New climber. Climbing leaning oak?

[Rdsjake]

Tree down. Should have done a bigger face cut but it was leaning that way. What a blast. Thanks for all the help and suggestions. One more tree to go.

 

[Benjo75]

Looks good. Congratulations! Now would you want to do it 6 days a week?

 

[Rdsjake]

Looks good. Congratulations! Now would you want to do it 6 days a week?

Thank you. I doubt I would ever want to do it for a living. If you guys working hourly are getting anything less than 30-40 bucks an hour yall are underpaid, this is not some 22 an hour job. I can see why these two trees were going to cost 2000+ to be removed from the couple bids I got. I've spent less in equipment so far to do it myself.

 

[Benjo75]

I'm not going up a tree for $40 hr at work. However I'll rec climb all weekend for free.

 

[Rdsjake]

I'm not going up a tree for $40 hr at work. However I'll rec climb all weekend for free.

Yeah I have no idea what the going rate for a climber is but it's probably not enough.

 

[Reach]

Rates all vary, around here an average company climber is probably $18-25, a rockstar might see $30 or so. Contractors mostly bill $400-500 per day.

 

[owScott]

Thank you. I doubt I would ever want to do it for a living. If you guys working hourly are getting anything less than 30-40 bucks an hour yall are underpaid, this is not some 22 an hour job. I can see why these two trees were going to cost 2000+ to be removed from the couple bids I got. I've spent less in equipment so far to do it myself.

 

[Marshy]

I'm not going up a tree for $40 hr at work...

I feel the same way. Maybe I'm a little bias because my tree business is part-time so it doesn't hurt if I don't work a week or two but I value my time and lets face it, it is a high risk occupation.

 

[Rdsjake]

If I were to do this myself for a living I'm billing 100+an hour while I'm in the saddle. My liability, my equipment etc. I could easily seeing billing over 1k a day. If I were to work for someone I wouldn't take less than 30 if my ass is up in a tree. I come from a house painting industry and those guys are clearing a thousand bucks a day, and good laborers that can handle a paint sprayer are making 20-25. And that's with a lot less risk. This is in California though. Things typically are a little more expensive.