I've had this done so many times in the last 12 years. It's cheaper if they chop and drop. My most expensive tree was $450 and the cheapest $250, both chop and drop. They were very large trees. You should get the phone book out and get some estimates. Be sure they are bonded and licensed. One guy dropped some tree parts on my old neighbors skidoo by accident, but it didn't cost me a cent. I just had a stump ground and it was $75. It would have been more but we already tried digging it out. Most homeowners insurance doesn't cover it, at least mine didn't. Smeco took out one for free because it was near their power line, we called them first before getting a professional just to see if they'd do it. Got lucky on that one.
