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the Price of Tree Trimming

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$ 45
Apr 2008
Austin, Texas
Family owned and operated tree trimming service  more... close row
$ 100
Mar 2008
Phoenix, AZ
Hand pruning of two palm trees   more... close row

Description of service

The price was for hand pruning two tall palm trees by a crew of three.

Other services offered by the company include full lawn care and landscaping services as well as landscape design and planning and installation of irrigation systems. Prices vary depending on the complexity of the job.


Review of Service

The tops of the trees are 30+ feet up in the air, there's no way I'm going up there to prune them. Even if they are ratty looking. So even though it took a couple days to get a guy out, what with it being the beginning of the busy gardening season, and the price was a lot higher than I expected it to be ($50/tree! Madness! Almost $5/tree more than last season!), the end result of the lightening of my wallet and the tidying of my trees is entirely acceptable to me.


Tips

Don't do this yourself. Don't try to shimmy up a palm tree to cut away the debris yourself. And certainly don't do it alone. I've seen professionals do stupid stuff like lop off the tip of a finger with pruning shears, or end up hanging upside down in need of rescue from one of their coworkers. Killing yourself by slowly bleeding to death from your thumb while hanging upside down 30 feet in the air while you die of exposure has to be one of the least pleasant deaths I can imagine. Though I bet you'd make the news for a day or two. Hell of a way to become the talk of the town.


$ 90
Sep 2007
Anniston, Alabama
Very professional tree trimming service  more... close row
$ 400
Aug 2008
Fredericksburg, VA
Two large trees trimmed for first time in a long time  more... close row
$ 250
Mar 2008
Chicago, IL
Tree trimming and branch disposal  more... close row
$ 300
May 2008
Brighton, CO
Tree and shrub trimming after a storm  more... close row
$ 350
Mar 2007
Ann Arbor, MI
Bushes trimmed down below windows again  more... close row
$ 500
Jun 2007
Memphis, Tennessee
Tree trimming for two large oak trees  more... close row
$ 575
Jun 2007
Forks, WA
Tree trimmers did not clean up after themselves  more... close row
$ 250
May 2008
Covington,GA
Tree trimming for very high trees  more... close row