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gorman
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I don’t actually think the vet is flirting with the devil’s dandruff. And that 400 dollar check was for a side job a neighbor bugged me to do. I was outside tapping my foot.
treevet
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That would be assuming I don't like to do tree work wouldn't it "no dich too big to suck"? Wrong...and I got great equipment. What do you have that is better than I have son. Anything at all? Look at that dinky chipper Cassedillio got, what bout 70 horse...mine 200 hp turbo diesel Cummons on a 20" wood mauler...And if like mdscassedillia you got a herd of lame a$$es running around paying them $13.50 per hour and I make more than you in a day with one ground guy making $30. per hour...who is doing better...? I made 7 grand just mon and tues working about 6 hours each day. Job's done and paid finishing some other lame a$$ tree co. probably like your Lumburd Ill disaster who baled out after taking a 2/3rd down payment. Where tf is Lum bored, Illinois anywho?
treevet
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treevet
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Wasn't THAT funny Zit...er I mean Zin.oh ****!
Is this what happens when you mix ALL all the drugs and add alcohol?
You ever think somebody sends him video clips to his flip phone and is actually a "member" at the local looney bin?
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You ever think somebody sends him video clips to his flip phone and is actually a "member" at the local looney bin?
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Cantankerous old Maple in town. Thought it would go quick but it ended up taking most of the day. Still was a nice little job. We needed to repair the lawn as it was a bit spongy in spite of our plywood efforts. Tomorrow we're starting a 92 tree job.
I've seen some numbers thrown around in here for prices on trees and I have a feeling I'm getting screwed by underpricing the jobs I do.
May I ask what that removal priced out at? I don't often have trees that big around where I am but there are a few. I've thrown out what I think are big numbers and the owners are always happy but I always wince when I tell them the number.
This one was only 1400 not including the stump. She was a sweet old widow so we gave her a really good deal.
Are you in the Boston area? I imagine trees should be priced at a premium around there. We're in rural PA and do 2-3k per day on average with 3 full time employees.
Thanks
I do think I'm killing myself on pricing, The guy that works for me giggles everytime I tell someone a price. He's worked with other companies that are typically double my price he says.
I just can't do that. Most of the people I work with are friends in one fashion or another.
Gotta start bumping the prices though.
You gotta pay the bills!
What kind of prices are you running? Is it just you and him or a larger crew? What equipment?
Took apart an Alpina 70.
Check out the angled transfer ports.
Like to know the theory behind that. [emoji848]
Check out the angled transfer ports.
Like to know the theory behind that. [emoji848]
treevet
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Hey "no dich..." I don't take any drugs prescription or otherwise. Haven't had a drink since 1988. I am just smarter than you are. Some people have a problem with that.
And if you see my equipment as inferior let me see your equipment, a job, your house. Post up a pict or 2 if you know how to do that. I am up for a good laugh.
Me and him for now, another guy in the winter months.
My chipper and truck and other equipment are paid for and I climb what I take down unless I drop it from the ground. No cranes, lifts or buckets. As far as prices, like I tell anyone, every tree is different but I often hear what others charge and I'm baffled as to why the client doesn't call around. If I'm charging by the hour, I bill myself out at $75/hr, ground guy 1 at $65 and the other guy at $55. Each10 yard load of chips I add $150 to the price (boxed 1 ton)
A lot of what I do is because I like to do it, I love to climb but making money is the main reason. I do ok and I'm always busy but think I should be making more.
Bill everybody @ 100 bucks unless you are hungry dont matter if you pay 10 or 30 your buisness will never build if you don't profit
Example you need a new axle for your chipper they can run a thousand to 1600 ish how many days you gonna work to pay that off? You want a better chipper? 3 years of proffit??
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Rabid K9
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Cantankerous sod aren't you?
Just relax a bit, don't take everything so seriously. A sense of humour, particularly dark, is a sign of cognitive flexibility.
If you were truly comfortable in your own skin, in my opinion, wouldn't need to go on the attack every time someone even looks in your direction.
Your 'sense of humour', if one could call it that, seems about ten year old schoolyard level?
Rabid K9
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Pricing is something we all battle with.
I'm competing with bigger guys in my region, offering a better product, with the same, or better equipment in most instances.
They run around $3,000-3500 AUD per day (ex GST) for just a three man crew, small truck & 18" chipper, 9 hours (stretching it) on site. Lucky if they bring four saws to the job. Many hours are lost with them sharpening the only ground saw on the job. One company in particular can't even manage a proper pruning cut on hardwoods, lucky if they could name more than five local tree species.
For the same job, I'll average $2,000-2,500 AUD per day (ex GST), two - three man crew, 6x4 truck & 15" chipper, Vermeer 925 & grapple, 4WD truck & crane (although bump up hourly rates if using the crane on job). Also in my rate will be a 4WD ute & tipper trailer (think you guys call them dump trailers). 9-10 real hour on-site. Come equipped with the full Stihl pro range of saws, everything is doubled, so we'll never be sharpening saws on a job. If we hit rock, steel or termites, change out to another saw. We all climb proficiently, rarely use lifts, partially because don't have one, mainly because many of our eucalypts are simply to large. Most operators with lifts in my area are using them mainly for utilities clearances, which I try to avoid.
Been trying to push up rates to somewhere in the middle-ground, every time I do, another certain local operator has the approach to ask what other guys quoted, then exactly halve it. Many clients who don't know better, can't resist, they don't realise they are getting only 40% on the job for half the price. Frustrates the hell out of me.
Could be worse though. Could be working in an office....
Rabid K9
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Fun Eucalyptus saligna removal over deck recently. Young trees (< 25 years), enjoying their position on edge of dam, root uplift was tilting whole structure into dam. Ziplined out crown & upper bole, craned out lower stem. Lovely spot to work, commercial property, owner furbed us up with plenty of beers for the beer fridge as well.
Demo'd Bandit's small grinder on the stump & root plate. Was about 5m by 5m of above ground mass to deal with, the little SG40 did it, but was working pretty hard.
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Demo'd Bandit's small grinder on the stump & root plate. Was about 5m by 5m of above ground mass to deal with, the little SG40 did it, but was working pretty hard.
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Rabid K9
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Of course. Always a balancing act.
What I was trying to point out to a certain poster is that his **** flopping beef with the world at large comes across rather purile.
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