Funny how things come together for you (me) sometimes. Tuesday night I got a storm damage call. Julia had already taken off work Wednesday so I could go work on an ongoing tree job, so I was able to change plans and head to the property first thing in the morning. An approx 80 ft oak, about 60ft from the house, fell straight at the house. I will post up some pics when I have more time, pretty crazy lately. It is amazing to me how little damage occurred with the size of the tree and amount of branches that were on the roof. No structural damage, no punch through on the roof, no broken windows. There was a glass front door an large window under where the tree crashed, nothing broke. Its just amazing to me that just after talking about the lack of storm work, I get this call.
After cleaning it off the house Wednesday I told them I could come back next week to clean up the rest after my dad picks up the chipper he just bought. After talking to my parents, we decided to use my 4runner again for mowing Thursday so my Dad could take my F250 to get the chipper (that reminded me of why I bought a bigger truck). Then I get a call before 9 Thursday morning from the homeowner, they're freaked out by the tree and another possible storm in the forecast and are going to find another tree service to get it cleaned up sooner. I explained that the chipper was on its way and I am planning on being there sunday, that wasn;t good enough, So I said I could re-arrange my jobs again and be there saturday - that made the world ok again and I kept the job.
I'm not sure how I feel about how all that played out, and I kinda think I should double or triple my estimate to match what they would have paid a larger service to come out on such short notice. But I would feel wrong doing that, especially since they are friends of family. Anyway, its still a decent payday for me (I'm still trying to get a handle on pricing for my tree jobs) and Dad and I get to put his new-to-him Brush Bandit 200 +xp to work tomorrow (well, today as I'm up in the middle of the night currently). Should be a good day!!