We want to cut 3 palm trees. Cost? (Phoenix: how much, house)

[sunvalleys]

2 tall palm trees and one low palm tree.
About how much the cost?
Any recommends cheap and good companies?
Our house is North west of Phoenix.
Thank you.

[Bungle]

I'll do it for about tree fiddy.

[ijamez]

Good lord why? Palm trees are the only reason to live in the Valley?

[observer53]

Are you talking about trimming them, or cutting them down? Two different things.

[Zippyman]

Pretty sure the OP is talking about trimming palm trees, not cutting them down entirely.

Figure on $40-$80 per tree, depending on who you hire.

Chopping down & hauling away a big palm (30-40 ft tall) will usually cost $500+ , because the "logs" created have no value. Getting a palm-stump ground-down usually runs about a hundred bucks & makes a hella-mess..

"Peeling" a palm usually runs about $10 per ft of trunk height, and also makes a hella-mess, but it prevents the tree from dropping junk every time the wind blows, so imho, its well worth it.

Personally, I hate palms (other than the 2-3 ft dwarf palms) & I'd budget to remove any palms on any property I bought in the future. Even a licensed-insured-bonded tree-trimmer bouncing around 30-40 ft above the ground with a chainsaw in his hands every year is just a liability nightmare I want no part of.

[sunvalleys]

Thank you for your responds.
The cost is expensive, isn't it?
I like to see palm trees if another house's or street.
But these should to trimm regularly. So we don't do these any more.

Last time I paid $50 trimm for 2 tall palm trees. He gave me his Tel No. on the paper after finishing.
But I lost the paper. He was very cheap and good job.

[observer53]

Originally Posted by sunvalleys

Thank you for your responds.
The cost is expensive, isn't it?
I like to see palm trees if another house's or street.
But these should to trimm regularly. So we don't do these any more.

Last time I paid $50 trimm for 2 tall palm trees. He gave me his Tel No. on the paper after finishing.
But I lost the paper. He was very cheap and good job.

I'm still not clear whether you want them trimmed or cut down. If you want them trimmed, do you have neighbors with palms that get trimmed? Ask them. They may use the same man whose number you lost.

[wit-nit]

OP...If you're planning on having them trimmed I would not necessarily look for the cheapest, but someone who is licensed and insured. If someone was to fall from those tall trees get's badly injured, and they are not insured, then you're liable and that could cost you more than you think.

[pbenjamin]

This is a bad time of the year to trim palm trees. Birds nest in the trees and they are likely full of immature birds this time of the year. Trimming often disturbs the nests and kills the babies. The best time is July or August.

[sunvalleys]

Originally Posted by wit-nit

OP...If you're planning on having them trimmed I would not necessarily look for the cheapest, but someone who is licensed and insured. If someone was to fall from those tall trees get's badly injured, and they are not insured, then you're liable and that could cost you more than you think.

Thank you for your information. I didn't know this.
Maybe he doesn't have license.
He chimed by only himself.
I asked him trees trimm because the cost was very cheap.