So what your saying is that you had prior approval to destroy the fence and it was written into the job proposal, but upon hitting the fence you suddenly decided to take the time to dismantle the rest of the fence because you didnt want to smash it. Does this sound nonsensical to anyone but me?
The crack may have closed but you do realized it it was still there Daniel? All you did was change the direction of the forces. As someone who has done his fair share of large lightning strike Pines with cracks from the stump to 150 ft up, I can assure you that chaining/strapping isnt just a feel good exercise, but can truly be the difference between life and death.
Utter nonsense. Changing story lines about smashed shit, and now the very real possibly of a barber chair has miraculously healed itself. I’m pretty sure I have seen this movie before.
Clearly you and I are working in the wrong market place owScott. I have only seen 2 trees in my life that came remotely close to $1O,OOO. One was an old growth Fir (8 ft DBH & 235-240ft) and the other was an old growth Red ( little over 10ft DBH). Both were big filthy backleaners, hanging over high $ homes.
A tree on/through a house is a completely different scenario, and in the end a high price tag is usually justified.
I am not one of those people complaining about being under paid and have never stated that here or anywhere. I do very well for myself and am very grateful for that. Assuming he was there for 8 hours I guess he is worth $700 an hour. Honestly do you think that was worth $6000. That seems a bit high. I price jobs based on what its worth not how much money the customer has or thinks the jobs worth. I am the professional I should know what jobs are worth. That was not $6000 worth of work I don't care what the client thought. I get what you are saying about people complaining about not getting paid what they are worth and its true, usually by greedy business owners. It seems that's how the climber in this discussion may feel. I commend Daniel for doing the job directly and the right way, I just feel $6000 is taking advantage of the customer being in a perceived bad situation.
Rico, I am originally from the western slope of Cali near Placerville where the trees are big and there is reasonable money. I come from 25 years plus of big tree wrecking and I agree that was not a big deal. Maybe a 6 out of 10 on the gnarly scale. Majority of the danger was decided by the time they stood it up, especially because the climber could tie into another tree. Take a tree completely detached at the base, not stood up or supported, no other tree to tie into, maybe no bark dead, in the wind , and what the hell at night. Still not $6000. Done them tied into the tree the snag is in lowering pieces off that tree. The crane video I just posted wasn't $10,000. How Daniel handled the tree was fine, I just think he through a crazy price at the customer because they were worried and they went for it, I think that lacks integrity. Don't get me wrong, I do this for money and do well for myself but that was worth about $2000 tops.
Colb, I am curious when you get a clean up for $10,000ish, which I don't doubt is that cut and leave or is that haul everything? I have never heard of a tree job in the $6000-$10,000 range that was1 tree cut and leave no clean up.
