Wow, I'm reviving an old Thread here. Just noticed I took a beating on my guess of how much that tree would cost to remove. I'm just comparing to what crews are charging around here...to the fella's (
Old Dirty, TreeSeer) who made the double clutch comment: why do you have to be a jerk? If you happened to have a CDL and was offered the option of making money when tree work was slow would you do it? Go take your elitist attitude out of the equation and we can talk trucking or tree removals...I'll leave my "elitist" attitude out of the thread. I'm not here trying to stir the pot nor make any money....just hanging out.. I do notice Old Dirty, you sure bust my balls about the truck driving every chance ya get. So be it.....it's steady, pays the bills, and when I get a random day off I always have easy tree-removals to supplement my income. If I were a 9 to 5er arborist and got slow you bet I would have no qualms getting into the cab of a truck and jamming some eaton fuller gears around for 17 bucks and hour. I'm not too proud.
I just dropped a tree that was bid by 2 companies. One bid 2900 bucks, the other "Big" Tree company bid it over 4000. HO said another company came in a said "it couldn't be done". This tree looked easier than the op's pic. I came in a did it for 2000 and the homeowner freaked out that we actually bucked and stacked all the wood and piled up the limbs for him. The above bids were for dropping only not including removal. So to you naysayers: YES this is what tree crews are charging in my area.
This was the "4000+ dollar" tree. Or the "3000" dollar tree. Looks about the same if not easier than the op's pic. Here I am enjoying the view and the sunshine on a cold morning.