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Been Quoted $1200.

Being removed in 2 weeks.

Can you advise anyone better/cheaper...?

$300 would be nice.

Times are hard.

Help me out safooty family.

$1200

Must be a bloody big tree.


edit.

Maybe check this guy out http://www.palmguy.com.au/

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

so what? sell it for more!

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

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.

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!

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?

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 could be a bit of both

It's a 35' - 40' fan palm.

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.

All done.

$1350.

With stump grinding removal.

Just glad it's gone.

Headache tree....

It's only money.

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

regards,

REB

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

Dog_ger wrote:All done.

$1350.

With stump grinding removal.

Just glad it's gone.

Headache tree....

It's only money.

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

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?

Gotta add some GST plus a bit extra

Its only money

Lightning McQueen wrote:

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

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.

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.

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

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.