If you want to know whether a tree company is overcharging you, it helps if you have an idea of how to price a tree job! Pruning and cutting down trees is extremely dangerous and challenging to both mind and body. It takes experience and skill to do it safely. When deciding if you are getting a fair bid to remove a tree, there are many things you have to consider such as electrical wire hazards, f
ences, roofs, or other hazardous situations having to be avoided. This takes extra time makes the job more expensive. A hazardous tree will take more skill and care to remove and will cost you more. What would be considered a hazardous tree job:
Dead trees: A dead or rotten tree is unstable and unpredictable, it takes skill to make sure the tree is removed in such a way, to prevent it from breaking unexpectedly and falling on your property. Insects: It is best to have a an exterminator remove or destroy any insect colonies. This way you won’t have to worry about your tree man getting stung or worse. Remember he not an exterminator. Electrical wires: When scheduling a tree job where a tree is next to telephone wires, the wires must be taken down and put back up by the tree service. If the tree is next to a live wire, the tree company must schedule a disconnect from the electrical company and then make sure that the service it turned on again after the job is finished. Tree on a steep hill: A tree that is on a steep hill can be extra dangerous and can fall in the wrong direction. There are many times when branches have to be manually roped down to avoid damage to property or from rolling down the hill. Trees covered in ivy: Trees covered with ivy are slippery, dangerous, and always have insects like biting ants. The tree man has to manually pull the ivy off the tree to assure a true grip. A tree hung up in another tree: A tree that is hung up in another tree is unpredictable and takes extra skill to remove to avoid damage to property, himself or any workers. All these things will increase the price of the tree job.