----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 19:20 Subject: [biofuel] Re: Introduction and some questions - Newbie
> > Have you checked with several different companies? 8 of them, and none willing to give me a break on the price for *NOT* hauling the wood away. Seems some of them, turn around and sell it as firewood, but, since they would not be able to sell mine, they have to make up the cost some how. What prices are > they asking? Started at $75.00 per tree + $10.00 / Hr, 1 hr. mininium. >Is the company local? As far away as Monument (20 min. up the hwy). I would have to goto Pueblo or Castle Rock would be the next further out ( 45 min. ) How far away is it to a non-local > company? If you get a couple more neighbors with Tree removals > planned, can you make a cooperative offer to get an out of town > company to give a better price? > Thought about it already, no one else wants to keep the wood so they bring use the local. > How big are the trees, and how much free-space around them? > They are 25-30 year old pines ( lodge pole ? ), that were put in when the house was built in '79. I say up to 30 because the house was a model home for the area, and more than likely they wanted fast landscapeing so they might have put in larger trees ( 3-6 yrs.) They are easy 40 ft tall one of witch has a double trunk starting about 8 ft. up One could be droped into the street or the front yard, another into the front yard, the third, into the driveway after the cars are moved. Greg H. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/