cord green, and the hardwood will go for ~150-175 green. The tree company said they would chunk it and that once it was split, I would have ~15 cords of pine, and ~8 of hardwood. If I manage to sell it all, the total cost of the project will be under $$10k, which ain't bad.