A guy who does tree trimming and removal stopped by a few days ago and asked me if I had considered getting the old locust tree to the right of the shed in the picture cut down. The tree has seen its better days and I have indeed thought of getting it removed.
So I said maybe, depending on what the price was. Well he looked at it for a while, mumbled about it being close to the power lines and and finally said $2,200. I was taken aback at the price and asked if that was the best he could do. He mumbled some more and said $1,800 was the rock bottom price he could do it for.
Now here’s the catch. This same guy took down two maple trees for me last year for about $950. Granted they were both smaller than the locust tree but the two combined probably involved just as much work as taking down the locust tree would.
So, how much would it cost for someone to do a job like this where you live?
Jim loves to cut down trees. He is the master tree cutter-downer around here. If you had a couple of good beers and stood around yacking with him while he did it, he’d do it for you for free. I’ll show him this when he gets home; I suspect he’ll FREAK OUT! That’s a lot of dough, I think.
Yeah, everything is too damn expensive around here…think I’ll move to Montana and start a “Dental Floss Farm.”
I might be movin’ to Montana soon
Just to raise me up a crop of
Dental Floss
Raisin’ it up
Waxen it down
In a little white box
I can sell uptown
By myself I wouldn’t
Have no boss,
But I’d be raisin’ my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin’ my lonely
Dental Floss
Well I just might grow me some bees
But I’d leave the sweet stuff
For somebody else…but then, on the other hand I’d
Keep the wax
N’ melt it down
Pluck some Floss
N’ swish it aroun’
I’d have me a crop
An’ it’d be on top (that’s why I’M movin’ to Montana)
Movin’ to Montana soon
Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon (yes I am)
Movin’ to Montana soon
Gonna be a mennil-toss flykune
I’m pluckin’ the ol’
Dennil Floss
That’s growin’ on the prairie
Pluckin’ the floss!
I plucked all day an’ all nite an’ all
Afternoon…
I’m ridin’ a small tiny hoss
(His name is MIGHTY LITTLE)
He’s a good hoss
Even though
He’s a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
He’s a bit dinky to strap a big saddle or
Blanket on anyway
Any way
I’m pluckin’ the ol’
Dennil Floss
Even if you think it is a little silly, folks
I don’t care if you think it’s silly, folks
I don’t care if you think it’s silly, folks
I’m gonna find me a horse
Just about this big
An’ ride him all along the border line
With a
Pair of heavy-duty
Zircon-encrusted tweezers in my hand
Every other wrangler would say
I was mighty grand
By myself I wouldn’t
Have no boss
But I’d be raisin’ my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin’ my lonely
Dental Floss
Raisin’ my lonely
Dental Floss
Well I might
Ride along the border
With my tweezers gleamin’
In the moon-lighty night
And then I’d
Get a cuppa cawfee
N’ give my foot a push…
Just me ‘n the pymgy pony
Over the Dennil Floss Bush
N’ then I might just
Jumb back on
An’ ride
Like a cowboy
Into the dawn to Montana
Movin’ to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
Movin’ to Montana soon
(Yippy-Ty-O-Ty-Ay)
— by the late great Frank Zappa, who also brought us such classics as “Don’t Eat Yellow Snow” and “Brown Shoes Don’t Make It.”
TOTALLY Zappa! lol! God rest his ever loving soul. I forgot about asking Jim. Will do so. He’d probably like to raise dental floss, too. He objects to paying for anything! š
Talked with Jim. He said “Yea, that’s a lot of money.” He immediately launched into explanations on how this could done – there was a cherry picker involved and, of course, a chain saw. Perhaps it would be cheaper if you flew Jim out and got the beer ready.
I just had 4 trees and one huge stump taken out for $2,000 (in Australian dollars though) including stump grinding.
I’d think $1K Australian (about US$765) should be tops (but maybe American tree loppers charge more than Australian ones??)
@Perry…thanks for the comment…hope you enjoyed your visit…come back and see us again š
And, in the U.S., the price is typically a function of where you reside. If I still lived in the part of the country I grew up in, I suspect it would probably cost about US$500 or thereabouts.
I live in Virginia about 20 miles or so due west of Washington, DC…cost of living here is ridiculously high.
BTW, I'[ve been to Australia (Sydney) a few times in past…great place and friendly people….hated those 18 hour plane rides to get there and back though. š
Thanks: I stumbled here from trying coComment and the title captured my attention.
I’m not really a big city person, but Sydney does have some nice spots… my particular area is West of Sydney in the Blue Mountains (now that is a very special place!! š )