treeman82
Addicted to ArboristSite
To start, I have my CT arborist license and also my ISA arborist license.
Since last summer I have been throwing all my lawn application and landscape work to a local company who keeps their stuff at the same yard I keep my stuff at. They've been throwing their tree work my way. I help them, and they helped me. If they sent me a bill for something, I'd bring them a check right away. If I did something for them, they would take a while to pay me. This past winter they started bringing some brush back to the yard. I'd chip it when I had a chance, never asked for anything. A few weeks ago they had a nasty pile of brush going, and I chipped it late one afternoon. Apparently while I was chipping the brush, they were nextdoor in the bar having drinks. To top it all off they told the landlord that the pile of brush was mine. To add to my anger with these guys, I gave them a job to do at one of my special clients... kill some weeds and regrade the lawn. Almost 6 weeks later the lawn is half brown and half green. The client is NOT happy. At this point in time I am giving serious thought to getting the turf application license for myself and doing the applications for turf and ornamentals on my own.
Now on the other end of things, I had been climbing for some guys for a while. Real scum / low lives. 2 partners, 1 of them is a pretty descent guy, family man, helped me a few times, no beef there. The other however is the super low life. Drunk, rips people off, terrible. In the end they paid me nill, put me in some positions I'd rather not be in, etc. Destroyed some equipment, and never replaced it, etc. So a few weeks ago I find out that they are stealing work from me. They stopped at one of MY jobs and wound up getting some pressure washing work from my client, not a big deal as far as I was concerned... I don't do pressure washing. However I find out later on that when they were bidding on the pressure washing, they also gave a price for some pruning.
For those who are in the know, in the state of Connecticut you must posess an arborist license to perform or solicit tree care services. If caught (turned in by somebody, or just luck of the draw caught) an unlicensed company can be fined up to $2,500 per day. So I am wondering if it would be wrong of me to go and turn these guys in.
Any thoughts on either situation?
Since last summer I have been throwing all my lawn application and landscape work to a local company who keeps their stuff at the same yard I keep my stuff at. They've been throwing their tree work my way. I help them, and they helped me. If they sent me a bill for something, I'd bring them a check right away. If I did something for them, they would take a while to pay me. This past winter they started bringing some brush back to the yard. I'd chip it when I had a chance, never asked for anything. A few weeks ago they had a nasty pile of brush going, and I chipped it late one afternoon. Apparently while I was chipping the brush, they were nextdoor in the bar having drinks. To top it all off they told the landlord that the pile of brush was mine. To add to my anger with these guys, I gave them a job to do at one of my special clients... kill some weeds and regrade the lawn. Almost 6 weeks later the lawn is half brown and half green. The client is NOT happy. At this point in time I am giving serious thought to getting the turf application license for myself and doing the applications for turf and ornamentals on my own.
Now on the other end of things, I had been climbing for some guys for a while. Real scum / low lives. 2 partners, 1 of them is a pretty descent guy, family man, helped me a few times, no beef there. The other however is the super low life. Drunk, rips people off, terrible. In the end they paid me nill, put me in some positions I'd rather not be in, etc. Destroyed some equipment, and never replaced it, etc. So a few weeks ago I find out that they are stealing work from me. They stopped at one of MY jobs and wound up getting some pressure washing work from my client, not a big deal as far as I was concerned... I don't do pressure washing. However I find out later on that when they were bidding on the pressure washing, they also gave a price for some pruning.
For those who are in the know, in the state of Connecticut you must posess an arborist license to perform or solicit tree care services. If caught (turned in by somebody, or just luck of the draw caught) an unlicensed company can be fined up to $2,500 per day. So I am wondering if it would be wrong of me to go and turn these guys in.
Any thoughts on either situation?
