Bandit Man
ArboristSite Operative
I hate getting my chipper wet.
Me too! I love getting my putter wet though
I hate getting my chipper wet.
Started this one today. Two trees, pine is a 100yo removal between three yards and a really nasty neighbor who stood under it in protest today. We went in a day before the crane to brush it out a little and make a chip run. I tld the HO if I get anymore of this its 500 an hour idle time. He figured it out real quick. Ill post pics of the good stuff tomorrow. Gotta love working in Cambridge MA!!!!
Working with a new guy today. Green as green can be. Started raining in the morning and afternoon, told him start chipping. He asks me "Is it ok to start the chipper in the rain?" I've heard a lot but that one stopped me. I assured him its ok to start the chipper in the rain. I'll give him a week.
I may be a complete and total ass but I don't much care for chipping in the rain myself , the radiator gets caked and you can't just blow it off , the trucks get covered in sawdust and sap! Basically it just sucks ....... I may have asked that question aswell .
It aint trainin, if it aint rainin!!!!
LOL, I posted pics up here a few weeks ago doing a job in a blipping monsoon. I had crane out there and little over lawn travel, so tally-ho. Otherwise, I'd probably have cancelled. We didn't even bother wearing WWG, it was that ####ing wet.#### that #### , I draw a circle in the dirt about the size of a mower rim .... As soon as 3or 4 drops land inside of it ...... We're out !!!!! I can smell rain 45 minutes off and believe , I ain't lyin ! I've cancelled estimates if its raining too hard ! Nothing worse then a drop in the eye hole
I ran chainsaws in the sun most of the day. Now I'm enjoying ice cold Buds and cookin meat with fire, yes Sir. View attachment 310991
How many employees do you have ?Beautiful day. Picked up 2 TINY jobs. Gonna drop an oak tree for one client on Monday morning for $300, should take no more than 1/2 hr. Would have done it today, but I didn't want to go trecking through the brush in shorts. Another client wants me to buzz a forsythia hedge, nothing great... but I'll take it. I was planning to sand and stain some wood posts we installed last week at one house... but the Devil AKA homeowner was there, the woman is nuts. Tried to fix another screw up, but that didn't go so well. We had to plant a 5 - 6' arborvitae for one client a few months ago... told one of the guys to go do it, he came back yes it's done. I should have checked on it better so it's my fault that the job was not done properly... but come on? The stupid ####er pulled off the burlap, stuck it in the hole and walked away. Sucker is half out of the hole still. Gonna have to get her a new tree. Beyond that I got the check I was waiting for... people said it would go out Monday, it was dated Thursday. Helped a friend on one of his jobs to finish the day out... figured better to help a friend than to sit around doing nothing.
I have 2 morons who are both floaters. 2 seasonal guys (1 summer / 1 winter), and some friends who fill in from time to time.
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