Bid that tree!

oceans said:
I would advocate it can improve safety and efficiency in SOME cases, not all.
Things streamlined include:
- Getting the hook over the COGof the intended pick.
- Adjusting hook placement after tying slings has begun if needed.
- Estimating weights and pretension by feel and referencing with LMI on remote.
- Monitoring and correlating kerf dynamics and LMI during the cut.
- Not waiting on or managing the decision making of the only marginal climber or crane op available that day.
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Welp, one thing that still hasn't changed:




I'm still voting for Oceans.
 
VenasNursery said:
Just arrived at this bid lol
The last “company” didn’t finish lol
One of the worst I’ve seen in awhile.View attachment 103036
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Well that was nice, take away all the rigging points and all the easy stuff and leave the hard part without anything to hang it from. We've encountered that kind of mess before. Cranes make it nice and easy to fix that.
 
I see a tangled homeowner pile at the curb and a heap of shorties to handle at the base pf the tree. Like Reach said, all the potential rigging options are gone. That’s gonna mean:

- Pay the 1/2 day minimum to bring in a crane to lift it out in 3 picks or so 2 hours, or…
- Hand jive that thing apart out of the lift followed by 30 minutes of blower action to clean the roof.

Either way you pay, plus front yard stump should go too and I guarantee @VenasNursery is flat out BUSY already.

$3,000 and you’ll get there before the wind decides to yank that exposed lead off the trunk. The wife will say yes and the husband will be pissed he tried to let his buddy tackle the tree last weekend.

PS: I say this half joking but also I hire a professional for anything outside my own wheelhouse. Why do so many people think they can manage things they are entirely incapable of??? That family was probably trying to keep an insurance policy in tact that they already can hardly afford and some inspector bullied them into taking out that tree vs a proper prune. Maybe it’s for solar?!? Who really knows.
 
Serf Life said:
$1800?
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With stump grinding I put $2400 and cleaning up what’s on the ground. Smack piles all butt ends facing different directions and short pieces.
The crown of the stump was pretty large also.

We aren’t recognized for cheap prices but quality work and customer satisfaction.

I don’t feel sorry for them for hiring unprofessionals.
 
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44" and shorter (lost top) 36" dbh coast redwoods. No cleanup. Drop 10" and smaller for firewood. 10" and bigger as 12' plus trim saw logs. Leave the thicker at 30' for a habitat snag and avoiding oversize mill logs.

The understory western redcedars and taller redwood are both 35 years old.

The shorter redwood is under 100' the taller is more than 100' (I didn't measure , maybe 110'-130' maybe a bit more).


No cleanup. Mini onsite. The homeowner (longtime acquaintence and customer, retired forester) can skid some logs out as they come down, if necessary, with his 4wd and chains. My employee is reticient to move logs that are big logs for the mini. I don't flinch at the mini tipping forward, but I'll be climbing.


A little rigging/ zipping some limbs, possible. I can pop the top on the lawn.



Under 10 minute commute.
 
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44" and shorter (lost top) 36" dbh coast redwoods. No cleanup. Drop 10" and smaller for firewood. 10" and bigger as 12' plus trim saw logs. Leave the thicker at 30' for a habitat snag and avoiding oversize mill logs.

The understory western redcedars and taller redwood are both 35 years old.

The shorter redwood is under 100' the taller is more than 100' (I didn't measure , maybe 110'-130' maybe a bit more).


No cleanup. Mini onsite. The homeowner (longtime acquaintence and customer, retired forester) can skid some logs out as they come down, if necessary, with his 4wd and chains. My employee is reticient to move logs that are big logs for the mini. I don't flinch at the mini tipping forward, but I'll be climbing.


A little rigging/ zipping some limbs, possible. I can pop the top on the lawn.



Under 10 minute commute.
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Aw man. That's not an expensive job. How much do you like these people? I forget what your daily minimum is, but I would do it for the min needed to cover expenses and leave me with $200 for a nice dinner with the fam.
 
southsoundtree said:
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44" and shorter (lost top) 36" dbh coast redwoods. No cleanup. Drop 10" and smaller for firewood. 10" and bigger as 12' plus trim saw logs. Leave the thicker at 30' for a habitat snag and avoiding oversize mill logs.

The understory western redcedars and taller redwood are both 35 years old.

The shorter redwood is under 100' the taller is more than 100' (I didn't measure , maybe 110'-130' maybe a bit more).


No cleanup. Mini onsite. The homeowner (longtime acquaintence and customer, retired forester) can skid some logs out as they come down, if necessary, with his 4wd and chains. My employee is reticient to move logs that are big logs for the mini. I don't flinch at the mini tipping forward, but I'll be climbing.


A little rigging/ zipping some limbs, possible. I can pop the top on the lawn.



Under 10 minute commute.
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$1,500
 
oceans said:
$1,500
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whoa whoa whoa there. I said enough to cover expenses and then some. I know you're not west coast, but it can't be that much less expensive there.


I kid, but as much as that sounds like a pretty good bid, and maybe close to the mark. It's wild how little of that ends up in one's pocket.
 
oceans said:
$1,500
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That's less than full day-rate for just me, no machine.

How many hours for one person or with a groundworker?









If I could beat one odd-length firewood log into the next, without pulling the logs out for milling, it would go faster.

I have to drop logs into a small gap (easy enough), so the logs need to be pulled out each time with the mini-loader or truck so that a kboom can load them to go to a local hobby mill for 2x12s.





Curious how much heartwood. The bark is extremely thin for the diameter.

44 inch dbh, 22" avg radius, 35 years old...giant growth rings .
 
I know one contractor usually asks after the bidding is done, "...was I close?" If you are bidding against unknown businesses that have their own way to bid jobs out it's hard to know how strong to bid.
 
southsoundtree said:
That's less than full day-rate for just me, no machine.

How many hours for one person or with a groundworker?









If I could beat one odd-length firewood log into the next, without pulling the logs out for milling, it would go faster.

I have to drop logs into a small gap (easy enough), so the logs need to be pulled out each time with the mini-loader or truck so that a kboom can load them to go to a local hobby mill for 2x12s.





Curious how much heartwood. The bark is extremely thin for the diameter.

44 inch dbh, 22" avg radius, 35 years old...giant growth rings .
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Most of my reasoning is that you said you have known the guy for a long time and he’s retired. Fixed income can be tough.
 
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