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Nice, Denver!

A uniform (t-shirt with company name on it) and clipboard. Great!

That seems to be the way it is here out in the country. Also, this seems to be a poorer area generally speaking.

Other than a truck, I have no big equipment.... but I do have orange traffic cones, which I think adds an air of legitimacy (?) ... and, of course general liability insurance.

You must have built a good reputation, Bermy. and obviously that builder doesn't have the reputation of being the lowest price. sounds good... something to shoot for. all things being equal, they say the clean-up is the thing that makes the best/lasting impression on a customer.

More great info and things to balance out! me too

Hope you follow up with what happens.

Sounds good. No immediate final bid without clear as possible understanding of what is involved in the job and then get back to them after you've had time to think about it, etc.

Very interesting, Bermy. great info. Thanks!

Yeah, learning as I go!

Thanks CurSedVoyce. Post looks cool. I bookmarked it for when I have more time.

Yes sir.... Basically he told me what the lowest bid was and I said I would do it for that. (I got one tree at one house... he gave the other trees at the other house to another guy... which was a whole lot lower than I had bid them for). Will do. Thanks for the good advice!

dstimber, what you say resonates a lot with me!... only maybe a smaller and slower scale :)

haha, no problem. everyone has given me a lot of good stuff to consider.

DENVER, hoping you post the outcome of it.

Mick, thanks for your frank wit and honesty. I just told my friend I would remove the still living tree (Silver Maple?) in the small front yard... I came down from my original bid by half. When he told me what the his other 2 bids were, I matched the lowest so I could get the job. (he is going...

squisher, if I had lots of bids out there that is what I would probably do.

Thanks for the more variety of opinion and sageness, Mick, and treetx! More reasons to keep studying the science of arboriculture and have more to offer the customer in real value.

Thanks a lot Tree09 and CurSedVoyce for the insight and advice! Helpful! Funny Tree09 about the upscale folks :) ---- funny though in some of my experiences a long time ago as a storm window, replacement window, etc. installer, sometimes the people in the really nice houses were the easiest to...

Sounds like really good stuff here. This is the kind of approach I am comfortable with. You are offering the potential customer a worthwhile service that they need, for a fair/good/even/equitable price. Ideally an even exchange: "their work" == "your price" You both benefit... they get what...