One man operation vs employees

[bustedup]

You mean that isnt a common rookie mistake like they said it was? lol ... Watching that show makes me want to choke someone.....then puke.....

Watch the weather channel after ax men .....it'll take ya mind of it :msp_w00t:

 

[jrcat]

Cant go from bs and puke to drooling... that just doesnt jive man

 

[ShearHeadMS]

Hey guys, me and a buddy of mine have started cutting wood. We use a 4X4 tractor that I beefed up a little, a 30 foot gooseneck trailer, 3/4 ton dodge, and a variety of saws ranging from a 880 to a 280, I thought we may get lucky and maybe clear 100 bucks a peice after expenses and the owners cut, but I was wrong, me and my friend are clearing 500-600 on a bad week... We got set up with a custom sawmill who pays near about twice what the mill pays for saw logs, best part is I live 1 mile from him. Now the paper wood is trucked 20 miles to a local wood yard, going price is 23-25 a ton. Needless to say we stay local and don't have all the head aces the huge chipping company down the road has, they want us to hand fell 500 trees in July and are coming up with a price for us, I love working alone and staying small.

 

[jrcat]

Hey guys, me and a buddy of mine have started cutting wood. We use a 4X4 tractor that I beefed up a little, a 30 foot gooseneck trailer, 3/4 ton dodge, and a variety of saws ranging from a 880 to a 280, I thought we may get lucky and maybe clear 100 bucks a peice after expenses and the owners cut, but I was wrong, me and my friend are clearing 500-600 on a bad week... We got set up with a custom sawmill who pays near about twice what the mill pays for saw logs, best part is I live 1 mile from him. Now the paper wood is trucked 20 miles to a local wood yard, going price is 23-25 a ton. Needless to say we stay local and don't have all the head aces the huge chipping company down the road has, they want us to hand fell 500 trees in July and are coming up with a price for us, I love working alone and staying small.

Good job! I hope it keeps working out for ya.

 

[ShearHeadMS]

Thanks to a bunch of you guys giving good advice we finally got our crap straight, we charge a fair rate, and the older timber people love us due to the fact we don't bring a bunch of equipment and tear everything up and leave everything in a mess! You'd be surprised with what honesty and standing by your word can help you in this business!

 

[bustedup]

Hey guys, me and a buddy of mine have started cutting wood. We use a 4X4 tractor that I beefed up a little, a 30 foot gooseneck trailer, 3/4 ton dodge, and a variety of saws ranging from a 880 to a 280, I thought we may get lucky and maybe clear 100 bucks a peice after expenses and the owners cut, but I was wrong, me and my friend are clearing 500-600 on a bad week... We got set up with a custom sawmill who pays near about twice what the mill pays for saw logs, best part is I live 1 mile from him. Now the paper wood is trucked 20 miles to a local wood yard, going price is 23-25 a ton. Needless to say we stay local and don't have all the head aces the huge chipping company down the road has, they want us to hand fell 500 trees in July and are coming up with a price for us, I love working alone and staying small.

Good for ya bro stay safe and things will work out

 

[jrcat]

It helps big time.. simply doing what you say you will do.

 

[bustedup]

That is true as that's how you build a good rep and word of mouth in this industry means way more than any expensive advertising imo

 

[ShearHeadMS]

Yeah, seems like it would be easy, but for some it doesn't come naturally, the job I'm in right now is a basic case of the land owner coughs the loggers taking extra wood out of a thinning job. And all the larger hardwoods that the loggers thought they were going to get but didn't have been run into and suffered severe damage, the guy at the mill said he can still use them for something so I'm not arguing, but tearing up profitable timber so no one else can get it is pretty sorry

 

[bustedup]

sounds like some payback going on hmmmmmmmm