Cuprager wrote:
Father in law has about 9 of these massive trees in his back garden.
They are a bit taller than his 2 storey house and sit at the back of the
garden... there is a lane behind his garden about a cars width wide.
There is a greenhouse in front of the trees. You know whats coming next,
dont you! He had a quote from a tree surgeon to remove these trees, the
price was about 1k. Quite a lot of cash. The question is, is it a
diy'able job to take these down? The fears that i have are in their
rough order...

1. The height, how do you get 'up' high enough to lop the tops off?
2. Confined space to fell them. Should you rope them into the garden or
the lane... what about the greenhouse!
3. I dont think i would be comfortable with a chainsaw at height. Would
a bow saw or similar be ok?

All comments welcome please!!

TIA
Gerry

Thanks for all of the help so far. You lot really are tearing me in two
completely opposite directions! I think that i might be swayed towards
letting the tree surgeon do it, but you never know!

To clarify a couple of questions that have been asked...

AFAIK the quote is for removal as well as felling. (would need to
clarify with FIL)

It does not include removal of stumps, but we can handle that ourselves.

We would need to clarify that the firm has adequate insurance as the
trees could indeed wreck lots of things if felled incorrectly (hence my
worry about diying it)