40ft conifer trees

ethank

I'd be worried about heave if they are really big. If you imagine the amount of water they are drinking now, think what will happen to that water once they are gone. Make sure you consult a professional.

-taff

The trees are worrying you, not her. She's already said she can't afford it.
If you want rid of them, you pay.

Davesnave

-taff wrote: »

The trees are worrying you, not her. She's already said she can't afford it.
If you want rid of them, you pay.

Seconded.



As these large trees were there when you decided to buy, you tacitly accepted the problems they might cause, including the possible cost of removing them.

You've actually been fortunate in finding an owner willing to allow felling, but if I were her, I'd want the person doing it to be qualified and insured. That won't come at cowboy prices, especially if disposal is involved.

I use a small chain saw for property maintenance and I would never go up a ladder with it. Anyone who suggests doing that may not know that climbing saws are professional machines, designed to be used one-handed, so they are neither cheap, nor usually available to amateurs.

Davesnave

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If you go on freegle, you might be able to find someone who will remove the trees as long as they can have the wood. I used to know someone who did this.

AdrianC

deannatrois wrote: »

If you go on freegle, you might be able to find someone who will remove the trees as long as they can have the wood. I used to know someone who did this.

They're conifers, not broadleafs - probably a Leylandii hedge that's done exactly what the damn things do. The wood is pretty much useless and worthless. Nobody is going to do that. The best you'll find is somebody offering to take the wood away without charging you for that on top of the work to remove the trees.

sgun

You can burn leylandii but it goes quite fast and I tend to season for two/three years which takes alot of space which I have but most don't.

I checked with a neighbour this morning, it cost them £490 to have their roughly 50ft (15 metres to us younguns) leylandii cut down. It was near the house so they did it in thirds over three years at the advice of the tree surgeon. This gave the soil time to adjust to the water level varying.

If you have a land based college in your area it might be worth contacting them as the arboriculture students often want a bit of practice (and they are qualified enough to do it safely, it is NOT a job for someone inexperienced).

SonOf

sgun wrote: »

That seems quite expensive to me but you might be somewhere down south where everything costs a fortune. Try getting in a few more quotes.

The OP probably isn't getting a day rate if its only a few of them but getting a job rate instead.

We have about 80 leylandii in a row which are being cut back next month along with 4 acres of tree maintenance and have a day rate of £360 for 5 days.

Another local firm didn't offer us a day rate and their quote was £3000 more.

If you can find a firm with a day rate rather than a job rate, it should be cheaper.