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Tree cutting and haul off

Trees and shrubs cut back on a property, and the cuttings hauled away. There is more saw work in this one than it first looked like, so it is being run properly rather than quickly.

All cutting is done by Bab Adetiba and anyone he brings, working as his tree business, with his own saws and his own insurance. Nobody else touches a saw. Not on a ladder, not from the ground, not just the one branch. If you want to learn this work, stand next to him and watch, which is worth more to you than a second saw is to the job.

Everyone else is ground crew. Dragging, stacking, loading and dump runs. That is most of the hours on a job like this and it is the part that actually gets a family their yard back.

Two of the trees have power lines running through the canopy. Those go to the utility, who clear their own lines at no charge, and that call gets made before anybody starts.

Nothing is scheduled until Bab has walked the property and said what the job actually is.

What it needs

When
Not scheduled. Adetiba walks the property with the homeowner first.
Hands
Adetiba and his crew on the saws, as his business, insured. Then four to six men as ground crew: drag, stack, load, dump runs. Two pickups and a trailer. Gloves and eye protection for everybody, including the men only dragging brush.
Materials
Dump fees and fuel. Gloves and safety glasses. Adetiba brings all cutting equipment.

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