How much would you charge to cut this
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fireman33
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Oh and I pay 800$ a year for liability insurance 1 million
Just what I thought. No insurance hack.
Sorry, I didn't see your post. You are not a no insurance hack but we are not crazy about part-timers.
fireman33
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I've been on this forum for a few years and I've come on the 101 section to ask a normal question so that I wouldn't get grilled by all the full timers professional arborist that don't want anything to do with newbies...I must say I'm a bit disappointed...anyways life carries on !
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For a job like that, over the years I've seen prices range from $250-$1000, depending on time of year, business cycle, neighbourhood etc.
Given that around here, that house would be worth well over $1 million, the price would be in the upper end of that range.
I would be ecstatic if my jobs only has a 1% chance of problems. Died and gone to heaven. But that why you weekend warriors pass on the harder jobs and us pros have to pick up the pieces.
Given that around here, that house would be worth well over $1 million, the price would be in the upper end of that range.
I would be ecstatic if my jobs only has a 1% chance of problems. Died and gone to heaven. But that why you weekend warriors pass on the harder jobs and us pros have to pick up the pieces.
Of course you're going to get grilled, Probie. Don't tell me it's any different at the firehouse. We had a cedar clearing crew start a fire a couple weekends ago under a burn ban, called the fire department, and the Probie backed the truck into a live oak. I imagine he's been doing dishes ever since. Thicken your skin and maybe learn sonething.
ropensaddle
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Hahaha no thanks i can envision a day there for ropey leave house 6 am get to work at 9 per traffic. Leave yard, get at job by 10 10 30 ish as rush hours finally thinning a bit; set rope, wraptor up bang out tree 1 hour and half. Go to local hamburger joint where am served by a homo that says 20 dollars, sorry; I ain't tipping that homo as he might mistake it for a pass. I get back to job bang out clean-up one hour, go to gas station where i hear essay and mucho loco etc Pay for gas 6 dollars a gallon! wtf two more homos holding hands, head to next job have two homo's arguing over which tree I'm there for, I follow work order, upsets one homo! I roll back to yard walk into office to hand in work order and manager and his assistant are eating popcorn and watching broke back mountain!
Rope, as Jeff would say "its a beautiful day' in your fantasy.
ropensaddle
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Haha no my fantasy would be like Giligan's island but with only mary ann and ginger oh and plenty of deer to hunt
ropensaddle
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After reflecting on my post I'm guessing I was thinking of San fran instead of san d ! Sorry for the confusion on my part but that state is way too liberal imo.
I could never live up there,,but I knew you were thinking of San Fran, because if you ever stay in San Diego (not the downtown are) north county area, you would never leave,,,,,
Jeff
Well, it's no Texas, but it's all right.
ropensaddle
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haha tell you what bro, I prolly would live there if and only if I made huge bucks. I mean enough $ too live well and hunt anyplace I wanted be it Iowa deer or African plains game, as I live to bowhunt!
ropensaddle
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Of course I keep playing the lotto so who knows
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Cupocoffee
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I have a tree stump grinding business. I don't cut trees but I follow up a ton of tree service guys. I often ask my customers what they paid to have a tree cut. The amounts vary wildly. In the OKC area that tree could cost anywhere from $200 to $2,000. I am thinking if you do a job like that (just laying it on the ground in small pieces) for less than $500 you are giving your work away even if the homeowner did all the clean-up. The reason anyone asks to have work like that done is because they don't have the tools, the time, the health, and most importantly the knowledge and experience to do it properly and safely.
A couple of years ago, my friend's mother had a dead 25' Loblolly pine in her back yard. It was leaning toward her house and over a power line. I told him I thought we should be able to take that tree down. I was 65 at the time. I climbed about ten feet up with my Stihl 066 and couldn't crank the thing. So, after sweating profusely, I told John we should rethink that project (Hey, even I have my brighter moments). In the meantime, his mom had a brain tumor and the tree project was put on hold. One day a man, from south of the border, knocked on his mom's door while John was there. He said he saw the dead pine in the back yard and offered to take it down for $500. John said it was a great price but his mom was ill and didn't have the money. The guy offered to do it for $250 and John told him the same thing. The guy finally offered to take it down for $150 and got the job. He kept his kid out of school the next day, cut the tree to nearly ground level, and had his kid stack all the wood in front of the house. I have seen that same scenario over and over. One day, I bid $120 to grind a 30" oak stump. The homeowner balked and said he had the whole tree cut down and hauled off for $100 so he was expecting the stump grinding to be less than that. I told him $120 is what I charge but he could rent a stump grinder from Home Depot for about $100 or call around and someone would surely do it for less. I did get the job and he was very happy when I left. I don't play games with my prices. I am not in business to go out of business.
So, Fireman33, my point in all this is don't ever give your work and experience away. If a job is too technical ... walk away from it and let those who do those things every day and have the right equipment and experience do it. You asked a simple question ... I don't get all the curt comments ... so this has been my simple answer. Be safe, climbing trees with chainsaws is a very dangerous business. Even very experienced guys have been hurt badly. Just look on Youtube for plenty of examples. On the other hand you don't get experience without just doing it.
mes261
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I don't work for a tree service but I know a lot of them and from what I know, I'd say on average they would charge $250-$400 depending on if they "had" to climb or not.
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