How'd it go today?

Finished up third cutting today. The farm I drive for had a crew of Amish in working on the barns. Their business van own trucks, but they have to hire an English to drive them. Apparently they have a few LBZ Duramax dually pickups that are tuned and deleted. They were all eyes on me as sent in and out of the bunk. I guess they like kitty cats, too. :lol:
 
i‘m very thankfull that alot of my work is for the city. i can do it whenever (except at night and sundays) i want, just have to finish in time…
This was a rush job, customer was in town for 2 days and got on a plane just hours after we finished, bid the job and came back to do it the next morning


I might have to look into doing city contracts, they go with the lowest bidder here (not sure if they do where you live), but I don't think very many people even know they can bid on those projects, I'd rather work for the city and make less if it means I don't have to deal with customers, reviews, non payers, competitors, etc

just checked, theres only 2 tree companies doing contract work for the county I live in, coincidentally 2 of the biggest competitors in the area and I don't think they are making that much off residential, considering they basically don't advertise and we rarely see them working, but they have millions of dollars worth of equipment rolling around town 7 days a week!
 
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Hopefully not the Dosko again? It wouldn't be all that hard or expensive to FPV a remote controlled stump grinder, so you can sit in the truck with AC and grind. Not much more expensive to add remote control to a button/lever operated grinder, if you've ever played with the more serious RC cars and airplanes.
 
...vermeer 752, excellent condition, 750 hr, one owner/operator retiring, $15k....

I ground an old, hard 16" diameter cherry stump today, I timed it for the heck of it, took 62 seconds....

Maybe you'd like doing stumps if they were easier and faster.
 
This was a rush job, customer was in town for 2 days and got on a plane just hours after we finished, bid the job and came back to do it the next morning


I might have to look into doing city contracts, they go with the lowest bidder here (not sure if they do where you live), but I don't think very many people even know they can bid on those projects, I'd rather work for the city and make less if it means I don't have to deal with customers, reviews, non payers, competitors, etc

just checked, theres only 2 tree companies doing contract work for the county I live in, coincidentally 2 of the biggest competitors in the area and I don't think they are making that much off residential, considering they basically don't advertise and we rarely see them working, but they have millions of dollars worth of equipment rolling around town 7 days a week!
yes, lowest bidder. it‘s not always easy to have profitable days but still better than contract climbing… for me anyways.
 
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