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  1. Brando CalPankian

    Burning out

    I know all owners hit this stage. How do you deal with it? In our businesses short existence we've accomplished so much. At the same time there's exponentially more pressure on me. The last few months have been so much to handle. Our growth plans are still hitting every mark faster than I...
  2. Brando CalPankian

    My New Venture

    Hell I'd use it climbing. That's bad ass.
  3. Brando CalPankian

    Need scheduling verbiage

    We use something similar. I also tell people when estimating what our scheduling is looking like. My wife is cutthroat and takes zero shit from clients, which helps. @ATH has the right idea, on par with what we have going. I'll accommodate reasonable requests. Sometimes folks want more than is...
  4. Brando CalPankian

    Lakeside Work

    That's good to hear. We took 3 days to make it right and fixed things in his daughter's yard that we didn't damage since we had the stuff there to do it. Not having been in this situation I was worried that folks would get out of by it. We got 3 referrals as work was starting. The high line...
  5. Brando CalPankian

    Hexarope

    I want one. My groundie drooled when she saw it.
  6. Brando CalPankian

    Need some help with Lawson’s Cypress

    Hort oil depending on the type of mite. Take samples and send them to your university extension if you don't know for sure what they are. Miticides are brutal.
  7. Brando CalPankian

    Lakeside Work

    So much good information here. It's been super insightful. We made it right. A lot of time and energy to get things prepped and ready. Customer is happy. Moving forward, I now know more. More info for clients, what to be looking for, and more mats. We got a big grass roller too...
  8. Brando CalPankian

    Lakeside Work

    I'll look into alturnalinks. We got sand hill plastics 4x8's. I didn't realize it could still leave marks. I've only used plywood, which sucks to move. I should have some time to draw something up soon. The not tearing makes so much sense. There were large swaths of unbroken grass with 4"...
  9. Brando CalPankian

    Lakeside Work

    This is really relatable. We were fine until about noon. I was just finishing the second ash and the ground turned to goo. It seemed like we couldn't go anywhere with the machine at all. I figured being that close to the lake the frost had to be out (lake was 90% clear, today there was boaters)...
  10. Brando CalPankian

    Need some help with Lawson’s Cypress

    How's drainage at the site? Nearly look like it's too wet.
  11. Brando CalPankian

    Lakeside Work

    I figured there would be some damage. The bottom completely fell out. It was bad. The mats were sliding down the hill even with the grippy side down. I was out two weeks prior. We'd planned it for last week but with the chaos that happened we pushed to this week. Not much for precip between...
  12. Brando CalPankian

    Lakeside Work

    So it finally happened. I finally had a job where we obliterated someone's yard. In all my years I've never screwed up a yard so bad. We matted the turf, we caught every piece, we used the avant, we did everything we could. It still got ruts and damaged. 10 yards of soil and 40 lbs of seed...
  13. Brando CalPankian

    Syrup from the Twin Cities

    I read somewhere you can tap box elder. Anyone have experience with that?
  14. Brando CalPankian

    Bad Employee

    It went through today. I hope that's enough for him to just quit. It's a whole process to file those too. Learning so much from this.
  15. Brando CalPankian

    Bad Employee

    Holy crap. That's nuts. I've worked with tons of felons in my career, but none that were like this. And I really don't want to like bad mouth or anything. I really hope he stops and moves on so he can have a good life. I don't wish ill will at all. Haha. Thank you for the support.
  16. Brando CalPankian

    Bad Employee

    I'm exhausted, as is my wife. He took to social slandering us too. Honestly I hope he just stops and moves on. He must have serious torment inside him to keep perpetuating this. I hope he finds healing. I wish I could help him but there's no way with someone like this. I hate it.
  17. Brando CalPankian

    Bad Employee

    That's what my lawyer said. We're in limbo. Trying to get the restraining order finished. Minnesota has no self protection rights, so that's fun to be navigating. Lots of boom sticks and cameras. Need a fence and big fucking dogs.
  18. Brando CalPankian

    Bad Employee

    The cop that took the report said that they are likely going to press felony charges due to the graphic nature of how it all evolved. I'm hoping it all turns out ok at this point. Never dealt with this sort of thing before. It's bad enough I am taking time to be at home with my family
  19. Brando CalPankian

    Bad Employee

    I normally wouldn't do this, like at all. But I feel the need to warn some folks in Minnesota/Wisconsin as I know the guy will be applying to everyone. I hired Seth at the beginning of February. He worked a total of 6 days in three weeks. Over that time he broke numerous tools, damaged the...
  20. Brando CalPankian

    Mobile mini crane

    Martin sent me one too. It's a decent deal right now. Same thing, deal ends March 21 so idk if I can jump that fast
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