Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/04/23

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Subject: [Leica] Felling the Mighty Oak - 21st Century Style
From: wildlightphoto at earthlink.net (wildlightphoto@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Apr 23 21:42:16 2008

grduprey@mchsi.com wrote:

> Average price for removing a 75ft+ tree here in Iowa is $800.  We had 6 
> trees 
> removed (4 at 100 ft)  last fall.  Not cheap.
>
>Gene
>
>-------------- Original message ----------------------
>From: "wildlightphoto@earthlink.net" <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>
>>
>> Richard Taylor <r.s.taylor@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> > Hard to imagine how this would be done on a steep  
>> > slope.  The cost came in at about 25% of an M8 body, to tie this to  
>> > all the M8 counting that's been going on.  Not too bad...
>> 
>> Removing the overgrown cottonwood tree in my yard will cost about 100% of
>> an M8 body :-(
>> (vaguely on-topic).  Also not a DIY project.
>

Unfortunately California prices for many things are much higher, and the 
wood from a Cottonwood tree isn't even useful as firewood.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com