Tampa Racing

The Champagne Room Members Only Forum

Ideas on tree removal prices?

Thread Tools
 
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 04:01 PM
Share
  #1 (permalink)  
Ffej207's Avatar
Ffej207
Thread Starter
Nipplelicker
 
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 1,524
Likes: 0
Default Ideas on tree removal prices?
Short story - Tree fell in my grandma's backyard. It didn't hit anything, but is between three houses. She got one quote for $5,500 and signed a contract. Is she getting price gouged?

I think it's way high, but I have no idea. The tree is an old grandfather oak, so it's pretty big, but not $5,500 big, I don't think.

Anyone got any experience on this?
__________________
Karma.
Reply
0
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 04:32 PM
Share
  #2 (permalink)  
Joe's Avatar
Joe
Sodalime is good.
 
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 14,273
Likes: 0
Default
Thats about the going rate...

gf's father in orlando had a huge oak take a dive and they quoted him $5K... of course, even as cheap as I am, I looked at the tree and said "pay the guys"... haha
__________________
Joe

Originally Posted by President Abraham Lincoln
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.

Socialized Medicine?

Originally Posted by a former president of the US
One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been by way of medicine. It's very easy to disguise a medical program as a humanitarian project.
Reply
0
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 05:18 PM
Share
  #3 (permalink)  
Frances
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default
Any idea how much a few elms and pines would cost to remove. I am so sick of those things.
Reply
0
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 05:24 PM
Share
  #4 (permalink)  
Guado's Avatar
Guado
What can Brown do for you
 
Joined: Sep 2001
Posts: 6,535
Likes: 0
Default
buy me a big chainsaw and a small trailer(preferably one that a TA could fit on) and I will removed them for ya!
__________________
-Eddie
Reply
0
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 05:27 PM
Share
  #5 (permalink)  
Tom's Avatar
Tom
Strict Machine
 
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 9,604
Likes: 0
Default
a small oak fell in the parking lot of my work, it took these guys like 4 hours atleast to get it all cut up and cleaned up....i couldnt even imagine a huge grandfather oak....its very time consuming to cut each limb, each branch into sections and carefully "disassemble" the tree....$5k is soo much money tho, thats a shame to waste it on a damn tree
__________________
2012 FIAT 500 ABARTH
Reply
0
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 06:15 PM
Share
  #6 (permalink)  
Scott
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default
Way to high. I had a massive oak removed last year for $1,600. I had quotes as high as $2,800 but I just kept on shopping and playing one guys price against another.

PM me if you want the name to my tree guy who was just here yesterday BTW.
Reply
0
Old Sep 28, 2004 | 07:46 PM
Share
  #7 (permalink)  
Mars_302
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default
That is extremely high. I think my boss paid like $2k to have a bucnh of trees cut down and cut up and dragged to pit.
Reply
0
Old Sep 29, 2004 | 09:46 AM
Share
  #8 (permalink)  
93ex's Avatar
93ex
Just Ledoux it!
 
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 14,252
Likes: 0
Default
chainsaw + land to throw it in. We lost a lot of trees, and just sawed them apart, loaded them in the f150 and drove to the woods.
__________________
http://www.myspace.com/jdreade
Reply
0
Old Sep 29, 2004 | 11:12 AM
Share
  #9 (permalink)  
POLLO
Guest
 
Posts: n/a
Default
Originally posted by guadofreak
buy me a big chainsaw and a small trailer(preferably one that a TA could fit on) and I will removed them for ya!
Exactly, just rent a few chainsaws and that's it.... fawk.. $5k for a damn tree...
Reply
0
Old Sep 29, 2004 | 12:27 PM
Share
  #10 (permalink)  
Charles's Avatar
Charles
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2000
Posts: 2,649
Likes: 0
Default
I heard Scott and Alan will make you a good deal on removing that tree
__________________
92' Nissan 240sx
02' Honda VFR Interceptor
08' Tundra
Reply
0



Advanced Search

All times are GMT -8. The time now is 06:55 AM.