Considerations When Starting Your Own Tree Service

Starting your own tree service business has a lot of considerations.  I will get into a lot of them on this blog.  One of the biggest considerations is the equipment you will need to start your own tree service.

If you are reading this blog, you are probably starting with little or no money or equipment, so I will be coming from the tree service from this point of view.  What are the bare basics you need to get started with this business.  

The first thing you need is knowledge about how to cut down trees.  This is an art and the only way to learn is from someone who is experienced.  Get someone to take you through the steps of cutting down a tree.  Each tree has its own personality and after time you can start reading a tree, but knowledge is the biggest thing you will need to get started in this business. 

There are ways to get buy with every other piece of equipment which I hope to share, but you can not skip on knowledge.  

Stay tuned for some resources to help you to get this knowledge.

If you can, start by getting a job at another tree service business.  There will be some future posts about this.

How to Start Your Own Tree Service: Dangers

If you are interested in starting your own tree service, the first thing you might want to think about is the danger involved in cutting down trees.  As a boy growing up, it was always interesting to shake hands with the guys that worked at my dad's sawmill, quite a few of the seasoned loggers were missing fingers.  

There are a lot of dangers involved in working with trees and chainsaws.  One of the most dangerous, believe it or not, is the tree itself after you've cut it down.  Many of the branches are bent back behind other trees or obstacle and they are like load guns ready to snap at a person that cuts them with a chainsaw.  

Of course, if you are starting a tree service, you are probably not going to be felling (taking down) trees in one shot.  You will most likely be climbing high up in the tree and taking small sections of the tree down and trying to keep them from hitting houses, cars, children, your workers or poodles.   That said, I watched my dad who is almost 70 take down a 60 foot pine between two suburban houses, by himself, in about ten minutes.

The chainsaw is a man's tool.  It demands respect.  Even the slightest off day and you could get seriously injured or die.  I grazed my leg one time as the chain had almost stop and it instantly opened my leg up in shreds.  Operating a tool that can slice through a tree with a diameter of 4 feet in minutes is serious.  If this scares you.  Turn back now.  There are easier ways to make a living.  

Starting your own tree service is not for you if:

You are afraid of heights.

You don't like physical labor.

You don't like being outside in all kinds of weather.  

You don't like people watching you work.

How to Start Your Own TREE Service #3

There is not a lot of good material online about starting your own tree service, so I have decided to get this blog going to help others think about what it might take to start your own tree service.  

A tree service is not going to be something simple to start, but for those up for the challenge, there is good money to be made in starting a tree service business.  

This blog will deal with how to start a tree service business with relatively little to start and for those who do not have a lot of time.  I'm not going to waste a lot of time trying to make everything fancy on the site, so I apologize for in advance for that.  My goal is to provide as much information as I can in the most condensed way that I can.  I plan to share my struggles and concerns along the way.  I also hope to generate some income off the website through advertising.  This I hope will offset the cost, in time, that I plan on putting into the blog.  

I also work full time, so this is a side way I am hoping to help myself and others.  I hope you find the blog useful.  

Please check back for 

Things to consider when thinking about starting a tree service business.  

Chainsaw thoughts.

HOW TO START YOUR OWN TREE SERVICE Business

My family had been in the logging business for years.  I was the first generation to go to college and get a "GOOD" job.  Well, cuttings trees is in my blood, and the safe job isn't what it was cracked up to be.  This is my blog about being like my grandfathers and starting my own business.

Starting my own tree service business is a natural fit.  If you'd like to follow my journey as I explore what it takes to get the business started, please check back, I'll share my successes and failures as I learn how to start my own tree service business.