Not really, we just like the name…
In a previous post, I said that Hurricane Irene had not left much visible damage other than fallen tree branches. But I forgot to mention just how large one of the branches was. We were lucky in that it fell forward and got lodged in the upper branches of a neighboring tree rather than across the back fence and the power lines and highway adjacent to the fence.
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We had four trees taken down on our property (aka the backyard) this past week. One was a very old Black Locust that was well past its prime. The other three were Red Mulberrys that had grown so tall that only the birds and squirrels could get at the berries. There are a number of other smaller Mulberry trees on the property, so the birds and squirrels will still have an ample supply of berries. And I won’t have as many leaves to clean up each Fall.
The guys from the tree service that did the job were really efficient. There were four guys in the crew. They started around 8:15 AM and had everything done and cleaned up before 1:00 PM.
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Spring…time to get the trees thinned out and pruned up a bit!
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?