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Cost to fell spruce spika

  • 19-04-2017 10:15am
    #1
    80sDiesel
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    Have a very large spruce on the farm which I would like to be chopped down. It's beside a rural road. How much would a professional cost?

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



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  • #2
    kay 9
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    Which way it's leaning? If it's natural lean is towards the road, then it'll have to be pulled or taken down in bits.


  • #3
    Gravelly
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    Get a local farmer to cut it down - every farmer I know has a chainsaw, and most know how to use it. If it's leaning towards a road, tie a tractor on to it with a long tow chain to pull it back into the field as it falls. Have someone out on the road to stop traffic until it's down.


  • #4
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    A farmer could cut it for you but he won't have insurance. Sometimes these trees don't fall the way you want. Could end up damaging a car or worse.
    I knocked a large tree once in a busy road. Had 2 other guys with me. One at each side and traffic cones across the road.
    Don't pull with a wire rope or chain. Both are elastic and if they snap, they'll fly back into the poor guy in the tractor. Lifting straps or large nylon rope much safer.


  • #5
    80sDiesel
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    The tree is large enough ( width) that it could drag 2 tractors with it.

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



  • #6
    bogman_bass
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,083 ✭✭✭bogman_bass


    80sDiesel wrote: »
    The tree is large enough ( width) that it could drag 2 tractors with it.

    Then you're talking about a pro claiming it and knocking the top off it


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  • #7
    patsy_mccabe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,129 ✭✭✭✭patsy_mccabe


    Where are you based OP?


  • #8
    80sDiesel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭80sDiesel


    patsy_mccabe wrote: »
    Where are you based OP?
    West Waterford.

    A man is rich in proportion to the number of things which he can afford to let alone.



  • #9
    Sam Kade
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    A professional will be a minimum of €800 depending on the tree.


  • #10
    patsy_mccabe
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    So they'd ring it and leave all timber to you for that?


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