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

[joesawer]

$1500 for 30 minutes is stupid tax. I would like to get one of those every day.

 

[Cedarkerf]

I think original quote was for complete removal 1500 was just to get it on the ground.

 

[LarryTheCableGuy]

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.

It slices & dices, it even cuts a liberal in half!

opcorn:

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[DDM]

I think original quote was for complete removal 1500 was just to get it on the ground.

Hmmm okay i missed that part i thought i read they cleaned it up.I stand corrected. They collected stupid tax.

 

[Blinky]

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.

I was thinking it looked like he did like this guy with a Skillsaw!

 

[geofore]

Oh yeah!

I don't think it is a stupid tax. It's the cost of an education. Homeowner got away cheap on this one/no one in the hospital. :jawdrop: I know I've seen that notch used before by homeowners around here. They got to pay for an education also. If he'd have dialed 911 I think they would have taken his saws away on this one.

 

[Sprig]

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.

Holey Moley!!!!! nice work guy!

If this ain't inspiration for a "Worst Undercut in the World" thread bar none...............silly bugger, probably lucky to have a leg left, sheesh!

(I'd prbly have saved the section with his masterful art-work, and when he asked me why I was taking it.........hm, for the Museum of Future Darwinians, dunno, or an art show of 'modern primatives', (hey it does look like a wee skull in ther eh )gah, dunno, crazy man)

 

[Sprig]

apparently that notch saved him 700.00

:hmm3grin2orange: :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[DDM]

I bet the homeowner actually hired james to do the work but he fell asleep on him.

 

[MNTAINGAL23]

Probably right about that.

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Where's the beaver that did that?:jawdrop:

 

[SilentElk]

It must have been a pain in the arse to make a notch like that! That thing would take several times longer to notch than the simple 2 cuts. Thats a notch of a lifetime in my book.

 

[bowtechmadman]

Was he an artist? I did get a good laugh out of those pictures.

This is why Homowners shouldnt be aloud to own a chainsaw!
Boston...I'm a homeowner and can handle a chainsaw pretty fair, little offended by that comment. It isn't a professional tree guy that has cut my firewood the past 3 yrs. About 10 cord a year.

 

[BostonBull]

Is that snow or wood powder around the cut

Wood powder

 

[TimberMcPherson]

Looks like edward scissorhands had a go at it. I had a simular experience with the poulan still stuck in the back of the montery cyprus quietly smoking its last while the tree rocked about on its "hinge". Cutter was nowhere to be found, elderly owner was having a fit!

Good work!

 

[DDM]

The circled in Red have to be made with a skill saw or Sawzall.

 

[rb_in_va]

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

So I gotta get rid of my saws? Don't lump us all in with that idiot please.

 

[nytreeman]

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

yup and in his case maybe a WTF were you thinking tax???

 

[nytreeman]

Where's the beaver that did that?:jawdrop:

cmon beavers are smarter than that,lol

 

[Timberhauler]

Last summer I get a call from a builder who I have been clearing lots for.I've been doing work for this guy for quite some time.It was a three acre lot,there was a total of eighty trees coming out.Most of it was junk timber as well,so I ended up bidding the job at $17,500..He told me to plan on starting it as soon as I can...COOL!!...I love big jobs...Three days later he calls me to tell me that a guy had underbid me by 6 thousand dollars.There was no way possible one could do it that much cheaper and make a profit..So I told him OK,tell the guy to go ahead..Three weeks later he calls me back wanting me to come and finish the job.I went and looked at it again.This fool had dropped many of the trees into some of the other trees and shrubs that were supposed to be saved,to mention he had all of the brush all tangled up and it was gonna take longer to clean up after him than it would have for me to go ahead and do the whole job....I raised my price to 20,000...Then had the pleasure of telling him "you get what you pay for."

 

[MNTAINGAL23]

True

cmon beavers are smarter than that,lol

After I submitted it Hubby said I am insulting beavers. Sorry, they do do a better job.
Luckily he didn't hurt anyone.