jrr344
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maybe we could meet half way.:hmm3grin2orange:
ridiculous questions....
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Hey your not too far away , I got this dead pine the other day it kind spooks me as I am new. Maybe you could help me get it down I think it would take 2 hours do you have your own gear?
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
arbor pro
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good post
tree md
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I had to do a prune job last week where I had to submit my insurance to the neighbor and put him at ease before I pruned the limbs over his house. I met the guy there in the morning before I pruned the limbs to go over what all I was going to do. There was a large Elm limb growing into his metal chimney cover and was actually lodged inside the chimney cover. He asked me how I had planned to remove it. I told him I was going to gently pull it out with a pull saw and rope the rest of the limb out. He chuckled and told me the last guy who the HO had come by to look at it called the Elm a Cottonwood and wanted to stand on his roof (with a 10:12 pitch) and prune it with a power pruner. The dude said no way. He didn't want the guy to kill himself on his property or tear up his chimney. After he got home from work and saw his house with all the pruning work done he was ecstatic.
Point being, that is the kind of stuff you hear from a carpenter, welder, firewood jockey, treeman wannabe.
Point being, that is the kind of stuff you hear from a carpenter, welder, firewood jockey, treeman wannabe.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
I can help. How attached is the homeowner to that roof?
I was sorta think plywood could be put down and then cut four foot chunks and bounce em off the boards. I told him there could be some damage but my ladder won't reach high enough so I was hoping a tree dude wanted to make a killing for two hours lol
Ok I'll stop but I must say some posts do make you go
I love the lawn jockeys that seem to think the ornamental shrubs are their turf, we tree guys could use some cake ya know
tree md
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I was sorta think plywood could be put down and then cut four foot chunks and bounce em off the boards. I told him there could be some damage but my ladder won't reach high enough so I was hoping a tree dude wanted to make a killing for two hours lol
Ok I'll stop but I must say some posts do make you go
I did 19 ornamental trees at an office park last week then did 4 more at a residence. About time I got a little cake. I have been doing nothing but the hard stuff for the past two years. Every out of work yo yo in the city has been gobbling up all the cake for a hundred dollars a day since the economy went bust and everyone got layed off. OK, jobs are coming back fellas... You can go back to making your hundred a day goofing around the shop or cutting grass or whatever it is you do.
TreeClimber57
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I could pay you like 300 to help me get it down interested? here is a pic
Well gee I can climb pretty good.. but not sure if I can fit through that hole. :hmm3grin2orange:
TreeClimber57
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Ok I'll stop but I must say some posts do make you go
So true.. all the easy jobs get picked up by the lowballers.. anything serious at all they usually do not bid on. But then you have to work at it.. nice to have an easy one at times (especially around Christmas).
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
I did a job two days ago lady has already got me three customers calling. She herself was referred , I love free advertising
TreeClimber57
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I did a job two days ago lady has already got me three customers calling. She herself was referred , I love free advertising
Best kind.. and usually less hassle as they already have some level of confidence in you (inherited from their friend who referred you).
Norwayclimber
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I was sorta think plywood could be put down and then cut four foot chunks and bounce em off the boards. I told him there could be some damage but my ladder won't reach high enough so I was hoping a tree dude wanted to make a killing for two hours lol
You should try placing som used tires in a sandwich construction between two layers of playwood. Takes of the worst shock and I think you'll be able to manage withoutthe help of a tree dude. That way you can probably mak 20$ more for yourself.
A good tip is park your car a good distance away, and if you have any plywood left, you might want to put it up against some windows. Just my 2 cents!
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Yes but some take more time to refer anyone. I split the whole tree into firewood no charge but it saved me a trip with the skid steer it made her very happy. She is now like a salesman on payroll lol
capecodtree
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amature hour
I actually lost a job that I bid to a fly by night that told the client to go buy 20 sheets of 1/2" plywood and cover his roof with it. they would then stand on the plywood and drop limbs and chunks onto the "protected" roof. the client was then told that after the job he could bring back the plywood to the lumber company and get his money back! "they do it all the time". I laughed out loud and told him he had to be joking. the homeowner took offense to my remarks, but I couldn't help myself.
I actually lost a job that I bid to a fly by night that told the client to go buy 20 sheets of 1/2" plywood and cover his roof with it. they would then stand on the plywood and drop limbs and chunks onto the "protected" roof. the client was then told that after the job he could bring back the plywood to the lumber company and get his money back! "they do it all the time". I laughed out loud and told him he had to be joking. the homeowner took offense to my remarks, but I couldn't help myself.
TreeClimber57
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I had a good laugh the other day..
.....a woman called and asked "how much for 1/2 cord of firewood?"
I said '$100.'
She said she saw some for $70 per half cord and asked 'what is the difference?'
I said 'About $30., Mam.'
I got some green pine if you want wood at $70 per half cord.. hey maybe I will even let it go for $50..! Course be a bit more if you want it cut and split.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
I had a good laugh the other day..
.....a woman called and asked "how much for 1/2 cord of firewood?"
I said '$100.'
She said she saw some for $70 per half cord and asked 'what is the difference?'
I said 'About $30., Mam.'
That right there was funny, I don't care who you are
Of course the cheaper one; I get the picture of some one toofed cat getting out with beer cans rolling out of his buick lesaber ,converted to truck ! With personalized license plates saying woodbuggah :hmm3grin2orange: I will pay for that lol
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tree md
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I had a good laugh the other day..
.....a woman called and asked "how much for 1/2 cord of firewood?"
I said '$100.'
She said she saw some for $70 per half cord and asked 'what is the difference?'
I said 'About $30., Mam.'
$100 for a rick is pretty good. It averages about $75 for a rick here. I saw someone selling it for $80 a rick yesterday. No one has a concept of a cord of wood here. They order 2 ricks... Even the tree guys and firewood guys refer to a cord as two ricks...
treeslayer
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TreeClimber57
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What lengths do you guys cut the wood to get 2 ricks to equal a cord.. or 1 rick to be a 1/2 cord?
We cut normally 16" lengths, and it takes 3 rows to make 1 cord.
It is actually not legal to sell by other than cord, fraction of cord or cu ft in Canada (although lots still do).
http://www.gov.ns.ca/NATR/publications/energy/buyfirewood.pdf
http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/mc-mc.nsf/eng/lm03963.html
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Yup I saw a wanted add on C-list cord wanted 120 I left a message good luck on getting a cord for that. He called me and said I get 2 stacks 4 by 8 16" wood . I told him that is 2/3 of a cord and I could haul him some for that as he is practically my neighbor.
