Mmm. Good at being full of ****. I forgot about that. I was never like that, personally, so is kinda hard for me to fathom. You're right though!!
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Mmm. Good at being full of ****. I forgot about that. I was never like that, personally, so is kinda hard for me to fathom. You're right though!!
Kicked some ass today. Honest 40 yards of chips out, plus a few yards extra towards the third load. About a half day ahead. Awesome crew all weekend. Easter can kiss my ass!! Too long a winter for another holiday now, is how I always felt. Never liked ham all that much either.
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time to get my standard blood-chocolate levels up to acceptable levels
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I once, back in Jersey, had a guy work for me that lived under a bridge. Also same time had a pizza delivery guy that had screwed the bridge guy's wife and they kept getting in fist fights all the time. Fired them hiding behind a tree smoking weed at (a regular) Sterling Brook Farm estate horse farm in Pittstown NJ, owned by Joe Taub owner of the NJ Nets and ADP, muli gazillionaire. Have had many convicts.
One time I searched a guy applying for a job and he turned out to be a convicted child molester. Told him to fk off but weeks later with no one having gone thru a handful of dopes, I find myself in my pick up after just calling anyone on a list of about 40 calls I had gotten, with the molester unknowlingly until it hit me with his name and where he lived. Wanted to beat his ass but just told him to get the fk out of here you make me sick.
sgreanbeans
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When I was a recruiter, I had a appt with a kid at the office. Kid shows, walks in the door and my Gunny pulls his 38 out of his desk, stands up and points it at the kid, "What the F do you want" Kid is not startled by the gun, tells him as he points to me "he called me" Gunny looks at me "Swearinger, get this F out of my sight before he never leaves" I jump up and grab him, push him out the door. I turn and go back in "W T F!!! Gunny" ........... Kid was convicted of raping his little brother and his little brothers friend. He was a minor, so he was released at 18. Still listed on the school index and was a Alpha? So, I called him! Kid lived on the same street as the Gunny when the rape happened. Thought for sure the Gunny was really going to shoot this dude! We sent him down to the Navy, a couple days later, the Chief walks in, looks at the Gunny "You Fcker!" walks out.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Went to look at a job last night. No such address and the ***** doesn't answer the phone. So glad I wasted a hour of my evening. Wtf is wrong with people.
Finally got my lewis winch yesturday after being on back order for a month.
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sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
Getting killed over here. Have not had much time to do bids, nor am I really motivated to do them. Many things on my mind besides work. So I burned through my pile of work and don't have much left. Got a bunch of prunes, but most trees are pushing buds, so I am holding off till they are done. Hacks out trimming the hell out of them tho. Bids I do manage to get too, people want cheap, so I get smoked. Bid that one for 3100, which I thought I was real cheap, went for 600. Still cannot wrap my head around that one, whatevs. Had a call from a climber over at another outfit, told me his boss is doing the "I will beat any price" thing. Guess he has a huge payment (bought a bunch of equipment in prep for EAB) so he is doing whatever he can to make things meet. Maybe the cart is before the horse? Crap load of new guys, thinking they are going to get rich of EAB, so landscapers and mower guys are throwing stickers on their trucks. Seen a add that said "Ash Tree Specialist" Dudes pounding doors, doing work by the hour at like $15 per guy. Oh well, it happens, next week I will be booked out again for a month. Crazy how things can go from 110 to 0 back to 110. Guess I should be use to it by now.
Also get tired of BS going on bids, show up and its some little turd tree that has never been cared for, planted too deep, ties embedded into the bark and they expect a miracle. Looked at this junk crab, thing is dead, but old lady wants me to treat it for apple scab. She thinks it is still alive. Told her to wait and see what comes back (if any at all) she didnt like that so she called and is going another direction, LMAO. So some Ahole will rip her off and treat her dead tree. Oh well, if it makes her happy........
Took the wife up to Chi town to meet up with her Marine wives from Quantico, been 6 years since they where all together. The one girl, her husband was medically retired and they went back to Michigan, guess her dad owns some factory and she is taken it over. $$$$$. She paid for the suite at the Hilton, at a G a night. Will be good for the wife's moral. Killer view of the city. Taking off in a bit to go get her.
Also get tired of BS going on bids, show up and its some little turd tree that has never been cared for, planted too deep, ties embedded into the bark and they expect a miracle. Looked at this junk crab, thing is dead, but old lady wants me to treat it for apple scab. She thinks it is still alive. Told her to wait and see what comes back (if any at all) she didnt like that so she called and is going another direction, LMAO. So some Ahole will rip her off and treat her dead tree. Oh well, if it makes her happy........
Took the wife up to Chi town to meet up with her Marine wives from Quantico, been 6 years since they where all together. The one girl, her husband was medically retired and they went back to Michigan, guess her dad owns some factory and she is taken it over. $$$$$. She paid for the suite at the Hilton, at a G a night. Will be good for the wife's moral. Killer view of the city. Taking off in a bit to go get her.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Decided I might upgrade to a 18" chipper. Looking at a 2005 morbark 2400xl with a winch and a 140 cat engine with 2770 hrs. Idk. Sure would make life easier on alot of jobs.
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sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
That was a bogus call to send you after wild geese. Probably a competitor. They try and pull that crap on me to get prices. "just leave the bid in the door, I don't need to meet you" REALLY! So u don't want to meet the guy that could possibly be taking that massive tree from your property. Riiiiiight. I never leave bids.
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
I want one with the grapple. Buddy has one, so sweet.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I don't leave bids either. I rarely do work without meeting the customer. I have done a few but over the years but can count them on one hand. The weird thing is the lady told me 1914 larch ave. The addresses started at 1920 and went up.
Had another guy that I was going to look at stumps call me right before I left and said don't bother I got a price of $750. I said I probably can do better so I look at it. Said $600. He said when can you do it. I said friday. He said not friday or Monday because of the holiday. Calls me yesturday and said someone did it yesterday and matched my price. Took him 4 hours so he doesn't know what he is gonna charge. I told him that's for wasting my time.
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treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
I did my first SRT climb today .... I loved it 2 handed ascender and a right foot pantin and crol... I swear it was so easy I did 60 ft in roughly 5 minutes climbed right to the branch I was gonna remove and bam I also did the climb 15 or so ft off the trunk midair and I was all aerobic not at all like body thrust basically now to is a stepping stone . And I switched with less then 250.00 in new gear ! If you value my opinion believe me try it ... It's awesome
IcePick
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We've got a couple guys at our company that will SRT every chance they get. I'm older and stubborn, but I tried it once on an 80' silver maple prune and was impressed with it. I could angle out on limbs a lot better and basically move around the tree better with less effort.
IcePick
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What did I do today? Almost died, closest call I've ever had as a tree worker. I was topping out a black walnut with a rope and block. I made my notch, started coming in with my back cut and realized it wasn't going to go without a little push. I was in a piss poor position, so I put my saw away. With about two inches of holding wood left on the piece, I thought it would be fine so I started to spike up a few feet to get better leverage on my push. That's when this freakish gust of wind pushed my piece backwards, snapping the holding wood. The top brushed the primary, the rope slid down my arm, and that's when I felt the bite of the electrical devil pulsating through my body. Luckily the piece brushed the primary and didn't get hung up, otherwise I would have been a crispy critter, another statistic.
Been in this trade fifteen years, and finally realized the utmost importance of not being too comfortable or complacent. I'm not going to go over what I should have done differently, that's pretty obvious, just thought I'd share. Be safe out there guys.
Been in this trade fifteen years, and finally realized the utmost importance of not being too comfortable or complacent. I'm not going to go over what I should have done differently, that's pretty obvious, just thought I'd share. Be safe out there guys.
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gorman
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Google the number they left. Might come up in a query as a "competitor" craigslister. Or just write on the bathroom wall at a dive bar to call for a good time.
It was a beautiful day!,,
Jeff
Jeff
Yes it was, wasn't it.
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Had 7 estimates to run today. Got to one. Jeep shutdown on the highway ten min into the ride.
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Here also! a whopping 7 degrees it got up to today! Washed 2 trucks, the mini skid, and got the stump grinder outta storage! Got some stump work this week, contemplating on getting a bigger grinder, but not sure yet! Might have to wait til I get a bit of the lift and truck paid down first ! lol! still have snow in the yard 2' in some places! Supposed to get into the teens this week! yee ha!
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