I agree. $300 is way too cheap. I would chip the brush for $300 if it was stacked on the driveway.
This ever happen to anyone?
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I agree. from the picture you can see the tree is twice as tall as the gable end of the house and has a lot of branches in it and in the back yard. Not a big or tricky tree, but not a $300 tree as stated.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
Figuring out the how, is relatively easy. Figuring out how many minutes...a lot harder.
I've underbid some big storm work, lately. Storm work, while on the ground in a mess, or half on the ground, can be harder than entirely intact an organized trees.
I've underbid some big storm work, lately. Storm work, while on the ground in a mess, or half on the ground, can be harder than entirely intact an organized trees.
Lucky you
Fivepoints
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- East of Huntsville, AL
Talltreeclimber, Does your city actually allow tree services to put the brush on the curb or do they just pick up homeowner generated brush? Our area has brush collection but doesn't allow tree services to put brush on the curb. Its only for homeowners.
RBJtree
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- Pittsburgh
I would soak that tree in saw gas and burn it where it stands for $50.
Lol, You can def get in trouble for that... The service is for homeowners, very common. You can get away with it if you don't look like a professional business tho.
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
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- Olympia, WA
A measurement of a tree always adds to the description.
Is there not room to fell the the bulk of the tree. There is something in the foreground, and you might be backed up to the fence.
If you are competing against bucket access that changes things. If wires prevent reaching from the street, it's different.
Is there not room to fell the the bulk of the tree. There is something in the foreground, and you might be backed up to the fence.
If you are competing against bucket access that changes things. If wires prevent reaching from the street, it's different.
Fivepoints
Carpal tunnel level member
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- East of Huntsville, AL
What area are you in? They pull licensing around here if they catch them. They'll also fine the tree service and the home owner in some cases. I've even witnessed a repeat offender get arrested over it after he decided to keep working with a revoked license.
We have a "Tree for Fee" $50 plus tonnage at the dump which is $34/ton but you have to be a sanitation customer so places that have dumpster service don't qualify. And when we get storms, they declare a moratorium on the Tree for Fee so everybody and their brother puts stuff out.
RBJtree
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- Pittsburgh
I calculated the 3 oaks I removed from one customers yard about 2 weeks ago to weigh 120,000 lbs. I wonder if I could have stacked it all up at the street for $34 a ton. Lol. That would have been over $2000. Plus the crane rental to stack it all 20 feet high. Do logs need to be cut to a certain size?
RBJtree
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- Pittsburgh
I would love to see a picture of that tree! The largest of the 3 I did was about 4' diameter at 24".
660 32" bar
Li
Logs and brush has to be cut 6 feet. The surprise on the actual cost comes with their next trash bill. Southern trees weigh more than Pittsburgh trees too.
TimBr
Official Well Known Greeter
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- Northern Virginia
@oldoakman; @RBJtree; Costs like those are enough to make a person want to split it all up and use it for fire wood, or better yet, sell it to other folks for fire wood.
Another approach I've seen used is to list it under the "Free Stuff" heading on Craigslist. I know a guy who says it never takes very long to get rid of a lot of wood in this manner. A whole lot of people like to burn fire wood, and love being able to get it for free. You just have to cut it up into rounds small enough for the average Joe to be able to handle it by himself. Just a thought.
Tim
Another approach I've seen used is to list it under the "Free Stuff" heading on Craigslist. I know a guy who says it never takes very long to get rid of a lot of wood in this manner. A whole lot of people like to burn fire wood, and love being able to get it for free. You just have to cut it up into rounds small enough for the average Joe to be able to handle it by himself. Just a thought.
Tim
TimBr
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- Northern Virginia
Welcome to the TreeBuzz forum, brother! I think you are going to like it here! Be sure to use the search function of this forum to try to find stuff in the archives; they go back years.
I look forward to reading more from you!
Tim
Thank you Tim. I've been viewing the forums at least occasionally for several years. Lots of great info. I always like to read and learn from others in this business. There are clearly some experienced and skilled people posting here!
RBJtree
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- Pittsburgh
It's really not reasonable to do anything but use my trucks to haul trees away. That is the standard practice and what is expected by customers. My comment about leaving 120,000 lbs of oak by the street was very sarcastic. Hauling away debris is a pain in the ass, but thats why we charge. If I could have left 3 and 4 foot diameter logs on the curb along with all the brush, $2000 might have been worth it vs hauling 20 loads in my 2 1ton dumps. (I could use a bigger truck) However, it would never have all fit on the curb anyway and the job had to be complete by a certain date. Yada yada...
TimBr
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- Northern Virginia
@RBJtree; Thanks a lot for the comments. Man, that is a lot of wood, and a lot of trips. It seems like most of the labor of the job might be tied up in hauling the wood off site. What a PIA. I hope the trips were not long ones. Thanks again.
Tim
Tim
TimBr, I'm originally from PA and have been in the south since 2000. I would much rather deal with PA trees than trees here. Trees here are more massive it seems than northern counterparts and to process them for firewood is a bitch. We had a section of town hit by the March 3rd tornado and our crews have been hauling debris ever since. Right now our inert landfill has over 43,000 tons of debris being processed by 2 grinders and more coming in each day. We are expecting the cleanup to continue to august or September minimum. The biggest kick is that our county was not declared disaster due to the size of area affected so the city is footing the total bill. I guess no raises for a few years.
