Nightmare job from hell

[Dean Lofthouse]

Went to price this job a couple of week ago, reduce five 18ft conifer by half, notice a dog rose stem at one end but didn't look much.

 

Told the guy £175, he sucked through his teeth and said "£150??"

 

I ummed and R'ed and said it might be a bit awkward with the dog rose but we should be able to do it for that..

 

Started the job this morning and as soon as I cut the first bit of conifer exposed a mass of dog rose inside the conifers. I tried and struggle for half an hour getting ripped to bits and all I could think while I was cussing is this bloke chipping me.

 

So I went and knocked on his door and told him the original quote stands, if not get someone else in. I carried on with the job less stressed because I knew then if it took longer than I quoted it was my problem and I was getting ripped to pieces on my price not someone elses

 

I can honestly say this was the worst job I have done for a while, as small as it was

[Mozza]

Thats some seriously dense dog rose mate!! Get the TCP out dean

[testcricket01]

i get alot of jobs like that not nice at all.

[Mr Ed]

Teehee. I hope you never get a really bad Job Dean, one your stuck on for weeks and weeks.

 

In all honesty, that looks horrendous. I would have told him that I was no longer interested in his job and walked off...

[Johny Walker]

is it collage week for the lad:sneaky2: would have been the perfect training tree

[josharb87]

big felling bar on big saw, hold horizontal, full throttle, walk . . roll top off, bobs not me uncle, dunk is, and hes drunk

[Mesterh]

Hmmm nasty stuff, anything like that and I try to server at the base and pull as much stuff out before going up.

 

Got ripped to bits myself today from some dog rose although I was on the ground at the time doing some clearance.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I ended up cuting the stems, which were 2" just below the level I wanted then choked them all together and ragged em out with the winch

 

Ed, I nearly did walk..I thought to myself, what the hell am I doing, there's a book full of nice easy jobs to get through and I'm peeing about getting ripped to bits for £175

[Ian Leach]

I know how you feel mate, When i first started i was groundy for some one with a simular job to what you had . he ended up throwing the kit across the floor and said to me you do it this is not tree surgery and then sat in the truck and got stoned. You can imagine what the rest of my day was like.

[Dean Lofthouse]

I know how you feel mate, When i first started i was groundy for some one with a simular job to what you had . he ended up throwing the kit across the floor and said to me you do it this is not tree surgery and then sat in the truck and got stoned. You can imagine what the rest of my day was like.

 

Id have done the same if I had had some spliffs