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  1. Ent

    2023 Contract Climber Rates?

    Sounds good man. To each their own.
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    2023 Contract Climber Rates?

    I guess you disagree that you have options on how and where to make an income? Or, whether to make an income at all?
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    2023 Contract Climber Rates?

    Question or statement?
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    2023 Contract Climber Rates?

    I suppose that's the conundrum isn't it. "Good on you" for making as much as you can ONLY of course if you're not the business owner. Then it's just greedy isn't it. Maybe there is a middle ground that both should abide by.
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    2023 Contract Climber Rates?

    I used to contract. I was very good at it. I charged $400/day. That included getting done with the tree and helping with clean up until every last piece of saw dust was blown off. I really enjoy the actual completion of a job and spending time with the crew I was working with. Sometimes they...
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    2023 Contract Climber Rates?

    This happened continously to me as an employee as you know. Something I try my best not to do as a business owner unless there is some emergency. Having said that, I didn't mind so much. I do the work because I like it, and like working with good tree people. The money is necessary. And everyone...
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    2023 Contract Climber Rates?

    $1400/day is ludicrous. Maybe that word is better than gauging? Do you think that's a legit rate to pay a climber on one of your job sites?
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    2023 Contract Climber Rates?

    Firstly, why do you need contract work with such proficiency, tools, & crew? Secondly, why would a company pay that much and lose all profits on a job? I'm assuming a companies incompetance would be the answer to the second question. But still, why would they choose to do the job and lose or...
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    dogs of treebuzz

    Olive & Claude
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    dogs of treebuzz

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    I’m done

    I have two dogs. They help me out a lot for this sort of thing. Maybe cats too, never had any.
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    I’m done

    Do you have a dog?
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    Colorado Tree Company Looking for Subcontracting Climbing Arborist

    Unfortunately there are quite a few companies around here that do this to skirt paying workers comp. They hire everyone on as 1099
  14. Ent

    Need Climbers in Austin, TX

    What do you pay?
  15. Ent

    Subcontracting Advice

    Relying on luck in tree work usually doesn't end well. I will say if you were a sub and broke a deck in negligence, you would be on the hook for that repair/replacement. And, probably not invited back. Just something to keep in mind if you pursue the subconracting route.
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