ducaticorse
Addicted to ArboristSite
Was sittin in a play downtown yesterday after work the wife dragged me off to and I started cracking up about this pict. and she elbowed me in the ribs couple of times.
That pic is priceless.
Was sittin in a play downtown yesterday after work the wife dragged me off to and I started cracking up about this pict. and she elbowed me in the ribs couple of times.
Man, I am still freakin out about dropping out of them. Just cannot justify the cost anymore. I lost money on them. Beings there is no regs, and the phone book peeps could care less what someone puts in their add, whether its true or not. Our books are FILLED with ex con/druggie toppin hacks, but their add says Certified Arborist! Very hard to separate myself from them in the book. All digital media and ValPak. Although the numbers dont lie, I still am real nervous about it.
Have had calls "we didnt see your add in the book, you still operating" This from people who I believe are other services wishing for my demise!
I hear what you're saying. Around here I do think people still use them.. especially older people. I know just yesterday a got a call where the lady said "I saw your add in the phone book..", so I don't think I'm ready to bail out just yet. Hell there have been years where one job out of the book could be several thousands. What's nice for me about this years book, is the few that kept decent sized adds are legitamate tree services, so I feel got a good shot bidding against them.
What I am going to do next year is drop that useless Yellow Book POS. I love how I signed for the year again, and when the book comes, I find out they shrunk it to the size of a paperback - without even telling the people that are the only ####ing reason they have jobs!! WTF is up with that?? Nice move, I'm sure the profit margin went was up (short term) on that deal! I was #####ing about it to one of their bill collectors the other day (lol), he says "actually it's much more used friendly". User friendly my ass! I was talking to a buddy the other day, he says he never resigned with them, and they just put his add back in anyway and kept right on billing. Amazing.
You should modify it and turn it into a Biener 2000. I can show you the schematics on mine:jester:
Went to do 3 estimates today, think they went well. Picked up a check from one job, and did a consultation. In the hurricane the lady had a rotten oak tree snap over her shed. Called a couple guys, wound up hiring a local idiot. Guy brings in a small crane, destroyed her yard, and due to a mechanical failure trashed the shed.... sounds like they overloaded the crane somehow... either the block was not properly attached, or the cable snapped.
That last Pic looks like a "DANGEROUS" tree....I mean a very "DANGEROUS" Tree...whaddya think AA?
LXT............
Pretty sure we'd need a certified tree risk assessor to make the call on that one.
That last Pic looks like a "DANGEROUS" tree....I mean a very "DANGEROUS" Tree...whaddya think AA?
LXT............
Left the boys to prune a big cottonwood and euc, then went to grind a couple stumps. My alpine magnum did this 4' ash in about 3 hours. (sorry for the lousy pic- I am not good with computers!
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