Local hacks

[BostonBull]

There was a company from ME in my neighborhood 2 weeks ago. They had an old linesman truck that advertised 36' bucket service on the side. They were doing door to door sales. They wore NO PPE, chipped onto the ground, and were attrocious!

Take a look...........

 

[Birds-Eye]

Woa!

That is impressively bad. It's seems someone would have to purposely try to do such a pizz-poor Job :jawdrop:

 

[Canyonbc]

You know part of my wants to throw up at first glance....but the other hand...it makes you feel sad inside.

Reason 1. The poor trees, might as well now been removed.

Reason 2. The poor homeowners who just lost, to what i want to assume was once some good looking trees.

People like that should be shot..on sight. That is horrible.

I dont no, how someone can walk away and feel good, let alone a homeowner say ok, i am gonna pay you.

Man o man...that is bad.

Canyon

 

[Dadatwins]

The sad thing is people will allow anyone on the property to work on their trees without checking any credentials at all, simply look for cheap price. That work was done cheap but it will cost the homeowner in the long run.

 

[reachtreeservi]

They had to really try to mess up the trees that bad.

Even for hack work, that's some messed up :censored:

Hard to believe someone actually got paid for that....

 

[hornett22]

i usually don't wear PPE but..............

i'd never do work like that.that is just sad and tells you what they care about.$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[tree md]

Looks like some of the stuff we see around here with the line clearance guys as well as a lot of hacks working the storm right now. I have had two potential clients ask me to hat rack trees for them and leave a 12 and 20 foot pole and stubbed limbs. I guess they think that that will save them some big money or something. I told both that I wouldn't put my name on work like that. So far they are both still on the line...

 

[John464]

what the heck is the purpose of that? Id love to hear what that homeowner wanted and what the contractor believed he was doing. That has got to be a removal. Perhaps the amatuer will be back tomorrow to finish?

 

[BostonBull]

Noone has commented on the disposal of their waste (chips). At the base of a city owned tree 4' deep!

They did a bunch of other trees in the area, and they all look the same. My neighbor said they come around every year.

The co. name is great too, perfect for them. But posting it may be in poor form.....

 

[tree md]

Let me guess... Affordable Tree... "30% off before we even look at your tree"...

 

[Bigus Termitius]

Noone has commented on the disposal of their waste (chips). At the base of a city owned tree 4' deep!

They did a bunch of other trees in the area, and they all look the same. My neighbor said they come around every year.

The co. name is great too, perfect for them. But posting it may be in poor form.....

c'mon BB...you've got to tell us now....

 

[Bigus Termitius]

Looks like some of the stuff we see around here with the line clearance guys as well as a lot of hacks working the storm right now. I have had two potential clients ask me to hat rack trees for them and leave a 12 and 20 foot pole and stubbed limbs. I guess they think that that will save them some big money or something. I told both that I wouldn't put my name on work like that. So far they are both still on the line...

I'm cleaning up a co-op right now that suffered from the likes of such hack clearance guys from last cycle. I see the results of this kind of work every day.

The sad thing is that these trees will most likely survive and look hideous!

If it were my neighborhood I'd find out where they are at, and what they are up to, and try and head them off at the pass. Or write a letter to the editor, or something.

There has to be something one can do!!

 

[Canyonbc]

Noone has commented on the disposal of their waste (chips). At the base of a city owned tree 4' deep!

They did a bunch of other trees in the area, and they all look the same. My neighbor said they come around every year.

The co. name is great too, perfect for them. But posting it may be in poor form.....

The trees are city owned??

Chips are just piled on the side walk???

I have chipped into driveways...then cleaned it up and made it a nice pile. But that is request upon the homeowner....but big thing...i make that pile look very neat.

 

[Canyonbc]

I'm cleaning up a co-op right now that suffered from the likes of such hack clearance guys from last cycle. I see the results of this kind of work every day.

The sad thing is that these trees will most likely survive and look hideous!

If it were my neighborhood I'd find out where they are at, and what they are up to, and try and head them off at the pass. Or write a letter to the editor, or something.

There has to be something one can do!!

Why is this of line clearance??? I know i am about to make generalizations so anyone here who does line clearance please dont take offense...i know not everyone is like this.

But.

Most trees that we see like this...are they done by untrained hacks...the pictures in this forum, have no shape, no proper cuts or anything. Just trying to understand??

 

[Industry]

Why is this of line clearance??? I know i am about to make generalizations so anyone here who does line clearance please dont take offense...i know not everyone is like this.

But.

Most trees that we see like this...are they done by untrained hacks...the pictures in this forum, have no shape, no proper cuts or anything. Just trying to understand??

I will step to the plate on this. First, I will say that my trees do NOT look like that though. What you get from line clearance(and remember we are all making generalizations here) is Production work. How many trees do you have to trim as a residential guy in a day? 10? 20? I trim somewhere between 20 and 100 trees a day. 5 or 6 days a week. I sometimes trim them (reluctantly) to the homeowners specs( ie., trim, no removals on trees that should ABSOLUTELY come down). I do it 3 feet from Phase, and I do it fast(remember that number of trims). So, you want proper cuts 100% of the time? here are your steps to getting there:
1- Call the town together at the Town hall and tell all the homeowners that we are going to trim the trees they BELIEVE are theirs(even if they are in the towns ROW) in a way that is good for the tree. If we can't do so and stay within safe spec for the utility lines the tree will be removed.
2- Call your local utility company and tell them that you don't care how much it will cost on your next power bill, you want the trim budget increased, and ALL trim moved to T+M (that's time and material rates as opposed to unit based rates for the un-initiated out there). This is of course assuming you have more pull with your utility than most folks do.

After these two steps are completed you can tell all the trimmers out there working for S**T money (vs. res. guys) that they had BETTER care about the health and well being of each and every tree they come across or ELSE.
I guess I'm just anxious to see how far anyone gets into the process.


Josh
(the jaded Utility Hack)

 

[Canyonbc]

I will step to the plate on this. First, I will say that my trees do NOT look like that though. What you get from line clearance(and remember we are all making generalizations here) is Production work. How many trees do you have to trim as a residential guy in a day? 10? 20? I trim somewhere between 20 and 100 trees a day. 5 or 6 days a week. I sometimes trim them (reluctantly) to the homeowners specs( ie., trim, no removals on trees that should ABSOLUTELY come down). I do it 3 feet from Phase, and I do it fast(remember that number of trims). So, you want proper cuts 100% of the time? here are your steps to getting there:
1- Call the town together at the Town hall and tell all the homeowners that we are going to trim the trees they BELIEVE are theirs(even if they are in the towns ROW) in a way that is good for the tree. If we can't do so and stay within safe spec for the utility lines the tree will be removed.
2- Call your local utility company and tell them that you don't care how much it will cost on your next power bill, you want the trim budget increased, and ALL trim moved to T+M (that's time and material rates as opposed to unit based rates for the un-initiated out there). This is of course assuming you have more pull with your utility than most folks do.

After these two steps are completed you can tell all the trimmers out there working for S**T money (vs. res. guys) that they had BETTER care about the health and well being of each and every tree they come across or ELSE.
I guess I'm just anxious to see how far anyone gets into the process.


Josh
(the jaded Utility Hack)

Thank you for the insight.

I dont no if i really said it in my first post there...i dont do line clearing...never have...respect anyone who has, i dont like working that close to electricity...just a personal thing. So thanks for the insight...it makes some sense.

I know doing that many trees in a day cuts arent gonna be perfect every time...we are human.

I was more baseing my statement of the picture's.

Canyon

I respect just about anyone who does line clearing.

 

[BostonBull]

Just the box elder under the lines is city owned. They did a cherry tree on the other corner, city owned, and made shoddy cuts there as well. The pine is over the garage, yard, and fence.

What a shame. The BoxElder MAY bounceback and sucker out. Judging from the HUGE sucker thatis already on the back side there was some moronic trimming done there before. But its not going to do so well with 4' of chips at the base of the tree.

 

[lxt]

That is unsightly & just plain wrong!! around here Line clearance guys trim to a strict specification & when done would look nothing like what was posted, I would complain to the city!! has to be an ordinance or something regarding the cleanup aspects, If not!! then for spite everyone should just chip onto city row`s......bet that would get something done!!

shame this goes on almost everywhere, there do need to be standards, license, certs or something put into place to prevent this type of work Legally!!

LXT................

 

[Sprig]

They had to really try to mess up the trees that bad.

Even for hack work, that's some messed up :censored:

Hard to believe someone actually got paid for that....

+2...... Yikes! :censored:

 

[BostonBull]

That is unsightly & just plain wrong!! around here Line clearance guys trim to a strict specification & when done would look nothing like what was posted, I would complain to the city!! has to be an ordinance or something regarding the cleanup aspects, If not!! then for spite everyone should just chip onto city row`s......bet that would get something done!!

shame this goes on almost everywhere, there do need to be standards, license, certs or something put into place to prevent this type of work Legally!!

LXT................

once again this was not performed by line clearance Arborists. This was a Tree Service.