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  1. tomstrees

    Support groups

    Just thought of this as a topic--support groups, whether 12 step groups or church groups, etc.. I believe these are invaluable to try to maintain balance, health and address personal issues confidentially, as there are things that could be hard to talk about otherwise. I can't imagine a more...
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    Covid Close To You

    I read all the major substacks from highly credentialled professionals on this and similar issues. I got the first two Moderna shots and nothing afterwards as I saw a lot of people having adverse reactions. I have full health insurance, a consequence of being low income though would only do to...
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    Dealing with rotted wood

    Fewer people are burning wood in the suburbs. Dumpster fees have gone up a lot, I used to get 20-30 yarders when I was close to full time with a real service back in the 90s.
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    Tree related work you shouldn't need insurance for?

    Then you'd get no work, none of the customers will pay those rates unless you are, for example one of the $3K-$4K and up a day aerial tree services around here. Most of those with wood piles either do the work themselves, leave the wood to rot or have it hauled out.
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    Tree related work you shouldn't need insurance for?

    This smacks of infantile, servile and pathetically passive contractor/customer relationships. Landscapers using power equipment for maintenance, you could always argue that anything bad could happen therefore insurance should be mandatory. Frankly what's the chance of injuries, damage or...
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    Tree related work you shouldn't need insurance for?

    Being straight forward is my aim. Debate and back and forth is healthy. I'd put my work not in the "professional" category you are in, as I'm the smallest of small operators. I'd think that the principle would be, if I want to do occasional neighborly work for people, to keep the equipment...
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    Tree related work you shouldn't need insurance for?

    In this state the arborist certification is heavily centered around pesticide applications and regulations. As one major climber who worked for a large tree service in Greenwich who never got the license--and he had been in the field since the 60s used to say, 90% of spraying is...
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    Tree related work you shouldn't need insurance for?

    In terms of the work I'm doing with a very basic Champion log splitter most of the risks are minimal. The whole hydraulic system only holds a few gallons, leaks are inevitable with these machines but they are never more than a few ounces here and there, so I have no idea why you are projecting...
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    Tree related work you shouldn't need insurance for?

    At this point I'm doing less than a couple thousand dollar a year gross. Insurance would run over a thousand. Doing log splitting for people small leaks, people don't care. "Something as simple as a hydraulic line on your wood splitter that springs a leak and dumps oil on the ground can cost...
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    Tree related work you shouldn't need insurance for?

    I'd think that most ground tree and landscaping work would not require insurance unless the risks of damage to property are significant. Anyone experienced engaged in rudimentary ground work should not needlessly fear damaging the property or getting injured. If you do get injured, your...
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    Two climbers r.i.p.

    A friend sent me this article on a climber from the West coast: https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2009/01/12/81-tree-trimmers-still-climbing-high/13603757007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z115106d00----v115106b0051xxd005165&gca-ft=138&gca-ds=sophi He passed away a few years...
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    Dealing with rotted wood

    If you go higher then the number may sound too high for prospective customers. I had a guy over the line in NY earlier in the year respond, wanting a bunch of big pine logs split, they were large and pine and spruce can be hard to split. I used my Husky 365 chain saw to cut them in half. Many...
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    Dealing with rotted wood

    I sometimes wonder when splitting old wood with bacteria, spiders and insects of various types, whether I'm taking any real risk. I doubt there are many around here willing to do these jobs, or as a customer told me one group of workers wanted "a million pesos" to do the job. If the...
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    Dealing with rotted wood

    Around here with properties upwards of a million an acre in suburbia, splitting wood, even if marginal can be the least expensive way to deal with it. In this case two cords of or so of partially rotted hardwood, they have a burn pit and a fireplace.
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    Dealing with rotted wood

    I have a customer that moved from Pennsylvania with her wife who had a lot of rotted logs around their property called me for an estimate for log splitting, some of the wood was burnable, a part of it had too much rot to be useful. Oak, hickory and ash, years too late frankly, they should have...
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    My flip phone does not get texts, my brother wants me to get into texting as he's recovering from mouth cancer. Probably those thinking to text me from a Craigslist ad or Google listing may think they are getting through, but I don't get those. I'm surprised there isn't something worked into...
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    Anyone notice an increase in scam leads / calls / messages recently?

    I'd also regard some customers as bordering on being scammers. I did some work for a Wall Street guy last year at around $50 an hour, chain saw work, ground, cutting down sapplings, etc.. This year he called me asked whether I'd "honor" my rate from last year, it would just be a few hours like...
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    Refusing irresponsible tree work

    There are a lot of towns around here, mainly in NY that require permits for tree removals. Though it may be a legal "right" to have someone remove a tree on their land it may be morally wrong. Think of how much trees add to properties. Calculations on a full grown healthy tree's value on a...
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    Refusing irresponsible tree work

    Have you refused to do irresponsible tree work. I saw a woman property owner on Next Door complaining about the estimates she was getting on tree removals on her property, she was trying to solicit scab workers who'd remove trees for under a thousand.. A lot of good sized trees in this...
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    Work shirts with business logo?

    Cotton/hemp mixes are much tougher but cost more.

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