what is the biggest problem?

[skyhuck]

Truth! i cant not express how much i agree. So what is there we can do? who is setting these prices so low?

 

why are they getting lower when costs get higher?

 

(i know this sounds dumb and it is obvious but i just want to see what people say..... )

 

Too many cutters, not enough wood.

[Dilz]

The worry of tools being stolen

 

is your kit insured?

 

how do you make it safe at night?

 

how do you keep it safe in the van/ on site?

 

how can we make it safer?

 

i see chippers with location chips in them now.... i can track my phone position from a computer when its turned on....could we do this with a saw maybe?

[David Goss]

Truth! i cant not express how much i agree. So what is there we can do? who is setting these prices so low?

 

why are they getting lower when costs get higher?

 

(i know this sounds dumb and it is obvious but i just want to see what people say..... )

 

Deliver each (exaggerated but just) quote by hand, take a shotgun with you and get them to sign the acceptance while chewing on the end of the barrel:001_rolleyes:

[Dilz]

Customers, full stop!

 

what about customers? brake it down to the most annoying part?

 

is it payment?

 

is it their lack of understanding of what is involved?

 

what exactly? pick one point that bugs you the most about customers......

[skyhuck]

What exactly about the weather??? how does it cause problems?

 

(dumb i know but looking for expansion on this point)

 

 

Surely there is not the wrong weather (bar storms!) just not being prepared properly? It aint so cold if you have the right gear is it? you can buy good water proofs or cant you......and the wind...the most meschievous of the elements....

 

in short, we cant stop it, so how can we improve the ways in which we deal with it?

 

Its just unpleasant working in the rain, you either get wet or sweat horrible in waterproofs:thumbdown:

 

The wind blows stuff where you don't want it.

 

And people don't want you tramping over their lawn when it sopping wet.

 

Why don't you see people on the beech when its raining???????

[Dilz]

Deliver each (exaggerated but just) quote by hand, take a shotgun with you and get them to sign the acceptance while chewing on the end of the barrel:001_rolleyes:

 

i truly hope this can happen one day and you missed out, get them to hand over the money in advance....

 

but i'll ask again......who is setting the prices so low?

[treequip]

Its just unpleasant working in the rain, you either get wet or sweat horrible in waterproofs:thumbdown:

 

The wind blows stuff where you don't want it.

 

And people don't want you tramping over their lawn when it sopping wet.

 

Why don't you see people on the beech when its raining???????

 

Not today but I did thin a couple of sycamores :lol:

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

i truly hope this can happen one day and you missed out, get them to hand over the money in advance....

 

but i'll ask again......who is setting the prices so low?

 

the people setting the price so low are not doing it by the book, they pay no tax, the pay no tipping fees, they dont buy tools, they nick em, and they have no insurance.

[Johny Walker]

pruning sycamores in the rain ,:thumbdown:but it was a great day yesterday

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

just out of college tree surgeons expecting to earn hundreds because they have there tickets! :lol:....or even worse 2 weeks crash course tree surgeons.

 

Leylandi trees.

 

Costumers and non payers.

 

How the arbor gear industry rips us off! charing us prices like we earn a lot.

 

Leylandi trees.