How Much For This Hickory?

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What would you charge to remove this Shagbark Hickory? It's about 60 feet tall. Straight climb, no room for bucket or crain (or need). The branch lying on the ground is about 8 inches in diameter, and has a sponge center. I sounded the trunk with a hand axe and it is about 85 to 90 percent sound around the circumference. I would judge this tree as Partially Harzardous. I am planning on using spikes and tailing my climbing line, and chunking everything down, no belayed stems or stumps.

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[2treeornot2tree]

$8

you can put whatever you want after that. $80 or $800 or $8000

I like using a portable lift on stuff that is iffy. Around here, they would cost about $175 a half day

 

[FLtreeGuyVHTC]

Normally wouldn't go below the deductible/time of labor/ +profit but this is an everday tree for me. Just putting it on the ground right? Would take me about 30 mins from the time I show up put climbing boots and gear on.... I would ask for $550 but if your hurting for work $400... I also have two guys and workers comp. We keep pretty busy

 

[Carburetorless]

Not sure I'd touch it if I couldn't take it down without climbing.

Looks more like 35 or 40 feet tall, and dead. Hickory is tough stuff if it's alive, but it gets brittle after it dries out.

 

[no tree to big]

I wouldn't charge much more then normal looks like easy money. make sure you give your climb line a good yank before you head up also try and avoid using your climb line a lot, try and keep most of your weight on spikes and flip line

 

[802climber]

Can't quite tell "how dead" it is from the picture.

Pulling it over is not an option?

 

[FLtreeGuyVHTC]

Is that an entry line? or a glitch in my screen? personally I'd tie in where the croocked branch meets and short fall it by the stump. Cut the rest of the limbs and chun it down.

 

[Incomplete]

$8

you can put whatever you want after that. $80 or $800 or $8000

I like using a portable lift on stuff that is iffy. Around here, they would cost about $175 a half day

Thanks. Very helpful. Please make me your first call for your next project. #caring

 

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Normally wouldn't go below the deductible/time of labor/ +profit but this is an everday tree for me. Just putting it on the ground right? Would take me about 30 mins from the time I show up put climbing boots and gear on.... I would ask for $550 but if your hurting for work $400... I also have two guys and workers comp. We keep pretty busy

That price is very close to what I was thinking. Thanks. That genuinely encouraging.

 

[Incomplete]

Not sure I'd touch it if I couldn't take it down without climbing.

Looks more like 35 or 40 feet tall, and dead. Hickory is tough stuff if it's alive, but it gets brittle after it dries out.

It is making me ... cautious. Thanks for the info on brittleness. I'll keep a weather eye out.

 

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I wouldn't charge much more then normal looks like easy money. make sure you give your climb line a good yank before you head up also try and avoid using your climb line a lot, try and keep most of your weight on spikes and flip line

I'm going to tail my climbing line to my saddle, and use it only if need be.

 

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Can't quite tell "how dead" it is from the picture.

Pulling it over is not an option?

Unfortunately, no. 3/4 of a million dollar house within striking distance.

 

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Is that an entry line? or a glitch in my screen? personally I'd tie in where the croocked branch meets and short fall it by the stump. Cut the rest of the limbs and chun it down.

Bwahahaha!

 

[Stayalert]

can't see what's to the right but maybe you could run a line from 3/4 of the way up the hickory to pretty high on the tree(s) to the right. put some tension on it and intentionally hang it. then chunk it up from the bottom, lowering as you need. It would suck to be 1/2 way up in your spurs and decide or determine that the trunk up off the ground insn't as sound as you found it to be down lower.....then you'll want to top it early and then it will crack off with you on it and then and then and then.......Sorry just sayin'... don't get hurt - good luck! let us know what you end up doing/making($)

from the comfort of my keyboard I would bid ~$260-300 Hauled away with stump cut close to the ground (actually I'd probably do it for free as I have been into tons of pine lately and and getting sticky and tired of the sap)

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Thanks. Very helpful. Please make me your first call for your next project. #caring

Dont worry, i wont call you cause i know how to price trees

You cant give a price from a picture. Your market is different then everywhere else in the country. Figure out how many hours you think its gonna take you times your hourly rate and add 25 - 50% percent because its dead and or bad access.

 

[Carburetorless]

Unfortunately, no. 3/4 of a million dollar house within striking distance.

You don't want it to fall on the house, yet you don't want to bring a lift to work from; What's up with that?

There has to be a way to get a lift in there, if you have to remove a section of fence or whatever, then put it back after the tree is gone. Beats having the tree fall on the house, or on you, or both.

You know, after looking at the pic again, that tree looks like it's only about 25' tall. All you need is a tall horse.

 

[Incomplete]

You don't want it to fall on the house, yet you don't want to bring a lift to work from; What's up with that?

There has to be a way to get a lift in there, if you have to remove a section of fence or whatever, then put it back after the tree is gone. Beats having the tree fall on the house, or on you, or both.

You know, after looking at the pic again, that tree looks like it's only about 25' tall. All you need is a tall horse.

"Tall horse" HAHAHAHA! .

There is a good sized grade where I am taking the picture and a gentle grade that meets that one down under the tree: Conflicted Geography. Absolutely no room for a truck, a scissor lift won't work on the terrain. An articulated lift MIGHT work but there is not much room.

Pray a blessing for us, we're doing it this morning. I'll let y'all know how it goes.

 

[no tree to big]

I don't know about you guys but where i work if its in a backyard its getting climbed, none of this well lets rent a lift take out a fence stuff if you cant reach with the high ranger from the street or drive or short plywood road its getting climbed period if your not rigging off of that thing it should be safe enough to climb for 15 mins just make your cuts right and don't shock the tree to bad

 

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It's down. I would pay money to watch you guys drop this thing is 15/30 minutes. I would pay all the money I made today to see that happen: with a double or nothing backer. And safely, with full consideration for groundies and property.

It went well, and would have gone better if I hadn't been as tired as I was from the week. I got a ton of sleep last night, but that isn't the same as rest. I got smoothly half way up the tree and said "Oh, carp, this could be bad". Lesson learned.

It got a little shakey at the top, as I started to chunk it down, and having your spike dissapear into rot in the tree is a little disconcerting. But, again, it went well. This was deffinitely a $500.00 tree; about 100 plus yards around the house with uphill grade with the loaded wheel barrow to the trailer for brush bucking and lumber hauling; I am VERY glad my groundy is good help. I charged her $360.00, she's a good customer, and we used her burn pile for the brush.

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[Carburetorless]

You might climb a hundred trees like that one and have nothing go wrong, but when one fails, you probably won't walk away from it.

Just in case you're thinking you're too good to get hurt.