Hi Fred...a man and woman are coming to cut the tree down. She is a real going concern and does most of the cutting and he does the grunt work. You wouldn't think she'd be the type to do that by her looks. She sure is good at climbing trees. Let the young folks do that now I'm way past doing that but have brought down a number of trees in my day. These people have a bucket truck and also covered by insurance and workman's compensation as well. The tree is also close to the house and overhangs the deck and cable and phone lines so no way I'm doing it. They are also grinding the stump out as well. It's a 1000 bucks but well worth as the tree has outlived it's life. It was planted in 1957 and really starting to show it's age.