JOB WAS A TOTAL LOSS

You win some, you lose some. This job was a total loss because we charged the customer $2500 to remove these 5 trees and ended up making $0 after repairing the customers shed + job expenses (paying crew, dumping, diesel). We started zip lining the pine tree I was tied into and one of the lower limbs was longer than I expected, and when I cut it off it dropped down too far and smacked the shed below. What I should have done is rigged that limb out because it was too long to zipline over the shed.
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[@Cholton327]

Don't sweat it. Shit happens. You'll make it up this summer. You no what I'm always repairing is fence. Sometimes. Alot of times there rotten . Just looking at them Knox pickets off. ❤😅

[@samhaveaguess4284]

Good to see you keeping professional about it after the mishap.. Some people would make mistake after mistake after that . As long as you take responsibility and repair the damages its all good ... I have heard of a few guys screwup like this and run ..

[@lilynava278]

You're really good at this

[@TrunkstoStumpsLLC]

Was thinking as you went up “this would be a great tree to zip line” sure enough that’s what happened.

[@genevaberry5130]

Great 👌 work!

[@user-uw3vv5us7x]

Retired math teacher here. Suggestion: increase your estimates 😂 and have homeowners sign a waiver that you are not responsible if a structure is "too close" to the tree being removed. Love your videos❤

[@ArmaliteTreeGuy]

As a tree climber, we all remove trees that are close to structures like this all the time. The customer would go with someone else if they saw print like that in the estimate…it is what it is, it happens to the best of us…just gotta learn from it

[@GreatWhiteSquid]

​@@ArmaliteTreeGuyI was about to to reply the same thing. Unfortunately it's part of it. I just took out a freaking electric pole last week. It was so rotten that it just came right over by barely being touched by a limb. Sucks to suck I guess. I'll try to suck less

[@samhaveaguess4284]

You would be out of business real quick if you did that .. That is a bit like and electrician saying your responsible if your house burns down from the work I do ..

[@NOVAMountainMan]

It doesn’t work that way in the tree industry.. If you write up something like that , you will never have customers.. I’ve been in the industry over 20 yrs ..

[@tomlorenzen4062]

I'm not a math teacher, but I play one on TV!😂😅

[@troyerthedestroyer]

Dang! That's just unfortunate! If you were worried it would get hung up trying to lower it but thought it was big enough to second guess if you should lower it maybe moving the anchor point away from the shed would have eliminated the risk? Maybe putting the strap out further to balance it? Looked like you were high enough up there to clear it, who would have thought there was like 6 more ft of material buried in that other tree. I would call that a valuable lesson in expecting the unexpected. With how much education costs, I would say you made out really well. Thanks for sharing, I still think you handled that job with skill.

[@SirensC3]

His ground guy boned him on that one. Not enough pre-tension on the zip line. Looks like they didn’t have a Bollard or Porta-wrap on the chipper to wrap the rope around to maintain rope tension for a heavy branch.

[@Frontireadventures]

Real skill.

[@VenCanada]

Cool!

[@rtgirard]

25:03 - man i hate when that happens!

[@metaspencer]

yeah that limb was bad luck!

[@Sethhaun78]

Nice job..only thing i seen wrong was forget thecspeed lining...you have 3 guys and machine ..to work 😮and take stuff to chipper and trucks..last 6 year's ive had to hand load logs and brush and every guy ive hired lasts 1 or 2 weeks so been sick with liver and intestinal seriously sick working solo with hernia on top of it..just bought used ditchwitch 750...cash becasue bad credit cant get no equipment..you guys are lucky to have help ..also i seen your price qoute info..i couldnt do both trees for that amount thats a 4000 to 4500 all day ..i pay high insurance and comercial auto..and dont have chipper be alot of trailers full on that job ..plus all 3 trailers dont dump..they charge insaine money for dumping logs here .brush aint to bad but its far away ..almost always..they close at 445 pm and habe to take a second day hauling brush logs..even with this machine now will still have trouble its very difficult running a business by yourself..meeting customers ,doing all work alone..almost gave up was so sick in pain couldnt barley move..had 4 years no days off ..and rain days were spent fixing things ..its very sickening no one will work around here.big companies hire illegals here..im not doing that..there has to be someone that works ..my only help has been 68 year old man..thats beyond a crying shame thos country is fallen apart..

[@lililililililili8667]

Nothing is worse than replace the entire driveway because a few drops of hydraulic oil got on it.

[@brandon-rustystreecare]

That sucks man accidents happen but if you would of clipped the one above it to not as much slack would of went into the system and it would of cleared more than likely bc the two below it cleared with way more room

[@msblawnmowinglandscapingan1660]

Nice New truck. Do you think you can film the raking and blowing more?. Tools: Harness Ropes Carabiners Arborist Chainsaw:Stihl Ms 200 T. Chainsaw:Stihl Ms 500 I. Skid steer:bobcat mt 100

[@br-dj2ti]

Why would you want to watch somebody raking and blowing

[@msblawnmowinglandscapingan1660]

@@br-dj2ti because it’s interesting and part of the job..

[@br-dj2ti]

@msblawnmowinglandscapingan1660 raking and blowing is interesting I guess everybody has their own thing buddy God bless

[@sandymoses6302]

Why a total loss? Seems you are doing a great job!😮 👍

[@VerticalTrees]

The job was quoted for $2500, the cost of parts for shed repair was $1150, labor charge for someone from the shed company to come out and fix it was $500, crew pay was $500, stump grinding was $400, dumping was $77, and about $150 for diesel. That adds up to over $2700 so this job was unfortunately a complete and total loss.

[@harolddarwinkel1925]

Shed repair because of one those limbs hitting the shed via speedlining? Quality work as usual anyway 👌

[@selfemployed1338]

​@@harolddarwinkel1925you can see the damage of shed in final minute of video.

[@lloydlisk6947]

If you would have strapped that next limb you would of had all the slack in the line 😅live and learn is the best way not to forget. Keep your head up you did an awesome job

[@enochrry6024]

​@@VerticalTrees...Man if you were in my area I'll pay you $2500 to cut a tree not nearly that tall.

[@mattlaplant7186]

i would have said to homeowner " bs, that was like that when we got here lol... chin up brother

[@AnonbinArymouse-nm4ud]

Integrity is lacking with this one.

[@fumagoo1986]

you charged 500 for that pine? looks like a 2500 dollar tree by its self

[@VerticalTrees]

No I didn’t charge him 500

[@infiniteedits-gk7nl]

First to like 👍

[@TheAcenightcreeper]

Bro, why a total loss? That structure was a piece of shit…you just did them a favor letting them know how unsafe it was… Why does your 500i sound sick? Seems like it was realllllllly strugglin in the cut…

[@jamesnelson6848]

Rakers may be a little too low?