A desirable tree, oak, cherry, walnut ect. over 16" in diameter cut in 8' or 16' foot lengths is an asset.
I have, that was a long time ago nearly a quarter of my life, I've not even came close to that kind of mistake, I always check points of attachment, and when I'm blocking down I've my climbing line and my buckstrap wrapped around the spar. BTW it wasn't in the confines of this industry, but I've used up a lot of my 9 lives. When I was 16 I was broad sided on a bicycle by a big Oldsmobile police report said I flew through the air 110 feet, I stood up and was going to limp home, an ambulance came, at the hospital they cleaned asphalt out of my knee, just a laceration, put stitches in it and couple in lip. I was sore but fine nothing broken. So once again I was the exception.
No I get it, I like big mature trees, I just don't enjoy having to trim them, I'd much rather trade jobs w/someone who enjoys that aspect of job and they can give me a removal of equal value, in a perfect industry. But by definition a tree isn't an asset unless it's a sapling or lumber, it's a resource.
Then explain how an oak tree let's say 3 feet in diameter can be sold to another individual in exchange for monetary compensation, aside from being made into saw logs, if healthy trees were an asset rather than paying us to take them down if they are unwanted homeowners would sell them. You don't generally destroy an asset if you don't want it, you sell it.
It was a simple mistake, I'd spent 2 weeks dealing w/storm damage, just found out they found the co-owners body he'd been missing a month, so the following day I'm doing my own job, I was ripping apart a basswood, lots of thoughts running through my mind, I untie my line to reset lower on the the tree. I was taking off the lead I was tied into, I became distracted forgot to tie my line and went to swing around to the back side of the spar, it was only a barber pole besides the limb I was tied into that I was about to take off. So I went to swing landed flat, was in and out of consciousness, woke up in the hospital w/a broken wrist.
Yes that would be an accurate assessment.
That makes them attributes they are only good to owner of property, the property is an asset, or they may be a liability if the owner or buyer does not desire them, you don't buy an expensive car remove the fully loaded leather seats and refer to them then, as an asset. The car is an asset the seats are an option, and if the buyer hates leather they become a liability. A land developer does not look at all the trees in a potential neighborhood as assets, some are liabilities. If they were assets he could sell them and make a profit instead of bulldozing them out of the way. They are many positive things, But an asset is something you own unto itself that you can exchange for for monetary compensation.
I've let trees stand til fledgling hawks flew away in a couple of months, I've lowered raccoon kits to the ground in a 5gallon bucket, I'm there to remove a tree because that's what the company owner or customer wants, I'm not there to hurt the animals that call the tree home, but if I don't take it down someone else will.
