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Originally Posted by mdvaden  I realize that many arborist / tree accidents are not due to hazardous trees. In fact, the two I'm aware of very closely, was one guy melting the line tying himself in with the rope lowering wood laying over it, and, a tree service owner under a tree and the other guy dropping a big chunk on his head or back.
Maybe the profession is less dangerous than people expect. Maybe it's the people who rush and take shorcuts that make it seem worse than it is.
But what came to mind today, were the trees that are definitely dangerous. Around power lines, maybe on live wires. Huge trees loaded with weakness and decay, etc..
Does the wise arborist figure out a way to take-on all the projects, or does he (she) say "no thank you" this time, and let the job fall to someone else?
Do you consider your job dangerous? Or do you think its just dangerous for people who put danger into their work? |
Md, the way i approach it is to weigh up the risks involved and determine a safe method to achieve completing the task. Then price accordingly. We have a good steady workload for what i call A & B grade clients.
There will always be a bozo tree guy who either doesnt understand the defects and hazards or doesnt care about them, and will put the safety of themselves and their team on the line, along with the public and their property all for the sake of having a job to do tommorrow.
There will also always be customers (C & D grade) who dont care about any of this either.
Both will get what they deserve sooner or later.
With enough work up your sleeve doing quality work for quality clients you dont get sucked in to doing the gnarly stuff cheap just because you have to.