How much will you charge if the customer Want you to do this tree job
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EbS-P
Minister of Fire
Moving everything by hand that’s a 2-3 hour job to clean it up nice. $200 if it’s a drive. 100$ if is close and I don’t have to haul my take home wood very far to truck.
I charge by the hour, that way customers usually do not want me removing every little twig to clean the yard. I just do the stuff they can not or will not do for themselves. Being in NY the wood has firewood value, so, I would probably charge $105 ($35x3 hours) as long as I could drive my 4x4 and trailer right up to the pile. Keeping the wood would net you a cord of seasoned wood worth $200 a year from now.
The wood doesn't look all that good, I've got plenty dying and falling and it's almost a waste of time cutting them for firewood when I have other good wood to cut. Having to do a complete cleanup adds significantly to the price, if you can't burn it what are you going to do with the scrap?
She wants me to throw everything in the woods that’s all. I’m just thinking of a price, you think $1500 is to much, she will probably talk it down
Imo $1500 is more than many ask to take down the tree (and the risks with that) and clean it up
If you take the wood, $350 is what I'd ask.
If you take the wood, $350 is what I'd ask.
EbS-P
Minister of Fire
Is it a 3 hour job? What your hourly rate?
Or I like an excuse to run saw. If it was my daily job I’d have expenses to cover. Doing a job for a neighbor is different. I assumed that the OP is in the landscape/ tree business.
Well I cut my own tress on my property, but I do landscaping on the side for my neighbors,
$1500 is crazy to charge for cuttyour own firewood and throwing the scrap in the woods in my opinion.
What’s a reasonable price then I’ll say 500 because it’s going to take me some time to get everything done
> you think $1500 is to much
Way too much, unless you hate your neighbor and do not want to do it :-D
If the wood is not being kept, I would cut into 6 foot logs on big chunks, 8 foot on 14" or under, drag them with a 1/4" choker cable to the edge of the woods. Find a good tree inside the tree line, attach a swivel pulley block 8 feet high, and run a line through to the truck and log. Then just pull the logs in. This is where a log arch, especially a front and rear set up, is handy. You do not have to fuss with getting a choker under the log. Though this tree looks easy enough to roll, cut, and choker.
> The problem I might have is when I cut the logs is going to roll down the hill
Lay out the choker cables before hand, wedge the trunks with big 6-8" branches or trunk pieces before you start cutting.
Way too much, unless you hate your neighbor and do not want to do it :-D
If the wood is not being kept, I would cut into 6 foot logs on big chunks, 8 foot on 14" or under, drag them with a 1/4" choker cable to the edge of the woods. Find a good tree inside the tree line, attach a swivel pulley block 8 feet high, and run a line through to the truck and log. Then just pull the logs in. This is where a log arch, especially a front and rear set up, is handy. You do not have to fuss with getting a choker under the log. Though this tree looks easy enough to roll, cut, and choker.
> The problem I might have is when I cut the logs is going to roll down the hill
Lay out the choker cables before hand, wedge the trunks with big 6-8" branches or trunk pieces before you start cutting.
mpaul
Feeling the Heat
I had good neighbors that I cut up some ash trees for them similar to the picture you showed. Kept the wood and helped clean the area up. Didn’t charge a thing for it. That’s what neighbors do.
The alternative is the neighbor posts it on FB and sells the wood to a local for a few bucks.
The alternative is the neighbor posts it on FB and sells the wood to a local for a few bucks.
Personally I would do it for the free easy to access wood..
Yes, if you're interested in having the firewood, I don't think the price you pay for that (cleaning up the branches) is more than what the firewood is worth.
Pile the branches at your place until the burn ban is gone and get rid of them then.
If the tree would have more branches, a $100 cost would be reasonable imo.
And if you're not interested in the fire wood (and you do have a place to dump it to rot), $350 for the labor without "firewood pay".
And if that's too little for you, tell him to ask someone else: "free straight trunk for firewood if you clean up the branches". Someone crazy (like me) will take that...
Pile the branches at your place until the burn ban is gone and get rid of them then.
If the tree would have more branches, a $100 cost would be reasonable imo.
And if you're not interested in the fire wood (and you do have a place to dump it to rot), $350 for the labor without "firewood pay".
And if that's too little for you, tell him to ask someone else: "free straight trunk for firewood if you clean up the branches". Someone crazy (like me) will take that...
Montanalocal
Minister of Fire
I am up in the mountains with a bunch of neighbors who do not burn wood. Over the years I have always offered to clean out dead trees for free if I can get the firewood. They and I have always felt that this was a good deal for both of us.
I don't do anything commercially but I'm thinking of similarly sized trees I've bucked up and carried to the trailer from less accessible areas in the woods ... And I'm my experience it wouldn't be more than a half day job. So maybe $100-$300 depending on what you value your time at... But if you're going to keep the wood for burning and they're a neighbor, I would certainly consider doing it for less or possibly even free if you want to develop good will with them.
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