Tree Removal Cost Calculator
Price a removal from DBH, height and access — the three inputs a crew actually quotes on.
- InputsDBH · height · access
- OutputUSD range
Calculators built on the federal wage for this trade — a $26.91 hourly mean, loaded and multiplied by crew hours — not on somebody's national average. Every assumption is on the page, so you can argue with an input instead of the total.
14 calculators · 16 guides
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Price a removal from DBH, height and access — the three inputs a crew actually quotes on.
Grind cost by stump diameter, depth and how far the machine has to travel.
When a crane pick beats a climbing day, and what the pick adds to the bid.
Per-acre clearing cost by stem density, slope and whether the debris stays or goes.
A printable one-page estimate with the line items a homeowner will ask about.
Crown cleaning, raising and reduction priced by canopy size and access.
Cubic yards of chip for a ring or a bed, from area and depth.
Trunk-formula replacement value for a specimen tree, step by step.
Diameter at breast height from a circumference tape, plus the multi-stem rule.
Height from a stick, a phone clinometer or a shadow — three field methods, one answer.
Full cords, face cords and ricks from stack dimensions — and what you actually bought.
Heat per cord by species, sorted, with the seasoning time each one needs.
A printable likelihood-and-consequence matrix that ends in Sound, Monitor or Remove.
Walk the six questions that decide whether your removal needs a permit.
Diameter at 4.5 feet, height, and what is underneath. Three numbers, taken in five minutes with a tape and a phone.
Run the tree through the hazard matrix. Likelihood of failure times what it would land on: Sound, Monitor or Remove.
Crew hours times the loaded hourly rate, times an overhead band. The same arithmetic a company does at the tailgate.

5 calculators, 4 guides
What a removal actually costs once DBH, height and access are on the table — priced off crew-hour math, not a national average.

3 calculators, 4 guides
Crown work priced by the cut, timed by the season, and specified against the ANSI pruning types a good crew already uses.

4 calculators, 3 guides
Species specs, the three diseases that change a removal decision, and the measurements every diagnosis starts from.

2 calculators, 5 guides
Hazard rating, the Z133 rules a crew works to, what the work pays, and the numbers behind running the truck.
Take the diameter and the height, run the hazard matrix, then price it. Ten minutes of your own numbers changes every conversation you have with a crew.
40 pages, all sourced and dated