the Aerialist
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Took down another big Cherry yesterday ..
The job became much more involved once I got up into the tree for a good look, another big leaner and I had to do extensive support rigging to trust it to take the shock load from dropping the top. It was right over a fancy chicken coop with prize chickens in it. I told the HO that if it went wrong to plan on a chicken dinner.
With JohnBoy on the rope it stopped right above the chickens and their home without much shock at the point that I was riding the big stick that was left. Caused quite a buzz with the chickens though, they must have bought the sky was falling.
The customer added $200 to an $1800 price for the work after seeing the trouble I went to to make it safe to climb. This after me telling them that I never raise my prices once quoted. They also told me that they did have a $1600 bid for the job but went with me because of my awesome A-List reputation. I'm going back Friday for another tree and to collect all the large Cherry rounds we left there.
The job became much more involved once I got up into the tree for a good look, another big leaner and I had to do extensive support rigging to trust it to take the shock load from dropping the top. It was right over a fancy chicken coop with prize chickens in it. I told the HO that if it went wrong to plan on a chicken dinner.
With JohnBoy on the rope it stopped right above the chickens and their home without much shock at the point that I was riding the big stick that was left. Caused quite a buzz with the chickens though, they must have bought the sky was falling.
The customer added $200 to an $1800 price for the work after seeing the trouble I went to to make it safe to climb. This after me telling them that I never raise my prices once quoted. They also told me that they did have a $1600 bid for the job but went with me because of my awesome A-List reputation. I'm going back Friday for another tree and to collect all the large Cherry rounds we left there.