Buying a tree service with no experiance.

[millbilly]

His question was about certified arborist. Not whether he will be sucsessful

 

[Grouchy old man]

His question was about certified arborist. Not whether he will be sucsessful

I'm more interested in his motives.

 

[millbilly]

If you have enough capital assemble the right people and advertise it can easily be done. Do you know how asplund got started?

 

[Grouchy old man]

Do you know how asplund got started?

Carl Hjalmar Asplundh left his native Sweden in 1882 and came to work as an accountant in Philadelphia. Here he met Emma Steiger, who had recently emigrated from Switzerland, and after getting married, they settled in nearby Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania to raise a family. In 1903, Carl died suddenly, leaving Emma with a family of eight children to raise. The youngest son was also named Carl Hjalmar and 25 years later, he would join with his brothers Griffith and Lester to form the Asplundh Tree Expert Co.

But the family's connection to trees began long before that. In fact, the name Asplundh refers to "grove of aspen trees" in Swedish. To help support his widowed mother and siblings, the second oldest son, Oswald, took up work as a gardener and later founded a landscaping and tree surgery business. It was here that the three younger brothers earned money for their college educations by trimming trees under the guidance of Oswald.

So they had experience in the tree and landscaping business before starting the company. And that was in 1928.

 

[KenJax Tree]

I started out at Asplundh, i got tired of risking my life hanging 2 feet over primary wires. They're still based out of PA in Willow Grove.

 

[millbilly]

Do you know how asplund got started?



So they had experience in the tree and landscaping business before starting the company. And that was in 1928.

Thats a nice little story, looks good on paper.

Not exactly, just because your name means "grove of aspens" does it give you experience in tree care.

The two brothers lost the first million that the Mellon family gave them to start their buisness. It wasn't till after the second million, that the company took off.

Lester was a graduates of Swarthmore college, an elite private college in Delaware Co Pa. One of the most expensive colleges in the country. Griff went to Penn St. and and Carl went to University of Penn.

The brothers couldn't stand Griff thats why you hear very little about him.

With 2 million dollars back in 1928 you can grease a lot of palms, not that they did that, mind you. But landing one of the largest utility companys at the time, is impressive.

So I will change my comment, it isn't always the team of people you assemble, or the advertisment, it all boils down to the hard cold cash.

 

[woodchuck357]

I think you guys are easy targets for phony question by phony poster.

 

[Grouchy old man]

I think you guys are easy targets for phony question by phony poster.

Maybe so. But the problem is the jack wagons out there reading this will believe it and think a good place to invest their money is by taking over tree services.