Topping- for Tree Health or Money?

[Mesterh]

SHOW ME THE MONEEEY!

 

I have no problem with topping tree's at all. I'll explain the problems it will cause and how it will be more cost effective to do a proper reduction thin etc or take the tree down completely. But if the customer wont listen then I'm not going to throw the job away.

At the end of the day I'm only in this business to make a living (which I do sometimes wonder how)and I've seen plenty of topped tree's that I could have done a well better job on.

It's annoying when you price a job to thin,reduce, crown lift etc then drive past a few weeks later to find It's been hacked to bits Customer probably thinks they got more value for money with all the 'extra' branches removed than what I had quoted for.

[Dean Lofthouse]

So that's BS3998 out the window then

[skyhuck]

So that's BS3998 out the window then

 

Dean, thats only for TPO'd trees! .................do you know nothing

[Dean Lofthouse]

Dean, thats only for TPO'd trees! .................do you know nothing

 

Silly me!!

 

[Mesterh]

So that's BS3998 out the window then

 

I think its out the window before I even start up my non sterilized saw

[Dean Lofthouse]

I think its out the window before I even start up my non sterilized saw

 

[Glen Poole]

To me it depends on what species of tree it is & whether i think it has any amenity value:001_smile: