My Competition: Tree fo' Less

[MasterBlaster]

Well, that's one way to go about it.

 

[squisher]

On that crew I'd prefer to be the supervisor I think .

 

[sotc]

below minimum wage and under the table id guess

 

[MasterBlaster]

What is the give away for that?

 

[sotc]

couldnt make money with that bid and that job and that equip. any other way

 

[No_Bivy]

Thier truck says Fully Insured?:what:

 

[sotc]

same with a few guys around here!

 

[SteveBullman]

ive got a smallish truck by american standards and thats no different to how i'd load up my cord, along with the larger percentage of other uk companies...i guess i must be a cowboy too!

 

[Ryan]

Steve, I've handbombed wood before too. I didn't realize it was an outdated practice. Next thing I know, dragging brush will be a fool's errand and I'll have to talk the boss into getting a winch to pull brush to the chipper 'cos that's how the "pros" do it.

No offense, John. Just another one of my many attempts at humor.

 

[No_Bivy]

Working like that will finish your spine off early. Most companies I see round' here like that use and abuse thier employees, and eventually they all leave. This is a reason for high turnover. I doubt dude has insurance he claims, probably just ghost certificates. Loading wood by hand sucks, Ain't no way dudes can load these big chunks by hand. I try and go with the all hydraulic policy, and save my back for the good part, CLIMBING.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Shoot, I loaded em like that for years, never hurt my back. Working out of a bucket hurt my back more than hand loading logs ever did. Just don't go too heavy, it's a good workout.

 

[No_Bivy]

Im lazy

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hell, me too in my old age!

Bring on the loader/Bobcat!!!

 

[No_Bivy]

Crane?.......
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[SteveBullman]

bivy, most of the jobs over here you're lucky to be able to get a truck up to, big wood normally ends up gettings sliced and diced and carried out.

 

[No_Bivy]

How about mini skids?

 

[Thor's Hammer]

If you cant get a big truck to it, a mini loader will soon carry it out

 

[roller]

Thier truck says Fully Insured?:what:

not being funny ,but i'd watch what I posted about other firms,you never know if they might be reading this stuff..

 

[Climber020]

Been loading wood like that since I started tree work. Almost all companies I work for or sub for don't have groundies so after you climbing you drag and carry. And with my back, it is now in my business plan to buy a mini next year.

 

[sotc]

Been loading wood like that since I started tree work. Almost all companies I work for or sub for don't have groundies so after you climbing you drag and carry. And with my back, it is now in my business plan to buy a mini next year.

me too, unless it works out for later this year

 

[TC3]

There's a lot of good points being made about having to chunk & load. It ain't rocket science to dice up a felled tree. We've all done it, and I think no matter where you go there will always be people willing to do it for cheap.
It makes a good case for diversifying. When I'm on a property like that, I can do a walk-around with a customer and offer other tree care services as well as the removal. I'd rather focus on establishing that person as a customer. Repeat biz is where it's at.

 

[darkstar]

I got to hernias from that kinda of work. It was painful and expensive.

 

[Ryan]

 

[Paul B]

nice log Ryan! I think john stewart has a pic of a big hunk o wood upon the shoulder too.

 

[MasterBlaster]

That's WACK, yo! :what: