Small Tree Job - Salem, NH

on 10/2/2009 4:08 PM (ET) Larry Weil wrote the following:

Check at local construction companies. They have to remove large and small trees to erect houses or buildings.

If there is any local market for firewood, some of the suppliers are people who cut the wood themselves, i.e. have the skills necessary for such work (if no injury insurance for employees etc.) If your tree has any value, such a woodcutter might do the work for nothing. Otherwise, offer him $30 or $40 an hour to fell and remove this tree. You find such individuals through people who buy or sell firewood locally.

I had a crab apple tree that I needed removed because it was in a bad place. I got a large operator to do the small job, by agreeing to wait until he had other work in the area. His crew stopped and dropped my tree on their way home from another jobsite. Over the next week or so, they came back and removed the pieces and ground the stump.

Call around to garden centers or tree nurseries. They will know someone.

I can't answer your question, but you might get more responses if you posted this question in ne.general .

Give craigslist for your area a try.

Ask a neighbor?

cheers Bob