How are other tree companies doing?

[Sunrise Guy]

we are booked out more than 5 weeks solid work maybe closer to 8. we run 2 crews doing 2-3 smaller jobs a day. or one larger job a piece.

maybe its because of the nature of alot of trees we cut a bunch of mexicans and a ladder arnt gonna cut it on some of this stuff.

on top of our residential we prune oaks during the winter season for 3 townships.

if anyone doesnt buy it i can provide company info and referances.

Are you doing contract work for a utility? ROW work for a municipality? Doing the math: Your company is doing 4-6 jobs a day. If we assume a 5-6 day work week, you are doing 20-36 jobs/wk., and being booked 8 weeks out, you have 160-288 folks waiting for you. Are you the only tree company in town? What is the effective population of your client base? Sure, I'll bite: What is your company's name?

I'm not trying to be an :censored:-hole, here. I sincerely want to understand how other companies, in other areas, get so many gigs. Down here, I get calls from employees of the two biggies, orange and green, looking for work, because they've been let go due to the slow-down.

 

[mattfr12]

Bulldog Tree Care Located In McDonald PA,

and yes i do alot of township and municipality work. one crew usually does township/municipality work 4 days out of a week.

so the residential numbers that are waiting are about half of what you estimated.

sunrise i truthfully wish i knew what to say to help you because i would like to see you make more $$ everyone should.

were not the only tree company in town but we are the only tree company with a 160 foot elliot crane for 50 miles probably. are bread and butter is larger removal trees that no one wants to mess with.

if thiers anything i can do to help just let me know i can PM you my number.

 

[ewoolsey]

i have maybe 3 weeks of work ,people here dont have a problem with waiting, it must be a texas thing ? any way texas has trees ?

 

[Sunrise Guy]

Bulldog Tree Care Located In McDonald PA,

and yes i do alot of township and municipality work. one crew usually does township/municipality work 4 days out of a week.

so the residential numbers that are waiting are about half of what you estimated.

sunrise i truthfully wish i knew what to say to help you because i would like to see you make more $$ everyone should.

were not the only tree company in town but we are the only tree company with a 160 foot elliot crane for 50 miles probably. are bread and butter is larger removal trees that no one wants to mess with.

if thiers anything i can do to help just let me know i can PM you my number.

Thanks, my brother. It's a reaffirmation of the goodness of the human spirit when someone takes the time to reply in an honest, concerned way, like you did, and not like an :censored:, as some on here do. I'm glad everything is going your way up there. I hang in. If I did not own several rental properties, though, my work day might begin with, "Welcome to WalMart! Here's a basket for you." Luckily I made good investments as a kid, and paid off everything I own. Now it's the $20+ G's in tax bills that I get in December that haunt my dreams when I'm not in the trees. Again, thanks for your reply.

 

[pdqdl]

I have to laugh, sorry. Yeah, you must be one helluva magician: You wave your wand and your clients go into a state of suspended animation as they wait five weeks for your crews to show up. Down here, if you can't do the work in a day or two, at most, it is quickly gone, given to one of the other two hundred tree companies that are down here, legal or otherwise. Maybe I should move on up to beer/HD town-----

Ain't that a fact!

When we quote a job, we always ask if they are in a hurry, or if they mind waiting a bit. Generally, we are finding out how likely we are to be fired if some of the employees don't come to work that day.

 

[flushcut]

Sunrise, work is good in brewcity. People here understand that you work and need to book yourself out to make it in the work environment. Besides Milwaukee is so blue collar. My customers won't hire illegals or crews that don't have insurance and that speaks for the majority of Milwaukee county. I would have to say a lot of business comes from word of mouth and that pulls a lot of weight with customers knowing the job is going to be done right. I had one guy bring us four jobs in the past two weeks and that is how this town works.

 

[mckeetree]

People here understand that you work and need to book yourself out to make it in the work environment.

People don't understand a GD thing down here in mexicanville.

 

[flushcut]

People don't understand a GD thing down here in mexicanville.

Sorry to hear that maybe you should think about relocating. Their are mexican crews up here but they mainly stick to the landscaping end and not the trees.

 

[mattfr12]

Sorry to hear that maybe you should think about relocating. Their are mexican crews up here but they mainly stick to the landscaping end and not the trees.

I try to use my credentials such as insurance and ISA certs to an advantage.

I tell customers alot that if they hire someone other than me to atleast make sure that they are insured and that they can be held liable for various things if something went wrong.

and if they do not carry workers comp someone could sue if they where injured on thier property.

use all the aces up your sleeve.

because i can guarntee they dont have insurance. and if they damage someones property how are you gonna pursue someone that doesntt even have enough money to pay for the damages.

a employee of mine's son needed a tree that was struck by lightning cut down a black oak. the strike split the tree at the top making it dangrous to climb due to like 5 widow makers and the tree being split. this tree was around 70-80 feet tall i was only gonna charge him 1500.00 because he was a friend and i knew he wasnt a jillion air with money falling out of his ears. this included a 3 man crew and a JLG lift that was 500.00 for the day because it was in a backyard i couldnt get a bucket to. this would have taken me 2 days because of getting the wood out and brush. i would have profited 500-600 for 2 days.

needless to say he found a guy on craiglist to do it for 350.00 dropped it right down the middle of his house and the guy is missing to this day this day happend 2 years ago.

thier was no possible way to drop this tree. people and thier chainsaws i tell you what.

 

[Sunrise Guy]

Gee, looks like ronnyb has disappeared----

Imagine that. Funny how when you ask these guys who post about how they're booked 5 weeks in advance to give you their company name and credentials they get real scarce. Sure, he's probably working one of his four jobs/day, right now! Maybe he is so busy scheduling his next 100 jobs over the next five weeks that he has no time for AS. Sure, that's what it is, yeah------

 

[Sunrise Guy]

People don't understand a GD thing down here in mexicanville.

Oh man, do you have that RIGHT! Down here, all they understand is, "Hey, me and my friends can get that tree down for $200. No problem."

 

[mckeetree]

Oh man, do you have that RIGHT! Down here, all they understand is, "Hey, me and my friends can get that tree down for $200. No problem."

I have had to listen to them telling HO's "No, me cuttie, me cuttie. Me cuttie one time for you. Everything. Me cuttie." That is really a fairly depressing thing to be subjected to.

 

[ropensaddle]

I have had to listen to them telling HO's "No, me cuttie, me cuttie. Me cuttie one time for you. Everything. Me cuttie." That is really a fairly depressing thing to be subjected to.

Yup especially when they are not supposed to be here.

 

[beowulf343]

Watch it, man. I'm not "whining about illegals." If you want to attack me on some low level, I'll report your f:censored:ing :censored:

Oh no, you're going to report my ####ing ass!!! Get a grip jackass, I'm not some newbie on the site that you can bully with your scare tactics.

I do find it interesting though, I make one smart ass comment and you go off the deep end-you figure I'm an #######. No problem, that's your prerogative. Yet you can make several smart ass comments about a guy answering the question, basically call him a liar, and call him out, and you don't consider yourself an #######? I don't know this ronnyb, but I'm curious why you have a hair up your ass over him since he seems to have answered your original question rather politely a couple pages back.
Tell you what, maybe this will be enough to get me "reported." Why don't you shut the #### up about ronnyb-you are sounding like a baby with a temper tantrum because he has work and you don't.

 

[oldirty]

get him big dog! wooooof.

 

[Toddppm]

opcorn:

 

[mckeetree]

Yup especially when they are not supposed to be here.

Yeah, that makes it worse. Even if they were supposed to be here it is painful to hear somebody act that GD'd retarded and think that is your competition.

 

[ropensaddle]

Yeah, that makes it worse. Even if they were supposed to be here it is painful to hear somebody act that GD'd retarded and think that is your competition.

Yup I need my video proof of the e3 machiteers lol I hope the best for you Mckee

 

[treeclimber101]

i get 35% of my money taxed and then after all the deductions i pay 50$ a week in medical insurance.

doesn't make it worthwhile to work 60+ hrs a week but i do.

oh and i am eligible for nothing.

Quit your #####in your making the big money , don't ever complain about your pay while your swinging from that boom , or I'll drive up there and smack the taste outta your whiny mouth.....And if it was my crane I would make ya work a hr. a day for free since ya got such a gravy job, and stop complaining about OT too it makes look ungrateful.. You should go to work an hr. early tomorrow and scrub your bosses escalade.....

 

[treeclimber101]

There are a lot of dirty diapers that may need some attention lurking around parts....