Thats way too much money...........said the Homeowner

[BostonBull]

We got a call a few days ago to give a price on a GIANT Weeping Willow. One of the salesmen went by and gave a price of $2200 with the stump. The tree was about 20' from the driveway and around 65' tall and 4' at the base. Would have been at least 1.5 30 yard chip trucks of chips and 1 BIG load of logs. The tree is in a yard that is VERY wet and draging brush wouldnt have been fun.

The guy says your crazy!! Ill do it myself.

We got a call at 3:30 today saying that he had the tree cut and it sat back on him and is now headed towards the powerlines. We get there and he has his 40cc Craftsman out with 16" bar. The tree has some type of carving in the front of it and a backcut in it. It is rocking and rolling while we were there. We now gave him a price of $1500 on the ground FAST!

We got it on the ground in about 30 minutes. We even saved a small bird that was hatched but not old enough to fly!

Crappy camera phone picks below. One of the carving and one of the whole tree.

 

[treesquirrel]

Holy Moly!

Well at least he survived the thing.

Moron.

 

[RDT]

WOW Im not an expert but it looks like he shouldnt be cutting any trees.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

WOW Im not an expert but it looks like he shouldnt be cutting any trees.

Probably right about that.

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[Dadatwins]

Always nice to tell a homeowner 'I told you so'. Glad no one was hurt, I hope you confiscated the homeowners chainsaw to prevent any further outbreaks of stupidity.

 

[Tree Slayer]

We got a call a few days ago to give a price on a GIANT Weeping Willow. One of the salesmen went by and gave a price of $2200 with the stump. The tree was about 20' from the driveway and around 65' tall and 4' at the base. Would have been at least 1.5 30 yard chip trucks of chips and 1 BIG load of logs. The tree is in a yard that is VERY wet and draging brush wouldnt have been fun.

The guy says your crazy!! Ill do it myself.

We got a call at 3:30 today saying that he had the tree cut and it sat back on him and is now headed towards the powerlines. We get there and he has his 40cc Craftsman out with 16" bar. The tree has some type of carving in the front of it and a backcut in it. It is rocking and rolling while we were there. We now gave him a price of $1500 on the ground FAST!

We got it on the ground in about 30 minutes. We even saved a small bird that was hatched but not old enough to fly!

Crappy camera phone picks below. One of the carving and one of the whole tree.

LMAO on pic # 2 nice notch What a moron. That was nice of you guys for going out and taking care of his mistake.

 

[newguy18]

Probably right about that.

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at least i know how to do my basic notches and backs cuts.dang he is lucky it didnt kill him or lay on the power.i guess some dont know what they are doing and should leave it to the pros.just my 2 cents. :spam: opcorn: opcorn: :jawdrop:

 

[BostonBull]

This is why Homowners shouldnt be aloud to own a chainsaw!

Tree Slayer....it was nice of us to bail this idiot out, but it wasnt charity work! $$$$

 

[lxt]

new form of japanese notch? why do they do it uhh? its a shame, one time Id like to just show up & say your problem you fix it!!! but hey if the moneys good, go for it!!

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

 

[BostonBull]

Oh yeah forgot.

When it was all topped out there was a 40' log left standing. It had a decent back lean. I pulled it over in the general direction of his notch by myself!..... There was a 6" round area of hinge wood left...........in the middle of the tree! He is so lucky it didnt let loose! He would have taken out the power lines, his house, his barn, and at least 1 other neighbors nouse. Not to mention closing the road and costing LOTS of $$$$

 

[ATH]

I guess your last post answered my biggest question: How'd you remove it?

Sounds like you topped from bucket then pushed log over?

Also...did he use an axe, in part, to make that notch? Or some other sawzall or the like? It looks like some of those cuts are too narrow for a bar.

 

[John464]

wow. is he trying to carve one of the bears on a tree stump or drop a tree? that has got to be the worst attempt of a notch ive ever seen. thanks for the laugh

 

[treeman82]

This reminds me of the story I was told a few years ago. Guy gets a price for a big tree over his house... $5,000? Guy thinks he can do it himself, so he buys a $600 chainsaw, ties the tree to his jeep and starts cutting. Tree starts going backwards towards the house, taking the jeep with it. Calls up the tree company, they say no problem... $10,000. The guy agreed and they did the job.

 

[DDM]

1500.00? I would have told him 3500.00 the original 2200.00 + The emergency Service and the Stupid Tax!

 

[RDT]

lmao stupid tax

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

new form of japanese notch?

I think that's called a Geezus Notch...

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[Cedarkerf]

:looser: :looser:

 

[kevinj]

Probably right about that.

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Looks like he used one of those knives on the info-mercials.
A ginsu knife.
And then went back to try it on a tomato.

 

[Cedarkerf]

Is that snow or wood powder around the cut

 

[DDM]

apparently that notch saved him 700.00