Well now that I provided rebuttals..........sheesh, maybe we can get back on topic pertaining to the thread, I guess in different places its done in different ways & no matter how unprofessional it is to most I guess if thats your way of doing it.....god bless ya!
The real truth is I have seen an influx of new services with no skill set, they buy bucket trucks or towable lifts & whalla they are a tree service. their thoughts of rigging are using anything that will hold a limb (chocker cables, nylon straps, dog chain, etc..) & for the most part it works............I call em hacks, but they call themselves professionals.
The same types will stub over a norway/silver maple, top an oak tree, spike trims & make flush cuts..........I call em hacks, but they call themselves professionals. Ive witnessed them drop huge spars directly into the back of their pickup trucks, watched them drop trees across the road, across land bridges & on to gaurd rails. Ive seen them operate without PPE & in traffic areas they provide no cones or signs but instead have the guy who runs the tractor/skidsteer direct traffic with a mechanics rag while smoking a cig.........I call them Hacks, they call themselves professional
I have had the pleasure of being part of this site & have witnessed the same display/statements in posts of many on here who have joined the tree care ranks & are for the most part new to the trade, Yep you guessed it, I call them hacks, but they think they are professionals! For the betterment of this trade many need to go away its just that with a bad economy everyone is doing what they can to make a living & thats unfortunate for those of us who have been doing tree care our whole lives, I just call it as I see it & mean no harm...............but it is the actions of one who can at times represent many, ask me I know..2 letters for ya-------AA
Be safe & stay healthy
LXT.............