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How Much Does it Cost to Trim or Remove Trees & Shrubs?

Trim or Remove Trees & Shrubs Costs
Average reported costs
$703
based on 53,516 cost profiles
Most homeowners
spent between
$378 - $1,068
Low cost
$150
High cost
$1,900
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Trimming your trees and shrubs is very important to help your plants grow better and stay healthier in the long run. In addition, if there are trees and shrubs that have been diseased in any way, removing or trimming away the dead portions can stop the spread of disease to other areas and save the life of the tree or shrub. Trimming is usually quoted per tree or shrub since every plant can present a different situation, problem or issue.

Type of Tree or Shrub

Different species of either can cost various amounts to fix or uproot since their roots might be harder to pull up, more foliage to prune, or have hard to access branch patterns for cutting. A professional should be able to give you a quote based on what they observe.

Tree Height

Some exceptionally tall trees might require specialized equipment to reach their branches. Also trees that may have grown in odd ways could be more difficult to access and therefore more expensive to trim.

Power Lines

Trees that have grown around power lines may be dangerous to trim. Some tree trimming companies will charge considerably more to do this, since they cannot just let the branches fall to the ground around a power line. Each branch must be roped and lowered gently to the ground. This takes a lot more time and will cost a lot more.

Felled Wood

The larger the tree trimming job the more felled wood it produces. For smaller jobs, ask the tree trimming company to include hauling the wood away as part of their job. For larger tree trimming projects you may want to keep the felled wood for firewood. In this case you will need to add the cost of cutting and splitting the wood to your total costs if you don't decide to cut the wood yourself.

Stump Grinding or Removal

Talk to your tree trimmer about the cost of grinding or removing the stump of a dead tree in your yard. Grinding a stump down to the ground is a straightforward job that can usually be quoted easily at an hourly rate. However if you need the stump to be removed completely, you may be looking at a much higher cost. You don't always know how large or complex a tree's root system might be until you start to excavate a stump. It may take considerably more time than you bargained for. Unless you absolutely need a stump removed you might consider grinding it down and leaving it.

 

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Samuel Tan More than 1 year ago
Trimming twelve very overgrown trees very thoroughly and cuttings removed cleanly all in 5 hours by a team of 5 workers. Total cost was just under $1,000.
Carol Davidson More than 1 year ago
Which company did you hire?
Stephanie Bennett More than 1 year ago
What company or state?
dawn lawalin More than 1 year ago
Had one company come out, looked at the tree, stated his lowest price was $300. I found that to be a tad high BUT, understandable. I shall most likely end up hiring him later in the spring b/c I really need this poor dead tree down before it falls on other things.
Tina Gibson More than 1 year ago
What was the name of that company  i need several dead trees cut down.
kendall pruett More than 1 year ago
I found out if you have the chainsaws you can usually rent a bucket truck and do the job yourself. Saved over a thousand, sweet!
Penny Navarro More than 1 year ago
How much was the bucket truck?

Debbie Sheppard More than 1 year ago
I am 62 and I dont think that I will be doing it myself


Ben Valdez More than 1 year ago
Where did you rent the bucket?  ...and how expensive was that?
Megan Saunders More than 1 year ago
These prices are very low for average cost for tree removal.  Its totally different to trim a bush versus remove a 3 story cedar tree.
Donna Harris More than 1 year ago
I paid $650 to remove a large tree and $150 grind the stump and above ground roots approx 6" below ground level
nancy bronson More than 1 year ago
that sounds like what we need, who did you use?
john boshart More than 1 year ago
$3k to have 3 tall pines removed and stumps ground. They have to lower all limbs manually to prevent damage to other trees that we want to keep and also control from dropping into road. No option to cut and drop limbs or tree top.
alan lutzi More than 1 year ago
$1600 to $ 2500 estimates for one big 40 foot (live) cottonwood tree , very close to the house. thank you M.D. Tree Surgery Fallon Nv.
Edward voss More than 1 year ago
its about 70 to 78 ft tall
Virgil Parkhill More than 1 year ago
$900.00 total: consisted of removal of 14-16 inch diameter bradford pear about 30 ft tall, Trim new growth on a live oak and two Yopaun holly trees and side trim three cryptmyrtle(SP) trees. Seemed a bit much for me, but I don't know the cost of doing this job. It didn't take more than and 1 1/2 hrs to do the job with three men doing the work. The city hauled off the debris.
Pamela Starks More than 1 year ago
were is this company
Belle Yankanwich More than 1 year ago
One tree in the development was trimmed for $150. Another was trimmed for $300. Another gave an estimate of $600. I had a tree removed in back for $600.
mark kimsel 9 months ago
how much to just trim 1 tree do you think it should cost.....its just a big tree in the back yard which needs some limbs cut off and some nice branches.....nobody seems to get back to me on here as far as to do the job or at least check it out
Alberta Manka 9 months ago
Bunch of bull. Wow...no help 
Daniel Rozman 10 months ago
25'  pin oak taken down lots of branches chipped, stump ground and I kept trunk and 4 inch branches for firewood.  Trunk was cut to burnable lengths.  I split trunk wood myself.   cost $400.00
Michelle Monroe 10 months ago
I had a fantastic tree guy come out he was the cheapest by far and did a wonderful job I'll be hiring him again thank you so much tree guy
Patricia Spence More than 1 year ago
Angie's list recently had a deal for $99 which I missed. My job is small. 
John Fisher More than 1 year ago
I need an 80 foot angler bucket lift. 4 wheel drive. Where can I get a decent price around Plainwell?
Elizabeth Moro More than 1 year ago
great service
Robert Camp More than 1 year ago
His Way Lawncare did great work on all your yard maintenance
Ndinzi MASAGARA More than 1 year ago
removing branches trimmed from a tree
Steven Vincent More than 1 year ago
Very helpful as a starting point to get an idea of costs and  contacts.
Jack Carr More than 1 year ago
Job was performed at quoted estimate.  It was expensive but I needed a lot of work done, and it was done on time despite the bad weather. I would say that is a fair value.
bill Gillen More than 1 year ago
looking for licensed and bonded professional to trim seven palm trees and remove resultant debris from my house in Navarre.  Had a phone estimate yesterday of ~ $30.00/tree.  Can you compete with that?
cassandra jenkins More than 1 year ago
I have 2 oak trees in my drivewst that needs to be down could you tell me how much it would be
Chuma DKae More than 1 year ago
Site very helpful in offering multiple choices and price range for needed projece.
Vivienne Gallant More than 1 year ago
Cannot afford to pay more than $200 for tree limb trim off chimney.
Toni Fusco More than 1 year ago
I'm in the same boat as you Vivienne. I just need a couple limbs removed from 2 trees.
Donna Merkwan More than 1 year ago
Estimate to cut and remove 5 loblolly pines was $3750! Is this for real??? To remove dead limbs from several other deciduous trees was $650. I need something a little less expensive.
Tyson Sickles More than 1 year ago
Where are you located?
Rodney Mansfield More than 1 year ago
Just need to get rid of weed shrubs.  Can mostly be pulled. Aleo lite debris raked and removed.
Joseph Reigle More than 1 year ago
This web site won't give you any quotes, they just give your info out to a bunch of guys that want to "come and look" at the trees.
adam Templeton More than 1 year ago
Yes any quote for tree removal will require an inspection. Each tree is unique and every job is different. If anyone gives you a quote without seeing it, the quote will be the highest amount it could possibly cost. I am a small business owner and I quote these jobs all the time. I always want to see the job because that is the only way I can give an accurate estimate and in return get the job
Ana Posada More than 1 year ago
where are you located?

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