'Free Tree Guy' Crushes a House

[Tuebor]

Remember John Houseman in "The Paper Chase"?

"Suppose I write you a contract. It says: I agree for $100 to paint your apartment with white paint. Is there any difference between this and a contract which says: You agree to paint my apartment with white paint, provided I pay you $100?"


I'm waiting...

 

[evo]

'Hitman Tree Service' was the person on the newscast providing commentary. That makes me chuckle.

I see his ads on Facebook.. it’s what you expect..

 

[evo]

It was very windy, but not too bad. Typical 50 mph around here, we lost power but that happens with a fart.
I can punch a few holes in the news report, if you don’t have insurance then your don’t have a license nor a bond. They all go together in this state.
Also who ever said 3-4K and a min crew of 5 is smoking crack. A solid crew of 2 with the right skills could have a tree wrapped up like this in 1.5-2 days easy depending on equipment and wood. I’d error on 2.5 days if wood had to go, but wouldn’t put 3k on that job..

 

[Vicente]

I could see 3k for it with taking the wood away, but yea probably a day and a half with a crew of 3.

 

[oldoakman]

Reg Coates would have it down in 15 minutes and cleaned up and loaded in 45.

 

[Jackohh1412]

Yikes, we all know this, but someone who will take a tree down 'for the wood' is usually not someone who knows or cares what they are doing. Homeowner didn't want to pay for a removal with an actual company, and the unlicensed and uninsured rando, dropped a 140' fir through the NEIGHBORS house.

VIDEO: Bellevue home destroyed by tree removal gone wrong

www.kiro7.com

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Oooomfg that’s fucking insane I’m

I wonder where the liability will land.

Does the smashed house insurance company go after tree cutter and , seemingly, come up empty
Handed or go after tree owner for hiring uninsured.

this is right where my head went like yeah how does one deal with this it seems it could ruin peoples lives financially (homeowner & asshat neighbor who hired the dude) I’d like to know what happens after

 

[climbingmonkey24]

'Hitman Tree Service' was the person on the newscast providing commentary. That makes me chuckle.

 

[climbingmonkey24]

In all seriousness though, I think a healthy and productive discussion about these kinds of incidents are imperative to our industry because it allows us to be better equipped to educate the public on why you need to hire true professionals...and also why tree work costs what it does.

 

[Neill]

to the OP:
Wow!
That’s terrible
What an awful lesson to learn for those involved.

 

[flushcut]

I see his ads on Facebook.. it’s what you expect..

Do they have that generic Vista Print guy with the construction hard hat and a saw over his shoulder?

 

[Roger_Barnett]

Cant get it to play.

Works for me. I posted it here just today without doing a search. I see it happened a week ago. We've had some winds and wild-ish weather of late. The cutter was clearly in over his head, but, besides never tacking the huge tree, he should have backed off due to the winds... He could face criminal charges, imo.

 

[Roger_Barnett]

It was very windy, but not too bad. Typical 50 mph around here, we lost power but that happens with a fart.
I can punch a few holes in the news report, if you don’t have insurance then your don’t have a license nor a bond. They all go together in this state.
Also who ever said 3-4K and a min crew of 5 is smoking crack. A solid crew of 2 with the right skills could have a tree wrapped up like this in 1.5-2 days easy depending on equipment and wood. I’d error on 2.5 days if wood had to go, but wouldn’t put 3k on that job..

I would have.... depends of the position of the tree, of course. I'm now retired, as you prolly know, young feller, but do know that the going rates are likely higher here and in that high rent 'hood compared to Whidby.

 

[Roger_Barnett]

They mostly do removals, but that's an odd choice for a biz name, fo sho! David Stice, who also worked for and with me, used to be with Turning Leaf, who craned the tree off the house, would laugh at this mess.

 

[Roger_Barnett]

Oooomfg that’s fucking insane I’m

this is right where my head went like yeah how does one deal with this it seems it could ruin peoples lives financially (homeowner & asshat neighbor who hired the dude) I’d like to know what happens after

Zero doubt that the tree owner is 100% responsible. His insurance won't put up a fight, imo, but may well give him a lot of grief and either cancel his policy or sue him for the damages. The cutter should and could face criminal charges, but likely has little or no assets to go after. If he is a homeowner, look out, fella...

 

[TimBr]

Yikes, we all know this, but someone who will take a tree down 'for the wood' is usually not someone who knows or cares what they are doing. Homeowner didn't want to pay for a removal with an actual company, and the unlicensed and uninsured rando, dropped a 140' fir through the NEIGHBORS house.

VIDEO: Bellevue home destroyed by tree removal gone wrong

www.kiro7.com

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That'll buff right out.

 

[Chris Schultz]

Here’s what I’d like to know: Is firewood that hard to come by in that area? So much so you’d be possessed to do some cowboy shit like that? Hypothetically, say it did go according to plan, all that slash would take days to deal with with only a pickup truck.. then you have to collect/haul your payment (the logs). Seems like the juice ain’t worth the squeeze.

 

[evo]

Here’s what I’d like to know: Is firewood that hard to come by in that area? So much so you’d be possessed to do some cowboy shit like that? Hypothetically, say it did go according to plan, all that slash would take days to deal with with only a pickup truck.. then you have to collect/haul your payment (the logs). Seems like the juice ain’t worth the squeeze.

~$200-$300 a cord +/- green/dry. most in the city don't burn, and the coldest waves in the winter typically involve a atmospheric inversion aka burn ban unless its your primary source of heat.

 

[Chris Schultz]

@evo. That is about the going rate for a cord (split/delivered) around here too. That guys math is off if you ask me…..

 

[southsoundtree]

Tweeky McTweek?