Have you ever had palms removed?

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Originally Posted by Otis Street

I was so glad to read in your post that you're referring to palm trees. Just looking at the subject line I thought you were asking about whether anyone has had the palms of their hands removed, which sounds very painful.

Lol. That's a secondary procedure to eliminate palm-prints, along with getting one's fingerprints removed, a handy dodge for criminals.

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Originally Posted by wit-nit

Developers of new communities, especially retirement communities, or large commercial projects were at one time removing palm trees for free. That was to line their streets up with mature trees for asthetic purposes to make their developments attractive to new buyers. That was many years ago.
Today it will cost you maybe up to $10,000, or more, depending on the size for each tree removed. One of our neighbors had a 30' palm tree removed and it cost them about $10,000. Cost will depend on difficulty of removing the tree and to refill hole or repair any damages caused by the tree removal equipment.

Omigod.

That's quite a jump, going from free to $10,000.

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Originally Posted by wrongwy

We had 2 Mexican Fan Palms removed which were around 60 years old and don't think it cost more than a thousand dollars. After the microburst that hit Scottsdale last summer, I heard costs to remove large pine trees was close to 10k, but for a palm? that is too high. We use Troy Mullen = Troy's Tree Service in Scottsdale for our tree work.

Interesting, thanks. As it happens, I "know" them. They trimmed our HOA palms once or twice, and I talked to Troy himself, who seemed like a good guy. I think I'd asked him about regular gardening, in my eternal search for an inexpensive low-key gardener, but they only do trees.