Boy is the cost of living cheap in your area
Quote down south would be at least £100


"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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Does anyone know what the approximate cost would be for cutting down and
taking away a leylandii tree about 30 ft tall. I'm in the north of
England.

I've just paid someone an hourly rate of £15 for a similar job. Not
cheap but for that rate I got a fully insured local forestry worker
using safety equipment, who avoided potential hazards, removed all
debris and and left the site very clean and tidy. Avoid unskilled
odd-jobbers by asking ask to see their tree-work insurance
certificate.Time taken depends on the position of the trees and space
available.

Two trees of about that size which he could fell straight from ground
level, no hazards nearby, took him an hour to fell and cut up (removal
to a disposal site 7 miles away took longer). Some much bigger ones in
trickier locations,(near oiltank, overhead phone cable, neighbours'
property) took him a lot longer to get down from the top,in small
pieces.


Janet (Arran).