| How Much Does Tree Service Cost? |
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| | | Tree Trimming, or pruning, eliminates dead or dying limbs and dangerous branches. Pruning also allows for healthy new growth and an aesthetic shape. Trimmers quote the cost of each tree separately, based on their hourly rate times their estimate of how long it will take. | | |
| Typical costs: | - Assuming no buildings or utilities are nearby, a 30-foot high tree like a Black Mulberry, Dogwood or Russian Olive will cost $75-$437 to trim, depending on the type and condition of the tree.
- A tree from 30-60 feet tall--including the Black Alder, Black Gum and Crabapple--in the same open area can run $150-$874.
- Trimming a Red Oak, Pine or Black Locust tree just over 60-feet high without obstacles averages $200-$1,000+.
- Tree Help.com offers how-to help for homeowners who want to take care of the trimming. They sell hand-held pruners and loppers at $36 that can be useful on smaller branches and fruit trees. A gas pole pruner runs $179 at Home Depot.com.
- Trimming trees near high voltage electrical lines is dangerous. Contact the local utilities department which is responsible for clearing trees and branches away from lines.
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| What should be included: | - When trees are near buildings or power lines, the tree limbs cannot just be dropped to the ground. Each end to be cut must be "roped down." The climber ties a rope around the piece to be cut off. After cutting, the section of wood is lowered slowly to the ground. Because this process takes longer, it will cost more.
- Larger jobs result in a greater amount of felled wood. Homeowners have the option to keep it for firewood or pay to have it chipped or hauled away.
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| Additional costs: | - Clearing deadwood--cutting away dead or broken limbs--from an 80-foot oak can cost about $1,050 with the clear use of a bucket truck, all around the tree. The same tree will cost closer to $1,400 if cut by a climber and no access exists for a truck.
- Emergency work--after hours or weekends--can run around $250 per hour.
- Hiring a trimmer from out of the area usually results in additional drive-time pay.
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Article updated April 2007 |
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| Amount: $300.00 per tree |
$300 to prune our palm tree
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| Posted by: palmtree in Campbell, CA. | Purchased: August, 2007 |
| Type of Tree: Palm | Height: 30' |
| We have a Washingtonia robusta palm in front of our house -- the tall, thin, common kind. It's around 30' tall. It looks a little bad because the last 10' has a thick, curled-up, shrub-like gray husk from where the palm fronds used to be. We've asked a few tree pruning services, and every one has quoted $300 to prune the palm. They claim it's so expensive because the tree is so tall and they have to specially dispose of palm tree leaves. |
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| Amount: $300.00 per tree |
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| Posted by: Mile High One in Denver, CO. | Purchased: January, 2008 |
| Type of Tree: Silver Maple | Height: 60 ft. |
| Pruning of 3 Silver Maples: $950 for the whole job. Trees are located near a fairly busy street and will have some deadwood removed. |
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| Amount: $300.00 per tree |
Pruning
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| Posted by: a user in mountain view, CA. | Purchased: 2008 |
| Type of Tree: Plum | Height: 20 |
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