05/31/2022
Here two bigger tree removal/trimming jobs we wrapped up last week-
At this point in the game we've probably done around 200+ tree removals, so this definitely wasn't our first rodeo. Fortunately it rarely happens anymore but I definitely had a rookie moment- and really underestimated these ones.
Project 1 witch was removing 2 75' maple trees (both requiring precise cuts and a whole lot of care not to drop them on the house, deck and utility lines), removing 1 40' petrified tree trunk and a decent amount of trimming along property line to reduce risk of future damage.
Project 2 was one MASSIVE partially dead maple tree approximately 100' in height. It's trunk was approximately 5-6' in diameter and even 60'+ feet up I was still sawing through 12"-18" limbs ( making it not just a fall risk, but one wrong cut and we would have had 100+ lbs pieces falling 30 feet and demolishing the house or wiping out the utility line).
It sounds like alot but both projects (all 4 trees + plus trimming) we had cut down in less than two full days/ roughly 18 hours (right on schedule). The part I definitely overlooked was the unimaginable magnitude of the combined cleanups; and just to put the icing on the cake my main helper was on a vacation for the following week, mother nature had a good laugh on my behalf and made every lawn in CT grow 4" inches that week (making my 40+ lawn accounts even harder to keep up with) and it rained 3/5 of the following days😓
7 days later after working 40+ hours of running a chippers with my wife (3 days in the rain), 1 full day of moving logs (in 90 degree heat) with a very strong friend who came to the rescue, roughly 40,000 lbs of wood chips and around 60,000 pounds of "someday someone's firewood" we finally finished these projects, witch seemed like an impossible feat.
The true difference between a rookie or a fly by the night tree guy and a professional making a rookie mistake- is the other two would have quit by day two. Obviously I didn't make a fortune on these (didn't quite quote for 9 days of labor, equipment use and fuel costs) but I delivered the same level of quality and care as if it were just another tree job (with a healthy profit margin). Just have to chalk these up to learning experiences and move on to the next one.
