Init annoying when you suggest something....

[Pedroski]

Kicking myself at the moment. A client wanted a poplar felled. It's a nice looking one, well balanced one, 70ft+ with a nice crown. He is concerned because some of the crown is over the road, and the tip of a lower branch is very close to a phone line. He just wanted it felled, and left in the field for him and mates to clear up. Anyway, I went and suggested just a lift so there is nothing near to the phone lines, and removal of the few dead bit in it. I pointed out that it's a nice specimen of a tree and that as there is heaps of space around it, that it would be a shame to lose it. I talked him round and I think that's what he is going to go for now.

 

And the reason I'm kicking myself is because the job is so simple that we'll have it done in a couple of hours, whereas the full job would have been a day..... and work is quietish at the moment. All because I didn't want to be seen as a tree murderer I've done myself out of a heap of money! I'm actually tempted to tell him I've reconsidered and felling is the best option!

[button1803]

full marks for saying about just lifting it though mate.. is the tree safe or causing a danger etc?

[Rich Rule]

Dont worry about it mate. Plenty of dirty pops will come long that you can work on.

[David Goss]

Think of the personal satisfaction of saving another tree and slowing the process of all our deaths by another little bit

Good call

[Stephen Blair]

Get on the phone , fell the rubbish tree and go buy something shiny:thumbup:

[Wolfie]

Well done Pedroski. Karma will see you right.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

The next few weeks will show you if you talked him round successfully or he gets a less scrupulous chap in to fell it.

[skyhuck]

The next few weeks will show you if you talked him round successfully or he gets a less scrupulous chap in to fell it.

 

I'm not sure "scruple" come into it.

 

Many of us are "Tree service" providers, not "Tree care", if my customer wants a tree felled I fell it.

[Pedroski]

full marks for saying about just lifting it though mate.. is the tree safe or causing a danger etc?

 

No danger at all. It's really nice apart from a few really small dead branches. We've already pollarded 3 pops in his field, there are a couple of nice beeches and some nice pines. There is this really nice pop, and there is another pop that really could do with felling - it's dead wood from about half way up its 120ft height and has been hit by lightning. I'd rather he put his money into losing that one!

[Pedroski]

The next few weeks will show you if you talked him round successfully or he gets a less scrupulous chap in to fell it.

 

Nah, I'm not worried about him doing that - he's happy with my call and refuses to deal with anyone else even though I did suggest he get other quotes when he was surprised by my first quote for work for him. I must have done something right.