called out to emergency job...nightmare!

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

Heres the story.

 

I was called out to a emergency job about 1 month ago. the costumer calls me at 4pm on a friday..saying she has a branch that has fallen down and is leaning over a busy road. i give a estimate over the phone.

 

I get there are there is this large tree that 2 foreign guys have tried to cut down with an electric chainsaw. I ask the owner what happened and she tells me that she asked them to prune the tree and they misunderstood her ( bullshit ! )

 

Well the police turned up to shut off the road as the tree was leaning over electric lines. And then the truth came out..the asain owners had already had the tree officer out who told them the could n ot touch the tree. So they went and got hold of some cheap workers and asked them to remove it...then acted like they only told them to prune the tree.

 

to top it off..they argued about the price after i reisked my neck to get it down safely.

 

can see the nice cuts they used to fell the tree.

 

I told them they can get rid of the timber and branch work themselves . frickin idiots

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

the last pic doesn't do it justice to its size..add about another 25ft on that.

 

Right over the street lights.

 

Man i am still pissed at them!

[Lee Winger]

Looks like you broke rule 1!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

Looks like you broke rule 1!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

whats that?

 

I was tied into a un-cut stem.

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

also the blue ropes you see are not mine.

 

it was the foriegn guys attempt to hold the tree in place while felling it.

[Rich Rule]

well done - i hope you charged them accordingly. Personally I hate clearing other peoples mess:thumbdown:

[Dean Lofthouse]

whats that?

 

I was tied into a un-cut stem.

 

Rule number one is for PM only

[scotspine1]

Nice work Martyn, like turning up to storm damage- you've got to have your wits about you when dealing with a situation like that.

 

Hope you charged them loads.

 

Why is there a hunchback walking on that dropped stem and whose the creeping jesus overseeing the work at the wheelie bins?

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

Nice work Martyn, like turning up to storm damage- you've got to have your wits about you when dealing with a situation like that.

 

Hope you charged them loads.

 

Why is there a hunchback walking on that dropped stem and whose the creeping jesus overseeing the work at the wheelie bins?

 

 

ha,ha . :001_smile:

[scotspine1]

I told them they can get rid of the timber and branch work themselves . frickin idiots

 

I take it that you didn't get payed as much as you would've liked?