I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

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I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Dog_ger » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:07 pm

Been Quoted $1200.

Being removed in 2 weeks.

Can you advise anyone better/cheaper...? :shock:

$300 would be nice. :D

Times are hard.

Help me out safooty family. :D
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Squids » Tue Sep 18, 2012 7:24 pm

$1200 :shock:

Must be a bloody big tree.


edit.

Maybe check this guy out http://www.palmguy.com.au/
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby smac » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:02 pm

Cut it down yourself and get the stump removed professionally. Cost me $40 plus chainsaw fuel a few years back to do this.
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby CENTURION » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:47 pm

so what? sell it for more!
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby The Ash Man » Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:18 pm

I sold one in my old house for nearly $2000.
If it is a sought after variety and a good size can be worth good money
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby MW » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:29 pm

The roots are insane....I removed two small ones myself and when I say small, they were about 7 feet tall. Cutting it down was easy, removing the stump was painfull.
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby tipper » Wed Sep 19, 2012 1:44 pm

smac wrote:Cut it down yourself and get the stump removed professionally. Cost me $40 plus chainsaw fuel a few years back to do this.


if you decide to cut it down yourself, dont use a chain saw. you will spend more time unclogging it than using it. get a good bow saw, will be much quicker. chainsaws are good on woody trees, but palm trees just strip into clingy stringy pieces and clog up the bar.

however, as others have said, shop around. someone will buy it and pay you to take it away!
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby smac » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:11 pm

That's what I thought to start with, but job completed inside 2 hours, almost no clogging of the chainsaw at all. Got lucky, maybe?
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby tipper » Wed Sep 19, 2012 2:53 pm

smac wrote:That's what I thought to start with, but job completed inside 2 hours, almost no clogging of the chainsaw at all. Got lucky, maybe?


maybe, the couple i have tried to cut down (while i was in the SES) clogged the chainsaw like you wouldnt believe!! maybe i just got unlucky with the type of palm tree i was cutting down :lol: could be a bit of both ;)
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Dog_ger » Wed Sep 19, 2012 5:50 pm

It's a 35' - 40' fan palm.
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby the big bang » Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:35 pm

Dog_ger wrote:It's a 35' - 40' fan palm.



a mate of mine got offered $1200 from a company that contracted for the council for their palm tree from their frontyard.
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Dog_ger » Thu Oct 18, 2012 5:47 pm

All done.

$1350.

With stump grinding removal.

Just glad it's gone. :D

Headache tree.... :D

It's only money. ;)

I'll make it up via solar panels in 250 years..... :roll: :D
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Rik E Boy » Mon Oct 22, 2012 1:29 pm

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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Squids » Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:13 pm

What the hell dog_ger? you paid to get it removed when you could of made a few hundred by selling it to someone that would of removed it as well. Poor form
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Lightning McQueen » Mon Oct 22, 2012 3:10 pm

Dog_ger wrote:All done.

$1350.

With stump grinding removal.

Just glad it's gone. :D

Headache tree.... :D

It's only money. ;)

I'll make it up via solar panels in 250 years..... :roll: :D


Count that as a win then sir, they only duped you $150 extra over thier original quote in the space of two weeks, did it have a sudden growth spurt?
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby GWW » Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:58 pm

Gotta add some GST :) plus a bit extra ;)

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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Booney » Tue Oct 23, 2012 8:18 am

Lightning McQueen wrote:
Dog_ger wrote:All done.
$1350.
With stump grinding removal.
Just glad it's gone. :D
Headache tree.... :D
It's only money. ;)
I'll make it up via solar panels in 250 years..... :roll: :D

Count that as a win then sir, they only duped you $150 extra over thier original quote in the space of two weeks, did it have a sudden growth spurt?


Just threw it away, so he can get a new one.
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Lightning McQueen » Tue Oct 23, 2012 10:10 am

Booney wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:Count that as a win then sir, they only duped you $150 extra over thier original quote in the space of two weeks, did it have a sudden growth spurt?


Just threw it away, so he can get a new one.


The dude just made $1350 from the Dogman and then went 2k up the road and sold it for $1500. Probably on his way to Bali already for a short holiday.
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby Bum Crack » Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:36 pm

who buys them? we have a few in our front yard we want to get rid of
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Re: I need a palm tree removed from my front garden.

Postby heater31 » Tue Oct 23, 2012 12:39 pm

Bum Crack wrote:who buys them? we have a few in our front yard we want to get rid of


Better Homes & Gardens had a story last week I think, landscapers sometimes need established trees for projects.
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