Cost of removing 30ft leylandii?

specsappeal

Hello everyone!
I have not long moved into this house and I have a 30ft high leylandii just behind my garage (which is in the back garden). There are already cracks in the garage wall (not sure if leyladii is the cause though). I would like to get it completely removed but have no idea what it would cost. Even if i phone a tree surgeon for a quote I wouldnt have a clue if it was a good price or not! Does anyone have any idea of a rough cost??
Thanks in advance people

alanobrien

I was quoted around £250 for a similar sized leylandii about 2 years ago.
Ended up DIY ing it in the end.

Bonbon

I've just spoken to my son in law who is a tree surgeon.(Bucks) He reckons that it would cost a minimum of £350. It depends on a number of things such as, how big the branches are.... if you want it completely removed or if you are going to burn the logs and brush.... whether it is roadside or if it has to be brought up from the bottom of the garden. I hope that helps a bit.

elsien

I paid £350 last year, in the Midlands. That included shredding and taking away all the wood/brush, but didn't include removing the stump.

Gardening-girl_5

If you do have it done, best wait until later in the year as a tree that size will have birds making nests or will have already done so! :-)

beefster

Oh Gawd.... I want to get rid of 8 of them.....

DIY it is i think!! Any chain saw courses going!

katskorner

My dad got rid of nine from my garden when we moved in and he did it in a morning! (superdad.....:D) - we shredded what we could and used the logs as a feature surrounding the pond - it stops the cats and kids as the level is higher on the edge (we have mesh to stop the kids too..).

needaspirin

I cut down about 30 of these in my garden. Some were 12 inches across at the stump. The first 15 without a chainsaw, just a bowsaw! I used a ladder to reach high enough to cut the top section with a rope to ensure it fell in the right direction. Then again with the middle section and finally the base.

All the branches were stripped with a hedge trimmer and cut up with the bow saw.

Finally all the small stuff went through the shredder.

I hope I never have to do anything like that again!

Butterfliesarepretty

Six years ago I bought my house and the 22ft leylandi was right next to the house. My dad went up on a ladder and cut it in small sections, the branches he took to the tip, and the bottom half he cut into small logs. the small logs I still have stacked up near my front door arch as they look nice stacked in the garden and they attract insects and they use them for homes. the stump was drilled and weed killer poured into it. Six years later the stump is still there but is now a feature with ivy and plants around and over it. the stump was too deep to be removed so eventually it will rot away but may take a long time! Not worth paying money to do it, worth a bit of hard graft, find a use for the logs as wildlife homes.:j

specsappeal

Thanks for all the replies. Unfortuneately my husband is afraid of heights so DIY'ing it is not an option. Looks like I have some saving up to do! There are indeed birds nesting in it at the moment so I will obviously leave it until later when they have 'flown the nest'. I did consider getting up a ladder myself but being a leftie would not trust myself with a chainsaw - i'm a bit of a klutz with cutting implements!

wackyjacobeany

Hi there I likewise have about :mad: 30 of thes lleylandi trees in my back garden. They have been there for years and are higher than the house. We are desperate to get rid of them. We have a chainsaw put cant afford to get rid of them after they have been chopped down. I Dont think a normal chipper/shredder that you can hire would be strong enough to cope with the width and amount of trees that there are. An industrial shredder chipper costs about £500+ a day to hire so that is out of the question as well.

Well over to you greenfingered mse'rs now for some suggestions please.

of course if anybody want them just PM me:j :j :j :j :beer: