A few storms ago, I had a HUGE pecan tree blow over in my back yard. The going cost for tree removal at the time was $1,000! I was moaning about it at work, when a guy asked me what kind of tree it was. When I told him pecan, he said people love that wood for cooking. I put an ad on Craigslist that night: "Free. You cut/haul it, it's yours."
Couple days later guy calls me, shows up with pickup truck, and spends entire day limbing and hauling it away. That truck was so loaded, it was almost pulling a wheelie! I asked him if he had a restaurant, but he said no, just for his personal cooking. He proabably had enough for the rest of his life!
So now I was just left with about 10 ft tall of trunk, maybe 3' diameter, and I'm thinking that's gonna be a lot less to remove. Another day goes by, another call, guy/son show up in a pickup. They cut down the rest of the trunk, but doing latteral cuts. I asked if they cook, but they said no, they use if for furniture, clocks. Said the polished pecan is a beautiful wood. So now I'm thinking, dang! what kinda gold did I have here?! Anyway, paid another dude $50 to grind the stump, so guess I came out great after all. You might try the same, KW, and maybe get as lucky.
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