OH Sandy (storm chasers update)

[capecodtree]

storm work

I don't chase storm work. We are slammed as it is. I will do storm work if it is local and of course take care of my clients. It's all about getting paid. Most of my clients pay what I bill them, for the rest If they don't sign my proposal I move on. Their tree isn't on my house. I do sub out the log truck to some large nation wide companies in our area, but I know I will not get paid for 60 days. I chock that up to building relationships.
When cape cod was pin pointed for a direct hit last week my phone was ringing off the hook for pre storm removals. Since landfall was shifted to PA. I haven't got one call. As I write this there is no wind outside and only a slight drizzle. WTF?
To those of you who end up doing storm work be safe and watch out for downed wires, electricity is a deadly #####.

 

[murphy4trees]

Please listen to you doctor and not Murph. Good luck.

NO NO... don't listen to either... do YOUR OWN WORK... doesn't take long with the internet these days.. Doctors are brainwashed by the "psuedo-science" of modern medicine.. study the history and follow the $$$... they are trained and licensed by a system whose singular motive is "profit"... research bought and paid for by big pharma etc... I did my work in this area many years ago and understand reasonably well how the system works and the history that got us here... science and medicine work within paradigms.. one day the average Joe will look back at the way medicine is practiced today, the same we look at blood letting, electro-shock, and mercury treatments...

 

[murphy4trees]

I know of two outfits here in KC that are headed east for the storm work.

I met AAA Advanced tree co out of KC, back in 2004 for Isabel.. he's a big time storm chaser... any word on him these days?

 

[Scottscape]

I met AAA Advanced tree co out of KC, back in 2004 for Isabel.. he's a big time storm chaser... any word on him these days?

lol yeah he was in williamsburg last year trying to sell franchises and recruit my employees.

 

[treeslayer]

I met the assclown last year near Wmsbg. he was poaching every crew he could drive up to, him and his son. I remember his business card had only his first name on it....(John?)
thats REAL professional.

 

[Zale]

Heavy rain, wind picking up. I hate waiting for the carnage to ensue.

 

[treeclimber101]

Same here real heavy cold rain , and the wind is sneaking up every few minutes

 

[murphy4trees]

do you think there is any chance of trees without leaves going over with lifted root plates, oaks, ash etc... I would think NO WAY, even with sustained winds

 

[2treeornot2tree]

do you think there is any chance of trees withoIut leaves going over with lifted root plates, oaks, ash etc... I would think NO WAY, even with sustained winds

I was thinking the same thing

 

[treeclimber101]

I have a casualty , my beautiful deadora in front of my house is tilted about 2 ft , I am thinking I am shoot a rope up In it and tie it off to another tree over the peek of my house ! If I lose that tree I will be sick about it , and besides I have nursed that tree through 2 ice storms and now Sandy is gonna take er out

 

[treeclimber101]

@ murph yea I think that trees without leaves will fall the ground is gonna soak , and that's that

 

[thepheniox]

For sure trees without leaves are gonna uproot. It's already rained for a week straight here. But that doesn't even matter as half the trees here still have leaves.

 

[murphy4trees]

I think that trees without leaves will not lift... we just had a big wind blow though last year... took out a lot of the weak tress/root sytems

 

[Zale]

They're calling for sustained winds of 50mph in our area with gusts to 70mph. With saturated ground, I have no doubt tees without leaves are going to come down.

 

[treeclimber101]

I think that trees without leaves will not lift... we just had a big wind blow though last year... took out a lot of the weak tress/root sytems

You should moonlight as a weather man , you can be dead wrong 70 percent of the time and still make decent money

 

[treeclimber101]

I heard the fishing in bel mar NJ is pretty kick ass this morning

 

[Tree Pig]

I hear MDS's obama is going to take credit for the storm, saying he created jobs for out of work tree men. @ Murph the problem is not just the wind and rain its how long it could last... up to 36 hours of high winds and rain, then I say with out a doubt trees can be uprooted leaves or not... plus around here not all the leaves have fallen or even turned yet.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Hey 101,

You didn't blow or float away did you?

 

[l2edneck]

Will be coming soon as we button up here.....Be safe. We've chased a many and this one looks nasty.Good luck to those riding it out.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Will be coming soon as we button up here.....Be safe. We've chased a many and this one looks nasty.Good luck to those riding it out.

Are you storm chasing?