On Feb 9, 10:38�pm, "Dave Jackson" wrote:
I'd suggest getting the city/utility companies to help with the cost of
removal. If they are willing to donate some money it very well may make a
portable sawmill more affordable to you. *And everyone will win in the end.
You wouldn't by chance be in Ohio would you? --dave"Kalvin Gore" wrote in message

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*The city has ordered me to remove an Oak at the edge of my property
which the local utility claims is too close to their service lines. The
tree is old but healthy. I would guess that the trunk is about 16 feet
in circumference and the trunk is about 31 feet long from the base to
the split. I have heard claims of astronomical prices for quartersawn
oak, and wonder if I could recover the price of a portable sawmill if I
were buy one for this task. Can anyone comment on this?

I'm off to price a woodmizer...

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Around here, the utility company has been cutting down massive numbers
of trees for years: we were glad to see ours go, particularly since
they replaced the larger trees, 15 year old hybrid poplars, with
smaller shrubs my wife selected.

They are the ones who get primary benefit, with no having a dozen 30+
foot tall trees drop across power lines at a time when they can't keep
up anyway, usually during ice storms.