Hows Work?

[MonkeyMan_812]

On a scale of 1-10, how busy is everyone? And what part of the country are you located? Just curious to see where all the work is at these days, cause it sure aint here in indiana.

 

[TreeW?rx]

I live in eastern Wyoming. I am running at about at 7. The only problem is I am going in for surgery on my hands at the end of the month. Winter is out for me.

 

[fishercat]

slower than a Democrat in a common sense contest here .

a few little piddly jobs which is better than nothing.

our market is flooded with so called tree men right now.hopefully the economy will weed them out.i'm not buried in debt so i will be fine.

i needed the time off anyway.the homestead is neglected and needs catching up.

i'd rate it a 4

 

[TimberJack_7]

Has been a little slow here in NE Ohio lately. I would put it at around a 3 for myself.

 

[Koa Man]

I currently am booked to mid January 2010. This is NOT a position I like to be in because when my customers call, I have to tell them I can't get to them for a couple of months. To accommodate my best customers I schedule them for a Saturday or Sunday if it is something that cannot wait. I don't like to work on weekends because it kills my family time as well as maintenance time on equipment.

I have also been squeezing in some small jobs by working 12-14 hour days when we do the hotels. When we trim the coconut palms at the hotels we normally start at midnight. The palms are trimmed with a cane knife so no loud noises. We leave around 0900 and sometimes go do a small job and end the day around 1300. It kills me to pay overtime....that really cuts into the profit margin, but I do it if it means keeping a customer happy. Drinking a couple of 24 oz. cans of Monster helps to keep me awake.

I also have 22 weeks already booked in 2010 and 2011 with my hotel maintenance contracts. So on a scale of 1-10, I think I am at 14 or 15. I also don't have an ad or even a phone number in the phone book. I don't have a name or phone number on my truck either. My only phone number is my cell phone, but 100% of my work is repeat or referrals.

 

[Sunrise Guy]

Slow, to the point where I am seriously considering looking into other related lines of work. I am having to charge 1980's rates just to get a gig a week. It is a sad state of affairs. To be honest, I see nobody out there when I'm driving around looking for doors to knock on. Even the monkeys with chainsaws are not around, and that tells me that the economy is still in terrible shape, possibly getting worse, even though the talking heads in government want to assure us otherwise on TV and in the press.

So, on a 1-10, with 10 being "couldn't ask for more," we're at a 2.

 

[Sunrise Guy]

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest - and poverty will come on you like a bandit and scarcity like an armed man.

Man, I really like that quote!

 

[treesquirrel]

I'm at about a 4 right now. I have several bids out but not many calls.

Seems to be turning around a bit though, last month I was about a 1 or 2.

I'm in Georgia, east of Atlanta.

 

[maloufstree]

We are at about an 7 right now. Only reason I think is because its been so wet for a month and just now starting to dry out.

 

[treevet]

We are at about a 7 right now and just finishing a fat job. But with all the talk you are always worrying about the bottom dropping out just as customers are I am sure. The Dems. really enhanced this IMO when they came into office.

It normally slows up from Dec. to Mar. and pictures of snow covered landscapes on tv or in mags. in summer and fall always give me the creeps like a horror movie over the many years I have been in this biz.

 

[TDunk]

For the past month it's been about an 8. After Monday it looks like a 1 or maybe a 2.

 

[TreEmergencyB]

were book well into december as far as i know seems to just keep coming in.

i say 9

 

[MonkeyMan_812]

Man, I really like that quote!

It is an ancient hebrew proverb of wisdom. Your welcome to use it too if you want.

 

[treevet]

It is an ancient hebrew proverb of wisdom. Your welcome to use it too if you want.

Been stuck in my mind today as well MonkeyMan. I may use it but def will remember it.

 

[Koa Man]

That quote or proverb is found in the Bible, Proverbs 6:10.

 

[Mikecutstrees]

Busy here. Booked through december. It will slow to a crawl come jan though if tends persist..... I'd say a 9...... Mike

 

[VA-Sawyer]

About a 2 here in Asheville, NC area.

 

[gitrdun_climbr]

Darn close to a 10 here in Seattle, we're scheduling into December now. Of course we have alot of trees around here and we ALWAYS spend the extra time at the end of a job to leave the site cleaner than we find it. That seems to impress people the most. Municipal work, consults, evaluations, planting and numerous other services beyond pruning and removal seem readily available with ISA certification.

 

[capetrees]

Real busy, as it always does this time of year. If I call back everyone on the list right now, I'm working easly through February, Saturdays and Sundays only. I work full time elsewhere during the week. Trees are part time for now.

 

[chewbacca]

Darn close to a 10 here in Seattle, we're scheduling into December now. Of course we have alot of trees around here and we ALWAYS spend the extra time at the end of a job to leave the site cleaner than we find it. That seems to impress people the most. Municipal work, consults, evaluations, planting and numerous other services beyond pruning and removal seem readily available with ISA certification.

I'm located in Coeur d'Alene Idaho. Do you need a certified climber for the winter?