Cut wrong tree??

[sodbreaker]

Almost happened to me this week. Looked at a removal for a little chinese dude who couldn't speek much english so was communicating through his daughter who spoke a little "better" you could say... Said wanted dying tree removed at a rental property. Looked at the tree (so I thought) a maple thats been hacked away from the primaries for years, was in serious decline. Not too big of deal, a bit of travel time - I bid it at 900$.

So she saise the price was a bit high, but her dad wants it done and wants to meet me there to show me more work. Cool.. I met him there and he walks me into the back yard to show me the biggest silver maple I've ever seen. This had to be the biggest silver in Ohio, I should have taken pics.. Had to be 120ft in height and damn near as wide maybe 8- 10 ft at the base. Not a dead limb in this tree, just a glorious specimen. He saise " you cut this tree for 900 dollas and clean up rest of backyard".. I said um...."no, I cut this tree for 6 thousand dollas"... Would have taken 2 crane crews two days to remove this monster and about 20 miles away..

Thought this dude was gonna pull some Bruce Lee s##t on me as he started yelling "six thousen dolla - you crazy - too much!!" Damn removal was worth more then this condemned crack house looking rental... I just got in my truck and left LOL...

Can't help but comment.

Everybody wants something for nothing don't they. A person buys better equipment does a job better/faster and they expect you to work for the same rate.

I get into it with a employer right after he got wind I had bought my own saws. He wanted me to do saw work for the same rate I had been getting. I said sure,.. but I'm using your saw. Long story short he gave in and payed me more.

Kinda of funny though when it comes down to brass tacks people don't realise that saws are not cheap to maintain. And when you get bucket trucks and cranes and the like involved it doesn't get any cheaper.

Sod breaker

 

[MackenzieTree]

LOL, its a dog eat dog world out there.. When I see a bunch of trees tagged, wether they asked for it or not they're getting a free estimate..

lol, scab

 

[MackenzieTree]

had a buddy give me a lead on a limb removal 7 inch for $400, he had priced, took me out to the job showed me which one on an oak over a pool, roped in and riggged it all down, just when i thought i was down HO comes out, (smoking hot chick) and says oh not that one but the entire limb which was like 18 inches in dia. i knew i was getting paid either way but not for $400 more like double that, she agreed and its coming down tomorrow!

 

[pdqdl]

I sent a crew to an address at 1 West ..th St to cut down a dying austrian pine by the front door. They went to 1 East ..th St and they cut down a 65 foot tall Colorado spruce. It was pristine, and had a matching tree a short distance away.

It took me a few days to figure out what happened, my guys even went back and ground the wrong stump.

The homeowner was real good about it, we did a small amount of cleanup elsewhere for him, agreed to do whatever landscaping he wanted to make him happy, and he ended up selling the house and moving away without ever suing me. That was at least a $20,000 tree we stole from him.

 

[mckeetree]

lol, its a dog eat dog world out there.. When i see a bunch of trees tagged, wether they asked for it or not they're getting a free estimate..

pos.