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[ATH]

Got this idea at a client's house today.

Normally when people call to ask if I remove trees I tell them "I appreciate your phone call but we do not do a larger removals."

I will now be changing that: "No, we do not do removals.... But I can paint it white if you would like"

 

[chipper1]

Seems like more work than the removal lol.
Also, would the one in the picture be a large one .

 

[ATH]

More work? Nahh...I'll just get a new sprayer. Think 20gpm at 700psi will do it? (I said I'd paint your tree...I did NOT say I wouldn't paint your house, car, neighbor's house, neighbor's cat)

No...that isn't a big tree. Just a big inspiration!

 

[chipper1]

What's important is you have an action plan to get this thing going .

 

[ATH]

I think I've laid it all out above...except for pricing.

Next phone call about a removal "no...but I can paint it white". I'm certain they will say "yes" - who wouldn't? So I'll order a sprayer, mix up about 50 gallons of the cheapest paint I can find with 100 gallons of water and let-er-rip.

Pricing: "I'll beat your lowest removal price by 10%"

I even have a theme song:
"I see a dead tree and I want it painted white
No foliage anymore, I want them to turn white.

I see a line of cars and they're now painted white
With flowers and your tree, both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby, it just happens every day

MmmmMmMMMmMM
Paint it white, yeah paint it white..."

I would have had my first client to close out the day today, but I was onsite doing a tree risk assessment (on different tree) for another company so didn't want to take work from them...but this 62" DBH Black oak would have been a perfect candidate.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

There is an artsy ring to painting a Black Oak white.

 

[chipper1]

That's a nice one, odd form, but it would look great with white lights on it.
I think you may want to incorporate the lighting aspect as it seems at least one guy has already had this thought and you'll want to separate yourself from the competition, but then again he did this in Cali.

But wait, there's more!
Kinda reminds me of White Castle lol.

 

[cerviarborist]

Who wants to wait for a still day to paint a building!

 

[chipper1]

There is an artsy ring to painting a Black Oak white.

So that's why everyone called me Brett White when I was a kid, they were artist .

 

[Reach]

More work? Nahh...I'll just get a new sprayer. Think 20gpm at 700psi will do it? (I said I'd paint your tree...I did NOT say I wouldn't paint your house, car, neighbor's house, neighbor's cat)

No...that isn't a big tree. Just a big inspiration!

Buy an old fire truck. Pumps and tanks are already there and good to go. You can mix 500 gallons at a time, and blast away! Turn all the lights on and a custom siren too, you’ll get plenty of attention. Think of what a great advertisement that would be! I knew a guy who used an old fire truck as a tree sprayer for pesticides, if it will spray insecticide 80’ in the air, I’m sure it will spray paint too!

 

[Winchman]

Now I know what to do if our sparkleberry bushes ever die. They're all growing nicely with the limbs going every which way, just like the picture in post 1.