Job Three - Removing a cherry tree
At the end of August I did my third commercial job. I learned a lot about my vehicle needs and the art of removing small trees. The customer was (and continues to be) happy about the removal.
The thing with cherry trees is that sometimes they can get surface roots. Given that most people plant ornamental trees in their gardens to look ornamental, the relationship between the tree and the owner goes sour if the tree starts being less ornamental and more problematic. In this situation, the owner always wins and they have the tree removed. Job three was just that - remove a cherry tree that was screwing up the customers lawn with a series of rather large and prominent surface roots. You can see the main offender below.
Cherries are fruit trees and whilst the native species can get to be a fair height, the ornamental Japanese types rarely get beyond a one man job. That’s what this was - a one man job. However, it was a little more than the casual home owner would be prepared to do as many of the limbs were up and over the fence and hedge and reaching out into the street.
The specifics of the job were pretty straight forward. Remove the tree, take away all the larger lumps of wood, bag, mash and leave the brash in dumpy bags. Finally, clean it all up so that the customer could enjoy their nice garden again. I did offer a variation of the job where I would take the waste away, but they didn’t want that job. They wanted the job where I left the leafy waste bagged up and in their garden. Who am I to argue with that?
Approach
The job methodology was pretty simple.
Working Area
The first order of business is to setup a working area. At my last job I worked on tarps to minimise sawdust onto the lawn. I liked that so I repeated it here and it was a wise move. Once the tarps are down I set up various stations for the various tools. Or you could say I put everything in a nice heap. Stations or heap, take your pick.
