Used a razor knife. I definitely underbid - didn't expect it to be as difficult as it was. I'm sure that with experience you can get quite fast but screw that!
When I did it, it was worth it.
When I did it it, I had spikes on and carrying two carpet knives that I used that were tied thru the hole in the handle and loop around my wrist , ( with extra in the truck), and could do ten feet (washingtonia robusta),in about 20 minutes. At ten bucks a foot, not bad, although the clean-up can take longer than the skinning.
This practice is not good for the tree and I can't wait until standards change on this.
Anyway, I used a linesman strap with a wrap and spiked them. I agree now the cost goes up in the modern age and spiking the palm--arg!
You can SRT to trim it but if you have to come down and start skinning, that is a job and needs to be explained to the customer.
You also have to know when to stop skinning even if the customer wants more.
Again, the clean-up is time consuming, your groundies gonna be busy long after the climber is done.
Jeff
You make it sound easy. 10 ft/20 min??? IIIIIIIIII don't know. I suppose I'll try the carpet knife next time, and see if I can beat your time. Aaaaaaand, I can.
How far up do you stop skinning and why?
Dead petioles v/s live tissue.
Jeff
In Vegas everyone wants it done but nobody wants to pay for it. The only job I ever got skinning palms was such a pain in the ass I bid high so I don't get anymore. The illegals here are too cheap to compete with. Funny thing, I ask fifteen bucks a foot only to find out that's going rate. Like I said, nobody wants to pay for it.
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