Make sure you get the bids in writing and ALWAYS make sure that YOU get the
sawmill money. If your tree cutter is going to charge you huge dollars,
then sell the oak to a sawmill for more dollars, then you should get a cut
of that sawmill money.

If the trees aren't in an area where felling them is going to damage any
buildings or anything, you can always advertise the oak in exchange for the
cutting in the classifieds.


"msterspy" wrote in message
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I have 3 oak trees in my yard (way in back) that I would like to get
removed. The quoted price is a bout $2000/tree. My neigbor some trees
removed form his property and spent a fortune. The crew was there for
about 4 hours and they took down thre trees in his yard. I'm not sure,
but I'm guessing it cost him about $6000 and they took the big logs to
a saw mill. Is this a resonable price? 25 years ago I had 5 trees
cut down for $500.00 (one day's work). Why is it so damn expensive
now? My salary did't go up by a factor of 10 in 25 years.