Patent ID: 7346589

Claim:
A computer implemented method for determining a price for tree services comprising the steps of a computer: a. receiving a tree service price request wherein said tree service price request includes data to calculate trunk mass, adjusted canopy mass, difficulty factor data, disposal data, rental data, limb measurement data, pile volume data, and pile compression data; b. calculating an adjusted base cost using the trunk mass data, adjusted canopy mass data, limb measurement data, pile volume data, pile compression data, canopy density factors, cost per trunk mass unit, cost per canopy mass unit, vegetation factor, and pile compression factor; c. calculating a cumulative difficulty factor using the difficulty factor data, accessibility factors, obstacle factors, health factors, hazard factors, growth factors, weather factors, terrain factors, disaster factors, and felling cost factors; d. calculating a final cost for tree services using the adjusted base cost, the cumulative difficulty factor, disposal data, and rental data; and e. outputting the final cost for tree services for the tree service price request.