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Would you expand on this? I make it apparent to the homeowner when they are interfering with the production, for both of our sakes.

Yeah. Wait it out. P.S. Chip brush on site. Leave logs onsite. Dump 6' x 60' spar will lay as it falls. Limbs over septic drain field on south side, neighbor's outbuilding under the west side, where all the critical rigging will occur. The drain field is pretty easy. Enough good rigging points...

I'm too much of an optimist. The reminder to shoot high is good. I've got my most expensive single tree out on bid, now, $5k for a 6' cottonwood with a dead central leader and an easy 100' spread. I drive by it occasionally. I get to thinking, maybe its not as bad as I thought. Will I lose out...

What is a good response when people expect you to be able to provide a time estimate? Generally, I find it is useful for those jobs with lots of unknowns, therefore its hard to apply and estimated time x hourly rate = bid price, which is to a degree what they want. Crystal ball reading, it...

Applying a formula of estimated hours multiplied times a rate is easy to do. Establishing the rate for the individual team's productivity with specific iron, and accurately estimating are harder. Especially the latter. Especially, if you're somewhat of a perfectionist for low-impact, pruning...

Yes. This. I'm talking about a water front, view property with the neighbors house newly painted yellow. Open the view as much as possible, without opening it too much. I don't even know how many branches are on a 100' cedar...100-150. I'm talking about removing 4, and reducing 4, and trimming...

Pruning is different than removals. Sometimes, I shake branches and have the groundworker next to the homeowner, communicating with the Sena comms. Alternately, I have the custy use their phone, which bluetooth's into my helmet.

I wonder about the idea of being able to somewhat build up enough local rep to charge by the hour, and what to charge for various equipment, and if this makes sense. Time is one of my most limiting factors. If I have enough of a customer base, would I benefit from skipping all the bidding part...