OH Sandy (storm chasers update)

[treeclimber101]

It was a bit high, I was planning on doing it tomorrow and have a 40 ton crane come in. If i knew i could get a weeks worth of work lined up out your way, I would be rolling tonight. You wanna line some work up for me?

I will tell you the exact same thing I told Blake's , I will help you anyway I can , you can park in my yard , I will give you all my spots to dump and for parts , hell you can even use anything I have to make money , BUT please do not ask me to plan or sell your day , I can barely keep myself on schedule I hate estimates and I hate scheduling ! But your welcome anytime you want

 

[treemandan]

No way that tree is standing itself back up

Its possible though impossible to tell when. I would not want to on that roof cutting any of that. I am not sure what good a bucket truck by itself would do.

 

[treemandan]

I threw a number of $3500 at the guy. Apparently Ricky tree in Kennet square must of been cheaper. I estimated that trunk from the house to the ground to weigh roughly 14,000 lbs not including root ball. I am sure I am on the high side.

You should be glad. Really.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Probably should have told them $2000. Really probably wont have taken more then half a day.

 

[treemandan]

Probably should have told them $2000. Really probably wont have taken more then half a day.

Sure, if you rolled up on time with all yer ducks... but you and I aren't able to do that. I really doubt you can hire a crane for under 1k and I would not have liked to watch you on that roof. It would have cost you 2k to do the job.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Sure, if you rolled up on time with all yer ducks... but you and I aren't able to do that. I really doubt you can hire a crane for under 1k and I would not have liked to watch you on that roof. It would have cost you 2k to do the job.

No way. That roof isnt even steep. I bet i could have been out of there with less then a $500 crane bill. That last storm cleanup job i did, the crane bill was only $1270 and that was for 10 hrs of crane time over 2 days. I bet i could have put $1000 profit in my pocket. Would have had to hussle, but thats the name of the game. Hussle on the ground work, take your time getting it down.

 

[treemandan]

No way. That roof isnt even steep. I bet i could have been out of there with less then a $500 crane bill. That last storm cleanup job i did, the crane bill was only $1270 and that was for 10 hrs of crane time over 2 days. I bet i could have put $1000 profit in my pocket. Would have had to hussle, but thats the name of the game. Hussle on the ground work, take your time getting it down.

Well I must be getting old because I wouldn't spit at that tree for under 4. #### everybody! And that roof is steep. AND that was yer friend who helped you last time with his crane.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I call the crane service thats right down the road from the job. They are $140 or so a hour plus drive time. That was for a 40 ton crane. His drive time would have only been 20 mins, and 30 mins to set up. So i would be there would have been maybe $200 in to setup / break down and drive time.

That roof isnt no way steeper then a 8/12 pitch.

 

[no tree to big]

with a 40 ton crane ply wood that thing right up to the tree and pick it whole, set it down off to the side and pack that bad boy up and send it packin in under an hour

if we did that tree, we would be cleaned up and out by break so a couple hours prob put a price of 2 on it

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I figured on 5 picks. That way my ground guy could be chipping while we lifted off the trunk from the house.

 

[treeman82]

I looked at a job Thursday afternoon. One of my clients called me to look at some trees on his neighbor's house. ~24" diameters white ash and sugar maple uprooted and resting on ONLY the chimney. The owner had called a couple other companies, but they all said they were too afraid to do the job for fear of doing major damage to the roof which BTW is mohagany. Told them 20 - 30K Called about getting the biggest crane my guys have... also need to build a pad to set it up on. Drove by this evening, saw an extension ladder and a coiled up 1" 3 strand rope laying in the driveway. Not my cup of tea.

 

[mattfr12]

2500? Really?

Ya we got the truck off the local fueling company its older. But our equipment stays on job sites for months at a time sometimes. Our shop has in ground tanks i think they are around 5k gallons. 2500 you only need a single axle truck it isn't super heavy. Its just an international 4400 with dt466. We don't leave it full but if we had to go to a storm site we can pump it full from our ground tanks and take it with us.

When you start burning as much fuel as we do we buy bulk when the price goes down and try to ride out the high times on our supply. 2500 doesn't really last us that long Month? maybe a little longer sometimes in the winter. But we cant be driving to the pumps the closest diesel pump from my shop is 30 min drive. If we did that every morning it would cost me over 100$ a day just to get my guys to fill the trucks up.

I usually always put saddle tanks on any trucks i buy i think the kbooms hold 150gallons and the buckets are 100 twin 50 tanks. We can run the crane for a few days if we are just lifting before worrying about fuel.

 

[murphy4trees]

ya we got the truck off the local fueling company its older. But our equipment stays on job sites for months at a time sometimes. Our shop has in ground tanks i think they are around 5k gallons. 2500 you only need a single axle truck it isn't super heavy. Its just an international 4400 with dt466. We don't leave it full but if we had to go to a storm site we can pump it full from our ground tanks and take it with us.

When you start burning as much fuel as we do we buy bulk when the price goes down and try to ride out the high times on our supply. 2500 doesn't really last us that long month? Maybe a little longer sometimes in the winter. But we cant be driving to the pumps the closest diesel pump from my shop is 30 min drive. If we did that every morning it would cost me over 100$ a day just to get my guys to fill the trucks up.

I usually always put saddle tanks on any trucks i buy i think the kbooms hold 150gallons and the buckets are 100 twin 50 tanks. We can run the crane for a few days if we are just lifting before worrying about fuel.

nice!

 

[murphy4trees]

Ben,
I'll take the job for 4K.. Monday morning..

D

 

[arborealbuffoon]

Took one 24" red oak off a house today and I'll have everything cleaned up by the end of the week. I'm very thankful it turned out the way it did for my area. I hate storm work.

Not a fan of storm damage here either. It sucks for a whole host of reasons.

Just sold a sizable job yesterday that is less than 3 miles from home. Great gig, good pay, and NO appreciable travel involved. Why would I leave the state to chase storms again?????

 

[murphy4trees]

I don't do tree work and even I can see you can't do it without a crane. :msp_blink:

EVEN YOU huh?

We'll put that tree on the ground in less than 4 hours from arrival.. no crane.. no additional damage.. and kick back 10% commission to the dan..

 

[2treeornot2tree]

EVEN YOU huh?

We'll put that tree on the ground in less than 4 hours from arrival.. no crane.. no additional damage.. and kick back 10% commission to the dan..

Curious how you would get that off without a crane. I have a idea how i would do it, but would like to hear yours.

 

[Toddppm]

Here's a couple we did this week. Most of the damage around here was from uprooted trees, hardly any branches breaking like the last storm. We got around 5+ inches of rain during the storm.

 

[murphy4trees]

Curious how you would get that off without a crane. I have a idea how i would do it, but would like to hear yours.

Like an Egyptian...

Treeslayer just sent me a vid of his last tree on a house... he called it redneck ingenuity... little different style, but hey, whatever works..

 

[2treeornot2tree]

I was thinking you could brace it up so it would stay on its own when you cut it off the house. But that would be alot of work to add braces.