Bid that tree!

southsoundtree said:
Can you drop things without rigging? I see a chain-link fence, should be easy to remove if not matted with grass at the base. High TIP?
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I already did it back in november.. Yes clear ground behind the building, and a TIP in the cedar and or the alder behind. The fence was damaged by a hemlock and its out of range from the fir. No rigging points that are worth a damn
 
oceans said:
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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?
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Full day along with the full kit , with wood removed at least $3,500

That's if we can get it done is a day. looks big and challenging especially with a spongy lawn. How do you move about with the wheel loader. Looks like a good spider crane job.
 
Helmstein said:
Full day along with the full kit , with wood removed at least $3,500

That's if we can get it done is a day. looks big and challenging especially with a spongy lawn. How do you move about with the wheel loader. Looks like a good spider crane job.
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I put 6k on it, being storm damage cleanup and an emergency removal. The client reported to get another bid that was slightly lower and they went with it. I was fine with that. It would have been a 2 day affair on super sofr ground any way you cut it up.
 
oceans said:
I put 6k on it, being storm damage cleanup and an emergency removal. The client reported to get another bid that was slightly lower and they went with it. I was fine with that. It would have been a 2 day affair on super sofr ground any way you cut it up.
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There are some jobs that you kind of know you aren’t going to win on or at least you know you could lose based on factors out of your control. Sounds like one best not to have gotten anyway.
 
RyanCafferky said:
There are some jobs that you kind of know you aren’t going to win on or at least you know you could lose based on factors out of your control. Sounds like one best not to have gotten anyway.
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Exactly. Has to be worth my while to drop my entire schedule, which is one of the most challenging things for a small company to stay on top of in the first place. Change one day and you might detonate the whole week, or worse!
 
oceans said:
I put 6k on it, being storm damage cleanup and an emergency removal. The client reported to get another bid that was slightly lower and they went with it. I was fine with that. It would have been a 2 day affair on super sofr ground any way you cut it up.
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I didn't take into account this being an emergency Job. With the ground soft that seems about right. It's good to not get every job. I like to throw out high numbers for emergency work and see what sticks.
 
oceans said:
$4,000 for emergency services.
Hope the bole stands back up on its own. If not, use the GRCS with multiple falls.
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Think we did it for $2700... Basically two guys (I was healing surgery so I was mostly usless).. We were in and out right about 3 hours. Stump didn't want to stand up, but we were able to guy it and shove wood under for the last couple of cuts.
 
With emergency jobs on buildings with homeowner insurance covering it, the sky's the limit! Especially if you have the customer for sure, like a bass on a perfectly sunk lure in the mouth.
 
tomstrees said:
With emergency jobs on buildings with homeowner insurance covering it, the sky's the limit! Especially if you have the customer for sure, like a bass on a perfectly sunk lure in the mouth.
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I doubt this building was insured, it’s smaller than the building permit requirements. The deductible little less than the cost of repair, and forcing the client to file a claim rates are jacked up is BS
And that is some shady shit.
 
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evo said:
I doubt this building was insured, it’s smaller than the building permit requirements. The deductible little less than the cost of repair, and forcing the client to file a claim rates are jacked up is BS
And that is some shady shit.
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It may not matter that the building specifically is insured, my buddy had trees fall on his house and barn and several separate ones fall on his barbwire fences which definitely weren't specifically insured but they're covering removing trees from the fencing, not the ones that only landed on the cars though.
 
evo said:
I doubt this building was insured, it’s smaller than the building permit requirements. The deductible little less than the cost of repair, and forcing the client to file a claim rates are jacked up is BS
And that is some shady shit.
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Shadowscape said:
That seems like a way to get a really bad reputation and end up being on one of the threads about crappy tree services in your area.
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I agree with you both on that one. Just wrote a quote yesterday for a very similar project, actually, just with decent access. I wrote the quote at our regular rates, and we will work it into the schedule pretty soon, probably this coming week.

We do have an emergency rate, which is more or less double our regular rate, but that is for something that is a true emergency, where we have to drop everything and race out right away to do it. In those cases, usually a tree that is sitting in someone’s living room, the insurance company pays and doesn’t mind the higher rate. And I feel that is a case where charging higher rates is justified, when it requires pushing the entire schedule back with no notice whatsoever. On a project like this, where it is simply a squished lawn shed, I don’t think it is fair to bill at such a high rate.
 
Reach said:
I agree with you both on that one. Just wrote a quote yesterday for a very similar project, actually, just with decent access. I wrote the quote at our regular rates, and we will work it into the schedule pretty soon, probably this coming week.

We do have an emergency rate, which is more or less double our regular rate, but that is for something that is a true emergency, where we have to drop everything and race out right away to do it. In those cases, usually a tree that is sitting in someone’s living room, the insurance company pays and doesn’t mind the higher rate. And I feel that is a case where charging higher rates is justified, when it requires pushing the entire schedule back with no notice whatsoever. On a project like this, where it is simply a squished lawn shed, I don’t think it is fair to bill at such a high rate.
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Just for a little clarity, its lawnshed sized but an island Air b'n'b. I think that thing rakes in about $450 a night!
 
Vicente said:
It may not matter that the building specifically is insured, my buddy had trees fall on his house and barn and several separate ones fall on his barbwire fences which definitely weren't specifically insured but they're covering removing trees from the fencing, not the ones that only landed on the cars though.
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true that's how it would likely work here too... Just not worth the hassle and jacked up rates. I actually never asked about insurance as it's none of my business...
I will sometimes ask about if the client is making a claim, just to make sure I have all my i's dotted and t's crossed for the insurance reimbursement for the clients sake. Basically saying 'we had to clean up all the material to get access to the damaged portion of the house to ensure saftey'
 
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