If I Take Pictues Of Tree Can Someone On This Site Give Estimte For Me ..?

[SilverBlue]

Rather difficult to bid by pictures isn’t it?
You really have to know your customer as well.

 

[Stumper]

Yes indeed. incidentally the figure I threw out was for the beech in the center of the first pic. As you said it is terribly hard to bid accurately without walking around and lookiing and knowing somethings about the community and maybe even the individual. My prices don't changeaccording to social status but there is a sort of 'window of normalcy' in prices and POOR little widow ladies tend to get the price that just shows over the bottom sill.

Some things are biddable from pics though-a couple of evergreens at the corners of a house for instance. If you have enough of a frame of reference to really tell what you are looking at then it gets easier.

 

[Koa Man]

It is extremely difficult to bid by pictures. When I absolutely could not go to in person to bid a job, my wife would go instead and video tape the location, including parking space for the equipment, path to haul out brush, the tree and what's around and below it. I also have her measure the DBH of the trunk and guesstimate the height. (I need to show her how to use the clinometer) Even then it is not that easy to make a bid.

 

[geofore]

film site

Koa Man does what she film look like what you would film? Sounds like the wife is a real asset to your buisness. Does she zoom in on the tree to inspect it for flaws? I know the price goes up as the difficulty and danger level increase. It is a lot better than the customer trying to discribe it over the phone then wonder why you don't bid on trees sight unseen. May I send someone out to film the site gets a 50/50 yes/no here. I'll send you the film with the estimate will get a few of the no's to say yes.

 

[Koa Man]

Yes, she does zoom in and I always tell her to be sure to go directly under the tree and take some film shooting up so I can see what the branch structure looks like. She is very good in shooting video, even better taking pictures, since she is a professional photographer. (Specializes in child and family portraits.)

 

[MasterBlaster]

Koa Man, thats a pretty cool concept. I wonder who else utilizes this method for bidding? I can see where it could come in handy!

And oh, uh, whats a 'Koa?'

 

[Koa Man]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster
Koa Man,

whats a 'Koa?'

Koa (acacia koa) is a highly prized Hawaiian hardwood. It grows only in Hawaii and is used generally for fine furniture, wood boxes, bowls etc. They come in different grades, ranging in plain about $6 a board foot, to premium curly $40 a board ft.

 

[NickfromWI]

I do a lot of road trips and never stay at hotels, so this is what I was thinking


http://www.koa.com/

love
nick

 

[geofore]

Koa

What were you thinking? woodweb has a wood for sale list and you could have found it there, of course you would have to leave this excellent site for a moment to do that but I think they'd let you back on this site.

 

[MasterBlaster]

As a guitar player, I should have remembered what Koa was!

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Re using pictures for distance-estimating, I offer a free 3-minute consultation to all, and encourage clients, actual and potential, to email pictures of their trees so I can offer e-diagnosis. Several clients started up this way; I've told them what i see and what I would do, giving them a rate and a range. Then I do the job and email them a report and an invoice.
No appointment hassle, no paperwork until the check comes in the mail. I like people and all, but it's a neat use of technology to go thru the whole process w/o actually seeing your client. Working on taking pics when I'm done and building a library of before-and-after images; going back years after treating the tree to take afterimages. Very useful for disease mgt; and good for pruning too.