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Sorry I had to laugh when your tops were tangled.

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I knew right away there was something wrong. Not that it mattered, small stuff way up there.

Awesome vid, Gord.

-Tom
 
Hey Gord, I bet you toss a mean horseshoe (08:12)
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I always enjoy the sounds when the chain saw aren't running. Whistling while you work and that sweet toss. Its the small things in life. Nice video and tall tree. Looks to easily be over 100 feet.
 
Nice Work! Great toss, You did get it in the box right? Probably could of engaged the feed wheels if you tried. I know its none of my beesnest but whats that thing worth? Curious?
 
Nice video. Gotta love those multi-topped bastards. My personal favorite grand fir growth habit is how they often have a dog leg in them, usually quite high in the tree. They have such heavy tops that you have to climb up past the dog leg and then rope the top above that. Scary and awkward to say the last. I will do most anything to get out of doing a grand fir removal. Nothing trashes your rope and flip line like those damn trees.

I am fortunate or unfortunate enough to live on a property with lots of grand firs on it. Last year I climbed up one by our cabin just for fun. I was about 100 feet up and was just enjoying the view. I made the mistake of pushing on one of those pitch pockets and it squirted me in the left eye. If I didn't happen to be legally blind in my right eye it wouldn't be that big of a deal. But with pitch burning my now glued shut left eye, I then I had to somewhat blindly set up my rappel, rap most of the way down the tree, pull the rope, and then rig a second rappel because the rope wasn't long enough for one rappel to the ground.

Then I was off to the cabin for an eye bath with olive oil to get the pitch out. Memorable to say the least.
 
Don't know firs but with spruce "dog legs" that I've climbed above and sometimes rigged tops off I always tap test on the way by, but I've also started doing a post mortum once they're on the ground. Some contain minimal - no decay but a couple have given me a jelly kneed moment.
 
I hear you about those doglegs Ryan, I had a dead one to do a while back with one of those and was very glad to get below it. Never had sap in the eyes tho, can't imagine it would feel good. I think Buckley's cough syrup has some Abies sap in it.

I'm not sure what those chippers are worth new Ricky.
 
A video a of a particular job is a good way to compare pricing. For a twin topper, chucked branches, rigged tops, similar branching and access, cut to ground, no grinding and debris removal and raking. Climbed no bucket or crane. In other words comparing apples to apples during peak season. No sap price $550 in my market. I'd bid higher but I wouldn't get it. Please tell me I'm too low. I still haven't firgured out how the ladder crews are doing these trees but they are. I guess because I'll do 2-3 in a good day and they'll do 1 in 2-3 days. It's all gravy to the part timers.
 
I agree $650. That hundred is my profit that I'm missing as I skim along trying to stay afloat. For my first four years I just tried to go 5-10% under my most expensive competitor. But then he came in and door to door knocked and lowballed a neighborhood I owned. So I spent last year having a 1/2 price sale season so now I know for a fact how low can you go. Lowest price and highest quality work, plus paying staff the best just doesn't add up and being completely legit taxes and all.

New season = new plan. There's always next year. Right?
 
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