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[mikewhite85]

Been running around taking care of business all day. Amazing how when it’s good it’s good. I can’t swing a dead cat without scoring a tree job lately. Lol

Funny how you not only have more bidding opportunities but you also win a higher percentage this time of year.

Sometimes It stresses me when I win 5 bids in a row. I mean, am I underbidding???

I wonder too, if it's a good idea to do more advertising right now to create a deeper backlog.

I recently submitted a 102k bid for a 5 mile ROW trimming to prepare for a penndot resurfacing and the company I bid for won the contract with the state. I haven't heard back yet but that will really push us back schedule-wise. Not sure how many tree companies they solicited bids for but I am pretty stoked at the prospect. I figured on 200 crew hours.

 

[mikewhite85]

Those mini horseys are cool. Not as cool as the mini donkeys, but still damn cool. If I was rich and had property and people to take care of them I’d have some. Lol.

Ha! I didnt know mini donkeys were a thing. Now I need one!

I know a couple horse loggers around here. Pretty cool way to do low impact logging.

 

[tree MDS]

 

[tree MDS]

Another super-setup…

 

[tree MDS]

Finished the oak and did a couple more trees further down the driveway. Worked a little late but on schedule to finish up tomorrow anyway.

Typical tree day.

 

[mikewhite85]

Finished the oak and did a couple more trees further down the driveway. Worked a little late but on schedule to finish up tomorrow anyway.

Typical tree day. View attachment 1076277View attachment 1076278

Looking slick! I like the fancy pants rigging.

How many days per week do you bust out the grcs?

 

[mikewhite85]

Mulched and fertilized some fruit trees as part of today's docket. I forgot how difficult it is to remove sod.

 

[tree MDS]

Looking slick! I like the fancy pants rigging.

How many days per week do you bust out the grcs?

Mostly just used for the wood on bigger trees with multiple leaders, or we’ll use the bollard for roping down larger trunks.

We put off dragging it out too, but it’s always so worth it.

 

[mikewhite85]

Mostly just used for the wood on bigger trees with multiple leaders, or we’ll use the bollard for roping down larger trunks.

We put off dragging it out too, but it’s always so worth it.

How do your transport yours? I'd like to find some kind of heavy duty tote with wheels like a non nerdy roller back pack type of thing. I've also thought about stowing it in one of the tool boxes on the bucket truck.

I use the bar all the time though! Often to help put mini skid tracks back on.

 

[tree MDS]

Tool box on chip truck. It’s not that heavy if you take the winch part off to carry lol.

 

[Helmstein]

Anybody care to chime in on what they charge for cabling a tree. I've been charging anywhere from $350-$500 I use rig guy wire stops. Raw materials are around $50 per cable.

Going forward I think $500 is the minimum I would cable a tree for.

 

[Haplo]

We tried out the niftylift sd64 yesterday. Very nice off-road capabilities. All wheel steering as well so it can crab walk. Not as easy as the 87-48aj to work the controls behind your back since there is a foot pedal that has to be pressed. Maybe the pedal can be repositioned. Controls are smooth though but I wish it was a pistol grip

 

[ZinTrees]

there is a foot pedal that has to be pressed

I believe there is a green button on the control panel that does the same thing, no?
might be harder to get to than the pedal actually

 

[Rabid K9]

Finished the oak and did a couple more trees further down the driveway. Worked a little late but on schedule to finish up tomorrow anyway.

Typical tree day. View attachment 1076277View attachment 1076278

Are they slate tiles on the roof? Fragile buggers if so. Makes my eyes hurt looking at them.

What about some shots of the antics getting all that gear into position? Not sure clients always realise how much work is involved getting all this expensive gear even just to site, let along into a useful & ordered position.

 

[Rabid K9]

Anybody care to chime in on what they charge for cabling a tree. I've been charging anywhere from $350-$500 I use rig guy wire stops. Raw materials are around $50 per cable.

Going forward I think $500 is the minimum I would cable a tree for.

Do very little cabling, but think for these types of time consuming / fiddly job a minimum charge is a good bet. If going to the trouble of cabling a tree, generally has a high value associated with, think $500 min would be fair, rapidly climbing with complexity / access difficulty.

 

[Rabid K9]

Had a couple of quiet days to catch up on some maintenance, stockpile firewood & try to paperwork.

Then back into some good size karri for a couple of days pruning. Was a solar eclipse while we were working, didn’t notice it in the forest.

Did part on the landscape for the residence when it was built, had a 5mm tolerance on the front lawn prep. Client is a big architect. Likes freeform concrete. And trees.

 

[Rabid K9]

Then to a more modest residence….

Karri are flowering & full of nectar, bees, birds & other things.

Had to buy a new polesaw, shaft bearing went in old one, was a terrible Stihl model anyway, glad to see they’ve gone back to the steel gearbox & hook & head on left side. Actually like using the polesaw again.

 

[Rabid K9]

 

[mikewhite85]

Anybody care to chime in on what they charge for cabling a tree. I've been charging anywhere from $350-$500 I use rig guy wire stops. Raw materials are around $50 per cable.

Going forward I think $500 is the minimum I would cable a tree for.

We are the only arborists in our area and do quite a lot of cabling.

Sometimes I will add a single strand for 400-500 if we're already up pruning the tree. we regularly do multiple strand systems for 2500-3500 and they almost always involve some pruning.

Rig guys have gone up in price a lot. I think it's now 30-40 dollars just for a nut and cone now. Cable of course isn't too expensive.

We lose many of our tree removal bids but have a much higher percentage win rate on cabling. Tree support systems are a great niche- and easy to do.

 

[Helmstein]

We are the only arborists in our area and do quite a lot of cabling.

Sometimes I will add a single strand for 400-500 if we're already up pruning the tree. we regularly do multiple strand systems for 2500-3500 and they almost always involve some pruning.

Rig guys have gone up in price a lot. I think it's now 30-40 dollars just for a nut and cone now. Cable of course isn't too expensive.

We lose many of our tree removal bids but have a much higher percentage win rate on cabling. Tree support systems are a great niche- and easy to do.

Thanks for the feed back, I will only do single strand systems. Cable and spoke usually require more than one climber. Hard to do when your the only climber in the company.