70 mph winds in Phoenix

JesseHuffman

JesseHuffman

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BIG pines on houses everywhere.
Amazing how every landscaper in town has become a tree service overnite.
Got to see the biggest rootball ever today. Also witnessed another pretty big one tip back into its hole after the last peice of trunk wood was plucked with a crane. Camera in my pocket of coarse.
Ill be out knocking on doors with the other vultures. At least Im an insured vulture that seeks council from the buzz and follows ANSI standards.
Times like these I wish I advertised.
 
We are supposed to be getting 50-60 mph winds tomorrow. On top of freezing rain, snow, etc. So we'll see what happens. Go get em Jesse.
 
from livin in tucson it sould be a chilly 55-70 there about this time of year. They have it so bad down there, i cant stand it!
 
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Times like these I wish I was on a plane headed your way. I can be out the door within the hour. Do get some pictures please.

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Heck! Do you need help down there? I'll reschedule my jobs up here... I'll storm chase down in Phoenix. I like Phoenix. I spent 4 years down there in college.
 
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Jamin...I was getting ready to hit you up for work.
Someday....Ill be in a position to hire people...someday
I keep telling myself that.

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Sweet. I'll hire ya! But, I'm sick of sitting around and waiting for things to get warmer up here. I'm itching to work.
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Here is 3 MORE pines down. They took out 2 big Date palms, I see reminants of lots of other trees in the pile.

I cleared them a path to their door and was then asked for a bid to clean up.
Any help on putting a number on this would be greatly appreciated. Tommorrow I will go `back and try to figure out how many loads ect.

Right off t he top of my head I am thinking around 7500.00 without the stumps. Would be the 3rd largest job I have ever taken on for myself.
As far as being an employee, Hell I have handled piles like that in a days time. With all the right toys ofcoarse.

My set up will take 4-5 days
crazy!
Die 625 Die!
 
If they are paying out of pocket and there is nothing on the house, then its seems pretty low-tech. If they were on the house and the insurance in picking them up, it would be a different story, but still probably not $7500, I wouldn't think. Pine is light wood. Someone with a mini-X and thumb would be able to do it pretty easily. Without a thumb, its possible to pin the log to the blade and move them without skidding them. Maybe you should look into renting one to speed up production while demand is high.

If they want immediate service, then the price will be higher, as the opportunity cost (cost of giving up other opportunities to make money) is higher.

If they aren't freaking because of house damage or being out of the house due to a temporary state of being condemned from human habitation by the city, then it would seem super high to me. The skill set/ risk level to clean up blow-overs on level ground is relatively low.

Did you get a chance to talk to them?

Have you been able to approach any one with trees on houses?
 
I did talk with them. I think the job is mine if I get the price right. NOt much damage to the house so Im afraid insurance wont pay on this one and yes, it is very low tech. Just a matter fo dump fees. NOONE wants pinewood here. 37.50 per ton is what I will pay.
I would chip for 2 days/3-4 loads at 170 per load to dump.
A loader will be better than a crane for loading wood because There is NO WAY I can get the crane out for each load. My truck is only rated at 26,000, so mabey 2 BIG end dump semi trucks and a crane to handle ALL the wood in one shot(Few hours tops once its all cut up right?)

We will see. Im not out to gouge anyone. I do know from experience how much it SUCKS to LOSE $ on a big job because I didnt figure the loads right.
 
Tomorrow I'm starting a job for the City of Mercer Island. The first part is removing 4 cottonwoods. about 175 feet to the truck. Haul wood and all. As the ground is frozen, I'm renting a Bobcat to yard the brush out and haul the wood. I'm hoping the wood will fit in one 40 yard self loading trash truck. If I'm wrong, my costs will go up, at $500 per load. Is there anyone like that it your area with a Prentiss loader trash truck? That's the way to go. Anyhow, I bid that portion of the job at $6800. I expect it to take two days. It will be easier than I thought, due to the frozen ground.

I'd guess your job would be a fair price at $1000 either side of your $7500 number.
 
3 40 yard dumpsters will do it.
THey are abou 500 here too Roger, as long as your not over weight. Great idea

3 40 yard dumpsters
1 bobcat
3 days
plywood for yard....
Mabey I can get this under 7500

Low bid will win this one for sure
 
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I did talk with them. I think the job is mine if I get the price right. NOt much damage to the house so Im afraid insurance wont pay on this one and yes, it is very low tech. Just a matter fo dump fees. NOONE wants pinewood here. 37.50 per ton is what I will pay.
I would chip for 2 days/3-4 loads at 170 per load to dump.
A loader will be better than a crane for loading wood because There is NO WAY I can get the crane out for each load. My truck is only rated at 26,000, so mabey 2 BIG end dump semi trucks and a crane to handle ALL the wood in one shot(Few hours tops once its all cut up right?)

We will see. Im not out to gouge anyone. I do know from experience how much it SUCKS to LOSE $ on a big job because I didnt figure the loads right.

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I imagine that dump fees could really add up.

In Olympia, there is free 24 hours access to a commercial composting facility, as well as lots of people/ schools/ Evergreen State College that will take free chips for mulch or composting.

Almost all the wood is usable by someone for firewood, even if free. The materials that needs to have paid disposal are the unprocessed brush, stumps, and invasive English holly (but I suppose the free chip dumping compost facility would take it).

For a better or worse business strategy, most all materials are usable within this local community, either by donation or sale.



City pricing is another factor.
Roger, do you have any idea of comparison on market pricing/value in Seattle as compared to less urban/ outlying areas (e.g. Olympia to the south)? How do Seattle services deal with material storage/ disposal where land prices are a premium.

Jesse, I hadn't thought about city pricing. You know the local market. With all the trees everywhere I didn't see if it was a mansion or regular house.
 
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We will see. Im not out to gouge anyone. I do know from experience how much it SUCKS to LOSE $ on a big job because I didnt figure the loads right.

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Jesse, hope you didn't take any offense to my thought that $7500 sounded high.

Making sure you don't lose out is good business.
 
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