Logging tree

[Ffarmwr bach]

I have an ash tree that needs to come down. How much should it cost me to get someone qualified to cut it down, logs and rings?

 

[TripleSix]

Depends how big it is...
And how tricky the fell is.

Anything from £50-£250!

@sawdust
@renewablejohn

 

[Gong Farmer]

Paid £300 recently, though it was entwined with some phone lines, and was rotting inside.

 

[sawdust]

Depends how big it is...
And how tricky the fell is.

Anything from £50-£250!

@sawdust
@renewablejohn

Double to 4x that depending on size and location, insurance is the biggest cost

 

[M-J-G]

£200-£250

 

[Nithsdale]

What's wrong if it comes down itself?

 

[deleted user 837354]

How big is it and what is around it. If it was me I'd pay a professional to cut it down and chop the rest up myself when time allowed. Depends how hefty it is.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Is it close to buildings ,roads ,cables ,could it be cut and dropped in one

 

[David.]

Double to 4x that depending on size and location, insurance is the biggest cost

I'd be getting in a 16 tonner and shear then.

 

[renewablejohn]

Also depends whether it has dieback. Some tree surgeons are now refusing to dismantle ash and using aerial platforms or tree shears instead,

 

[Bury the Trash]

A Mature Ash doesn't need to have dieback to be unpredictable.

 

[PostHarvest]

Anything from £50-£250!

I can't believe any competent tree man would even consider the job for £50!

 

[Lincs Lass]

My local company crowned a huge willow last year and that was £850 and they left everything as the customer said he would burn it ,,if it had gone through the chipper it was going to be twice as much and that was still cheap as another gang quoted £2500 to floor the tree and take everything away ,,you wont get any tree work done round here for less than £500

 

[sawdust]

I'd be getting in a 16 tonner and shear then.

£100hr 4 hr minimum each shift lowloader costs, plus £35hr digger 4hr minimum costs = £940,

 

[Ffarmwr bach]

Thanks for your replies. A friend cut it down, but would not say how much he wanted, so now I have a fair idea how much cash to give him!

 

[Kidds]

you wont get any tree work done round here for less than £500

Same here unless you have your drive tarmaced and new soffits fitted at the same time.

 

[Lincs Lass]

Same here unless you have your drive tarmaced and new soffits fitted at the same time.

Thats by reputable companies ,,I know all of them ,,they dont turn up in transits

 

[TripleSix]

Thanks for your replies. A friend cut it down, but would not say how much he wanted, so now I have a fair idea how much cash to give him!

£50 then!

 

[brigadoon]

A Mature Ash doesn't need to have dieback to be unpredictable.

I have never, ever, felled any decent sized ash that did not have butt rot - always fell the way the tree naturally wants to go if at all possible, if that is not possible then get some really good purchase on the tree ( a decent sized digger is a good option), set the gob in, get some good weight on the felling direction and go in with the felling cut SLOWLY - watch for the sawdust going black and when it does be ready for the crack!

 

[Bury the Trash]

I have never, ever, felled any decent sized ash that did not have butt rot - always fell the way the tree naturally wants to go if at all possible, if that is not possible then get some really good purchase on the tree ( a decent sized digger is a good option), set the gob in, get some good weight on the felling direction and go in with the felling cut SLOWLY - watch for the sawdust going black and when it does be ready for the crack!

I have.
Plenty of big sticks and perfectly fine inside.

We use a winch.

They can split unpredictably.