A day in the life

[jomoco]

Love my Fiskars ax, love you long long time Joe!






Best ax I've ever owned.

jomoco

 

[marlinspiker]

Why didnt you go tear the town up afterwards. Girls booze gratiitous nudity?

 

[Tom Dunlap]

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that lunch was far too healthy looking for a treeguy, what's wrong with a bag of chili nuts, can of coke and a red Marlboro anyway?

nice vid Reg.

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You're describing a Euc Man's lunch...as opposed to an Oak Man's

 

[limbchop]

For ax handles people who work with them daily keep the heads in a bucket of water overnight, every night. You can boil in linseed oil but do that outside or you could blow up. Used motor oil whatever. Something to make the wood swell on your handle. I know...don't get all excited ladies.

 

[mattbever]

Hey Reg, get a haircut and get a real job...just kidding, lol.

Thanks for posting, I've learned lots from you over the years even though we've never met. Im sure many others have as well!

What camera/settings are you shooting with?

Keep up the good work!

P.s. getting the wood wet def helps with the swell

 

[SRTsteve860]

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For ax handles people who work with them daily keep the heads in a bucket of water overnight, every night. You can boil in linseed oil but do that outside or you could blow up. Used motor oil whatever. Something to make the wood swell on your handle. I know...don't get all excited ladies.

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My grandfather would keep an ax upside down in a small bucket filled with a motor oil/sawdust mixture. The oil will keep the wood swollen within the eye and also prevents rust on the steel.

-Steve

 

[BOTS]

Nice vid Reg, very well done!...fun to see how your day goes in BC, thanks for sharing

 

[Adkpk]

Reg that video does't leave much for us to talk about when you finally make it east.

 

[southsoundtree]

Cool Vid.

Wonder how you've made your connections with other companies for sub-contract work. I'm going back to full time self-employment. I'll be looking into contract work and storm travel work.

 

[Reg]

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Cool Vid.

Wonder how you've made your connections with other companies for sub-contract work. I'm going back to full time self-employment. I'll be looking into contract work and storm travel work.

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you're just wondering out loud Sean or are you actually asking?

I fired off some emails well in advance, to the company's who I liked the look of.

Then when I got to Victoria I sent off a bunch of flyers too.

Arranged some meetings through the replies I got and just put it to them what I was offering.

Cold calling can be awkward if the person on the other end of the line is taken by suprise....or is perhaps just not a good talker. So I've learned not to do that. Best to let people ponder the idea without being put on the spot.

If you can get them face to face, and you know your stuff, then generally you'll win them over at that point.

First year busy at times, patchy at others. Second has been consistently good, and as your rep get grows so does word of mouth. A couple of saw shops have referred me also, again though just doing a good job, and they have a bunch of my business cards on display also.

 

[southsoundtree]

Thanks, Reg.

Good advice.



I'll be trying to diversity from HO and property managers to also include other companies.

 

[theXman]

a day in the life of a New York City tree worker, Lawrence Schultz. He's not on tree buzz yet, so I thought I would post to Reg's thread here.

I will do one of these videos one day Reg, I promise. Probably this winter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3GfBfGVJHs

 

[CutHighnLetFly]

excellent music choice. much appreciated by those of us who are arborists / rockstars!