<prompt> Human: This just happenee to me. I got a few quotes for the removal and they ranged from 1,000 to 2,200. And that didnt include stump removal which can be another 500. I was trying to convince myself that I could do it on my own, but then I saw how close it was to some power lines. Thats when a coworker suggested calling my power companys vegetation management team. I called them up, they came out to survey, a month or three later the crew came out and murdered the tree. They left the lumber and the stump, but thatll just be a weekend of work once Spring rolls around... spring will come back right?  <response>: Yes. Two years ago I had a dead oak tree that was too close to the power lines for me to feel comfortable downing it myself. I scraped together enough cash to pay a service to take it down for me and started calling companies. I had way underestimated how much they would charge.The crazy thing is, the day after I got an estimate- out of the blue- the power company shows up and begins taking down trees in the easement, including my oak. They even chopped it up into 12 sections. I split and stashed and now my house is hot af in this cold ass weather. 