Tree Man=jack of trades?

[l2edneck]

Sure we all "Know" how to trim/remove......But as i've noticed throughout my career.I need to know a few "other" things to be customer friendly.(Job completion)

Take this week.

2 ficus removals planted too close to the house.(on both front corners of structure)

easy job,cut trees grind stumps chase feeders.

in doin this there is irrigation,and concrete work......

The side walk was already cracked and pushed up along one section,and of course with ficus the feeders are every where so grinding will no doubt destroy the irrigation.

So to cut a long story longer,i spent 2 days removing and grinding.....

1 day in leveling,sprinkler repair and removing and re-forming/mixing/finishing sidewalk section.

made my week during Dead season...and i got better at a few other trades aswell....

So basically.i made my money plus some free schooling....

Share your stories of after pruning/removal care and what you have learned in the process.....


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[clearance]

Anyone who has done a lot of removal work is an allright fence builder, goes with the territory.

 

[Mitchell]

fences

HA ha you learn how to fix all types of fences. I keep a couple bags of post hast and some 4 by 4's to fix posts on hand. Time wise it is easier to fix then roping everything down if I hit the bullseye.

 

[(WLL)]

I keep a couple bags of post hast and some 4 by 4's to fix posts on hand. Time wise it is easier to fix then roping everything down if I hit the bullseye.

thats not real professional. treemen like that=looser jack:greenchainsaw: i hope that was a joke!

 

[clearance]

thats not real professional. treemen like that=looser jack:greenchainsaw: i hope that was a joke!

Maybe I screw up once in a while but at least I got the balls to try. Roping everything down, wheres the fun in that?

 

[(WLL)]

Maybe I screw up once in a while but at least I got the balls to try. Roping everything down, wheres the fun in that?

I make good cuts, but I climb with spurs always, I'll settle for 1/2 hack. Anyways, a hack that works hard still gets my respect, hard work is not very common these days. (WLL said there is a big difference in having balls and being lazy. r you half hack and half jack?)

 

[MNClimber]

I make good cuts, but I climb with spurs always, I'll settle for 1/2 hack. Anyways, a hack that works hard still gets my respect, hard work is not very common these days. (WLL said there is a big difference in having balls and being lazy. r you half hack and half jack?)

Thats too true these days. I work with a friend that owns another tree service and us the two owners seem to be the only ones that either us us can trust. So sad these days.

 

[Mitchell]

no joke

thats not real professional. treemen like that=looser jack:greenchainsaw: i hope that was a joke!

No Joke WLL, just a business decision. I try to hard to educate myself and keep abreast of the industry and be respect full of the community I serve. I don't let my ego get in the way [to much] of some one correcting me on on poor practices.
Generally speaking digging out concreted in 4 by 4 posts [after removing the panels] takes to much time. I have rarely hit posts when blocks are heading there way but every now and then they get nailed. Over all it is easier to fix the odd one then dig them all up before hand cart blanch.

Not sure what size trees you find yourself in WLL... Last fence post I claimed was taking down twin 150' Douglas firs growing side by side. Charging to rope down that to save a fence post would be unethical to say the least.

I do not like the optics it gives to potential customers driving by sizing my operation up but like I said it is a business decision.

Broad unqualified generalizations advance nothing in our industry.

 

[oldirty]

No Joke WLL, just a business decision. I try to hard to educate myself and keep abreast of the industry and be respect full of the community I serve. I don't let my ego get in the way [to much] of some one correcting me on on poor practices.
Generally speaking digging out concreted in 4 by 4 posts [after removing the panels] takes to much time. I have rarely hit posts when blocks are heading there way but every now and then they get nailed. Over all it is easier to fix the odd one then dig them all up before hand cart blanch.

Not sure what size trees you find yourself in WLL... Last fence post I claimed was taking down twin 150' Douglas firs growing side by side. Charging to rope down that to save a fence post would be unethical to say the least.

I do not like the optics it gives to potential customers driving by sizing my operation up but like I said it is a business decision.

Broad unqualified generalizations advance nothing in our industry.

absolutely nothing wrong with this practice man. nothing at all.

 

[treesquirrel]

I cannot begin to list all the added services I have perfomed over the years.

It builds good repoire with customers, pays the bills, and gets you some exposure to other trades.

We focus on tree work but will do dang near any outdoor service or project should the customer need us to do so.

 

[Canyonbc]

In my eyes...we are humans we are going to make mistakes...

Its a wood fence not someones living room....if you can build the fence back to its standard or better than i see nothing wrong with it.

Blocking down 2, 150 ft firs...is some big wood..heavy wood...i think its safer to get the trees on the ground and then fix the fence.

As long as you fix the fence properly.

Canyon

 

[mckeetree]

No one on my crew needs to read this.

 

[Canyonbc]

No one on my crew needs to read this.

Elaborate, Please???

 

[juststumps]

No one on my crew needs to read this.

ROTFLMAO

 

[juststumps]

Elaborate, Please???

ROTFLMAO again!!!

 

[Canyonbc]

ROTFLMAO again!!!

What it stand for???

 

[yooper]

I'm assuming ROTFLMAO is a foreign language that means "stupid is as stupid does" but i'm not sure.

 

[chipmunk]

rolling on the floor laughing my ass off... dork code...

 

[(WLL)]

fence posts are the least of my worries and an easy fix. i am far from perfect and broke many things. roping down lg wood is the last thing i want to do! after many yrs im very good at thinking the tree down before i start to climb. if the chances are good that a fence post will get broke i speak my mind. 9.1/2% of the time its ok with the homeowner,the other 1/2% it was an accident or did not want to even ask. sorry we will fix it. i think smashing fences on purpose without discussing with the owner and or the boss to save time is jacka$$ and wreck less. its not what u say but how you say it and its not what u do its how you do it as for the people driving by: WHO GIVES A RATS A$$ most think a stripped up spar for removal looks like a good clean prune!! some walk right up to the job and wood never notice a broken post

 

[jemclimber]

I wish I could think a tree down. It sure would save a lot of climbing. "Use the force Luke."

I know what your trying to say, just breaking your B@ll$.