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Bayou people stay inside when it's considered cold here. Also Mardi Gras parades start this weekend and that can make people want to hold off until the partying is over. This has been a real slow start this year for everyone down on the Bayou :/: Nick I would be thrilled having 3-5 days lined...

Stephen I hope you heal quickly. Stig I glad your alive man! I have been sharpening chains all day by hand. I kept putting it off finally got about a dozen sharp. Cleaned and prepped 3 saws, did a few things around the house. Two jobs to look at for tomorrow!. Work had been slow here for me and...

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They make cash majority of the time and have more than one job. Predictable steady work for the most part. It was tempting to me at times but I love trees, tree care, and climbing especially when weather is nice like it's been! Lawn care is monotonous to me.

I here that Paul! I would be happy to have the respect lawn guys get. In my city the majority doesn't care about proper pruning techniques, tree conservation, PHC, just cheapest price to get it down. They will pay $30 for a lawn service to cut their grass which takes less than ten minutes which...

Stephen you seem to get a lot of Mistle tow jobs. In my hometown I show it to customers and they usually don't even care unless the tree is half dead already. I usually see it here on Water Oaks.

My hat is off to you Chris! Hey Matt welcome to the Tree House. If you stick around you will surely learn lots. My name is Mark. Hey Bermy sounds like you are pulling off something new everyday. Glad it went well for you! I have had success with vertical speedline on one job so far and will...

Hey Chris, I find I hurt most when I am tense or stressed while working. Easy to do when you work for yourself and have other things on your mind. When I first made the commitment back into the biz in 2011 I started suffering from tendonitis really bad and was sure I wasn't gonna make it. I...

Today was a productive day for me. I began rearranging my small yard so I can have my firewood organized, stored, to maximize space and most importantly profit. I no longer have a large dilapidated swing set/clubhouse in my backyard. On Facebook my wife found a not for profit local company that...

This is one I am proud of I did awhile back. Went out on some small tips that made me look like a total amateur hanging on to three points of contact and two tie in points. This was one healthy River Birch that we removed for the Landscape Architect who is replacing with two 20-25' Live Oaks.

Here removals are more common and likely to make you more profit at the end of the day. Selling pruning jobs is much harder to do in my local area. I try to educate my customers but most don't care especially when you tell them the price.

Hey Tucker, I can agree with what you saying from some experience. Big equipment and moving big wood is much more stressful and hazardous then pruning small trees. If something goes wrong it is on a bigger scale. On the other hand different people deal with stress differently. Haven't had a...

I have never been there. I believe God may have spared me on that one because I should have a couple times too many in my younger days? or luck, karma, whatever one chooses to believe. I think I would chance that one myself. I have two children as well and that is the thing that I am sure burns...

PC Tree, Man that sucks to hear. That person has a serious problem if they could do that. Anybody ever find out who it was or get a license plate?

I was a professional firefighter for 7 years. I was on the extrication truck for at least 2 years. MVA's are not for the faint hearted that's for sure. Bermy, Don't allow yourself to get tunnel vision and forget your surroundings that will get you killed. Sorry for the derail: Sold some firewood...

That is funny! I wish I had the time like when I was a teenager to sit back drink beer and laugh at people when working. Today I looked at a job and wish I had taken pics. These were the ugliest trees I have seen in most of my life. Live Oak that appeared to have been topped in the past but was...

On the job site that is. Nothing like a first impression :D

Stress is a killer and I am not letting kill me. I am not gonna wait and laugh. I think I will just laugh now. It was pretty funny pulling up and in my rear view mirror see my trailer wedged up with the tire holding it up. LOL

See you just reminded me it could be worse! :D