I run into people wanting a flat rate with no explanation of work. There are too many options. Just drop it? Drop and firewood? Drop and haul off? Branches hauled off or no? Do you care about the rest of the landscaping or lack thereof? etc etc. It's just not that simple. They compare apples to cantaloupe. I try to do only what requires my skills and eq. Get some cheap knucklehead to sweep and rake...
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nextdoor is like a community facebook group but an independent app, super handy for business actually
btw, all your info like email and street address is public, most counties have a GIS map where you can type in a full name and get the lists of properties owned by that person, house info, property lines, etc, like OnX but free
btw, all your info like email and street address is public, most counties have a GIS map where you can type in a full name and get the lists of properties owned by that person, house info, property lines, etc, like OnX but free
Burnham
Woods walker
What I would like to know is how it is that both M and I continue to get occasional snail mail come-ons addressed to any of the four of our long deceased parents, here at our address where none of them ever resided.
they probably just send mail to whoever has the same last name if they can't find the actual owners address
we've lived at this address for 8 years and it wasn't until maybe last year we quit getting junk mail addressed to the old owners
SeanKroll
Treehouser
Got a 10yd gravel spread to get ready for the winter.
Finished a 2 day hazard-reducing pruning job. 2 climbers. One groundie. Mostly electric saws. The Golf Course's dump trailer and onsite dumping.
25 ash and 1 maple in the grove.
Sweet.
We did the removal portion previously for this grove. Tons more work to come over years.
EAB is closing in. Might be a good reason to get a bigger chipper.
Finished a 2 day hazard-reducing pruning job. 2 climbers. One groundie. Mostly electric saws. The Golf Course's dump trailer and onsite dumping.
25 ash and 1 maple in the grove.
Sweet.
We did the removal portion previously for this grove. Tons more work to come over years.
EAB is closing in. Might be a good reason to get a bigger chipper.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
31S battery conversion with new cables and master disconnect. Making the world a better place one job at a time. 
don't say these things infront of me LOL, I'm trying my best to not drive to the cat dealer and buy one right now 😆
flushcut
TreeHouser
Even if you got the job you are four hours on the road already. Times however much gear you need to do the job. $900 naw! $9000 sounds better if the job an hour away, excluding my brother in Milwaukee.
exactly why I won't even go look at it, some other chump is going to do it for $300 and leave a nasty stump cut, they always do
on the other hand, there was a landscaper on a local group looking for a tree guy to come do some work at his customers property, usually these get around 50 comment in 5 minutes, this ones been up 4 days and has 4 comments, why? because I mentioned that I do most of the tree work in that neighborhood, and this guy has had customers specifically tell him they want me doing the work so nobody else even bothers trying to take work that they know they won't get, so I get to charge more, do a better job, and not deal with a cheap customer getting 15 bids!
Kaveman
Treehouser
Got out and shot 18 holes with little brother. His first round ever. Had a blast. We're both terrible, him just a bit moreso. Snowflake has a nice course, and a good number of residents have a few more balls in their back yard.
Eric H-L
Treehouser
My daughter had our first grandchild last week. The baby is named Charlotte. I am looking forward to spending lots of time with the baby.
Eric H-L
Treehouser
After the baby was born Kristen asked me to hang her new hammock between our traditional trees (pin oak and tulip poplar)
I lay down to test the hammock and recognized two omenous dead branches about 75 feet up the pin oak. That is out of my throwing range but I was surprised how much trouble it was with the big shot. It was as if my target union was surrounded by an iron cage of vertical limbs that deflected my every attempt. Eventually, I capitulated to my inability and shot to a lower point and worked my way up advancing my line with a pole pruner and at times using two alternating choked climbing lines to inch upward.
Our lawn is pretty rough so I planned to bomb the whole limbs. I was concerned about the wood barberchairing because of the weight of seasoned oak.
I gave them as much undercut as possible, nipped the sides and then cut fast and they popped off with no trouble. Sorry no before pics and no action shots.
I lay down to test the hammock and recognized two omenous dead branches about 75 feet up the pin oak. That is out of my throwing range but I was surprised how much trouble it was with the big shot. It was as if my target union was surrounded by an iron cage of vertical limbs that deflected my every attempt. Eventually, I capitulated to my inability and shot to a lower point and worked my way up advancing my line with a pole pruner and at times using two alternating choked climbing lines to inch upward.
Our lawn is pretty rough so I planned to bomb the whole limbs. I was concerned about the wood barberchairing because of the weight of seasoned oak.
I gave them as much undercut as possible, nipped the sides and then cut fast and they popped off with no trouble. Sorry no before pics and no action shots.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
So I worked on this guys mower, again, this evening. I got it charging, finally. I used Google Translate to change my texts to Spanish. Methinks it's time for someone to learn a new language.
He's the uncle of a close friend, so I sorta have to tolerate him.
pigwot
RuMi's, Juni's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Gpa! (#5 soon)
Congrats on the grandchild!!
pigwot
RuMi's, Juni's, Lowen’s, and Inge’s Gpa! (#5 soon)
Best excuse for my buddy not showing up for a meeting:
“Good evening, Pat. I wanted to connect with you to assess that tree on Shull Dr yesterday, but I ran out of time. Right before dark, I ended up getting a call to rescue an iguana out of a tree up in Oxford, a beloved family pet. An amish man came out with a heat sensing drone and located the iguana and then I rescued it about 40 feet up a tree using the bucket truck. Can just make out the yellow circle where it was in the tree”
“Good evening, Pat. I wanted to connect with you to assess that tree on Shull Dr yesterday, but I ran out of time. Right before dark, I ended up getting a call to rescue an iguana out of a tree up in Oxford, a beloved family pet. An amish man came out with a heat sensing drone and located the iguana and then I rescued it about 40 feet up a tree using the bucket truck. Can just make out the yellow circle where it was in the tree”
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Congrats Eric!
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
A small history of where I am currently working.
Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
Eye doctor this afternoon. He had sample contacts. Absolutely life changing over glasses.
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