How much to remove this palm?

Drouin Tree Service

Had a look at this palm the other day full of spikes,Very steep block with stairway up from garage as picture you can just see the top of the palm over the roof.

A real nightmare in getting it out,let alone getting it down.

How much would you put on it? or walk away and let someone else have it?

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Eric Frei

Big ugly butt on it too, don't stick your saw in that root shit at the bottom, I always write "cut down to top of root ball" etc cover my ass.

Stump grinding nightmare to with the pool and what looks like rocks. Just cut low and flat, stick a pot on it.

That's a crappy Washingtonia palm, they suck.

Wait till you see the rake up mess of all those petioles (the spiky things on the trunk in criss/cross pattern). I'd also use foam to block into.

I'd put $800, it doesn't have a dead beard and at least it's downhill not uphill to get it out. You could go as low as $600 but it's a shit job for everyone.

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Joshua Rugg

im with you there eric. its gonna be a shit job for everyone with the hill, pool, palms debris clean up. $700 for removal and no stump grinding, $850 with stump grinding including the basics, filling in the hole after the stump is gone.
stump grinding is another story.

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Drouin Tree Service

There is a staircase from the garage i don't think grinding is an option,its bigger than it looks in the pics and the paving isnt real thick more like tiles.

I only get asked maybe once a year to remove a palm.

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Joshua Rugg

i could make it happen. id use our grapple to lift the stump grinder

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Stihl
MS192T 14"
MS200T 16"
MS261 16"
MS440 25"

Husqvarna 359 20"
394XP 32"

Poulan P3314 14" ( new hire/groundy saw)

Drouin Tree Service

Must have a big boom on the grapple! seriously i dont think they care about the stump just want the palm gone.

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Joshua Rugg

hahah i was thinking up and over the fence on the neighbors side. our grapple full erect in the air stands about 30 feet.

i know i know thats what she said.

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Stihl
MS192T 14"
MS200T 16"
MS261 16"
MS440 25"

Husqvarna 359 20"
394XP 32"

Poulan P3314 14" ( new hire/groundy saw)

Garry Brockley

yes i have to say even though its not really tall i think anywhere between 600 and 800 is about spot on as you know access is key

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Eric Frei

Boards and foam on top. I use cheapo chip board from the tip recycle, $5 a sheet, gives about 1.5m x 1.5m spot to block into, unless the climber is a space cadet he gets it %100 of the time .... but those petioles will make a mess of the foams, and good foam is hard to find!

I scored a magic bit the other day, queen bed size super thick and real dense, denser than a Kansas farm boy doing tree work.

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TrevMcRev

You gotta know when to hold em
know when to fold em
know when to walk away
n know when to run

If you do the (crap palm) job
you wanna count your money ($1500)
while you're sittin at the table
and make sure theres enough dough left
to buy yourself a beer

Seriously though, looks like a crap route from the tree to the driveway/street.
Gettin it down is easy enough (without skirt) but getting it out will be no fun.
Then do you chip or dump? We'd have to pay a fair bit to dump that round here. Then go clean all your saws out afterwards.

Can your big excavator reach over n grab it from the block nextdoor, now that would be alright!

Sorry, but i just hate palms....and hedges.

Rob Chace

800, 1250 if there is a ferarri in the driveway ;P
jokes....

Drouin Tree Service

She said "Im getting quotes" great i thought

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Garry Brockley

yeahy i love it when they do that if it's a really bad job, you know some idiot will undercut everyone and reap the rewards hahahaha

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Sunraysia Tree Solutions

Me prob $750.00, no charge to dump here, try to use only 2 saws to save cleaning