Well it was a great day today... for somebody. This morning we took out a red oak, and pruned a beech tree for a buddy of mine. Luckily it was right next to the driveway. After that we sat down for a relaxed lunch, and then took off to deal with this one hemlock tree.
A good client asked me last week to get rid of a hemlock tree near her house. Went over and looked, no problem... throw a rope up there, and pull it over to the neighbor's property, wrap the winch cable around it and away we go. So last night I send the neighbor an e-mail saying I need to use the property. Now I'd worked for the neighbor for a few years, doing the lawn, leaves, stumps, trees, etc. etc. This past year I couldn't deal with her anymore, just her BS and inability to pay in a timely fashion, so I got rid of her ass in the spring. So I send her the e-mail, and I get a response last night saying no problem, go for it. This morning I wake up, and there's another e-mail asking for my insurance certificates and all that jazz. She doesn't want me walking through her property without it. My response.. F that. A number of years back the current client paid me to plant a nice japanese maple for this neighbor, the client has paid me countless times to go over to the neighbor's house and do the border hedges, cut the grass, leaves, etc. etc. Like I said... good client. So I get there today, and said F this, and while we didn't drop the tree whole, we did take the entire thing out through her property.
I parked my truck on the road, and blew the chips into the woods of another client who lives across the street. Called her later on, she says to me that as long as it's for the good client, she has no problem with it, but if it's for the former client / neighbor whacko she would not have been happy. So as we're dragging the brush across the street to chip, this LUNATIC comes barreling down the road... now the posted speed limit on these roads is 20... this guy was doing easily 40. Guy slams on his brakes in order to avoid hitting this abandoned van which was also parked on the road. Looks at me like I'm a jerk for parking where I did... slams his SUV into reverse and smokes the tires backing up. Pissed me off, and a few bystanders.
