Taking down trees

[huskykid141]

I am going to be taking down 5 trees for my fathers friends neighboor. He says he is willing to pay so i was thinking about charging him 100 dollars a tree. I will take the trees down buck them up and stack it for him. He will have to take care of the brush and split the wood. is this a good asking price considering i don't own a company or anything?

 

[stihl 440]

job

I've charged anywhere from $20 to $300. Tree removal jobs are a pain in the A$$. I cut a Norway maple for a guy once that wanted the WHOLE tree gone limbs and all. I took the truck an trailer. I cut it all up in about 15 min with my 440. I got a truck load of firewood and a trailer load of limbs.lol But I got $300.00 bucks so I can't complain. I've done so many tree removal jobs that i've lost track, but they where all a pain in the A$$ in some way or another.lol :greenchainsaw:

 

[stihl 440]

logging

Truer words were never spoken, they are all a PITA!


Even the perfect take down is a ..... well, PITA

That's why we make the big bucks...LOL

That's why i'm a logger............lol:greenchainsaw:

 

[extraspecialman]

Im sure folks like reachtreeservice has had many pains in the a$$ while they were bent over stumps.Cant feel to sorry for idiots like that that just kinda "give it up".But as far as your post goes,$100 a tree is a fair price and you will actually make a good profit at that price with the amount of work you have in the tree removal.

 

[capetrees]

What you're doing is mainly labor, not much cost to you. $100 is fair. I would charge that for an average tree and I chip the brush and remove the logs the owners don't want. How big are the trees?

 

[reachtreeservi]

Extraspecialman, To engage in trading insults with you would be futile.

But I will tell you that I make my living cutting and removing trees.
I've charged 100.00 to 4500.00 per tree. Depends on the tree
Every tree removal has a different set of difficulties.

And to tell someone : Quote " $100 a tree is a fair price and you will actually make a good profit at that price with the amount of work you have in the tree removal." UNQUOTE without looking at the job shows how little you know about the business. Or anything else.

BTW: I deleted the post mentioning PITA.
I can't facilitate that Freudian bent to your mind posting your homo erotic thoughts.

 

[extraspecialman]

really aint sure what you just said,freudian homo erectian somethin or another.Anyhow $100 sounds good.Ill admit Im no professional tree trimmer.Anyhow,mr reach,I have no idea who you are.and while the little rep points on here dont really mean nuthin in real life,I just thot Id fire back .You dont know me either and if you cant take a joke about a chainsaw without bein a pecker head you can kiss my a$$.

 

[tomtrees58]

tree removal

100 $ pr tree ??? good fee not we charge 85.00 pr hrs pr man wear you live do they have a tree permits did you check? some towns fine is $250 pr tree tom trees:monkey:

 

[2dogs]

really aint sure what you just said,freudian homo erectian somethin or another.Anyhow $100 sounds good.Ill admit Im no professional tree trimmer.Anyhow,mr reach,I have no idea who you are.and while the little rep points on here dont really mean nuthin in real life,I just thot Id fire back .You dont know me either and if you cant take a joke about a chainsaw without bein a pecker head you can kiss my a$$.

DON'T FEED THE TROLL!

 

[Gologit]

DON'T FEED THE TROLL!

Agreed. Reach adds a lot of good information to AS. The other guy is just a talker.

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

But I will tell you that I make my living cutting and removing trees.
I've charged 100.00 to 4500.00 per tree. Depends on the tree
Every tree removal has a different set of difficulties.

And to tell someone :

" $100 a tree is a fair price and you will actually make a good profit at that price with the amount of work you have in the tree removal."

without looking at the job shows how little you know about the business. Or anything else.

Huskykid, you got some good advice in this thread, and a lot of noise. Just to make it easy for you, I've cut out the noise, and left you with just the good advice above.

The main points here are:

1. Every tree removal is different.
2. Nobody can say what a fair price is without seeing the trees and their surroundings.
3. Anyone who thinks he can is an idiot. He might have a chainsaw, and he might have felled a few trees, but he's still an idiot.
4. People who don't know how much they don't know are the most dangerous.
5. Trees are dangerous. What you don't know can kill you.

Now, I'm not a pro by a long ways, and don't pretend to be, but at least I know enough to listen to the pros, not some idiot with a chainsaw that has cut a few trees.

Reach is a pro. You'd be wise to listen to him, and the other pros, not some idiot with a chainsaw who doesn't know how much he doesn't know.

 

[2FatGuys]

+1 on BRM's summary!

When you know that you don't know what you think you knew, then you will learn to listen to those that know what you don't know.

Whatever you decide to do, be careful and stay safe.

 

[Gologit]

Yup...BRM got it. Before we can give real good advice we'd have know a little more about the job. How big are the trees, type of tree, solid or snags, any leaners that would possibly contact buildings or powerlines on the way down?

If there's even a chance of hurting people or property there's nothing wrong with giving it a good leaving alone.

 

[huskykid141]

thanks for the advice everyone. :greenchainsaw:

 

[Saw Bones]

I am going to be taking down 5 trees for my fathers friends neighboor. He says he is willing to pay so i was thinking about charging him 100 dollars a tree. I will take the trees down buck them up and stack it for him. He will have to take care of the brush and split the wood. is this a good asking price considering i don't own a company or anything?

Got pictures, or a better description of the type size and location of the trees?

Then you can get some better advice. These guys are good.

:greenchainsaw:

 

[Nailsbeats]

I am going to be taking down 5 trees for my fathers friends neighboor. He says he is willing to pay so i was thinking about charging him 100 dollars a tree. I will take the trees down buck them up and stack it for him. He will have to take care of the brush and split the wood. is this a good asking price considering i don't own a company or anything?

Hey Husky, two words, Do It. If he'll go for 100 bucks a piece then do it and let the chips fall. Like you said, you don't own a business. Maybe you'll make out like a bandit, maybe you'll just get some excercise. Either way, do it, learn from it, and apply what you learned to your next project.