Bid that tree!

[Phil]

$900

Now what's your friends and family price lol?

This is a side job for a friend.

 

[Phil]

I'd do it for a friend on a Saturday for 300 or 400 probably, maybe just free. It really doesn't look very hard. A good solo job but the 900 was a kind of "legit" price to make it worthwhile for going with 2 people.

I put $400 on it without seeing it in person. I've been burned before with pics not doing the size of the tree, or the situation justice. I never learn my lesson though. I'll report back in Monday.

 

[Njdelaney]

If you can safely stand on the garage roof and land pieces there gently that seems like a not too big job

 

[Boomslang]

Now what's your friends and family price lol?

This is a side job for a friend.

For a friend? He provides beer and BBQ and moves to the top of the list next time I need help with something.

 

[Shadowscape]

If you can safely stand on the garage roof and land pieces there gently that seems like a not too big job

That is when you fall through the rotten roof boards and break off a portion of the rotted soffit. Your insurance will get him a new roof and it will be the best part of the whole place.

 

[evo]

Here's one:
Climb it and leave debris on site. Whats your estimate?

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for a friend, prob just a couple hundred, I'd make it a stob let them do the clean up then come back and drop the stick.... Always sucks to have to move wood off a shit stack of brush

 

[Phil]

It's actually a friend of a friend. Didn't even have his number saved in my phone but I know I've met the dude a couple times at kids bday parties and summer get togethers before. Really close friends would get a bit more generosity out of me.

 

[Helmstein]

This is shaping up to be one of the best threads on treebuzz.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Now what's your friends and family price lol?

This is a side job for a friend.

Day rate with them helping.

 

[southsoundtree]

Here's one:
Climb it and leave debris on site. Whats your estimate?

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Dbh, and approximate height help.

 

[Serf Life]

It's actually a friend of a friend. Didn't even have his number saved in my phone but I know I've met the dude a couple times at kids bday parties and summer get togethers before. Really close friends would get a bit more generosity out of me.

That makes it tougher. Don’t want to be “that guy” doing work for endless friends of friends, but maybe not full price. I do sliding scale happily regardless of friendship, but some friends of friends are loaded and don’t need a handout… Most definitely not quoted via pic though, jeez man!

 

[Boomslang]

It's actually a friend of a friend. Didn't even have his number saved in my phone but I know I've met the dude a couple times at kids bday parties and summer get togethers before. Really close friends would get a bit more generosity out of me.

Friends of friends get full price and hopefully the satisfaction that they are supporting someone they know.

I take issue with the friends and family discount expectation. They should be contacting you because they want to support you and see you succeed, not because they think they can get a deal. Quote the job as is and at the end of the day I'll decide if I want their money or not.

 

[VenasNursery]

Business is business and friendship is friendship

I will help a friend however I can but I will not bring my life savings and a crew that cost $700-$900 a day for a discount and I wouldn’t expect them too do it either

Do the job for free or charge full price IMO except for parents at least mine

 

[Phil]

I basically have a "I don't get out of bed for less than $400" policy. The whole bidding it from a picture thing is aweful I know but part of me likes the little bit of a gamble. Maybe I'll be done in two hours, maybe I'll be done 8. What's life without whimsy?

Also, I will never clean stuff up. I only do "leave lay" jobs. Plus I don't have Ins. premiums to worry about. The homeowner is the one that needs to worry about that lol. I always encourage them to get estimates from local companies as well.

 

[oceans]

Here’s one. It’s a wide angle photo, so don’t be deceived since the tree is quite a bit bigger than it may appear.
- Silver Maple
- 40” DBH
- ~80’ Tall
Job is to remove the entire tree, including the failed leader that struck the shed. The same failure occurred a few years back on the opposite side of the tree, so the lower trunk is now more or less a thin, rotting, flattened oval shape. Access across the lawn is spongy at best, with wide areas of standing water. Neighbor relations are in the toilet, so no go there.

Whaddaya say, fellow Buzzards?

 

[VenasNursery]

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Here’s one. It’s a wide angle photo, so don’t be deceived since the tree is quite a bit bigger than it may appear.
- Silver Maple
- 40” DBH
- ~80’ Tall
Job is to remove the entire tree, including the failed leader that struck the shed. The same failure occurred a few years back on the opposite side of the tree, so the lower trunk is now more or less a thin, rotting, flattened oval shape. Access across the lawn is spongy at best, with wide areas of standing water. Neighbor relations are in the toilet, so no go there.

Whaddaya say, fellow Buzzards?

If there’s no septic tanks or field in the way and easy access for lift and mini
15 minutes from yard $3k for the tree and $350 for the stump grinding
Grindings stay

 

[Boomslang]

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Here’s one. It’s a wide angle photo, so don’t be deceived since the tree is quite a bit bigger than it may appear.
- Silver Maple
- 40” DBH
- ~80’ Tall
Job is to remove the entire tree, including the failed leader that struck the shed. The same failure occurred a few years back on the opposite side of the tree, so the lower trunk is now more or less a thin, rotting, flattened oval shape. Access across the lawn is spongy at best, with wide areas of standing water. Neighbor relations are in the toilet, so no go there.

Whaddaya say, fellow Buzzards?

$500

Drop it across what's left of the shed, dice it into 10'-12' lengths, tell the demolition contractors they have some extra debris to haul away.

 

[Reach]

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Here’s one. It’s a wide angle photo, so don’t be deceived since the tree is quite a bit bigger than it may appear.
- Silver Maple
- 40” DBH
- ~80’ Tall
Job is to remove the entire tree, including the failed leader that struck the shed. The same failure occurred a few years back on the opposite side of the tree, so the lower trunk is now more or less a thin, rotting, flattened oval shape. Access across the lawn is spongy at best, with wide areas of standing water. Neighbor relations are in the toilet, so no go there.

Whaddaya say, fellow Buzzards?

We would probably crane it out from the street/driveway. Price would depend on the lifting radius, could be as low as $3400 if the radius isn’t too far. That will keep us off the lawn completely, besides footprints, and we definitely won’t need to touch the neighbor’s lawn.

 

[evo]

That makes it tougher. Don’t want to be “that guy” doing work for endless friends of friends, but maybe not full price. I do sliding scale happily regardless of friendship, but some friends of friends are loaded and don’t need a handout… Most definitely not quoted via pic though, jeez man!

you see that garage? "If you can stand on it" was a qualifier. Dont think the guy is loaded maybe Tomstree could talk to him for a while.

 

[evo]

Friends of friends get full price and hopefully the satisfaction that they are supporting someone they know.

I take issue with the friends and family discount expectation. They should be contacting you because they want to support you and see you succeed, not because they think they can get a deal. Quote the job as is and at the end of the day I'll decide if I want their money or not.

try living on a island, everyone is your 'friend' when they call you...