Clearing Snow and Clearing Trees

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:06):
I ask experts with hams Arborcare online, Hamsarbacare dot com.
Tell forh number eight sixty six five nine six five
three nine six little deja vu there, Kevin, How you
doing this morning?

Speaker 2 (00:17):
I'm doing fine. Can you hear me now?

Speaker 1 (00:19):
Loud and clear? You sound fantastic. I love I love
that we're able to do all these cool things with
technology and computers and cell phones. And what happens is
sometimes they just don't want to cooperate with Yeah, exactly,
I was gonna ask you, Kevin, with the with the snow.
I know you're clearing snow this morning, Andrew. We just
talked to Andrew. He was out clear and snow this morning.

(00:40):
I know what I would be dealing with when I
get home as well, Uh, for trees and snow. And
this year it's been a pretty good year for snowfall
and groundcover, hasn't it.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
Yeah, it has been. The ground's actually soft under the snow.
But we're you know, the snow itself acts as a
little cover or for some of our loaders that can
kind of spin around on top and uh, it navigates
through that. We we kind of leave the snow down
so we can get around and you know, we're we're

(01:12):
looking at We've never moved any snow, you know, other
than just getting out of our immediate way. Yeah, no,
clear people's driveways and stuff. Summertime companies do. We're I'm
going to do recon on the site, just to look
for best approach, you know, to the site. We're gonna
we're gonna take down some trees today, Sean.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Oh, go is that when with that snowfall, I mean,
does that also add like a little cushion like when
you're dropping dropping trees and other things. Does it does
it have like a benefit to that of just like god,
you know, when it's.

Speaker 2 (01:47):
Not not not dropping, it will actually keep the ground
soft because of the installation, and so we don't have
frozen ground underneath here. You could you could move the
snow and dig the dirt right now. Uh, So that
that is a phenomenon. Uh. But you know, overall we
can uh you know, get around on top of the

(02:09):
snow with the loaders and that helps a lot because
you can go in there with a trackloader and spin
around and go right back out. But then there's if
there's a little grade or a hill. Well, now, now
we can't use the loader. You'll glide down the hill,
and it's just it's different, you know, but it all
has its you know, you work with what you have.

(02:31):
So we're doing something pretty local to our shop this morning,
just because the roads are dangerous, and we'll probably use
you know, the smallest trucks possible that we have because
of the roads. And then but we'll we'll we've got enough,
you know, work that we can pick and choose and say, hey,
this job will be the perfect one for today, and
we'll go out and get her done.

Speaker 1 (02:52):
I was gonna ask you about that as we talked
this morning with Kevin Ham of Ham's Arborcare online Hamsarborcare
dot com tell phe number eight sixty sixty five nine
six five three nine six. That's eight six six five
nine six five three nine six. As like, schools are
delayed this morning, and you know, for the most part though,
things are pretty predictable. The kids are gonna go to
school each day. Monday through Friday is set for most

(03:13):
of us. We kind of set a schedule and we
kind of it's it's easy to say, like, hey, next
week Thursday, we're gonna we'll do this or we're gonna
do that. The work that you do and how affected
you are by by the weather, I think sometimes people
don't understand, like how you're scheduling works. It's a it's
an inch, it's it's a there's a lot more to

(03:33):
it to just say I'll be out next Thursday at
at two we'll be doing a tree takedown, or in
the summer months doing injections, injections and other things. What
you guys do is so weather dependent. I'm amazed at
how you put those schedules together and and make sure
that everything gets done because there's a lot of moving
parts to what you're doing.

Speaker 2 (03:54):
Kevin, let's just say the schedule of a living breathing docu. Yeah,
you know you have to be able to adjust. We
schedule logistically. We have a big enough footprint that we've
got work in different places. So uh, you know, we
don't we don't like, you know, it's not very efficient
to run the Madison and then run up to bear

(04:15):
Aboo or run up to Bordage. You know, we want
to We've got enough in Madison. You just schedule your
day as tightly as possible and and that allows us
to serve as many clients as possible and and so
some sometimes you know, jobs get juggled around. Uh, but
you know, we we get it all done and we

(04:37):
get there as timely as possible.

Speaker 1 (04:38):
And with that, with that type of you know, again
of working with with you know, obviously you guys have
a wide footprint. Some of it too is is I
love about as we talk about different weather conditions and
I'm kind of dealing with it. You've made us for
folks that don't know, uh, the equipment that you have
at Hams Arborcare, the tools are. That's over the years
you have made a pretty significant financial investment to be

(05:01):
blunt on really having the right equipment for the right
job for the right season, and that can that's not
a universal thing out there. A lot of folks will Again,
money is hard to come by and even harder to
part with. Some people say, you know, we'll do it
on the cheap. You don't do things on the cheap,
do you, Kevin.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
You know, you can take shortcuts, but in an industry
where someone dies every three days, you know you want
to think about those shortcuts. And so we have where
a Tree Care Industry Association accredited company. So they've looked
at all our stuff. They've ensured that we're insured, and

(05:41):
they you know, look at our safety policies and you know,
our insurance company will come out and review the crew
and they just it's like he kind of chuckles, He's like, oh,
you guys, you guys are so far above so much.
I look, yeah, you know, just high and we don't

(06:02):
have to like tell guys to make sure you wear
your chainsaw protection when the guys here, you know, there's
none that. It's like we're just we're always high and
tight with safety protocols and and so you know, these
things matter when you're doing something. You don't have to
search too many Just search arborist fails on YouTube and

(06:26):
you'll see, I think you want that to be your
house that the thirty inch diameter tree just went through,
you know, and with that.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
And with that stuff like safety training and understanding you know,
right tool, right job, and also understanding when it comes
to you know, you mentioned of course being a member
of t c i A, and I know all the
all the different types of protection for homeowners. That's important
as well as you mentioned you know, you do some
of these arborists or these these tree removal fails on

(06:59):
YouTube and and and Instagram and stuff, and you realize
when that damage is done, Uh, insurance companies and those
type of things start looking around for for for who
they can go after. And if if the you know,
what's the old line about blood from a turn up,
If the people you have working on your trees don't
have any type of anything, you may be in a

(07:20):
tough spot. It's an important question to be asking the
person doing the tree work on your house, is about
their about their coverage to make sure that if gosh forbid,
accidents happen, things can occur, How is this going to
be going to be handled On the other side of it,
asking those questions and knowing isn't a really important thing
as well, isn't it?

Speaker 2 (07:39):
Absolutely? And you know you want you want a company
that you know stands by their work. Yeah, you know,
extreme ownership is one of our models. Yes, so you know,
if we make a mistake, I'm going to ensure that
that client is happy we made that mistake. Is that
clear enough communications, Yes, We're gonna go above and beyond

(08:03):
to make right anything that may have gone wrong. You know,
we work in an industry where you know, you're you're
making decisions on on things your average person wouldn't even
dare do you know? And and you want you want
somebody that has the confidence in the training. Just yesterday,

(08:24):
we had a training session with the guys, as we
do every week. Every week, we sit down and do
a safety talk and one of the things we say
in that meeting is, Hey, any any any incidence this
week of any kind that would be beneficial to crew.
We have a very open culture. There's none of this, Oh,
something happened at a client's job and we didn't tell

(08:46):
anybody about it. No, you're never gonna see that kind
of behavior at Hams harbordare we We're like above board,
coming straight at it, and we're gonna own what we do.
And you know, ninety nine percent of what we do
is is top notch work, and we've got a large
client base to show for it.

Speaker 1 (09:06):
It's pretty amazing.

Speaker 2 (09:07):
You know.

Speaker 1 (09:07):
I've obviously know a lot of folks that obviously I
know you very well, and I know a lot of
folks over the years that have done work with you
and other things, and just in the team at Amsarborcare.
Just the rave reviews for good reason, as We talked
this morning with Kevin Ham, Master arborist at Hams Barborcare.
It is a great day, of course, to look towards
the new year. Now some time to get on the
schedule with Hams Barborcare. You can learn more online the website.

(09:28):
Hey Hamsarborcare dot com. That's Hams hmmsarborcare dot com. Even
easier pick up phone, give a call eight six six
five nine six five three nine six. That's eight six
six five nine six five three nine six Kevin, always
great chatting with you. We'll talk real soon, my friend.

Speaker 2 (09:44):
Thank you. Sean tak Care