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  1. climbingmonkey24

    Would you climb these dead trees?

    Honestly I can’t disagree with that…
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    Would you climb these dead trees?

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    Would you climb these dead trees?

    Removal of the 4 spars without any branches on them. My thought was to tie into the healthier one when working the real dead and hazardous one, and do the same with the other two or tie into one of the spars that was topped but still has some lower branches. There’s room to just cut and drop...
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    Watch out for underground bee and hornet nests

    I’ve encountered bees and stuff on jobs before, but today was a first. Arrived at the job site and parked a truck on an area of the lawn where the client had her car parked. No issues. Later in the day, go to the truck to get some water and there’s hornets buzzing and crawling all over it...
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    Contract climbers and liability insurance

    Yeah, I feel like it’s a gray area when it comes to contract climbers. I mean sure maybe they’re using their tools and gear, they have their own insurance, but technically they’re still working under the direction of the crew leader or owner so to speak. Guess it depends on how a company...
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    Five Dead Ash Lift Vs Climbing

    Generally the way I approach it in terms of getting the most “bang for my buck” is to figure out exactly what I need the lift for, whether any of the work can be done without it, and then rent it for a certain amount of time based off that. For example, on some hedge jobs in the past I’ve...
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    Contract climbers and liability insurance

    Just starting to enter the territory of using a contract climber occasionally. For those of you who do use contract climbers, how do you work it with your liability insurance? For example, one of the things I’ve encountered with liability is they ask about subcontractors and having to add a...
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    “And do you accept check or credit card for payment?”
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    When past clients hire someone else…

    Without sounding like I’m singing myself praise I’d like to think that’s exactly what I do with every job no matter how big or small. Although I don’t intentionally under promise. I just be as honest and clear cut as I can about what to expect and then try to go above and beyond to make sure...
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    When past clients hire someone else…

    I’ve had my share of clients who refer me out, always call me back if they need work, etc. But then there’s the odd occasion where I may drive by someone’s house long after I did work for them, and see they had work done by someone else. Even though they were happy / satisfied with the service...
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    Thoughts on these shrubs (Yew I think)

    What would be the solution if it was the trimmer? Or is there really not much you can do about it unless you were to use hand tools. Other species of shrubs I’ve trimmed on the same property I haven’t noticed it as much. Just these particular ones. Do you say anything to your clients prior to...
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    Thoughts on these shrubs (Yew I think)

    Have you ever noticed certain species browning in some areas after trimming in your area? I guess I shouldn’t be so concerned about it knowing that these particular shrubs always come back nice, it’s just got me curious. I have a pretty conservative approach to trimming in the sense that I...
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    Thoughts on these shrubs (Yew I think)

    @ATH Do you ever clean / disinfect your trimmer blades? I know they sell products specifically designed for lubricating and cleaning them. Wondering if some mild dish detergent and water may also be an option but then there’s the chance for rust I suppose. Unless you dry it real good...
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    I feel like in situations like that where they don’t respond to your follow up email or phone call it can sometimes be hard not to take it personally or start questioning yourself wondering if you did something wrong, etc. Especially if you know that if the roles were reversed you’d give someone...
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    I guess sometimes the wealthier neighborhoods or clients are the ones where they may want to negotiate the price down or think you’re charging too high. Oh well what you gonna do. You ever find when you send an estimate and then if you try following up after not hearing back for a while the...
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    Thoughts on these shrubs (Yew I think)

    Did use gas but it’s a long extension trimmer. And I think in one of the past years the same thing happened when we used an electric. I agree I don’t think it’s really a major health concern and she’s fine with it. I was more thinking along the lines of new customers and whether it would be a...
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    Scams is one of the reasons why I generally will only do a bid if the owner or whoever is doing the hiring is present when I go to look at a project. Plus the benefit of getting to know the client a little bit, and in the case of pruning / trimming work being able to look at it together and...
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    I’ve also heard from others that call volume for actual customers seems lower than usual at times, or people responding to a bid saying they can’t afford to do the project, etc.
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    What’s Your SMALLER Equipment Setup?

    Glad to see this thread is still going. We all start somewhere, and honestly sometimes staying small isn’t always a bad thing.
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    Thoughts on these shrubs (Yew I think)

    Should mention I’ve also seem brown spots on some hemlocks in the same area that haven’t been trimmed.

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