Along the same line. Asked for a bigger saw and the green groundie sends me the 261 he's already run into the dirt about 37 times. Would have been faster to use my handsaw.Gears ground today.
Up in the tree about 70' and sent the saw down to be refueled. Get it back and the loose oil cap manages to stay on till pulling the pull cord a couple times. Look down at my leg now covered in slimy thick oil.
Resend for oil fill up and proceed to remove the black locust. Upon touching earth again my leg now looked like it was tared and feathered. Thanks, green groundie.
On the other hand ....... shit happens.
What Grinds Your Gears?
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I feel your pain.
chiselbit
Been here a while
I have “MY saws” and “Your saws”. Nobody runs “my saws” but me. Had a guy (good friend) who thought he knew all about running saws. He’s grab a saw and make 3 cuts and it would be to dull to cut, he’d grab another saw, same thing. By the time I’d get to the chunking part of a removal there wouldn’t be a sharp saw on the job site. That’s when the mine and yours plan was implemented. And also the “don’t hire your friends” plan.
Cereal_Killer
Branched out member
- Location
- Ohio
This one happened today:
My buddy and I both drive not new vehicles, me a 03 Toyota Sequoia and him a 2000's something F250 but they're both in great mechanical shape and do not leak a drop of anything. We're working at the client's and a general contractor shows up in a POS duramax, I'd say 2015+ or newer (it does look good) and leaves a big oil drip spot in the 2h he's there and at the end of the day the client asks us what we're gonna do about it so then we had to sit there and show him where we parked there wasn't anything and all that shit came from the new looking truck where only he had been parked.
Similar situations have happened before too cause Ben's truck has some especially bad rust spots from being a salt/plow truck but again they're both tip-top shape mechanically and dry underneath. Atleast he asked while we were there so we could show him in person our shit didn't do it, last time it was a angry call a few days later.
My buddy and I both drive not new vehicles, me a 03 Toyota Sequoia and him a 2000's something F250 but they're both in great mechanical shape and do not leak a drop of anything. We're working at the client's and a general contractor shows up in a POS duramax, I'd say 2015+ or newer (it does look good) and leaves a big oil drip spot in the 2h he's there and at the end of the day the client asks us what we're gonna do about it so then we had to sit there and show him where we parked there wasn't anything and all that shit came from the new looking truck where only he had been parked.
Similar situations have happened before too cause Ben's truck has some especially bad rust spots from being a salt/plow truck but again they're both tip-top shape mechanically and dry underneath. Atleast he asked while we were there so we could show him in person our shit didn't do it, last time it was a angry call a few days later.
Cereal_Killer
Branched out member
- Location
- Ohio
Bro, I waited 10 minutes Monday for the one diesel pump thinking maybe the guy was just taking a shit in the gas station, walk up to the window finally and the MFer is taking a nap in the shade! And then after all that he don't even need diesel!
Birdyman88
Branched out member
- Location
- Arlington
When another tree service walks onto my job site to either offer their service for something that I already have covered - usually some guy with a lot of machinery that has forgotten how to climb and drag wood - or to offer his advice on how to do something.
I sometimes contract climb for a guy who's been doing this for over 30 years and we had just taken down a dead elm and the groundie was dragging wood to trailer. Meanwhile across the street, another service had the machines going hauling out the remainder of a big oak trunk from some previous storm. Their boss comes over while I'm cinching a line around the top of a small hickory. We had the line running up and through a crotch of a neighboring oak and we're gonna "hang" the hickory, then take it apart, bottom up. Dude starts talking about why we don't just drop it through a small gap between some other trees. Now this is a $400,000+ dollar property with some nice trees, and dropping that little hickory will break branches on at least two other trees. We told him we were gonna "hang it". He looked puzzled. My guy asked him if he'd ever hung a tree, and he said no, and couldn't understand why we would want to intentionally hang up a tree up in another tree. When we tried to clarify, he said with a funny look, "oh yeah we do that", but still couldn't grasp why we didn't just drop it. My guy responded with "we're here to do tree work, not tear up the customer's trees". By that time, of course, I've already got the rope cinched on the top and my guy is ready to take his wraps. Finally my guy told him, "man, I've been doing this 30 years, we got it under control, and do you mind standing out of the work zone while we get this done." Ziiiip, and she's done, hanging just like we said. He got pissed and left. Meanwhile, his bucket babies across the street proceed to clean up the trunk on a oak in the front yard and not only did they make a bunch of poor finish cuts, but I swear they put chainsaw marks all over the bark of that tree.
Thank you for letting me vent that
I sometimes contract climb for a guy who's been doing this for over 30 years and we had just taken down a dead elm and the groundie was dragging wood to trailer. Meanwhile across the street, another service had the machines going hauling out the remainder of a big oak trunk from some previous storm. Their boss comes over while I'm cinching a line around the top of a small hickory. We had the line running up and through a crotch of a neighboring oak and we're gonna "hang" the hickory, then take it apart, bottom up. Dude starts talking about why we don't just drop it through a small gap between some other trees. Now this is a $400,000+ dollar property with some nice trees, and dropping that little hickory will break branches on at least two other trees. We told him we were gonna "hang it". He looked puzzled. My guy asked him if he'd ever hung a tree, and he said no, and couldn't understand why we would want to intentionally hang up a tree up in another tree. When we tried to clarify, he said with a funny look, "oh yeah we do that", but still couldn't grasp why we didn't just drop it. My guy responded with "we're here to do tree work, not tear up the customer's trees". By that time, of course, I've already got the rope cinched on the top and my guy is ready to take his wraps. Finally my guy told him, "man, I've been doing this 30 years, we got it under control, and do you mind standing out of the work zone while we get this done." Ziiiip, and she's done, hanging just like we said. He got pissed and left. Meanwhile, his bucket babies across the street proceed to clean up the trunk on a oak in the front yard and not only did they make a bunch of poor finish cuts, but I swear they put chainsaw marks all over the bark of that tree.
Thank you for letting me vent that
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
Got a new one today... two weeks in accounts receivables, trying to bill online to be virus friendly. This sucks with quarterlys due.
Reach
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Atglen, PA
Don’t know how you do your billing, but since we started using Jobber Payments last year, where people can pay with a credit card online, we have been running a negative accounts receivable at least half the time. If you don’t use Jobber, PayPal has a similar offering that would likely work for you, and I think Square offers something as well.
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
This is with using jobber!
Chaplain242
Branched out member
maybe not giving jobber enough kick backs?
Reach
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Atglen, PA
Wow, that does seem odd. What is your invoice due date set to? “Due on receipt”, “net 15”, etc. If it’s not “Due on Receipt” already, maybe set it that way and see if that helps.
flushcut
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Delavan, WI
Lawn mow crews that think my work site is theirs. F#@k off lawn jockeys!
TreeVB
Branched out member
- Location
- Boise, Idaho
Having to do end weight reductions on Scots pine after the previous "tree cutter" decided to lion tail every single limb. That is some slick bark for sure nevermind the fact that some people should just stick to removals since they are incapable of learning how to prune.
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
It’s due on receipt and I have a late notice go out a few days later. Also it’s written in the terms of contract
Serf Life
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Maine Island
Waiting six weeks for a $150 bill from a loaded neighbor with two reminders, grrrrr
Had a discussion with the owner the other day and he brought up how the more well off the customer is, the longer he usually has to wait to get paid. He reasoned that the average customer probably has to budget and save to get a decent sized tree cut down, so it's like an accomplishment to pay the bill. Whereas to richer customers it's just a drop in the bucket to them, so not urgent. Some of the entitlement that comes with wealth.
Reach
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Atglen, PA
Wow. I don’t understand why you’re having so much trouble, perhaps it’s just your market, but I don’t know on that one. Either way, I’m sorry you’re having that problem! Do you ask for a deposit? If you don’t, maybe that would be a help.
evo
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- My Island, WA
I don’t do the deposit thing unless I have to buy materials for the job, like props, plants, or cabling.
It’s my market for sure, lots of disposable income. Lots of baby boomers who don’t under stand what a callus is. Also many out of towners or mainlander second homes.
One guy lives just over the water but now insists he see the finished product before he pays me. He won’t be here for a week. Hell even our post office doesn’t post mark mail gets shipped off to the mainland and marked the next business day. My only gripe with mail in voting, and I’ve acquired a few late fees that way too
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