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    going to do an estimate and tree company already there

    I bought my grapple loader from a guy in hotsprings
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    going to do an estimate and tree company already there

    me either but I was there already. glad it happens to everyone. I guess the more you do the more you'll come across. I only have 3 years in my own biz I am shure I will have more stupid questions for you vets as the years progress.
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    going to do an estimate and tree company already there

    ya your right he had all his toys on one job site all day he will be broke before he knows it
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    going to do an estimate and tree company already there

    Around here, you would get ZERO appointments after you told them you were going to charge for the privilege of talking to them. same here I believe
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    going to do an estimate and tree company already there

    I was just asking cause its happened more than once. just trying to see if it happened to anyone else.
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    going to do an estimate and tree company already there

    So how much do you charge cause I would say 80% of the jobs I estimate I get I know you just put that price into the bill if they choose you. but how many people turn you away because its not free estimates that you know of. I guess charging for an estimate would get rid of all the people that...
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    going to do an estimate and tree company already there

    I was just wondering how many of you have ran into this problem. So this guy calls me on thursday says he has a tree to remove and grind the stump in the back yard. I had scheduled a tree job for fri. in the same nieborhood so I told him between 10:00 and 11:00 I would be there. I show up and...
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    You guys clean your chains? How?

    run your saw through a piece of a palm tree to clean it. I dont do that unless its the end of the day and i notice that it is gumming up on the top of the chain due to heat from cutting big wood. I usually only do it on the big saws if the chain is new and could use a sharpening before the next...
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    044 binding in 20" pine

    There are a couple of little plastik pieces that snapp into the chain cover if they are missing it will cut like crap like what your saying and also wont oil the chain that great check and make shure you have them before any thing cause there only a dollar a piece or somthing for them thats one...
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    Removing trees around power lines

    let me tell you what happened to me I was in a large oak along with some power lines that were about 15 feet away plenty of distance to get the tree down safley. I thought. I was taking a large limb off over the house we had to hinge the limb around and down at the same time told the groundy the...
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    wayne chipper, blower

    I picked up an old wayne chipper couldnt pass it up for 300 bucks. it runs but I had to order some belts I was wondering how important the blowers are on these chuck and ducks. the blower is missing. I tried finding one online ya probley not going to happen but could I shorten the shoot a little...
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    my wife gets to attached to the things

    ya them guys hide thier nest very well this year thier were a lot of babies. I killed to many this year heck I killed 3 of them at one time cut all three right in half. my old lady likes them to took a couple of cut up ones home she was pissed I took her one to show her i had cut just the top of...
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    How can I put a rope in a Queen Palm?

    :agree2: you couldnt say it any better where do these HO get that crap from o ya the people that dont know what there doing just out there tryin to make a buck and dont care about coming back next year
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    How can I put a rope in a Queen Palm?

    true I will do palms every now and again when the customers want to pay.
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    How do you get pine limbs to burn????

    I do know if the pine isn't stacked very well and it is getting to much air around the limbs it wont burn I droped a 70 foot pine in a large fire once everything burned except the pine just turned it black. the next day I got in there and cut the limbs and stacked them on top of the logs every...
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    Grapple Truck???

    yup me either. the d.e.p is still coming over checking to make shure I am not dumping. but I did get a chipper this year so I am going to see if I can get away with filling in holes on the property with the chips. I guess i will just have to write a reciept to myself for the chips
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