re: How much should I expect to pay?

You are pretty spot on except he said they would climb the trees to cut them.

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$7,000

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7k is the new 350 due to inflation and extra hurricane charges for tree work.

7k is a multiple of 350.

The first post notes nothing about climbing.

The trees have road access which means bucket truck.

I would know.

I’m a rope climber. We have bucket trucks but I rather climb.



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Oh, you meant the company who quoted you said they would climb them.

Gotcha. Work will take longer with climbers vs buckets.

If you want someone insured, bonded, certified, etc., your looking at $5k-$6k. Half that for a jakeleg on meth.

Have the stumps ground 100%.

The prices for these type services are negotiable.

Wide price range. Have 4-5 estimates.

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I’m a rope climber.

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He said these trees were limbless and dead.

Would you still climb them?

Curious because I don't know how that works.

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Every tree company will "tell you" that they are licensed and bonded and have a million dollar policy whether they do or don't have insurance.

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I got five bids to have tree work done. When I asked for proof of insurance, both liability and workers comp, some didn't respond so I struck them off the list. One company sent me the certificates of insurance but there was a difference in his company names. The company name on his bid matched the workers comp coverage. But the liability coverage certificate was for a slighly different company name from what I had in writing on the bid. When I pointed this out to the insurance company he said some companys work as DBA operations. But, as he said, if he (his insurance company) wasn't made aware that's what was being done, he wouldn't pay any liability claim. So you really need to be careful. The state also has a list of licensed arborsist that you can check. The owner of the company I used, which did an amazing, clean job, told me his bids were based on operating costs of $600 an hour. His insurance and licensing all checked out, he had all the right equiptment for the job and when they left, there wasn't a twig remaining on the ground.

Beautiful country up around Bend. God bless you up there.

Who would you recommend around BR for such work?

I had a tree (not pine) that was about 40 ft but around power lines .... 750 to cut down and into segments and stump ground recently but before storms ( in FL )