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  1. climbingmonkey24

    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    When I said “thin” I meant pruning to support fruit production, not just haphazardly cutting random branches. Wrong word maybe
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    Fruit tree holding on by a thread, client wants to get another year out of it. Thoughts?

    They said it produced great fruit last year. But the weight was so heavy it broke and bent some branches. In addition to the trunk rot and damage some of the main horizontal limbs are also decayed. After talking with a few other arborists to get their opinion, I was thinking pruning for general...
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    How do you turn down work?

    For those of you who are more niche-focused or perhaps it’s just not something you want to bid, how do you go about relaying that to a customer in a friendly and professional way? For me, most of the jobs I might decline to bid are larger removals. I might say something along the lines of the...
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    Do I have a problem?

    Some people buy clothes or shoes, others buy tree climbing gear. What you gonna do…
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    Does anyone advertise on Facebook?

    I think certain platforms get a rep for the quality of leads but probably you’ll find a mix of those searching for just anyone to do it for the cheapest price and those willing to pay a professional with most platforms at one point or another. But yeah, some platforms might have a higher quality...
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    Does anyone advertise on Facebook?

    I try to stay consistent posting regularly across social media every week as well… Facebook, Instagram, Google, Nextdoor. Combination of jobs completed, tips for homeowners, etc. I have heard business pages on Facebook don’t seem to get the organic reach they used to without paying for ads, but...
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    Does anyone advertise on Facebook?

    I post on my social media business pages regularly, but it’s been a while since I’ve actually ran any serious advertising campaigns. In the past when I have they did have a pretty good return and for a lower cost. I have got some good leads from there. That was back around 2019 - 2021 though...
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    Love tree work. Not the tree business.

    I don’t remember who it was, but someone on here once made a post about knowing two people in the tree business. If I recall the post correctly, one of them runs a big company and the other a small, maybe 1-2 man operation. They said the individual who owns the bigger company is constantly...
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    I’ve been on a few cat rescues over the course of my career, but it’s not something I’ve got called for often, and I don’t list it as an official service. I never really charged a set price because I suppose I was trying to do a good thing, but I can also see the benefit of charging.
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    I haven’t made it through all the posts yet, but there are some very valid points here. Certainly wouldn’t want to do anything that would harm my current brand or take away from my current work. More recently I’ve started branching out into a little more removal work then what I did...
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    The last 1-2 years has been a challenge, but part of that is my own doing. Rewind back to 2023, and I had a pretty steady stream of organic work coming in, in addition to call backs, referrals, etc. That was with a website, social media profiles, and me regularly keeping them up to date and...
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    Samson rope ID

    Sherrill and TreeStuff both list a rope that looks very similar, one calls it Samson Ivy as @Tuebor mentioned, the other calls it Samson Tango Ivy. Can’t say for sure if it’s the same rope. I suppose the online pics could look slightly different than what it looks like in-person.
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    Offering additional services such as lawn mowing / landscaping

    Since I first established my company over 8 years ago, I’ve primarily focused on trees and presented myself online as such. Gradually I got into shrubs and hedges, but you might still consider that part of tree care. For a while now I’ve been contemplating adding some additional side services...
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    F450 surplus auction ambulance as equipment truck and tow vehicle???

    My buddy has all older trucks that he bought used and while they aren’t the biggest or prettiest, they get the job done and he’s not paying a loan off each month. There’s a guy on social media who is known for running a smaller alternative setup and he was using a van like what is typically...
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    F450 surplus auction ambulance as equipment truck and tow vehicle???

    Lights and siren on a tree truck, interesting idea… @Reach is right about the weight on some of those even if they don’t look that heavy. When I used to work in towing I had to move a box one once and it had some weight to it.
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    tool/chainsaw lanyard attachment options while in a bucket truck?

    I’m usually in a lift that has an open style bucket with bars, so I’m sure it doesn’t apply to some of the buckets you all may be using, but what I will sometimes do is hook the saw to one of the bars using a chainsaw lanyard and / or a webbing sling. Whether the saw stays connected when...
  17. climbingmonkey24

    Google Local Service Ads

    Thanks. Just curious, in was scenario would you consider a job in our industry “sensitive” if it’s all outside? Maybe if you were sending a crew out by themselves and an owner who was background-checked isn’t present? I mean from my understanding google might present it as “anyone who is...
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    Topping, Pollarding, or what??

    Well that’s what I was thinking. Basically when done you’d be left with a head that has a bunch of pruning cuts where each stem was.
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    Google Local Service Ads

    Seems like these have become more popular and widely used in the last year or two, at least in my area. I’ve seen some of my competitors using them. What I was curious about is, depending on the industry, they say it may require any employees who are interacting with clients to also do a...
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    Topping, Pollarding, or what??

    What I was wondering is when making the final cuts, would you just do one flush cut at the “head” area where the stems are growing out of, or make an individual cut for each stem?

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