Advice Needed - Conifer Removal

[jarborist]

Don't disagree with any of your last post mick D, including the vibes part, .

(when I said 'its a fairly hard job I was talking generally definitely not this particular job).

[Khriss]

41 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Oh no, don’t hit me with those negative vibes man!

 

There is next to no technical expertise required on this job, it’s just logistics.

Any firm could rattle that out by midday whilst hungover.

A. Its still a shit tree

B. Yr not Odd Ball

C. You dont have  Sherman tank. 

 

K

[Khriss]

45 minutes ago, Steven P said:

Kind of glad the wood is worthless, its gong to keep me warm all next winter Sold some in the last few weeks (my excess) which will pay for the coal I'll burn to.. so not quite worthless.

I do mean in the sense it has not marketable value in that volums. I have happily burnt it but the actual cut of cutting and transporting it home outweighs its worth. K

[Dan Maynard]

No need to fell the top in one.

No I was just thinking if you could pop the top off in a oner it would be quick and easy, much less to chip than taking the whole thing down. If you have to dismantle the top with chucking it out sideways it's a pain compared to stripping from the bottom up.

Either way if keeping half the tree saves a bit of money it's a win all round.

[monkeybusiness]

From the pic I reckon that tree might be bigger than you lot are reckoning. Seems to have a lot of leaves/fronds - there could be a world of timber hiding in there that would take more than a couple of hours and a van load to get rid of...

[struie]

10 hours ago, jarborist said:

Always interested how quickly tree surgeons say other tree surgeons have over priced a job, when in another conversation they will be pointing out how we can't charge enough with our overheads , and lack of recognition of skill. It happens on here a lot and on site too where one firm will say how expensive another firm is (usually based on one or two prices they have quoted against - not the others where the quote was too low/just right).  I certainly don't support the rip off costing at an extreme end, but £500.00 - £1000.00. We should all wonder - how far is the tree surgeon travelling ( I know I sometimes get recommended and when I say on the initial phone call - no problem, but obviously it will cost more than someone local as I am far away the client sometimes seems surprised) , where's the tip site , and as Struie said in this example we don't know how long the drag is. I know even without felling it wont take long to dismantle ,  -  but there's a fair amount of debris there. Yes you can do another job, but a lot of firms will need to tip off first, narrowing the timescale for further work . I definitely over fret about not wanting to over charge . Does the op mean £1000.00 including VAT  ? We also know that we all have different angles in running trucks etc (big, small, 4x4) that mean  we win on some and lose on some jobs, but that doesn't mean we over priced it  - for us.

 

Overall , unless its an obvious complete rip off my impression when we slate others is sometimes we are , at least unconsciously, saying - hey I'm really good I can do that quickly this other person is charging too much cos they cant do it as quickly. When really a lot of us wish we could charge more cos its a fairly hard job and it would be good to be able to keep doing it without working at 100mph every day and get some recognition for some effort involved - and that's without discussing getting rid of arisings, and the true , or perceived cost there.

 

In the end this is a member of the public , and we all know how often people think the work should be done for the timber and a beer , why further that with all the negativity ? Struie I think you gave a great answer - and bit more succinct than mine . Jess - good luck with it , get a few quotes if you are not sure.

morn jarborist,was impressed with u retort their,the guy who priced the job was at the job, we havnt, the chap may have seen probs that we cant from a picture,have taken hundreds of pictures of trees,for reference on sites,and to me,they dont seem to do them justice, stay safe. struie.

[Khriss]

"Tigers !  You ain't said nuffing about Tigers , man ! "  K

[struie]

2 minutes ago, Khriss said:

"Tigers !  You ain't said nuffing about Tigers , man ! "  K

u on the hawick hooch this morn khriss, haha.

[jarborist]

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[Khriss]

1 hour ago, struie said:

u on the hawick hooch this morn khriss, haha.

Am full of the joys of Spring ( it's Friday ) and if I were on the Hawick hooch  * from memory * I wouldn't be able to feel my legs this morning  ? K