Recent content by TC3

Agreed. Double goes for the "diet" version.

Cool link & thanks, Guy. I read as much as my attention span would allow lol. BTW I totally misspelled your name but corrected it. How is that pronounced? >>> maylure??? I googled Nalini Nadkarni (from the article) and she gave a TED talk in '09 that I checked out. Nice.

So is it apples or oranges? What if your competition for the 31k job said they'd do it for 24k... maybe their equipment is long paid for & they don't view it as an overhead? I'd say they're viewing it wrong, but they'd still get the job & it might look like you were trying to gouge. "But I have...

What if you went on that same job and used handsaws & shovels? Someone once said, "Price, quality, speed. You get to pick only two of those." Equipment costs $$$. Period.

If I add equipment and don't raise my prices, I was overcharging to begin with.

I'd say a small increase would not only be justifiable, but easy to explain to customers... "We wanted to serve you better." And it's the truth. People sometimes lay an egg over stump grinding prices. I say, "Look, if I get one stray pebble flinging itself through a window, I'm on the hook for...

That tree just had to be full o' gawd-knows-what. That'd be the most unnerving part of it, imo. Ants, bees, spiders, critters, nests... It would've taken him 10 min. just to climb down if something happened. Punky wood, too. Jayzus.

Could you repeat the question please? I guess I don't get it? Is it a red oak? No, doesn't look like one...no pointy leaf tips... But the boxed caption is fascinating, epi- vs. endo cormic. I have miles to go... so much to learn. Buttress formation? I'd never thought to look for that... always...

Sorry, but that made me laugh in a sick way... a visual of the bucket guy hooting & you not knowing for a sec if he was frying or just reacting.

That's really weird, Nick, but I'm glad you won...sorta won? Weird that there's supposedly a set policy, yet somehow it's negotiable? WTF? It seems like a small claims suit against the at-fault driver for the amount of your deductable might be legal recourse, or is that not a claim you can use...

This thread is so cool! It's pretty amazing to see the process in pix, & thanx (Jaime?) Porkbrick for sharing... can't wait to see more. I was reading a book to my grandson called "Houses Around The World" and one was a Fujian Tulou, a round structure that looked like adobe and can house up to...

I hear ya'z, but I've been using mulch since Jezus was a lad & never had this ugly mess o' mold. Part o' the idea of mulch (or at least a big selling point) is to doll things up. This was more like getting ready for Halloween. :lichmalignus:

That's hysterical! LMAO ! Too bad Craigslist doesn't allow posted comments on their ads. That'd be sweet.

Precisely what it looks like, but also incorporated all through the mulch, not just on top. O.K., sounds like no need to panic... but I will need to mulch over it, at least lightly, and I'm not going to use the poo until I figure for 100% that it's not what caused it. Good or bad, it's an eye...

Sorry this isn't really a PHC question, but I didn't know where else to ask : Last fall I did a mulching job on a new job site (old customer, new location), and within 2 weeks the mulch was so moldy it was just unbelievable... as in, so moldy I'm thinking it needs to be completely removed and...