Crap it finally happened. Wrong tree removed.

[southsoundtree]

Dude has been with you ten years?
The next conversation with the crew is to develop a plan so this doesn’t happen again.
Spray paint, neon signs with blinking arrows, skinning the bark off with a chainsaw.
Any thoughts?

I’ve heard horror stories from Seattle. Oddly numbered address, street numbers, and streets with tree names. Huge crews and poorly written work orders

A different guy. Lion-tailed out to the last branching on a smaller branch, luckily on the back-side, under another tree.

 

[flyingsquirrel25]

Hearing about the Serbian spruce reminded me of a freebie job we did for a church a couple years back. I was asked to remove the spruce Blocking the sign in front of the church. Showed up, no one around, found two spruce trees on by a sign in front... and one by a small directional sign on the side. Removed the one in front, cleaned up, packed up and ready to go as my contact arrived.
“Everything alright”.
“Yea we're finished”.
“Ahhhh, that’s the tree there” pointing at the side spruce.

We looked at the tree we had done and she, mentioned several parishioners have been frustrated with how the landscaping was done and had spoke of that tree as well. Everyone was happy!

 

[Stephen Moore]

Last year a dude wanted me to reduce a Chinese fir, super thick and full. Too thick and full more like! He wanted it 2 feet shorter? I said I cant do that without taking material off into the dead wood and it will look hideous! He had obviously been hedge cutting this thing for years off a tall orchard ladder with a pole hedge pruner. So I Christmas treed the sides of it the best I could trying not to expose the dead core.. Shook out and blew the compost out of the inside... reduced the height as far as I could without { dead wood } and nominated a new leader via wire that was coiled around a top branch and the 1 inch thick stub of the old top. The tree looked pretty good I thought Just smaller over all.. The dick head phoned me and asked why I had a branch sticking up with wire in it and he was furious! And You would have needed to get up there with a ladder to see it?! He didn't want to pay me? Fortunately it was in a trailor park and my billing goes to the association then they cut me a cheque and then they bill the co-owner, so I had already been paid! I explained you cant reduce a conifer by 2 feet without nominating a new leader unless you don't mind there being several of them. Oh and by the way you don't need to pay me for the work! lol!

 

[Chaplain242]

Not one of mine but another company got caught out nearby to a job we were doing.

They arrived at job with a dossier with a photo of the tree and a map view to an iconic eucalypt. They were half way through tree when owners came home screaming and crying. They analysed the dossier and realized they were on the next parallel street, same distance from corner, and the tree looked identical to the photo.

Usually don't comment on others work but there were lessons in this for everyone. The dossier inspired a confidence in a location that double checking the street address would have saved enormous stress on that company. So many corresponding details including a picture that proved fruitless...

 

[Roger_Barnett]

Happened to me twice. Once way back around 1980. In both cases, I wasn't 100% clear in pointing out the jobs.... the second was a smallish mt ash that was cut, the wrong one..... I bought a 3" caliper replacement, and drug it out of my Toyota into the hole. Easy. but back around 1980, the boss's son was 3/4 the way up an 80' white pine, when the customer came home and wandered two houses away, and asked Eric what he was doing..... Big oops. Later, I finished the tree, and the company ended up building the folks a fancy fence, which I'm sure cost a pretty penny.....

 

[BruceWayne]

We pulled up to a house with the crane and the boss told us there was a oak by the street marked with paint. So we found it and picked the whole top out and the neighbor told us she thought the power company was coming out next week to cut that one. Lol It was a tree on the other side of the property back in the woods a little. There was no hard feelings about taking it out plus the boss got some nice saw logs out of it.

 

[Stephen Moore]

You can use rebar, an auger still and white glue to re assemble a tree!

 

[rico]

Now I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but even I have somehow managed to NOT cut down the wrong tree.

 

[cerviarborist]

Three words: Fluorescent Surveyors Tape

 

[evo]

Now I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but even I have somehow managed to NOT cut down the wrong tree.

I know, right.. I mean really how can you f-up take two leave the middle one? First thing, started removing the middle one.. He opted to use a handsaw, so I didn't even hear what was going on..

 

[SomethingWitty]

I know, right.. I mean really how can you f-up take two leave the middle one? First thing, started removing the middle one.. He opted to use a handsaw, so I didn't even hear what was going on..

How old is he? I ask because I have noticed that the guys my age and younger tend to not even act like they don't hear or don't understand.
I don't get it. If I say words and they don't stick, tell me. Repeating myself ten times a day would take years to add up to the trouble saved by one simple mistake being avoided. Or they could pay attention, but that might be too limiting of a criteria.

I would like to officially state that my intention is not to encourage discrimination based on age or anything else illegal. I forget the other things because they don't protect me in particular.
There is nothing discriminatory, however, about being aware that the statistical probability of any desirable or undesirable trait belonging to anyone of any of those demographics may be well documented somewhere (or may not) and can give you ideas of what to look for to understand if they are a proper choice based on their own individual merit and the specific needs of one who is hiring.
What I am saying is if young people turn out to be spacey as a whole, being extra aware of signs that they are not paying attention during an interview must surely be legal, right?
The fact that it can't be proven be damned... I need it to be legal.

I had a long day in the sun. I need to hydrate. And to find a hand that wants to be as good at tree work as they can.

 

[evo]

He has about three to four years on me. About 40 if I remember

 

[Stephen Moore]

He has about three to four years on me. About 40 if I remember

Dude I was droppin' outa high school when you were born.

 

[flyingsquirrel25]

Dude I was droppin' outa high school when you were born.

I thought you were a cranky old fart!

 

[evo]

I thought you were a cranky old fart!

I just though it was the long long cold Canadian winters

 

[Stephen Moore]

I just though it was the long long cold Canadian winters

There is always female companionship for that!

 

[evo]

There is always female companionship for that!

Oh, I just guessed that's why ya'll have huskies

 

[rico]

He has about three to four years on me. About 40 if I remember

Born around 1980?
Like my Uncle George used to say-"You ain't old enough to pee hard yet"

 

[evo]

Born around 1980?
Like my Uncle George used to say-"You ain't old enough to pee hard yet"

yeah, 1981. and all I have to say to that, is at least I still can hold it when I need to.

 

[Stephen Moore]

1964