time on a job.

[bayard]

i was wondering if my time to do a tree job alone is slow.i took a 30 inch maple down with a bucket truck.and cut up everthing.draged all the brush 100 feet into a pile,and stacked the wood into a neat pile.no chipping.it had a big canopy and 3 big main trunks 16-20 inch dia.each. it took 5 to6 hours. kenny

 

[treemandan]

You sound like a slacker to me. No , but really though; how could anybody honestly answer the question? It sounds good to me.

 

[ozzy42]

i was wondering if my time to do a tree job alone is slow.i took a 30 inch maple down with a bucket truck.and cut up everthing.draged all the brush 100 feet into a pile,and stacked the wood into a neat pile.no chipping.it had a big canopy and 3 big main trunks 16-20 inch dia.each. it took 5 to6 hours. kenny

Did you,the bucket trucket,saw and gear make enough money? If yes,then you're not too slow. If not,then either you're slow ,or you bid the job too cheap.

Sounds like you busted your ass and got r done .Hope you got enough $$ for your solo day.
Sucks working with no help. Been there done it.

 

[Mikecutstrees]

6 Hours is very fast I think for a tree that size. Working by yourself does suck. Good luck.... Mike

 

[wheelloader123]

Well, if you had posted this on the ******** website you would be pounded about being so slow! Here on this site where we all seem to be a lot more honest and humble, it sounds like you got it done in a very reasonable amount of time.

 

[Treetom]

Silver maple cut 12" long = 80-100lbs per round. If you "cut up everything" to 16"-18" lengths you're working with some pretty heavy blocks of wood. Trunk blocks at 16" over 250 lbs. Did you block the trunks up from in the bucket and use gravity to make your wood pile or did you actually get on the ground and lift everything into a stack? Dragging all that brush sounds like a bit of a chore. Good work. Hope you were compensated well. Take some pics on the next one.

 

[Adkpk]

Here on this site where we all seem to be a lot more honest and humble,

I'm not sure,:monkey: are you making a joke. :greenchainsaw:

Here I was thinking I came on this site to practice being hunted by packs of hungry wolves. :hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange::hmm3grin2orange:

I agree with what else was said if you made money then sounds like good time to me.

 

[jefflovstrom]

i was wondering if my time to do a tree job alone is slow.i took a 30 inch maple down with a bucket truck.and cut up everthing.draged all the brush 100 feet into a pile,and stacked the wood into a neat pile.no chipping.it had a big canopy and 3 big main trunks 16-20 inch dia.each. it took 5 to6 hours. kenny

You know if you are good with it or not, figure it out and do adjustments where you see needed! Watch out guys! - he might catch on!" Stranger things have happened.
Jeff
Sorry, I could not leave until I told you that working alone is ,(and should be you), not good. Yeah, I know all ya'll gonna rag on me from down there,(lol) (get it), Seriously guys, I say to you, I never have a man work alone. I dont care about production more than I care about the employees of our company.
I feel for you,bayard, I saw a commercial that advertised a life alert button. You should get one or get a real climber! Freinds? Right?I am not dissin you, just honest.
Jeff Lovstrom, CTSP #519

Jeff

 

[tree md]

I've got a targeted hourly rate that I am looking to hit. If I hit that I know I am doing good. If I make a little less I can live with it. If I make less than a little less I am starting to get eaten up with labor costs and loosing my ass. Most times I at least make my targeted amount and usually then some.

 

[rwilk]

Good Job,

Sometimes I don't think the guys on our crew could do that w/ 3 of them working. And if you take the bobcat, the mini-skid steer, and chipper away, they'd quit. Actually cutting it up and stacking it.... What!!!

Hope the pay was good for the work.

 

[newsawtooth]

Good Job,

Sometimes I don't think the guys on our crew could do that w/ 3 of them working. And if you take the bobcat, the mini-skid steer, and chipper away, they'd quit. Actually cutting it up and stacking it.... What!!!

Hope the pay was good for the work.

I'd quit without that too. Seriously though, without a chipper I wouldn't do this work. Limbs can and will ruin your life.

Good advice from Jeff, though I just finished a solo removal project of 100+ beetle infested Ponderosa. I mean it wasn't totally solo, I had the chipper and a mini excavator. But you're right, it is not good practice. It's one of those cognitive dissonance things, I know it's wrong but I can't help myself.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Bad juju to work alone, stupid little accidents can turn into big ones real quick if you don't have someone there to help you.
Time on a job, when some one comes up with production rates let me know!

I think ya did good, but if you don't, I agree!

 

[bayard]

price

i did not have to stack anything to high.mostly a pile of wood.i still have the main trunk to take down yet.25- 30 feet or so.i will be getting 450 to 500 seems fair to me. i do not have to do it ,all at one time.i do tree work part time 4 to 8 days a month summer.more in winter.i do work full time weather permiting elsewhere. i will try to take a pic of what is left to do.thanks for the input.kenny

 

[JeffL]

So you're not even actually finished yet, slacker.

 

[freeweight]

if your by yourself ,whatever your pace is ,is the best time!!

don judge yourself on other people.....my GRANDFATHER has gottin into a state of mind here lately that he has to work his ass off ,not the fastest or strongest but his pace is steady steady steady ...he is 74 ,and can keep up with the best of them , but he gets so sore from doing so anymore i dont see how he keeps doing it,but then again this town was built on the old timer tree guys like him


to me and our workers getting on the job and working the earliest you can is really the best thingto do ....when we are headed home we are still seing guys headed down to work,we honestly finish ALOT before 3pm ,but then we have equipment that makes things easier on the workers and quicker

we keep most of the wood so there is alot of pushing barrows ,and using "power buggies" 4 wheel drive etc,is great for yards that a tractor will tear up or BOBCAT etc

 

[rwilk]

freeweight,

I agree with you about getting work started early. I try to encourage our crew boss to be running chainsaws by 6:30 or latest 7. But most of the time they ain't (sourthern slang for: are not) even started by 8. Then the wonder why the can't get the work done in a day. Well let me see, the heat index by 2 or 3 is 105F. They are there working, but give out & become slow. Bad for the bottom line. Start at 6 and end by 2, still a good day & go home to airconditioning

 

[JCONN]

Such a simple concept but so hard for many to understand. I just got in a argument with one of my guys about starting early. He was complaining about not getting done with work until 8 or 9 every night and that he has no life becuase of his job. I had to reply with I would love to be done by 8 or 9 every night but I have to work later for the next day. Second I only ask for 8 hours maybe a little more if behind or they want to work more. He complained that the other guy on the crew leaves at 3 to go to his other job and he is stuck mowing by himself till 8 at night, but he cant understand simple math. The others start at 5-6 am and work till 2-3 that's a good day. This clown shows up at 11-12 so he works till 8 and doesn't even get as many hours.