the 'todays job' thread

[woody paul]

Looks like it has been cut back hard before. 

And customer happy that's it.

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

2 hours ago, woody paul said:

Looks like it has been cut back hard before. 

And customer happy that's it.

That's was the customers Responce when I checked up with him later on 

 

Jack 

[Ty Korrigan]

I originally sold the wife on a reduction/thin leaving enough branches to look like a handsome yet sparse tree, fitting for the situation, revealing a view across the valley currently obscured.

On the day, the husband took me aside, " I want it all off."

Are you sure? We can do good things here. "No" was his reply, "all off.

 Climber starts his saw "last chance" I shouted to the client who just waved from the seat of his JD1026 tractor and mowed on past.

Ah well I sighed and signaled the climber to begin.

Bet his wife burst into tears when she returned from petanque...

 Stuart

 

 

 

[Mark Bolam]

I’ve got a couple of these every year Stu.

What you have done looks awful, but you have retained the head frame.

Who is paying, him or her?

Thought so....

[Mick Dempsey]

Hé was right.

 

They look ace the first spring after a topping.

Edited October 5, 2019 by Mick Dempsey

[Mick Dempsey]

9 hours ago, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

That's was the customers Responce when I checked up with him later on 

 

Jack 

It’s a repollard/retopping of some HCs, no need for soul searching, good job.

[Ty Korrigan]

2 hours ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Hé was right.

 

They look ace the first spring after a topping.

Finding a balance for a couple can be difficult.

I'm just glad we left before the lady returned.

Regardless, it helped as we where on site for only 2 hours and the boys went home early.

   Stuart

[Rich Rule]

On 04/10/2019 at 19:58, Jwoodgardenmaintenance said:

That was this mornings job constructive criticism welcome and it looks hard cut back it was the customers request 

 

Jack 

You could say that if the customer is happy you are happy...

 

Yes, that tree has been pruned hard, looks absolutely terrible though.  

 

Why not just pollard it back to the previous points and not leave all the random stubs everywhere?

 

We sometimes have to do work that isn’t ideal.  You position as a professional is to try and do it to a good standard.   Cleaning up that mess wouldn’t have take much more time.

[tree-fancier123]

25 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

professional is to try and do it to a good standard.

do you think there is anything to the seasonality of pruning, where if at all possible hard pruning in autumn is to be avoided due to all the fungal spores being released? People have to fill their diaries and earn money, but it strikes me that September, early October would be the absolute worst time of year if given a  choice. I suppose if the customer is unaware it doesn't matter, if the wounds do attract gano etc, it may be decade or more before it caves in, by which time the 'arborist' may have paid off his/her mortgage and retired

[Jwoodgardenmaintenance]

49 minutes ago, Rich Rule said:

You could say that if the customer is happy you are happy...

 

Yes, that tree has been pruned hard, looks absolutely terrible though.  

 

Why not just pollard it back to the previous points and not leave all the random stubs everywhere?

 

We sometimes have to do work that isn’t ideal.  You position as a professional is to try and do it to a good standard.   Cleaning up that mess wouldn’t have take much more time.

I've got to go back in a month or so anyway as once I was nearly finished I found a nest with chicks in so cut around it and said I'll come back when there gone so ill tidy it up then tbf I thought it looked fair tidy compared to what it was it was a quick job for a good wage started a 8: 30 was gone by 11:50 and only 1/2 load of waste it was all to the customers request he didn't want any more taken off that was perfect in his own words so I left it as he wanted it he pays at the end of the day so I can only do what they request 

 

Jack