Timber

This is as close as I had to get to the pine tree when it was cut down, I handed the foreman a check at the front door when he came with an invoice after it was done. It was well worth the cost. The pine tree falling on our house is no longer on the list of things of concern.

The pine tree straddled our property line. Pine needles dropped on the house and collected in very large piles in the valleys of the roof. The tree had large poison ivy vines snaking up it's trunk. From the time we moved in we entertained estimates for the tree's removal. Some were given us by guys in battered pick up trucks who wanted cash and some were from bona fide tree services. All of them were in excess of $1000.
When we decided to install the fence Becky was resolute in her decision that the tree had to go before the fence was put in. So we got one more estimate from a real tree service. It came in at $385. That was great. The stars must have been in perfect alignment that day.