riddle me this

[treeman82]

There's a guy in town who throughout the year undercuts my friends and I by no less than 50%. I just read the paper the other day, and he now has an ad in there offering a 35% discount during the months of January and February. Does this mean that he will take 85% off of the going rate for tree work?

Now I've seen some of his jobs after they were done, and my friends have seen some of his others. The ones I bid against him on were removals, and I have to say that the guy did a pretty good job. One of my friends bid on pruning a bunch of white pines, but they had this guy come in instead, and apparently he spiked right up them, which I don't understand why anybody would do. Apparently he spikes and slashes on the prunes.

So my question would be, how much of a hack is this guy in the end?

 

[treemandan]

I still find it amazing some people spike live trees on a regular basis. I thought you had to have some kind of license to prune in CT?

 

[Blakesmaster]

I still find it amazing some people spike live trees on a regular basis. I thought you had to have some kind of license to prune in CT?

Happens all the time up here. Just the other day there was an article in the paper about a local tree service spiking up a tree to save a cat.

 

[tree MDS]

I still find it amazing some people spike live trees on a regular basis. I thought you had to have some kind of license to prune in CT?

You do, but some of the licenced guys are just as bad or worse than the other hacks.

 

[treeslayer]

Happens all the time up here. Just the other day there was an article in the paper about a local tree service spiking up a tree to save a cat.

So you spiked after a cat? you'll do anything for some pu$$y, huh? :drool:

 

[RacerX]

Most people would choose to save a family pet over a tree.

 

[lumberjack333]

So you spiked after a cat? you'll do anything for some pu$$y, huh? :drool:

ROFLMAO


rep

 

[treemandan]

Its got to be harder to get to the top of a tree on spikes than to shoot a line and climb the rope right?

 

[treeman82]

Its got to be harder to get to the top of a tree on spikes than to shoot a line and climb the rope right?

This fall when I had to do a cat rescue, I actually scared the cat out of the tree with the throw ball.

 

[outofmytree]

Most people would choose to save a family pet over a tree.

If a climber cannot rescue a cat from a tree without spurs he/she should hand in their gear and go dig ditches.

I didnt need spurs for this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv6iDys3O-g

 

[buzz sawyer]

Maybe I'm missing something here but why on earth would anyone have to "save" a cat that climbed a tree? They think the cat can't get down on it's own?

 

[Blakesmaster]

So you spiked after a cat? you'll do anything for some pu$$y, huh? :drool:

lol. Just about...

 

[outofmytree]

Maybe I'm missing something here but why on earth would anyone have to "save" a cat that climbed a tree? They think the cat can't get down on it's own?

It sounds weird but it is true that cats climb up really well and down not so well. Their claws are curved backward and are retractable. This means they cannot climb tail first as we can, they must go down nose first and some of them are just not up for it. My personal record is a cat stuck up a tree for 3 days but check out Dan Kraus' site.http://www.catinatreerescue.com/home/index.cfm Climbers there have pulled em out after more than 7 days and so weak they cant even meow.

 

[treeslayer]

If a climber cannot rescue a cat from a tree without spurs he/she should hand in their gear and go dig ditches.

I didnt need spurs for this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv6iDys3O-g

you're my hero....................

 

[outofmytree]

you're my hero....................

Aw shucks...:blush:

 

[treejock1]

Its got to be harder to get to the top of a tree on spikes than to shoot a line and climb the rope right?

depends how good u r with the throw bag

 

[Tree Pig]

If a climber cannot rescue a cat from a tree without spurs he/she should hand in their gear and go dig ditches.

I didnt need spurs for this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv6iDys3O-g

man you climb like an old lady, my old fat ass could have beat you up there.

 

[Toddppm]

I wasn't going to say it like that...but you could really use a pantin or mar bar setup.

It wouldn't have been possible to spike that palm anyways without giving them a pruning too on the way up would it have been?

 

[lxt]

Did a cat rescue earlier last year, lady said he`s only 30 ft up....been there for 3 days right after the steelers won the superbowl, so it was cold!!!!

I show up with the bucket (genie) figure it will be a walk in the park right?? wrong Tree is on a 20 foot embankment & the cat climbed higher, stupid me took no climbing gear...just a rope!

So I make a rope saddle after a "monkey fist & lucky toss" & proceed to hump air......whew, winded the hell outta me & all this for a calico cat!

we made it down without a hitch, Lady was so happy......she gave me a cookie tin one of those round ones with the lid, lots of cookies & an envelope with $300.00 cash....I told her dear I just wanted to do it to post it on my website.....basically for selfish personal gain, she replied No, No...you take it & give me no back talk!

she even posted a testimonial on my website & sent me a follow up thank you letter!! I made more for the cat rescue than I would of if Id taken the tree down & removed all debris.........go figure!




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

 

[capetrees]

Back to the original question, if he's doing as decent job then he's not a hack, just someone that doean't have a lot of overhead. Or maybe he's doing it cheap to get into the biz and make a name. Later, his prices will have to go up. For me, a hack is someone that does a lousy job at a cheap price and leaves a bad taste in the consumers mouth about tree workers. Thats when we all feel the hit.