I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out what
kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

"Freckles" wrote in message
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I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out
what kind of price I should be expected to pay.

If the tree is straight and thick, you might get someone to take it away for
free. Consider how much wood is worth these days!

DONT GO FOR PRICE!!! GO FOR QUALITY AND SAFETY!!

I once took the low bidder, seriously BAD decision!

the idiot crew damaged the homes roof a little, knocked over a pole
light breaking the underground wiring, and their grand finale was
taking down a 15 THOUSAND VOLT POOWER LINE, fortunately no one got
killed it was very close thing...........

stupid neighbor tried driving over what might have been a live power
line, police were on site, neighbors unhappy beteen power failure and
cable outage, which effected a 5 mile area late afternoon it messed
up dinner for many, a couple neighbors came and yelled at me, seems one
worked shifts and was late for work

clean up and police reports took 2 additional days let alone roof
repair and had to dig up and replace pole light and wiring.

by that time I deducted some when paying the tree crew, I saw their
carelesness, climber was in big hurry.

I suggested they all get a new line of work before someone died.

Heard later their insurance paid out 15 grand in damages they probably
went out of business.

Learn from my bad experience. If the tree overhangs wires or a building
it will cost a fortune. In some areas the power company will take trees
below the level of the lines for free with a written guarantee of NOT
planting a new one...

One last thought many people LOVE a mature tree it can add thousands in
resale value, something to consider...

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:34:19 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:

I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out what
kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

It gripes me to see an Oak that is possibly 100 - 200 years old cut
down. If you do cut it down add the cost of grinding the stump down,
the roots are massive.

Oren

Get several estimates and make sure they are all bidding on the same work.
Some will just do cut down, others will cut and remove and clean up.

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"Freckles" wrote in message
. ..
I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out
what kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

Be sure they are insured, call their broker, fake or expired
certificates are common.

I have learned to hate trees, after 10 years and $ 10,000 in removing
collapsed or sick trees, I now enjoy the trees on my neighbors properties,
preferable in the distance. Trees end up being nothing but an expensive
nuisance and danger, especially huge eucalyptus trees, pines trees, willow
trees and oaks. What you may gain in resale value you have to pay for in
maintenance and removal.

--
Walter
www.rationality.net
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"Freckles" wrote in message
. ..
I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out
what kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:09:12 GMT, "Walter R."
wrote:

I have learned to hate trees, after 10 years and $ 10,000 in removing
collapsed or sick trees, I now enjoy the trees on my neighbors properties,
preferable in the distance. Trees end up being nothing but an expensive
nuisance and danger, especially huge eucalyptus trees, pines trees, willow
trees and oaks. What you may gain in resale value you have to pay for in
maintenance and removal.

I too, love my neighbors trees and consider them mine to view and
enjoy.

However, I have lots of trees and they increase the value of my
property by $10,000 .

"JimL" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:09:12 GMT, "Walter R."
wrote:

I have learned to hate trees, after 10 years and $ 10,000 in removing
collapsed or sick trees, I now enjoy the trees on my neighbors properties,
preferable in the distance. Trees end up being nothing but an expensive
nuisance and danger, especially huge eucalyptus trees, pines trees, willow
trees and oaks. What you may gain in resale value you have to pay for in
maintenance and removal.

Trees are your friends. They provide shade to your house, give the birdies
a place to live and chirp, give the squirrels something to live on. The
roots help regenerate and stabilize the soil. The needles and leaves add
fresh compost to the soil. The leaves provide oxygen back to the atmosphere
that grass simply can't do in large amounts. Yeah they can be a pain, the
limbs litter the ground, they occasionally fall on the house or property but
unless you live in an old-growth forest that couldn't happen but once in a
decade

Not if I were the purchaser of your home. I would knock off 10,000 from your
price. :-)

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"JimL" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:09:12 GMT, "Walter R."
wrote:

I have learned to hate trees, after 10 years and $ 10,000 in removing
collapsed or sick trees, I now enjoy the trees on my neighbors properties,
preferable in the distance. Trees end up being nothing but an expensive
nuisance and danger, especially huge eucalyptus trees, pines trees, willow
trees and oaks. What you may gain in resale value you have to pay for in
maintenance and removal.

I too, love my neighbors trees and consider them mine to view and
enjoy.

However, I have lots of trees and they increase the value of my
property by $10,000 .

The idea of making sure they are all bdding on the same thing is vital.

Suggest you type out a list f what you ant done, give every bidder the
list, get their bid writen right onto the list.

Examples of thngs I'd include on the list taht Id want from each bidder a

1. Provide me an insurance binder from you liability company. Have
your insuance agent or insurance company fax it directly to me at (phone
number). Sorry, no, a copy of the policy from you is not enough. I have
to know the policy is still in force:

2. Work:

a. cut down tree.

b. cut tree into 16" rounds for my
woodstove, I'll split.

- or- b. tree feller cuts and removes all trunk
pieces.

c. limb out tree and leave all
branches for kindling for my wood stove; I'll
clean yard

- or - c. tree feller limbs out and cleans
up all limbs, branches and
leaves;

d. tree feller grinds out stump;

-or - d. leave stump as is, cutting to 2"
above ground.

Obviously you choose only 1 version of tems b, c and d.

Just get all you bids on the same basis.


Id be looking for:



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"barbarow" wrote in message
news:mN5zg.1289$jt.567@trnddc04...
Get several estimates and make sure they are all bidding on the same work.
Some will just do cut down, others will cut and remove and clean up.

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"Freckles" wrote in message
. ..
I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I
want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next
week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an
estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out
what kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

Yeah. Right.

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"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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"JimL" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:09:12 GMT, "Walter R."
wrote:

I have learned to hate trees, after 10 years and $ 10,000 in removing
collapsed or sick trees, I now enjoy the trees on my neighbors
properties,
preferable in the distance. Trees end up being nothing but an expensive
nuisance and danger, especially huge eucalyptus trees, pines trees,
willow
trees and oaks. What you may gain in resale value you have to pay for in
maintenance and removal.

Trees are your friends. They provide shade to your house, give the
birdies
a place to live and chirp, give the squirrels something to live on. The
roots help regenerate and stabilize the soil. The needles and leaves add
fresh compost to the soil. The leaves provide oxygen back to the
atmosphere
that grass simply can't do in large amounts. Yeah they can be a pain, the
limbs litter the ground, they occasionally fall on the house or property
but
unless you live in an old-growth forest that couldn't happen but once in a
decade

"Jim McLaughlin" jim.mclaughlin wrote in message
. ..
Yeah. Right.

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Jim, trees can't fall more frequently (ON AVERAGE) than about once every 10
to 20 years - otherwise the forest wouldn't be there. This is simple
probability and statistics, trees don't grow fast. It takes about 20 to 30
years for them to grow large enough to be a danger to anything and if they
are falling faster than once every 20 years there is an environmental reason
for it. Cure the environmental reason first, don't slash and burn and think
it will fix the underlying issue.

Now this assumes a reasonably rural setting where new trees are allowed to
grow naturally. Obviously some suburban nightmare with leftover trees from
the initial land rape will be in more danger. The trees in that situation
are in a precarious situation anyway, they are exposed to more wind and
weather, the ground nutrients are no longer being replenished to their
liking, and isolation exposes them to more insect damage - they're the only
source of food around so insects gravitate towards them. The solution there
is to either plant more trees, or zone off an area of the development
specifically for trees and natural fauna.


And you know it is a dotnet not a dotcom
address.
"Eigenvector" wrote in message
. ..

"JimL" wrote in message
news
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:09:12 GMT, "Walter R."
wrote:

I have learned to hate trees, after 10 years and $ 10,000 in removing
collapsed or sick trees, I now enjoy the trees on my neighbors
properties,
preferable in the distance. Trees end up being nothing but an expensive
nuisance and danger, especially huge eucalyptus trees, pines trees,
willow
trees and oaks. What you may gain in resale value you have to pay for
in
maintenance and removal.

Trees are your friends. They provide shade to your house, give the
birdies
a place to live and chirp, give the squirrels something to live on. The
roots help regenerate and stabilize the soil. The needles and leaves add
fresh compost to the soil. The leaves provide oxygen back to the
atmosphere
that grass simply can't do in large amounts. Yeah they can be a pain,
the
limbs litter the ground, they occasionally fall on the house or property
but
unless you live in an old-growth forest that couldn't happen but once in
a
decade

Freckles wrote:
I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that
I want to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central
Dallas. Next week I will be calling a company that does this type of
work to get an estimate. In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone
has had a similar experience with a tree removal in the recent past.
Mostly I would like to find out what kind of price I should be
expected to pay.

Exact same thing last year in Houston. Last spring, my oak woke up dead.
After waiting a couple of months to make sure it just wasn't trying to trick
me, I had it taken down.

I used a neighborhood handy-man. He cut up the tree and hauled the bits to
the curb. Did not grind the stump.

One hundred and eighty dollars. Plus a few cold drinks.

In article , Oren wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:34:19 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:

I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out what
kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

It gripes me to see an Oak that is possibly 100 - 200 years old cut
down.

Yeah, it would me too.... but a 40-foot-tall oak isn't anywhere near *one*
century old, let alone *two*.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

"Oren" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:34:19 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:

I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I
want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next
week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an
estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out
what
kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

It gripes me to see an Oak that is possibly 100 - 200 years old cut
down. If you do cut it down add the cost of grinding the stump down,
the roots are massive.

Oren

And it gripes me to see my house and roof and my next door neighbor's house
and roof damaged by the tree limbs and roots.
And the tree is less than 20 years old.

review your property survey and hope it is on the city property. then
ask them to remove it.

"FREE OAK TREE" sign and advertise like crazy locally. maybe the
newspaper or local tv station has a slow news day and will run it as a
feature.

hang a nice swing from a branch and a FOR SALE sign on the house.

Freckles wrote:
I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out what
kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:22:45 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , Oren wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:34:19 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:

I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out what
kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

It gripes me to see an Oak that is possibly 100 - 200 years old cut
down.

Yeah, it would me too.... but a 40-foot-tall oak isn't anywhere near *one*
century old, let alone *two*.

You are so wrong on this.

The tree could easily be 300 years old, or 25.

Noozer writes:

Consider how much wood is worth these days!

I think you're confusing unharvested timber with finished lumber. The
value is almost all in the harvesting and finishing, not the raw material.

In article , JimL wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:22:45 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:

In article , Oren
wrote:
On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:34:19 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:

I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out what

kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don

It gripes me to see an Oak that is possibly 100 - 200 years old cut
down.

Yeah, it would me too.... but a 40-foot-tall oak isn't anywhere near *one*
century old, let alone *two*.

You are so wrong on this.

The tree could easily be 300 years old, or 25.

300 years old, and only 40' tall??? Yeah, right. We're talking about oak here,
not bristlecone pine.

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:47:32 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:
...
The tree could easily be 300 years old, or 25.

300 years old, and only 40' tall??? Yeah, right. We're talking about oak here,
not bristlecone pine.

Most oak varities will never see 40 feet tall.

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:35:04 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:

And it gripes me to see my house and roof and my next door neighbor's house
and roof damaged by the tree limbs and roots.
And the tree is less than 20 years old.

By all means take it down. Your original post did not mention house
damage, etc. Since it affects the home next door, perhaps the expense
of removal can be shared or off-set a little with the neighbor.

Oren

In article , JimL wrote:
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:47:32 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:
...
The tree could easily be 300 years old, or 25.

300 years old, and only 40' tall??? Yeah, right. We're talking about oak here,

not bristlecone pine.

Most oak varities will never see 40 feet tall.

You're joking, right?

--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.

"JimL" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:47:32 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:
...
The tree could easily be 300 years old, or 25.

300 years old, and only 40' tall??? Yeah, right. We're talking about oak
here,
not bristlecone pine.

Most oak varities will never see 40 feet tall.

The oak trees we had on our farm back in Kentucky were at least three feet
in diameter and well over 100 feet tall. There were hundreds of them all
over the area in Kentucky where I lived.

Yeah, right.

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"Eigenvector" wrote in message
. ..

"Jim McLaughlin" jim.mclaughlin wrote in message
. ..
Yeah. Right.

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Jim, trees can't fall more frequently (ON AVERAGE) than about once every
10
to 20 years - otherwise the forest wouldn't be there. This is simple
probability and statistics, trees don't grow fast. It takes about 20 to
30
years for them to grow large enough to be a danger to anything and if they
are falling faster than once every 20 years there is an environmental
reason
for it. Cure the environmental reason first, don't slash and burn and
think
it will fix the underlying issue.

Now this assumes a reasonably rural setting where new trees are allowed to
grow naturally. Obviously some suburban nightmare with leftover trees
from
the initial land rape will be in more danger. The trees in that situation
are in a precarious situation anyway, they are exposed to more wind and
weather, the ground nutrients are no longer being replenished to their
liking, and isolation exposes them to more insect damage - they're the
only
source of food around so insects gravitate towards them. The solution
there
is to either plant more trees, or zone off an area of the development
specifically for trees and natural fauna.


And you know it is a dotnet not a dotcom
address.
"Eigenvector" wrote in message
. ..

"JimL" wrote in message
news On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 18:09:12 GMT, "Walter R."
wrote:

I have learned to hate trees, after 10 years and $ 10,000 in removing
collapsed or sick trees, I now enjoy the trees on my neighbors
properties,
preferable in the distance. Trees end up being nothing but an
expensive
nuisance and danger, especially huge eucalyptus trees, pines trees,
willow
trees and oaks. What you may gain in resale value you have to pay for
in
maintenance and removal.

Trees are your friends. They provide shade to your house, give the
birdies
a place to live and chirp, give the squirrels something to live on.
The
roots help regenerate and stabilize the soil. The needles and leaves
add
fresh compost to the soil. The leaves provide oxygen back to the
atmosphere
that grass simply can't do in large amounts. Yeah they can be a pain,
the
limbs litter the ground, they occasionally fall on the house or
property
but
unless you live in an old-growth forest that couldn't happen but once
in
a
decade

On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:56:12 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:


"JimL" wrote in message
.. .
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:47:32 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:
...
The tree could easily be 300 years old, or 25.

300 years old, and only 40' tall??? Yeah, right. We're talking about oak
here,
not bristlecone pine.

Most oak varities will never see 40 feet tall.

The oak trees we had on our farm back in Kentucky were at least three feet
in diameter and well over 100 feet tall. There were hundreds of them all
over the area in Kentucky where I lived.

For every 100 foot oak tree, there are a million scrub oak and
blackjack oak with an average height of 15 to 25 feet.

"JimL" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:56:12 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:


"JimL" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:47:32 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:
...
The tree could easily be 300 years old, or 25.

300 years old, and only 40' tall??? Yeah, right. We're talking about oak
here,
not bristlecone pine.

Most oak varities will never see 40 feet tall.

The oak trees we had on our farm back in Kentucky were at least three feet
in diameter and well over 100 feet tall. There were hundreds of them all
over the area in Kentucky where I lived.

For every 100 foot oak tree, there are a million scrub oak and
blackjack oak with an average height of 15 to 25 feet.

Millions?

Those may be called trees, but I think they are actually bushes or shrubs.

wrote in message
...
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:43:40 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:


"JimL" wrote in message
. ..
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:56:12 -0500, "Freckles"
wrote:


"JimL" wrote in message
m...
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:47:32 GMT, (Doug Miller)
wrote:
...
The tree could easily be 300 years old, or 25.

300 years old, and only 40' tall??? Yeah, right. We're talking about
oak
here,
not bristlecone pine.

Most oak varities will never see 40 feet tall.

The oak trees we had on our farm back in Kentucky were at least three
feet
in diameter and well over 100 feet tall. There were hundreds of them all
over the area in Kentucky where I lived.

For every 100 foot oak tree, there are a million scrub oak and
blackjack oak with an average height of 15 to 25 feet.

Millions?

Those may be called trees, but I think they are actually bushes or shrubs.



I think we need to understand there are lots of kinds of oaks. If you
ere in the south or west an oak is a knarled bushy thing that may be
30' high. (scrub oak, live oak etc) In the north central states and
north east they are telephone poles with leaves on them (pin oak,
white oak, red oak).

I live in the south west and the oaks in my yard are about 40 feet high.
When I moved into this house 4 years ago those trees were less than 30 feet
tall. They are red oaks.

According to my encyclopedia a scrub oak is a shrub, not a tree.

On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 10:34:19 -0500, "Freckles"
wrotF:

I have an oak tree in my front yard which is about 40 feet tall that I want
to have cut down and hauled away. I live in North Central Dallas. Next week
I will be calling a company that does this type of work to get an estimate.
In the mean time I'm just curious if anyone has had a similar experience
with a tree removal in the recent past. Mostly I would like to find out what
kind of price I should be expected to pay.

Thanks, Don



I paid $1800 to have a 60' Beech tree removed from my property. Expect
to pay more if there are wires in the way or if the police have to be
called in to direct traffic around the work area.