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prentice110

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Im sick of it all and am looking for tips on the best way to sell all my stuff. I never want to do tree work for myself again I have too low of stress tolarance and way too high blood pressure. All the tips u got please! Anything I may have just ask, you pay the shipping. Lickity splitters are not 4 sale there for the great grand kids(some day). P.M. me for sales. hit this thread for advise. thank you have a nice day, please dont forget to come again!
 
Sounds like a bad run of luck. I wish you well in your next venture.

If you are not pressed for money, and no foreclosures are in sight, see if you can sell your whole business intact, and agree to stay on for a transition period. Who knows? You might get a manager without having to loose your customers. You can get paid more than the equipment is worth, and you won't be tossing your phone number and all your customers into the wind. Beware of buyers that want to use your business to finance the purchase. If they can't pay you up front, then don't do it.

Otherwise, sell the high dollar equipment and the specialty tree equipment separately on craigs list, and try to be realistic about it's value. Save some of the lesser value and more common stuff for an auction on ebay.

If the foreclosure is coming your way: find a good auctioneer that does internet bidding also. You probably won't have time to liquidate stuff on the internet. Sell as much of your better & specialty equipment before the auction, so as to get a better price and not pay commissions.
 
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On serious note

I just hate to see anybody going out of business... - I know times are hard right now - maybe doing something else for a year or so will help you to decide better- dont get me wrong- I'll be glad to buy your stuff if you decided to do so- but it does NOT give me a pleasure to see one tree service to go out of business- kinda makes me wander if we are the next....
Anyway wish you the best bud!
 
I was totally joking as well. To tell the truth, I have never seen anyone who has been in it for several years be able to get out of it and move on. I certainly have not been able to. I think I would still do the work even if I won the lottery...
 
I was totally joking as well. To tell the truth, I have never seen anyone who has been in it for several years be able to get out of it and move on. I certainly have not been able to. I think I would still do the work even if I won the lottery...

How to make a small fortune in the tree care business??





















Start with a large fortune.
 
Thank you all so far very much!

the thruth is this, Ive wanted out since 03. The old man was a legendary badazz who owned the chi-town area. anyone whos ever driven on a 4 lane highway or I-90 is driving on lanes we cleared. We even took down trees for the original blues brothers movie. He was 52 years old when I was born. I was in 7th grade when he retired and sold off everything but the name. He kept the name for me and my bro but my bro wasnt intrested. I started it back up in 2000 with a pick up and his old saws he kept. in 02 I got an awsome biz partner, who was an excellent sales man/estimator. I knocked it out, he kept the books and everything else. he left at the end of 04, and everything has slowly fallen apart since. I am not a people person, I never or seldom answer the phone. I absolutetley detest estimates. Oh, and I cant stand trimming either. All I ever saw as a kid was monsters falling down, (3-5 60+inchers a day) or 50 acres being cleared in a week. This residentail BS makes me wanna scream. "can you prune my crabapple?" NO! "Why not?" cuz i can knock down a $1000 dead elm 5 times in the time it takes me to do your stupid $125 trim! Point is , Ive destroyed a name that was worth $50k in 94' due to blowin people off, Im a raging drunk and I just dont care anymore. This has NOTHING to due with the economy. I just cant do headaches. when i see a guy run a saw into the dirt i wanna burn out the tree and land on his head spikes first. Back in july, the winch hook went thru the chipper. its still sittin untouched. other day the stumper chain broke . sprokets and bearings are gone appearently. Im ready to take em both to the scrap mill. My baby moved to boston, I just inherited a considerable amount of dough cuz my deceasesed dads estate finally sold in july. I aint hurtn for money, I just dont wanna work 75+ hour weeks any more. I blew my entire 20's slavin at this crap and all its givin me is gray hair and a bad back. If you read all that you deserve some rep. NOW! WHOS GOTTA JOB NEAR DAVIS SQUARE IN SOMMERVILLE MASS? dont even go there dirty cause jm blew me off. I wanna work for someone that'll let me bring my miniskid cuz i dont ever wanna drag brush again!
 
I was totally joking as well. To tell the truth, I have never seen anyone who has been in it for several years be able to get out of it and move on. I certainly have not been able to. I think I would still do the work even if I won the lottery...

Yep. The old joke goes like this:

You just won the lottery Mr. Jones. What do you do for a living?
I do tree work.
Are you going to retire now that you're rich?
I guess I'll just keep working until the money is all gone.
Phil
 
pdqdl gives some great advice.

Have you given this some time? Or have things boiled up and something snapped?

Before you sell, if you can afford it, take a break. Make sure this is the route you want to go. Work at something else.

Who knows, you may find yourself a new route in life, or you may find yourself coming back to tree work, which if this is the case, will be easier than having to start all over again.

Best of luck.

Must of been typing while you posted. Sounds like you've had enough. Follow pdqdl advice to get the most $ for you're stuff.
As Confucious says: "Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life". Hopefully you'll find such work.
 
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Ill never stop cuttin ! Ive got landscapers and guys I contract for beggin me not to stop but Ive been tellin em, You wanna look at my gross and my net? Oh and thats the best tree guy joke Ive heard in a long time! AND MD!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOIN WITH MY CAT!??! STAY AWAY! SHES MINE!!! PICTURES ARE 2 FOR $10!! you owe me $6 for 1 hehe im nuts
 
the thruth is this, Ive wanted out since 03. The old man was a legendary badazz who owned the chi-town area. anyone whos ever driven on a 4 lane highway or I-90 is driving on lanes we cleared. We even took down trees for the original blues brothers movie. He was 52 years old when I was born. I was in 7th grade when he retired and sold off everything but the name. He kept the name for me and my bro but my bro wasnt intrested. I started it back up in 2000 with a pick up and his old saws he kept. in 02 I got an awsome biz partner, who was an excellent sales man/estimator. I knocked it out, he kept the books and everything else. he left at the end of 04, and everything has slowly fallen apart since. I am not a people person, I never or seldom answer the phone. I absolutetley detest estimates. Oh, and I cant stand trimming either. All I ever saw as a kid was monsters falling down, (3-5 60+inchers a day) or 50 acres being cleared in a week. This residentail BS makes me wanna scream. "can you prune my crabapple?" NO! "Why not?" cuz i can knock down a $1000 dead elm 5 times in the time it takes me to do your stupid $125 trim! Point is , Ive destroyed a name that was worth $50k in 94' due to blowin people off, Im a raging drunk and I just dont care anymore. This has NOTHING to due with the economy. I just cant do headaches. when i see a guy run a saw into the dirt i wanna burn out the tree and land on his head spikes first. Back in july, the winch hook went thru the chipper. its still sittin untouched. other day the stumper chain broke . sprokets and bearings are gone appearently. Im ready to take em both to the scrap mill. My baby moved to boston, I just inherited a considerable amount of dough cuz my deceasesed dads estate finally sold in july. I aint hurtn for money, I just dont wanna work 75+ hour weeks any more. I blew my entire 20's slavin at this crap and all its givin me is gray hair and a bad back. If you read all that you deserve some rep. NOW! WHOS GOTTA JOB NEAR DAVIS SQUARE IN SOMMERVILLE MASS? dont even go there dirty cause jm blew me off. I wanna work for someone that'll let me bring my miniskid cuz i dont ever wanna drag brush again!

The best advice I can give is slow down and take inventory. Things really don't sound all that bad. Things could always be worse.. sometimes we get wrapped up in the moment and don't realize how good we have it.

Best of luck tree brother! :cheers:
 
OK, Although I know better, I'm going to say something here. I never try to tell a man how to handle his business or how much he should drink... As long as anyone who works for me shows up on time and does their job efficiently I have nothing to say to them...

But you cannot let a woman's actions or anything else dictate your behavior in this world brother. LOL, I almost envy you... I wish I was not so jaded that I could hurt over one like you... :D

Women don't like that bro. They don't like someone who's happiness is dependent on them. And they certainly don't want to have to take care of a drunk. You need to be Johnny on the spot... Jim Dandy to the rescue and in order to do that you need to keep you affairs in order... And keep lots of spending loot. :D

Hey drink a beer when you get off work... Hell drink three... Drink six but eat supper, maybe have a cup of coffee, watch the news and go to bed so you can get up early and hit it again the next day.

Believe me, it took a long time for me to learn these lessons...

Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life son. ;)

Best of luck to you Prentice.
 
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