whadja do today?

[squad143]

Finally had the graphics shop put the "Characters" on the dump truck. I had a graphic artist draw the characters last spring.

Side view, removable ramps up.

Side view, ramps down.

New tailgate.

 

[squad143]

Even had a bunch of stickers made.

Going to put them on my saws, tools, helmets, etc. Got the idea from my friend Mike who own another tree company.

 

[Blakesmaster]

Welp, it is officially, "#### this #### o'clock"

 

[mr. holden wood]

Finally had the graphics shop put the "Characters" on the dump truck. I had a graphic artist draw the characters last spring.

Side view, removable ramps up.

Side view, ramps down.

New tailgate.

Silly canadian cartoons and removals are for kids. I'll take a crown clean any day over removals, same profit margin with less wear and tear on gear and body. I'd take one look at that graphic and think you were a one trick pony. Guess you gotta work with the skills ya got.

 

[formationrx]

I'm guessing you don't have a lot of equipment? Word of mouth is great but once those trucks start lining up in your lot chewing through jobs in less and less time screaming "I'm still hungry!" from their fuel tanks you'll soon realize you need to start drumming up more work.

yeah you are right on....

 

[squad143]

Silly canadian cartoons and removals are for kids. I'll take a crown clean any day over removals, same profit margin with less wear and tear on gear and body. I'd take one look at that graphic and think you were a one trick pony. Guess you gotta work with the skills ya got.

A lot can be said about pruning. Repeat customer base with continual work from them every so-many years.

It is also about knowng your market. I do most of my work around cottage country (think lake & thick forest), where most people have anywhere from 50 to 200 trees on their property. The only time they think of having tree work done is when they're dead or posing a hazard. The only pruning I do is the odd limb, to open up someone's view to the lake. I expanded my work to include some in the city, as my cottage customers have also wanted me to do removals at their homes in the city. I refer any major pruning to friends that own other tree companies that are good at that type of work. These same companies use me for some of their removals. Your right...... ya "gotta work with the skills ya got".

As for the cartoons. A lot of my "cottage" clients recognize it as the work of a local artist (he was commissioned to do a large mural on the side of the beer store in town).

These clients own snowmobiles, ATV's and boats and have seen the work he has done for those industries.
The Mercury Outboard Motor company seem to like his work. They have been using his talents for years for their annual calanders. Another favorite with my cottage clients.

If you like you can see more of his work for Mercury Mairine here: Images by Robert Van Nood

It all boils down to what works and puts money in your pocket at the end of the day. Are removals tough? Yup, but I can handle it and charge accordingly.

BTW.... What form of "crown clean" is in your Avatar? Is that pollarding to the stump?

 

[jefflovstrom]

It was a beautiful day!
Jeff :biggrin:

 

[mckeetree]

We were in the rain all day on an emergency job and now I have a bad sore throat. I really didn't need to be out there but the client stayed out there the whole time and was "a man of ten thousand questions." Crew foreman asked early on could I keep the customer away from him somehow because he was driving him out of his mind.

 

[treemandan]

We had to take the 4runner back in because its leaking oil, on the way I saw NCTree whacking on a little cherry tree behind a Chevy dealer on 113.
I sure wish I had a little cherry tree to whack on myself but I have to go flush the cooling system of my pick-up and put a thermostat in it.

 

[treeman75]

I have been wanting to have a cartoon guy drawn up. I want some big crazy looking guy cutting down a tree with a 660 and have some shirts made.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Holden is just mad, cause his mommy wont let him watch cartoons when he was little!

 

[treemandan]

When we were at the car dealership this women came down on us like vulture to carrion, I almost ran away. She asked us if we wanted to hear about them fixing up the scratched and dinged up bumpers ,my wife said no but the lady kept yammering away. I can't believe how many different questions she asked us in 30 seconds. I wanted to do something to shut her up.
I have learned a few things so far but they have been hard: Pay no mind to the scratches and dings on the bumper of your wife's car because as soon as you fix them she will put them back. And another is that no matter how crazy and absurd your life is the people who work in the service writer's office have it much worse... and they know it.
On the way back from the dealership I saw NC hacking up a silver maple like he was going for the coveted Arborist of the Year Award.

 

[sgreanbeans]

You guys where talking about phone books, I dropped out of them, they would sell ya on a nice big add, then the book comes out and some hack has your logo or slogan, list a bunch of lies, like they are CA's, have 600 years of exp, and are legit in general. Most of them are convicted crackheads but their add is bigger than mine, so they must be a bigger more professional company right! They have CA's( damn computer based testing) that have never been in a tree, but yet they are pros at pruning, bla bla blaba.
I was nervous about dropping out. I took that money and put it into targeted demo's via the net and direct contact, it changed my clientele to mostly hi-end peeps and my back log filled up.
Word of mouth is still by far, the best. Still have folks calling me out here, narkin' and complaining about the moron's still there. Seems the jackassery is still in high gear there.
But it is really no diff here, same thing, just more. Good company's play by the rules and get inspected all the time, hackers do it all bad and they get away with it. Same stuff, different zip code

 

[NCTREE]

When we were at the car dealership this women came down on us like vulture to carrion, I almost ran away. She asked us if we wanted to hear about them fixing up the scratched and dinged up bumpers ,my wife said no but the lady kept yammering away. I can't believe how many different questions she asked us in 30 seconds. I wanted to do something to shut her up.
I have learned a few things so far but they have been hard: Pay no mind to the scratches and dings on the bumper of your wife's car because as soon as you fix them she will put them back. And another is that no matter how crazy and absurd your life is the people who work in the service writer's office have it much worse... and they know it.
On the way back from the dealership I saw NC hacking up a silver maple like he was going for the coveted Arborist of the Year Award.

Yup! Right in your backyard:hmm3grin2orange:

 

[treemandan]

Yup! Right in your backyard:hmm3grin2orange:

Not my backyard.

 

[2treeornot2tree]

Heading to bed so I vsn be rolling out at 4am to go pickup my new stump grinder

 

[treemandan]

Heading to bed so I vsn be rolling out at 4am to go pickup my new stump grinder

**** about the snow?

 

[ropensaddle]

wraptor out two big dead oaks today and loaded limb wood firewood. tomorrow I will use the tw6 and split them to haul home then sell it to add to profit at later date. I love bomb trees so fast!

 

[treeclimber101]

Heading to bed so I vsn be rolling out at 4am to go pickup my new stump grinder

Congrats

 

[2treeornot2tree]

**** about the snow?

I got a old employee that i trust, thats laid off, thats gonna take care of it for me.