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Average cost/process to trim a Mexican fan palm?
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Posted by artemis78 SZ17 (My Page) on Wed, Nov 11, 09 at 19:00
| I'm hoping to get a sense of what the effort and cost entailed in trimming dead fronds off a Mexican fan palm is---I'm sure the cost varies regionally, but honestly just have no idea what the scope of this work is, and would love to get a sense of what this typically involves so that I can understand whether the bids we're getting are in the ballpark or not.
The tree is a 30' tall Mexican fan palm (Washingtonia robusta) that, as far as I can tell, has never been trimmed before---so there are dead fronds all the way up to the top. We'd like to take them all off. (I know there are various schools of thought on this, but we have rat issues with the dead fronds and are hoping to address it by trimming them rather than taking the tree down!)
We plan to use a licensed and insured individual or company given the height of the tree and its proximity to several homes in a dense urban neighborhood, so I know that will up our costs somewhat. I just have no idea how long something like this takes or what kind of equipment it involves---understanding more about the task would help me figure out how the bids stack up in terms of what kind of hours people will be putting into this.
Any stories of past experiences would be greatly appreciated---thanks! |
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RE: Average cost/process to trim a Mexican fan palm?
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| Why not have them fall off naturally when a windy day comes along. God has a way of taking care of it, if we can't. If there are good reasons to do this or its unsightly for you, then bid it out. |
RE: Average cost/process to trim a Mexican fan palm?
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| They don't fall off naturally on the fan palms, unfortunately (except for a handful that will tumble down each winter). We have gotten a couple of bids, but I'm just hoping to get a gauge on whether they're in the ballpark (as it's turning out to be quite costly---but possibly that's to be expected since the tree hasn't been trimmed regularly). We're in the SF Bay Area, for whatever that's worth. Thanks! |
RE: Average cost/process to trim a Mexican fan palm?
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| Check around you might get a better deal there are allot of hungry people right now. I wish the economy was as important as health care and maybe we would have the solution by now. But that is a different story.Good luck |
RE: Average cost/process to trim a Mexican fan palm?
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| Southern California here. I had eleven trees removed from a fenceline and the dead leaves removed from two fan palms. The whole thing cost me $2500 and I didn't get a breakdown, so I can't help with the cost of trimming one tree? I don't think you need to justify trimming, by the way. Anyway, I saw how they did it with a small chain saw, but the real revelation was how they remove the stumps. With a razor knife! Makes the trunk very new and shiny, and by the way, I saw a lot of insect larva in the matting, so I think it doesn't hurt and does/could possibly help the palm. This produces a very professional looking palm tree, it looks shaved, from a distance and they take it all the way up to a pineapple top. A guy could do this himself with a secured extention ladder and a tree saw if you aren't too keen on chainsaws. RAZOR KNIFE! (wear gloves) |
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