whadja do today?

[mattfr12]

matt I will say this and not in his defense but I worked with him for 3 days and his equipment was nice , his guys were well trained safe and what appeared to me extremely happy to be there , and as far as mexicans there was not one other then my guy , I dunno know where the mexican thing came from but that's completely false and as far as the comp is concerned he's just as legal as the next guy or more legal then @ least 90 percent of the guys I've ever been around and to be honest with you all I am not saying this to defend him at all its the truth cause frankly I wanna beat him down real bad about now ..... Reguardless of my digs on him which were basically just to irritate him his #### as far as the business is concerned is on the up and up I mean he's been doing it for more then 2 decades with out any injuries I mean I can't even say that yet

Its not about mexicans. It was more about how he insures the employes he has. If hes willing to quite the constant ignorant remarks to basically every tree company that comes on here and can actually do something. then fine ill leave him be. i really have no intrest in hurting him financially or causing him strain. but thats the difference if the ball was in the other court. Would he do the same? like you worked for him for a few days right? did he pay the fees for you to be covered? because saying your just a subcontractor is no good.

I mean if you watch his videos then make a phone call. you can find out if hes legally insured for a climber and say two ground workers. consumers have the right to this documentation also thats how they can find out if who they are hiring is legal. from what i seen in his videos if hes paying out under 20k a year in wages his workers comp should be around 6-10k a year off the bat. if you do all the math. a climber is worth 3k off the bat wether they do 20k in wages or not ground workers are 1.5k. and at the end of the year you get audited if you did more or less you either pay more or get a return.

 

[mattfr12]

matt I will say this and not in his defense but I worked with him for 3 days and his equipment was nice , his guys were well trained safe and what appeared to me extremely happy to be there , and as far as mexicans there was not one other then my guy , I dunno know where the mexican thing came from but that's completely false and as far as the comp is concerned he's just as legal as the next guy or more legal then @ least 90 percent of the guys I've ever been around and to be honest with you all I am not saying this to defend him at all its the truth cause frankly I wanna beat him down real bad about now ..... Reguardless of my digs on him which were basically just to irritate him his #### as far as the business is concerned is on the up and up I mean he's been doing it for more then 2 decades with out any injuries I mean I can't even say that yet

All im saying to is if guys like him want to constantly run his flipper. sooner or later guys are gonna get mad. it may bite you it may not. only time will tell. being an ass hole to people will only get you so far in life. and its also appartent in his case.

around here none of the tree guys have problems they all help each other and dont cut eachothers throat. but on here its like every one is the best in thier own mind since they have a 20k bucket and should be constantly battering people that might actually have real knowledge. i mean if a guy uses cranes everyday he might actually know just a little bit? right.

90% of the real tree guys hit the road on here and its a shame thier use to be really good topics going on and i really liked reading them but anymore thier is nothing.

 

[treeclimber101]

All im saying to is if guys like him want to constantly run his flipper. sooner or later guys are gonna get mad. it may bite you it may not. only time will tell. being an ass hole to people will only get you so far in life. and its also appartent in his case.

around here none of the tree guys have problems they all help each other and dont cut eachothers throat. but on here its like every one is the best in thier own mind since they have a 20k bucket and should be constantly battering people that might actually have real knowledge. i mean if a guy uses cranes everyday he might actually know just a little bit? right.

90% of the real tree guys hit the road on here and its a shame thier use to be really good topics going on and i really liked reading them but anymore thier is nothing.

When I joined this site 3 years back it was just as bad , and I am not gonna comment on him @ all but the truth of the matter I don't really gives 2 ####s about it either , I don't care what someone makes or how they make it , I only say I am better because I am a true competitor whether I am wrong or right ... With that being said I am gonna run my flapper daily cause hey that's justme23005 LOL ...... Besides being a hack pays well sometimes too hell sometimes I can even afford 2 bags of Meth .....

 

[mattfr12]

When I joined this site 3 years back it was just as bad , and I am not gonna comment on him @ all but the truth of the matter I don't really gives 2 ####s about it either , I don't care what someone makes or how they make it , I only say I am better because I am a true competitor whether I am wrong or right ... With that being said I am gonna run my flapper daily cause hey that's justme23005 LOL ...... Besides being a hack pays well sometimes too hell sometimes I can even afford 2 bags of Meth .....

running your flapper is one thing. but talking about the same person consistently. making acusitions, and also bringing thier family members into it is another. once you do this to someone you kinda should expect them to do something back. i dont know to many people that will sit back and just take it. where will that get you in life?

ive been on here for a good while now and have never had another problem with anyone but him. and he brought it upon himself he had so many chances to give it up. i dont know how many times ive asked him,but its been to many.

 

[treeclimber101]

running your flapper is one thing. but talking about the same person consistently. making acusitions, and also bringing thier family members into it is another. once you do this to someone you kinda should expect them to do something back. i dont know to many people that will sit back and just take it. where will that get you in life?

ive been on here for a good while now and have never had another problem with anyone but him. and he brought it upon himself he had so many chances to give it up. i dont know how many times ive asked him,but its been to many.

I get it but you were alittle hard on him man , I mean judging by the raft of #### I got he's PO'd for sure I mean you owe me a phone for christs' sake alll I did was shut my down @ 5pm last night go to a baseball game with my wife and kids and @ 5am my alarm went off and then it exploded from all the hate stored up in it LOL

 

[flushcut]

I miss the real Matt (Prentice).

It's funny I should read this. I nearly crashed my chip truck doing a double take of a guy walking a dog that looked like Matt to a T. I miss that guy as well.

 

[treemandan]

I dunno if mother####ers be running their flippers or their flappers.

 

[jefflovstrom]

I was hoping you would, love to see you climb and run a saw..LOL...like that would happen....haha...whens the last time you footlocked old jeffy??..lol

10 years. I went into management after 28 years of climbing.
Jeff :msp_tongue:

 

[MarquisTree]

That's the problem guys think their all that and a bag of potato chips. Someone else told me someone would climb me under the table. But if that's the case what are they doing with all there money. Buying crack? Big trees are Worth big money. They wouldn't be using equipment older than them. So I highly doubt there are guys on here doing bigger trees than us. They would have to spend the money or let uncle Sam have it. I'd say marquis does some reputable jobs but other than that. Look through the whole forum and find something impressive other than REG. who people seem to think they even have any business criticizing.


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I guess I have missed a lot in the past few weeks….
Sorry if its already been posted but do you have a load chart for this crane you have? 10,000lbs + cap at 110ft for $450k sounds like a good deal. Don’t know much about kbooms Art from smith cranes has called me a bunch of times, I would like to work with one for a bit.
I would be careful in assuming that there aren’t many guys in the production removal game, there are a lot more then you would think.
I think you need to chill out with this whole threatening thing, you sound just like AA, he was always challenging everyone to a fight, or threatening to sue them. Take it for what its worth, it’s the Whadja do today thread on arboristsite. Not sure it could mean less. If it was all serious I don’t think as many of us would come over here to take a break. without everyone talking #### this thread seems to die. Its certainly not worth the effort to get someone investigated… :confused2:

 

[mikewhite85]

Ground a few stumps and my guys did a trimming job my foreman bid on. Sweet to get paid for a job I never saw :msp_smile: I picked him up a few months ago and he has been a real asset. The guy has long blond hair and people have asked if he is Thor.

Also prepped for a planting job tomorrow. City of LA requirements for street trees are crazy- I need root barriers, double stakes, 50/50 amendment, tree well covers, and need to deliver an extra 3 trees to the city lot. Also need to have 2 separate inspectors come to check on the tree quality and our work. All just to plant 3 24" Brisbane Box. Would have been a $750 job but turned into 2300 due to all of their requirements.

 

[mikewhite85]

The requirements are inconvenient... but I don't mind the extra cash. Feel sorry for the GC who is subbing me!

 

[superjunior]

Think I'm gonna be letting go one of my main guys soon. Just can't put up with his additude and complaining anymore, just can't do it anymore he's wearin me out. Stresses me and the crew out on a daily basis. He's gotta have some kind of mental issue or something. Don't know and don't care but he's gotta go.

 

[jefflovstrom]

The requirements are inconvenient... but I don't mind the extra cash. Feel sorry for the GC who is subbing me!

Ha Ha, no you don't!
Jeff

 

[mattfr12]

I guess I have missed a lot in the past few weeks….
Sorry if its already been posted but do you have a load chart for this crane you have? 10,000lbs + cap at 110ft for $450k sounds like a good deal. Don’t know much about kbooms Art from smith cranes has called me a bunch of times, I would like to work with one for a bit.
I would be careful in assuming that there aren’t many guys in the production removal game, there are a lot more then you would think.
I think you need to chill out with this whole threatening thing, you sound just like AA, he was always challenging everyone to a fight, or threatening to sue them. Take it for what its worth, it’s the Whadja do today thread on arboristsite. Not sure it could mean less. If it was all serious I don’t think as many of us would come over here to take a break. without everyone talking #### this thread seems to die. Its certainly not worth the effort to get someone investigated… :confused2:

If you would like to know about the bigger crane i would be more than glad to talk to you about it. 450k would be almost impossible to get it you would have to move that number closer to 750k. the one that ART from smith truck cranes has that is comparable is close to the 1 mill mark.

and i was not threatening him i asked him to stop. then posted the information that i sent to his states comp. A threat is something your proposing to do what i did was an actual action that has already been taken.

your also missing a lot of the point and it has become a personal thing so please stay out of it.

 

[MarquisTree]

If you would like to know about the bigger crane i would be more than glad to talk to you about it. 450k would be almost impossible to get it you would have to move that number closer to 750k. the one that ART from smith truck cranes has that is comparable is close to the 1 mill mark.

and i was not threatening him i asked him to stop. then posted the information that i sent to his states comp. A threat is something your proposing to do what i did was an actual action that has already been taken.

your also missing a lot of the point and it has become a personal thing so please stay out of it.

By all means, have at it, I couldn't care less about ur personal issue.

Back to the cranes, I was looking for some info on your 500 series knuckle boom, couldn't find anything online that had more then about 60' horizontal reach. Do you have a load chart or a link you could share?
Excuse my ignorance on the price, I based it off you $300k boom cost post (then added a rough cost of a heavy duty chassis ) 10k lbs cap at 110' radius in the AT crane world usually require a carrier weighing in well over 130,000lbs, just hard to imagine that on a truck chassis or riggers wide enough to give that capacity.

 

[mattfr12]

By all means, have at it, I couldn't care less about ur personal issue.

Back to the cranes, I was looking for some info on your 500 series knuckle boom, couldn't find anything online that had more then about 60' horizontal reach. Do you have a load chart or a link you could share?
Excuse my ignorance on the price, I based it off you $300k boom cost post (then added a rough cost of a heavy duty chassis ) 10k lbs cap at 110' radius in the AT crane world usually require a carrier weighing in well over 130,000lbs, just hard to imagine that on a truck chassis or riggers wide enough to give that capacity.

internet charts for copmas are almost non existent. only horizontal reach. you have to get a chart from them once the crane is built how you want it. i mean you can push a 500 or larger series out really far. they have pushed some of the effers out to 165. i wanted to stop in the 120 range due to cost and size of truck i had to keep the weight of the crane under 25k. or the truck would reach astronomical cost.

if you would like to see my load chart i could try and scan it and upload it somewhere. with a boom theirs three variables bottom cylinders then your first knuckle then your fly jib. so a straight stick load chart is easy. but once you start booming over trees then pointing the fly jib down behind it, it gets confusing.

but as far as compacity i think at reach your gonna have a good bit more than a 38ton.

to get a boom like that on a truck the truck will need pretty extensive modification. two steering axles in the front is for starters then they weld another sub frame to keep it from bending under that kind of load.

 

[mattfr12]

By all means, have at it, I couldn't care less about ur personal issue.

Back to the cranes, I was looking for some info on your 500 series knuckle boom, couldn't find anything online that had more then about 60' horizontal reach. Do you have a load chart or a link you could share?
Excuse my ignorance on the price, I based it off you $300k boom cost post (then added a rough cost of a heavy duty chassis ) 10k lbs cap at 110' radius in the AT crane world usually require a carrier weighing in well over 130,000lbs, just hard to imagine that on a truck chassis or riggers wide enough to give that capacity.

if you guys are serious about buying one i can put you in touch with the man that has all the answers. they took such good care of me throughout my buying experience and any type of trouble shooting the possibility of me ever going with another brand would be slim to none.

their are no salesman where i bought mine only knowledge they could care less if you buy it or not and thats what i really liked. only the facts.

when i called smith truck cranes they had something sitting their for 280k that they really wanted to sell me. and it was a good deal and all that and all the financing.

when i called timberland it was just straight forward facts. no haggling this is what it is take it or leave it. and i really like it that way. all the other BS is a waste of time.

the guy has took such good care of me i just picked up another 3 chip professional camera to shoot more videos of the truck for him. 24/7 if you have a problem he's their to ask.

 

[mattfr12]

im gonna hop off an probably won't be skimming through very much if you want more information just call me.

 

[formationrx]

2 rotten blue fish....

....back in the early 90's i was working at this tree outfit back east....they had just hired 4 new crew members....
one day at a meeting one of the crew leaders looked right at me dead in the eye and said "someone stole my hand snips".... i was shocked and surprised... i thought he was accusing me.... this was on a friday and i spent the whole weekend fretting about it... then i got mad... on monday after work i stopped off at the fish market and got 2 rotten blue fish.... on tuesday i put them in his tool box...they sat there all day and overnight....on wednesday he found them... he was so pissed... it was funny as hell... he spent the morning washing all his slimy ass tools... everyone laughed at him... he looked like a real **********.... and i felt great.... he could not figure out who did it.....2 years later i told him it was me.... he said hed found his snips and just lost them..... turns out at the meeting he was looking at me becuz he knew i did NOT steel his snips... i felt like scum... but i took away a lesson... both sides can #### up from time to time.... if you got a problem with someone have the courage to stand up and SETTLE it.... it avoids misunderstandings and a hell of a lot of stinky situations.....

 

[sgreanbeans]

Haven't done jack in the last couple days, its rained so much here. Gotta big dry up coming, thank god, going to go hit it hard for a few days, rack it up, and chillax all over again. Getting ready for the big move has its perks. I don't have any full time guys, so I am not worried about keeping them busy, which is a big bonus. Kinda cherry picking work at this point, lots of bids, lots of stuff I am not real interested in. Have been getting a lot of neighbor dispute bids, I drop a huge price and they never call, works for me. Still stuck on that stupid land clearing that I got caught on this winter, HO's wife cant make a decision to save here life. New rule for me, never start one until the frost is IN! Trying to scrape up a forest floor when the soil is not frozen, is next to impossible, each little bump or dip lets you pick up soil instead of thatch. Then add in a month of rain, fml! We where going to spray tall fescue, now we are planting vinca in 2" pots, 18" on center for 5700 sq ft. Installing a "nature trail", spraying hydro seed on a new turf area,......... baaaaaaah, how do I get myself into this crap! I told them that if they get more "creative" That they will need to get a landscaper in there. I wanna get out of there. Looking forward to that big check from the sale, keep watching the calender, its a coming!