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    Profit sharing

    That seems like a good idea, but alot of management involved, especially for my accountant. I was thinking of going with some more broader scope, like every quarter putting 5% into a fund that the guys split at the end of the year. I've quickly read up on profit-sharing quickly, and it isn't...
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    Profit sharing

    Looking for ways to keep key employees AND making them responsible. Anyone ever set-up a profit sharing program? In Canada? My bros worked for 1-800-GOT-JUNK and I think he got profit sharing at the end of every day. Didn't make him stay, but I remember him working harder to get the job done...
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    Spider Lift ... What brand should i stay away from ?

    You'll need ground pro for any machine if you want to leave the place spotless.
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    Spider Lift ... What brand should i stay away from ?

    Ol This is important. For us it was a factor and we went with a Easy Lift 59-30. Very happy so far.
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    opinions....best spider lift?

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    opinions....best spider lift?

    Update: we bought a 59-30 from UpEquip over a year ago and we are really diggin this machine. Haven't had any major issues, when we have had some minor stuff, the dealer made it right. They are always available to walk us through stuff over the phone if we aren't sure. We did a fairly large...
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    Level 1 tree assessment

    This is what the TRA manual states: ''The scope of work may, in some cases, specify that you must walk around certain trees to gain a more complete perspective, although this alone would be insufficiant to elevate the assessment to Level 2.'' This is the sentence that made me use the level 1...
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    Level 1 tree assessment

    Which one do you use ?
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    Level 1 tree assessment

    Do you know what program they are using ? I can imagine if you're georefencing the trees and you can input eveeything all at once, that would be the best.
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    Level 1 tree assessment

    Sorry, that was unclear. I would print their spreadsheet after adding a few colums I could check. I have been advised by a couple of people against using tablets in the field; more potential mistakes, losing info, harder to use in the rain. Waterproof paper was what was suggested to me...
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    Level 1 tree assessment

    So 45 hours man(person)/hours in the field and 24 (?) in the office for 950 trees. Good info! Thanks!
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    Level 1 tree assessment

    Trees are all close, maybe 10- 20 feet frome each other. Parks are within 5 minutes drive from each other and 10 minutes from my house. Paper maps are what I was going to use, with an excel spreadsheet. Major defects would be defined in scope of work (dead branch of more than 10cm), but...
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    Level 1 tree assessment

    Thanks! I understand not selling myself short, but I don't want to be done in half the time either, that would seem odd. I have been trying to squeeze what they want out of them. At first, they were talking about what seemed like a level 2 for each tree, but that is crazy. Really what they...
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    Giant 45" DBH Quercus rubra in SW MI structural issue

    What is the client's risk threshold? Is this a significant part of the landscape? You said it was protected by other trees, will these trees eventually replace this one in the overall scheme of the property?
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    Level 1 tree assessment

    I have a municipality that have asked me to give them a proposition for risk assessment in three parks, roughly 1100 trees. They have no idea how to go about this, so I was thinking of doing it this way: - Level 1 walk by assessment with a 360 degree observation of each tree. Note only major...
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    TreeStuff and SherrillTree Join Forces

    How are you ordering direct from Haix? I was told we had to go through a vendor. Landry still sells the haix at like 550$ or something.
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    Owner/operator...falling back in!

    I have a great group of guys, knowledgeable tree guys, great climbers, most of the time hard workers. They handle the equipment decently, I mean, as best as employees will . They are pretty much independant with a tracked lift, mini, trucks. I just lost my longest employee who was with me...
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    Owner/operator...falling back in!

    So my little company has alot of work. I went from 2 full time and one part time employee two years ago, to 7 full time this year. Let's just say, it has been rough! Lots of HR, crew chemistsry, personnel problems, egos... I realy wanted to try to pull myself out of the on-site work this...
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    Flipped gehl al540

    Check fluids!
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    Liability clause on estimates

    Hopefuly the clause keeps bad clients away to start with !

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