Attn tree services looking for work!

[what-a-stihl]

Here in the northern Illinois area there has been an abundant amount of work lately! Today I read in the paper these ads: "FREE FIREWOOD, trees on property over house, you remove, clean-up and haul away in return for free firewood. must have insurance." wow what a deal right? Or this one: "Looking for someone with a chainsaw to remove trees around my house,clean-up, and haul away, pay is $8 an hour and I supply oil and gas". I would just like to smack these people for their audacity, but I just sit and wait for the phone call telling me that some joe-schmoe or illegal answered their ad and dropped a tree on their house.

 

[CNBTreeTrimming]

Lmao that sounds like the commercial where the guy picks the loosers for the basketball team the guy is like no don't lift with your legs use your back.

 

[sgreanbeans]

Did u guys get hit up there. I was watching the radar the other night, looked like a doosy heading that way

 

[flushcut]

We had some nice winds I get a few call for storm damage yesterday.

 

[what-a-stihl]

We had some nice winds I get a few call for storm damage yesterday.

Same here, a little wind but very little damage

 

[richard88]

I do utility clearance as well as residential and about a week ago i was taking out the trash and i heard a chainsaw and saw a bunch of comotion coming from some juniper trees that were all burning on the primary and grown around the ground and other lines, so i walk down and there's a guy standing on the top of the ladder with a chainsaw and an alluminum pole saw. I said hello and asked him what he was up to and he replied "i'm retired forest service and i cut down trees for people in exchange for the wood", i then informed him that i was quite surprised that he was alive to talk to me. he looked at me with a confused look and i told him what i did and that what he was doing was extremely dangerous and he replied "oh your just worried because i'm the competition and you think i'm stealing your business", I then just said have a nice day went inside, opened a beer, and waited for a transformer to blow and sirens (fortunately i believe he survived unscathed, but seriously?). Some people, what can you do.

 

[what-a-stihl]

I do utility clearance as well as residential and about a week ago i was taking out the trash and i heard a chainsaw and saw a bunch of comotion coming from some juniper trees that were all burning on the primary and grown around the ground and other lines, so i walk down and there's a guy standing on the top of the ladder with a chainsaw and an alluminum pole saw. I said hello and asked him what he was up to and he replied "i'm retired forest service and i cut down trees for people in exchange for the wood", i then informed him that i was quite surprised that he was alive to talk to me. he looked at me with a confused look and i told him what i did and that what he was doing was extremely dangerous and he replied "oh your just worried because i'm the competition and you think i'm stealing your business", I then just said have a nice day went inside, opened a beer, and waited for a transformer to blow and sirens (fortunately i believe he survived unscathed, but seriously?). Some people, what can you do.

Yeah everyone thinks "Hey, I have a Poulan wild thing in the garage, how hard could it be, it's just cutting trees!" But sadly the lesson is not learned until it's too late.

 

[Fairbanks Stump]

No $hit!

I hand out a copy of my GL WC and certs. On a half sized piece of paper to every customer with every estimate. I hate Hackers and do every thing I can to expose them good luck thanks for the post!