first off i wanna Say hello, my names Danny yadda yada yadda.. great site!! im learning so much the past few days just browsing. Ok so hears the deal.. I have a landscaping company. Mostly cutting, small installs stuff of that nature. About 2 months ago one of my best customers asked me to cut down 4 trees in her backyard.. 2 really don’t have to be cut down she just wants them out of the way because there blocking sun from getting to this smaller tree that she planted.. I’m trying to talk her out of this because I would hate to cut down old ass trees for no reason, when you can just a easily move the smaller tree to a different spot.. 1 tree is hanging well into her neighbors yard over the fence and she basically wants that down cause it could be a liability beings the neighbor has this massive pool right there.. the last one has got struck my lightning and is dead as a door nail, that is a huge liability! Crazy termite damage it feels hollow when you knock on it .. Anyhoo this is totally over my head.. But im an over he top kinda guy so I said sure its no problem.. HAHA go big or go home right?.. No, in all seriousness I understand that I really don’t have the skill to pull this off and I do have a huge respect for the seriousness of the job So im reading everything I can/ watching different techniques on you tube and whatnot.. Unfortunately I really don’t know anyone locally to talk to except for my cousin that used to do tree work when he was younger.. Basically climbing and pole sawing that will be helping me.. But im wondering if any of you would be kind enough to help me with pricing for this job.. maby as a whole and as each tree separately in the case that it is going to be to much for her at once.. Also what saw you would recommend?? I don’t even have one haha.. I really don’t feel comfortable climbing trees to be honest with you.. I would much rather practice climbing and my tying techniques on trees on my property for some time before I did it actually out on the job.. so I was going to rent a high lift for the day.. I can rent a 90 foot all terrain highlift for like 400 and just make a lot of small cuts till its low enough or me to drop.. that’s probably the safest way for us to do it.. so I know im looking at 500 for the lift and probably close to 700-1000 for a saw ((the biggest tree is about 4 foot thick and everything ive researched so far brings me to that range)) am I wrong? I wanna make some money off of this job but its more about gaining the experience issue for me. So yea please help me out
this video isnt the greatest but it might help giving you an idea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U11_CD3CEvo
this video isnt the greatest but it might help giving you an idea
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U11_CD3CEvo