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They are attractive to the tree owners who don't want to pay to have them trimmed twice a year! :lol:

A couple guys identified it as a windmill palm. I agree, that's a more accurate answer than my original guess.

That works! Most folks won't charge more than $50-$75 per palm around here. I trimmed 14 washies last month that were 45-50' tall and had NEVER been trimmed. Full skirts to the ground. I had over 6 hours on that one and that was cutting out of the bucket truck. I don't know what the job sold...

I tried setting ropes in palms several times in the past, only succeeded about half the time. Even when I got the throwline through the head, it would pull down tight between the fronds and I couldn't pull a rope through the head. Your only chance was for the throwline to get caught on a frond...

Were you able to get in those palms from the roof? Looks like it would have been a lot easier than climbing over or through that huge skirt. In years past I've been known to take a ladder up on the roof and use it to access the top of some tall washies. ;)

Gigi, I think Nick and Steve are correct. The windmill and european fan are similar, but the european fan is smaller with a skinnier trunk and smaller fronds.

oops, looks like I was mistaken. How about european fan palm? http://www.floridata.com/ref/C/cham_hum.cfm

Chinese fan palm? Had one at the house when I was a kid, the trunk wasn't that fat though. You can see it on the left side of this picture. It has a trunk similar to a roebelini (sp).