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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks for the responses.

ALSO, do the trees that have been recommended allow you to plant around the tree and is the surrounding grass in good shape?  Silver maples are water/resource hogs and it's difficult to plant anything around there and the grass suffers.  Also, their root structures are huge and near the surface and that also gets in the way of other landscaping.

To the pp who asked about trees, there was a big range in the quotes.  I have 3 trees at issue.  I am getting the two SMs out and they are grinding the stump of both, and pruning the 3rd tree for $4k.  I think that is a good price and there might be a discount in there because they are doing a lot of work at once.

If they only cut down the tree and leave you the stump it is less.  One of my other quotes for taking down 1 SM to the stump and significant pruning of of the other two trees - this quote was $2700.  I didn't like this company as much so didn't go back to get a comparable quote to the one above.

Another tree company said SM #1 didn't have to come down.  (sole opinion on that one, the other 4 companies and arborist I met with all agreed that one of my SMs is a hollow hazard) and quoted me $1750 for pruning of 2 trees.

The (probably uninsured and unlicensed) tree guy trolling around my neighborhood said they would significantly prune all three trees for $1800.

When you are planting new trees, make sure you get a 1 year warranty on the new lil tree!![/quote]

We just had 8600 of tree work done, and I agree that these are decent prices. (We had a lot of trees taken down). I would go as far to verify license and insurance if you unsure.  Licensed and insured are the things that matter.[/quote]

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