Hello, at my new house I have a fairly large oak tree about 8 feet from
the house. The trunk is about 16" in diameter, the tree is like 40'
tall. This is a dumb place to have a tree, a lightning strike would be
a problem and the roots could mess up my slab.

Since there's plenty of other trees farther out in the yard I am
thinking about removing this one. Would a tree removal service offset
the cost of the job by the value of the wood, assuming I let them keep
the wood ? I don't need the wood, certainly not the boxcar load this
tree represents.

Thank you.