Looking for Someone to Take Over a Small Tree Care Business

Skagit Valley is reputedly beautiful. Weather here is way better than the midwest, where I grew up. Mindset is progressive in western Washington. Pretty close to Western Washington University/ Bellingham. Far enough away from Seattle.
 
CutHighnLetFly said:
Now sell us on the average weather conditions in that area what's that like out there
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I'm glad you asked that! That was going to be my next talking point.
I may put my personal safety in jeopardy letting this secret out, but it actually doesn't rain nearly as much as you probably think it dose (that's a myth we like to perpetuate as PNWers to help keep the real estate prices affordable, so far it hasn't really worked, people just keep on moving here because, it's awesome). The Skagit Valley gets about 185 sunny days a year (Seattle gets 152, Boston gets 200, Chicago gets 189). Total rain volume is pretty low here as well, The Skagit Valley gets about 29 inches annually. We go months over the summer without rain, and crisp dry days, and hot here, is in the 80s, really hot, is low 90s. I think we hit 100+ in a few localized spots this summer, and the humidity is pretty negligible relative to most places I've spent time in in the summer (midwest and New England). Our winters are wet, not cold, I think I worked when it was below freezing maybe four or five days last year, and those days were crisp and clear, quite nice. Cold is below freezing, really cold is in the teens. I lived in Maine for a couple years, so I have some vague idea of want this thing called winter is, and we don't really get it here in the lowlands. Two or three days of snow a year, that means 363 days a year WITHOUT snow (only 364 on a leap year, so you have that going against you) . You'll be swapping out your goose down coat, for some good 'ol Gortex, and glad to never have to clean up after an ice storm again. BUT lest you think you'd miss out on your opportunity for snow sports, think again. We're within an hour and a half drive of some of excellent skiing, snow boarding, back country skiing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, or snow camping, and within several hours of Whistler in BC, and of course there are a multitude of other snow capped peaks. Oh, and out here, it's not a mountain unless it has snow on it all year around. We like to keep our winter where it belongs, up in the mountains.
Add all that up, and it's a pretty sweet spot.
Maybe like me, you happen to like sailboats. It's some "decent" cruising (I'm doing my best to keep this even more of a secret, it is actually stunning cruising, from one end of the Salish sea to the other), and the best part? You can sail year around. You will need that Gortex, and a nice dodger helps, and you will worship and pay homage to your heater (preferable a wood stove, nothing cozier than some quiet anchorage in November with the boat snug and secure and things nice and warm with a wood stove and a cup of your favorite warm beverage).
Maybe you don't like driving cars, just so happens, you can ride your bike year around here, pretty sweet huh?
Good local and sustainable food? Yep, you guessed it, we've got it. Fresh salmon, mussels, shrimp. Locally produced fruits of all varieties. Heirloom grains, and veggies. The list is pretty endless. The Skagit Valley is among the most fertile soils in the country, and, has a whole maintain range providing good water reserves, so it's probably one of the most viable bioregions for people to live in the face of climate change. (Agh, I muttered the evil climate change word, now we can get into divisive political arguments! Frankly, if you don't think climate change exists, you'd be a lousy fit for this business, so I'm going to take that risk).
Hey, and best of all? I've made a point of making this business profitable enough to provide a modest living that gives enough time to actually enjoy all that this beautiful part of the world offers, and hand picked the pruning and preservation work that I enjoy and feel good about doing, and the vast majority of my customers are the kindest, must appreciative, and generous people I could hope to work for. That's really why I'm trying to find someone: Great people, and great trees. I'd hate to see those people need to fall back on using a company that doesn't really care about the long term impact of their work.
 
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Crosstrees said:
I'm glad you asked that! That was going to be my next talking point.
I may put my personal safety in jeopardy letting this secret out, but it actually doesn't rain nearly as much as you probably think it dose (that's a myth we like to perpetuate as PNWers to help keep the real estate prices affordable, so far it hasn't really worked, people just keep on moving here because, it's awesome). The Skagit Valley gets about 185 sunny days a year (Seattle gets 152, Boston gets 200, Chicago gets 189). Total rain volume is pretty low here as well, The Skagit Valley gets about 29 inches annually. We go months over the summer without rain, and crisp dry days, and hot here, is in the 80s, really hot, is low 90s. I think we hit 100+ in a few localized spots this summer, and the humidity is pretty negligible relative to most places I've spent time in in the summer (midwest and New England). Our winters are wet, not cold, I think I worked when it was below freezing maybe four or five days last year, and those days were crisp and clear, quite nice. Cold is below freezing, really cold is in the teens. I lived in Maine for a couple years, so I have some vague idea of want this thing called winter is, and we don't really get it here in the lowlands. Two or three days of snow a year, that means 363 days a year WITHOUT snow (only 364 on a leap year, so you have that going against you) . You'll be swapping out your goose down coat, for some good 'ol Gortex, and glad to never have to clean up after an ice storm again. BUT lest you think you'd miss out on your opportunity for snow sports, think again. We're within an hour and a half drive of some of excellent skiing, snow boarding, back country skiing, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, or snow camping, and within several hours of Whistler in BC, and of course there are a multitude of other snow capped peaks. Oh, and out here, it's not a mountain unless it has snow on it all year around. We like to keep our winter where it belongs, up in the mountains.
Add all that up, and it's a pretty sweet spot.
Maybe like me, you happen to like sailboats. It's some "decent" cruising (I'm doing my best to keep this even more of a secret, it is actually stunning cruising, from one end of the Salish sea to the other), and the best part? You can sail year around. You will need that Gortex, and a nice dodger helps, and you will worship and pay homage to your heater (preferable a wood stove, nothing cozier than some quiet anchorage in November with the boat snug and secure and things nice and warm with a wood stove and a cup of your favorite warm beverage).
Maybe you don't like driving cars, just so happens, you can ride your bike year around here, pretty sweet huh?
Good local and sustainable food? Yep, you guessed it, we've got it. Fresh salmon, mussels, shrimp. Locally produced fruits of all varieties. Heirloom grains, and veggies. The list is pretty endless. The Skagit Valley is among the most fertile soils in the country, and, has a whole maintain range providing good water reserves, so it's probably one of the most viable bioregions for people to live in the face of climate change. (Agh, I muttered the evil climate change word, now we can get into divisive political arguments! Frankly, if you don't think climate change exists, you'd be a lousy fit for this business, so I'm going to take that risk).
Hey, and best of all? I've made a point of making this business profitable enough to provide a modest living that gives enough time to actually enjoy all that this beautiful part of the world offers, and hand picked the pruning and preservation work that I enjoy and feel good about doing, and the vast majority of my customers are the kindest, must appreciative, and generous people I could hope to work for. That's really why I'm trying to find someone: Great people, and great trees. I'd hate to see those people need to fall back on using a company that doesn't really care about the long term impact of their work.
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WE DON'T NEED MORE PEOPLE HERE... Sitting on my rocking chair with shotgun and a mouth ful o chew
 
Not to nag you, but I am very serious about buying the truck and chipper (mostly the truck), and I'd consider most of the other gear you might have forsale such as saws, rigging etc..
 
Don't have one at the moment, but can take one. The unit probably has under a thousand hrs on it (don't really know, the hr meter doesn't read consistently) but the engine was replaced late last year, and certainly has fewer than 100 hrs on it.
 
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