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Was a time, in my twenties that this was fun and good money. Called a tree guy up and he said $1500 to take this thing down. Thought back how many I took down this size in a day, lining limbs, diceing and all and started at 8 am and finished at 9 that night. Wasn't quite as fun at 55 as it was at 25, what happened, this thing kicked my but. Took me 2 days to walk normal again. My neighbors worked the lines for me and took bets when I was gonna hit.

Used to get 500 for a tree this size back then, after taking 2 days to get back to normal, 1500 is probably a good deal.

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Hey, im 27 years old, and there would be no way on earth you would see me up that high, id gladly pay the $1500, i think you are doin pretty good if thats what you are up to at 55!
 
My sons (my ex) mother owened a bar and my son was bartending. A guy stated it was going to cost $7,000.00 to take down 5 trees. My son painted water towers so he asked to go take a look as it was winter and water tower painting has to wait till spring.

He told the guy he would do it for $5,000.00 a the deal was done.

Couple days later two lumber jacks came in for a cold one, my son asked what they would charge him to drop them on the ground. They said $200.00 and that would include the skidder. Another done deal. They came with the skidder and asked about the logs, and firewood. They agreed to pay him a couple hundred for the log / firewood.

We (three) cleared all the brush and cleaned up in a day and a half. I volenteered unknowinly, and my son hired a buddy that charged him four twelve packs. The only other expence was a tank of gas for the dump truck --wait I paid for that--but he did buy me dinner on the first day.

In case you are wondering---he did use my chain saws as well. And they say there is no money in timber?
 
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