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Orange tree fell in my backyard. Anyone you can recommend to remove it?

Jammer

Jammer

Garlic is great
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Fremont
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Yamaha FJR1300
It died of old age at 66 and it will be missed; probably a blessing in disguise with El Nino coming. Roughly 20' tall with a 10" diameter trunk. First quote was $700, plus $100 for trunk grinding and $105 for dump fee. Licensed arborist. He also recommended a new 15 gallon fruit tree (apricot) with fruit for $450 planted. This would require root grinding, so $1355 all in.

I know the Home Depot boys could do it cheap, but I'm looking for a contractor with workmans comp and insurance. Is this pricing reasonable? Do you have a recommendation? Not in a hurry, but it would be nice to have it gone within the month. I'm in Fremont. Thanks!

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This looks like the perfect excuse to get a chainsaw.

Come up to me with your "What did you say?"
And I'll tell you straight in the eye
Hey!
D.I.Y.
 
Seems to be Competitive pricing. We just took out a tree and stump ground for $700. Fruit trees aren’t cheap but I think you could do that yourself after stump grinding was done. I know our 14 gallon apple tree was $300 alone.
 
tuxumino said:
This looks like the perfect excuse to get a chainsaw.

Come up to me with your "What did you say?"
And I'll tell you straight in the eye
Hey!
D.I.Y.
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No can do chainsaws. My catastrophic tinnitus don't like 'em.
 
KrustyKruser said:
Seems to be Competitive pricing. We just took out a tree and stump ground for $700. Fruit trees aren’t cheap but I think you could do that yourself after stump grinding was done. I know our 14 gallon apple tree was $300 alone.
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Did you pay a dump fee?
 
Seems fair. The cost of doing business has gotten out of hand. Minimum guys are making $25/hr add payroll taxes and insurance and you're looking at 3 guys probably close to $300/hour. Add in the truck and equipment,, the disposal fees it sounds about right my :2cents
 
Jammer said:
Did you pay a dump fee?
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If there was it was included. We got three quotes, one for $2500 second for $1300 and our third, which we used was $700 total, tree taken down, tree rounds and branches hauled off and stump ground. The $2500 was just tree felling and stump grinding. We had to figure disposal of tree parts.
 
Jammer said:
No can do chainsaws. My catastrophic tinnitus don't like 'em.
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Even an electric with ear plugs and muffs? Me personally I can't imagine a world where I couldn't operate a chainsaw, I'd feel like my humanity was taken from me. Tom Sawyer. Please do not report this post to Eldirty.
 
tuxumino said:
Even an electric with ear plugs and muffs? Me personally I can't imagine a world where I couldn't operate a chainsaw, I'd feel like my humanity was taken from me. Tom Sawyer. Please do not report this post to Eldirty.
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Just so we are all clear, I have been warning you people about this guy for 20 years.

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tuxumino said:
Even an electric with ear plugs and muffs? Me personally I can't imagine a world where I couldn't operate a chainsaw, I'd feel like my humanity was taken from me. Tom Sawyer. Please do not report this post to Eldirty.
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I get a spike vacuuming with double protection. Tinnitus really sucks.
 
KrustyKruser said:
If there was it was included. We got three quotes, one for $2500 second for $1300 and our third, which we used was $700 total, tree taken down, tree rounds and branches hauled off and stump ground. The $2500 was just tree felling and stump grinding. We had to figure disposal of tree parts.
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Who do you use?
 
I can come by with my electric chainsaw and cut it up into pieces for you. It's small enough you could get it into your green bin over a few weeks if it's cut down small enough.
 
^^^ we hired that guy. except his axe was about 4x that size. took down about a 120 footer (over 24” diameter at the base). chainssaw to bring it down and buck it, and then used his axe and wedge to quarter the sections so he could run them through a chipper. dude was an animal. $400.
 
cheez said:
I can come by with my electric chainsaw and cut it up into pieces for you. It's small enough you could get it into your green bin over a few weeks if it's cut down small enough.
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Really cheez? You must have a bid electric chainsaw. This would be great. There are a lot of branches. I'll send you a DM.
 
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Jammer said:
Really cheez? You must be a bid electric chainsaw. This would be great. There are a lot of branches. I'll send you a DM.
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Right On Cheez. If you're not in a real big, have to get it done hurry, might go this route.

Cut and save the large sections and branches into 14" pieces for the fireplace.
One good thing about having someone come out is the tree will be gone that day but can get $$.

As for the stump, doesn't look like there's much left, just some of the lower roots. Grinding the stump and/or the roots will mean those large rocks
will need to be moved. They don't grind up too well.

If your not going to replace with another tree I'd just cut out the large root sections just below grade and call it good. Good thing about a citrus tree is they are
evergreen (not deciduous) and can provide a nice privacy screen year round. The apricot (peach, nectarine) will need a little more care late winter as they need
to be to be sprayed with a dormant season fungicides to prevent leaf curl.
 
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