How much does it cost to remove an ohio buckeye?
Removing an ohio buckeye around Indianapolis typically runs $250 to $1,400, with most jobs near $550. Ohio buckeye is the first tree in central Indiana to leaf out in spring and the first to look dead — by August most of them here are brown and half-defoliated from leaf blotch and marginal scorch. That cosmetic collapse, not risk, is what puts buckeye on a removal quote; structurally the tree is usually fine underneath.
Mature size, and the bracket it puts you in
Typically 20 to 40 ft tall and about as wide in a yard, occasionally much larger on a river-bottom site, which puts most buckeye removals in the low-to-mid bracket — a climbing or bucket job, rarely a crane. It reaches sawtimber size in 60 to 80 years on a good site, but on dry compacted subdivision fill it stays shrubby and short-lived instead of ever becoming a shade tree.
Condition changes the price
Buckeye wood is soft, low-density and weak for its diameter, but the tree is short and broad enough that it never develops the leverage that snaps big-limbed maples in an ice storm. What you actually get is scattered small-limb breakage and, on open-grown yard trees, splits at the low codominant forks the species tends to form.
Related
- Should I remove or save my ohio buckeye?→
- When should an ohio buckeye be pruned?→
- Are ohio buckeye roots a problem for foundations or pipes?→
- Is my ohio buckeye dying or just stressed?→
- How does an ohio buckeye hold up in a storm?→
- How much does it cost to remove an american basswood?→
- Should I remove or save my american basswood?→
- When should an american basswood be pruned?→