Optiboli
ArboristSite Lurker
Not enough
Hi ya civilservant .Just to give you a little info on our dept for you to compare with .We are about the same in the tree numbers as you ,we have about 70% american elm,the rest ash , maple and oak.We have a large dutch elm removal program that we run from fall to spring.We have about 35 personel,6 of them climbers.One 80 ft bucket truck ,two 60 ftrs.Two combo bucket/chipper trucks.Five chipper trucks and one 40ft bucket truck.Our pruning cycle is allmost nonexistant .We hire contractors for some of the work but saftey concerns slowed that down.We need at least another 10 workers to catch up on all the damage from last winters storms alone! One positive spin on all this i ll never run out of work! :greenchainsaw:
Hi ya civilservant .Just to give you a little info on our dept for you to compare with .We are about the same in the tree numbers as you ,we have about 70% american elm,the rest ash , maple and oak.We have a large dutch elm removal program that we run from fall to spring.We have about 35 personel,6 of them climbers.One 80 ft bucket truck ,two 60 ftrs.Two combo bucket/chipper trucks.Five chipper trucks and one 40ft bucket truck.Our pruning cycle is allmost nonexistant .We hire contractors for some of the work but saftey concerns slowed that down.We need at least another 10 workers to catch up on all the damage from last winters storms alone! One positive spin on all this i ll never run out of work! :greenchainsaw:
