Estimated quantity of logs from tree sugury

[aspenarb]

I think Mr Downer has got exactly what he asked for and agreed to, he has obviously agreed to them leaving the chip and chogs. He queries the amount of firewood left but as Steve pointed out they may well of had a big chipper. Can't see this as anything other than a beef over the time taken vs price, would Woo have cared so much if this tree team had titted about and taken two days?

 

Bob

[trigger_andy]

1 minute ago, aspenarb said:

I think Mr Downer has got exactly what he asked for and agreed to, he has obviously agreed to them leaving the chip and chogs. He queries the amount of firewood left but as Steve pointed out they may well of had a big chipper. Can't see this as anything other than a beef over the time taken vs price, would Woo have cared so much if this tree team had titted about and taken two days?

 

Bob

Yes, because he's mentioned more than once that he expected the logs to off-set the £1000. I'll assume he did not know or was not informed their Chippers could handle such sizes. So he most likely gauged the sticks he'd get would be much greater. I'll hazard a guess they just let him believe that and chipped away regardless knowing damn well he wanted those logs, albeit slender. Had the guys done this then they might have taken an extra half day. He'd have his logs, the site would also be free of all the Brush they clearly could not be bothered with and he'd feel like he got a good service. Instead he was robbed. By the sounds of it it could very well be a few from here...

[carlos]

to the op, have you told the company who did the work for you that you are unhappy??

probably the first thing to do.

as others have said small diameter stuff does tend to go through the chipper unless specificly requested not to.

i hope you have a better experience next time you use a tree surgeon.

carl.

[Mick Dempsey]

4 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Yes, because he's mentioned more than once that he expected the logs to off-set the £1000. I'll assume he did not know or was not informed their Chippers could handle such sizes. So he most likely gauged the sticks he'd get would be much greater. I'll hazard a guess they just let him believe that and chipped away regardless knowing damn well he wanted those logs, albeit slender. Had the guys done this then they might have taken an extra half day. He'd have his logs, the site would also be free of all the Brush they clearly could not be bothered with and he'd feel like he got a good service. Instead he was robbed. By the sounds of it it could very well be a few from here...

You assume and guess an awful lot.

[trigger_andy]

Just now, Mick Dempsey said:

You assume and guess an awful lot.

Yes, Ive  made that abundantly clear by using such terms as ''I'll assume'' and ''I'll hazard a guess''.  But thank you for reminding me Im on the right track with my definitions. 

 

 

[peds]

28 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

 I can’t see how a free lunch changes matters, but let’s not get bogged down on that.

 

Come on, you're in France... you know that there's some pretty spectacular lunches out there. 

 

I'd trim the lawn at Manoir aux Quat'Saisons with my teeth if I got three courses at the end of it. 

[Mick Dempsey]

It’s something I’ve never acclimatised to in 13 years.

 

A couple of sangers, cup of tea, back to work in 25 minutes, then home in time for Neighbours.

 

Company policy.

[Vespasian]

1 hour ago, Joe Newton said:

So... You're saying that they weren't ripped off, correct?

Nope ripped off good style..

 

And I don't buy this shit about overheads.. plant and equipment are bought to increase efficiency of operation..  get the job done quicker so as to move on to the next one..  Job A should cost X amount of money.   company with expensive equipment makes their money by being able to do job A faster, and at reduced cost if they're good..

 

ex...  twenty foot tree  to be chopped....  A, has an axe,  horse an cart..  B has a chainsaw and chipper and truck..

 

Tree is fifty quid job...   A takes all day to fell and take away..  B is there ten minutes...  B gets to do twenty jobs a day.. meanwhile A is gettin fifty.. for same day..

 

The problem with this job is that A wants the same money as B for the same days work and he does that by cheating the ill informed...

[finchyo]

9 minutes ago, peds said:

Come on, you're in France... you know that there's some pretty spectacular lunches out there. 

 

I'd trim the lawn at Manoir aux Quat'Saisons with my teeth if I got three courses at the end of it. 

I remember one lunch time with Mick in an old couples house in France, a good bit of food and wine was offered lol.

Edited December 18, 2018 by finchyo

[Joe Newton]

18 minutes ago, trigger_andy said:

Yes, because he's mentioned more than once that he expected the logs to off-set the £1000. I'll assume he did not know or was not informed their Chippers could handle such sizes. So he most likely gauged the sticks he'd get would be much greater. I'll hazard a guess they just let him believe that and chipped away regardless knowing damn well he wanted those logs, albeit slender. Had the guys done this then they might have taken an extra half day. He'd have his logs, the site would also be free of all the Brush they clearly could not be bothered with and he'd feel like he got a good service. Instead he was robbed. By the sounds of it it could very well be a few from here...

There's an awful lot of speculation going on in this thread isn't there. From the above post to @Big Jassuming what the job should have cost from one sketchy photo. 

 

If the job was done to the agreed spec, there's no issue, if it varied from the agreed spec (assuming there was even a comprehensive spec in writing) then the op needs to get in touch with the company provided he can.

 

Did the record from what I can see from the photos it does look like a small amount of work for the money, but that's conjecture without knowing the full story. 

 

I'm guessing the OP only got the one quote.