If it were me, who also actually like you cares about this industry, trees, educating people, and what we do as a whole... I'd throw like $1800 Mebbe? See what they say. And if you feel like you have any wiggle room then see if you can talk it out with them. I'm sure after you speak with them...
Wow, didn't expect so much great feedback! Thanks everyone! And so I guess I should say that I want to mainly specialize in pruning, small to medium size removals, treatment that does not require a spray rig, reductions, dead wooding, and some emergency/storm work. Sub out the super gnarly stuff...
Just wanted to ask some advice on starting your own SMALL tree care company. Is being small even possible in this biz? Have any of you already done this and had success at starting small and staying that way?
I have a question. Well, multiple questions. What specifically is considered a "hack"? Does a good arborist NEED to be a CA? Or is this just an opinion? Are there good arbos out there that are not CA's? Are there bad arbos out there that are? Does being, working, conducting, studying all...
Thanks! Really happy with it so far. Really exciting to have my own chipper. :) And I'm not certain... It's aDeutz F2L-1011. But when I type that in with horsepower after it in google, several different sites say several different HP. o_O