Rough cost to take down a large Douglas Fir tree?

[sidekickdmr]

Anyone had any trees taken down by the pro's lately?

What am I looking at per large Douglas Fir, I have about 4 to come out in total.

The wood will not need to be removed, I’m planning to process it into Cladding and off cuts will be firewood.

Never used a tree surgeon before so no idea if I’m looking at £100 or £1000.

Thanks

[sidekickdmr]

They are not near any buildings, so should be able to be felled, I would guess they are about 60 foot, trunk is about 100cm at the base, and apart from chopping into say 3 20ft lengths they don’t need to do anything else as I can do that.

About £200 a tree seems about right then based on what you guys have paid.

Ill report back when I have the quotes from the pros in, cheers!


I dont need to worry about the stumps as the reason they are being removed is for excavations so have a JCB arriving once they are down.

[sidekickdmr]

brrapp said:

sidekickdmr said:

I dont need to worry about the stumps as the reason they are being removed is for excavations so have a JCB arriving once they are down.

Make sure you don't cut the stumps too short then. If you cut the tree of about 4 or 5 feet from the ground, it'll be easier to fell and easier to dig out the roots.

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind!

[sidekickdmr]

To bring this thread to a conclusion for anyone interested, the 3 Douglas Firs were actually about 100 ft tall, and a tree surgeon is coming tomorrow to remove them for £350, which I think is reasonable!

Ill try and get some before/after pics.

Im planning to get a mobile sawmill out and use some of the wood as waney edge cladding for a new workshop im building.

What else is Douglas Fir good for?

[sidekickdmr]

Yep, thats for a proper (insured), local and reccomended arbourist company too.

They are only taking it down, and leaving in 12ft lenghts, leaving me to process it from there and deal with all branches/leaves.