Biggest tree lie you’ve heard (or said?!)

[MA Arborist]

“My landscaper is an arborist”

 

[MA Arborist]

When the neighbors tree guy tells my client that her oak is dying and should come down. (This particular oak happens to be blocking the neighbor’s view of the ocean).

Truth-The oak is not dying. Actually it’s in excellent condition. 15 year later it’s still in excellent condition!

 

[Sfoppema]

Well when the customer wants something for nothing or wants something ridiculous our guy in the sky keeps a few pics of nest up in the tree (squirrel-raccoon-bird) he has been known to show the home owner to get out of doing some dumb or free stuff
Brilliant and kind of embarrassing but it works

That is genius

 

[Sfoppema]

It’s 3:30 in the afternoon, you’ve been climbing all day, and just spill out of your spurs and saddle…. Boss: Ah I’ve got “quick” takedown just down the street…..

I had a sub climber that used to say "Nothing new after 2." if I ever tried to pull anything like that on him. I got a pretty good kick out of that

 

[Radz]

Customer boasting about his white pine: "That tree was here before Columbus"

Columbus never made it to the mainland so technically...

 

[Chris Schultz]

I had a sub climber that used to say "Nothing new after 2." if I ever tried to pull anything like that on him. I got a pretty good kick out of that

In my experience, bad shit happens on these, “oh we can squeeze that in” jobs. I’ll have to remember your climbers phrase. To me, it’s comparable to hitting a false summit on a mountain, you think you’ve peaked out, but you haven’t, you hit the finish line, but have to continue on…. It’s such a kick in the nuts.

 

[Stumpsprouts]

When the neighbors tree guy tells my client that her oak is dying and should come down. (This particular oak happens to be blocking the neighbor’s view of the ocean).

Truth-The oak is not dying. Actually it’s in excellent condition. 15 year later it’s still in excellent condition!

35 years ago an arborist told my parents to cut down a pignut hickory that ‘shoulda been cut down 30 years ago!’ Still enjoying the shade of those trees whenever I visit. 65 years past due for removal!

 

[Bendroctanus]

Roll up on a jobsite where we’re taking out 60ish foot ponderosa pine. Homeowner steps out and yells to us, “I’d be doing it cept the wife won’t let me on account of I almost died falling 200’ out of a tree 20 some years ago!! But I’ll let you fellas do it!!”

 

[Neill]

Landscape trees require no maintenance!

 

[oldoakman]

Roll up on a jobsite where we’re taking out 60ish foot ponderosa pine. Homeowner steps out and yells to us, “I’d be doing it cept the wife won’t let me on account of I almost died falling 200’ out of a tree 20 some years ago!! But I’ll let you fellas do it!!”

He must have been base jumping.

 

[Mitch Hoy]

He must have been base jumping.

I think he was free-basing.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

The tap root broke my sewer line and clogged it

 

[Crimsonking]

customers everywhere- “Did you know trees grow the same under ground as above ground?”

Insert Willy Wonka meme here- “Oh really? Tell the certified arborist you hired all about the trees you need professional help caring for.”

 

[flushcut]

" the tree is 100' tall"
"Thats a 100yo tree"

 

[Phil]

This right here, 100%. I typically don’t fuck around when someone tries to beat me up on my price, I’ll give them options to save themselves money, but I’m not working for less. I also believe that not every customer chooses the cheapest crew every time.

I learned to never let the customer dictate my prices. I would rather do one job for a really good pay/profit than 5 jobs for barely any pay/profit. This was me working for myself, by myself. If I had a crews that I needed to keep busy, I probably wouldn't be as selective with the jobs I took.

 

[Chris Schultz]

I learned to never let the customer dictate my prices. I would rather do one job for a really good pay/profit than 5 jobs for barely any pay/profit. This was me working for myself, by myself. If I had a crews that I needed to keep busy, I probably wouldn't be as selective with the jobs I took.

They don’t dictate the price. If they wanna save money, I’ll give them options to clean/dispose material themselves etc…….

 

[RogerM]

got 2 for now....
"if ya know what you're doing, you don't need a hard hat'
the other one is more of I can't believe the customer said this..
So, dude comes out with his poulan pro, lab goggles, gauntlet gloves...no chaps.. Goes over to a staged "log"
we put out of the way... bucks 2 or 3 rounds.. goes back in.
at the end of the day, claims he helped and wanted a discount.. I was just on the crew, at that time and didn't have any say... Today, we would shut down and have a discussion.
Heck one more.... "the other guy said this tree needs to go, it has bugs"

 

[Tom Dunlap]

...don't need a hard hat...

..because I'm the only climber and no one is cutting above me.

 

[oldoakman]

..because I'm the only climber and no one is cutting above me.

Or...bucket operators don't need to wear hard hats...right?

 

[evo]

@Mark Chisholm ’s bucket truck is 75’