Asplundh ( Half Assed ) tree-trimmers and Florida Power and Light pass the buck.
Well we made it threw the Hurricane ( Mathew ) with little damage and were quite happy about that. It took the wife and I a couple of days to bag all the tree trash so the garbage service would pick it up.
The yard looks great , it is nice , trimmed , cut and clean.
Then Asplundh shows up on 10-11-16 and wants to have permission to enter the back yard to trim out some of the trees under the power line , naturally I told them to go ahead and trim the trees. BIG MISTAKE.
They trimmed large branches and small branches , then moved all the branches to the front yard by the road and made a good sized pile. They were busy doing this and that with all there trucks , bucket trucks , chain saws , hand saws. I should of noticed they were missing a wood chipper to grind up all the cut branches with. When they were done they got in the vehicles and drove away never to be seen again.
They only do 75% of the job ( no wood chipper ) and if they were relying on satisfied customers to support them they would be out of business in a week. Fortunately they are contracted by the power company who has the same consideration for it's customers , pay your bill and go to Hell.
What tree trimming service trims the trees , piles all the trimmings in persons yards and does not use a wood chipper to grind up the cuttings and clean up after themselves ..... answer Asplundh
I call there office after a couple of day realizing they are not going to do a dam thing about the mess they made in my front yard. They tell me it is the power company who will have a truck and chipper come by to remove the pile of branches. But 1st I have to call the power company since they don't.
OK , I call the power company on Monday 10-17-16 and after a lot of back and forth ( she thought it was hurricane damage and I explained it was after the hurricane and a brush pile made by Asplundh trimming live wood ) this lady tells me they will have the branches removed by quitting time the next working day which would be Tuesday the 18th since it was not hurricane damage.
The 18 arrives and leaves and the pile is still there.
The 19th .....I call the power company again and they tell me it is not there problem and I have to contact the county to have it removed. I asked they why did the lady tell me it would be removed on Tuesday ???? "O" the work order was sent in at 9 A.M. and refused at 12:00 P.M. Because it was HURRICANE DAMAGED BRANCHES. ( They did not even have the courtesy to call and let me know , They have my address , phone number and all sorts of information ) I explained for the 5th time it was Asplundh damaged branches done after the hurricane as a part of tree trimming of green wood authorized by the power company.
I called the county and they are trying to clean up all the piles of branches folks have and could not say when they would be in my area. So I have two choices , cut all the branches up so they fit in a garbage can lined with a trash bag and bag all of the pile one bag at a time or leave it by the road , killing the grass , till the county can get to it.
One consultation is that my yard is not the only one with a pile of tree trash in it , there are a lot of them with storm damage branches and even more now that Asplundh did there thing out here.
All I can tell you is that it has been a nightmare and if Asplundh knocks on your front door wanting to trim some trees on your property by power lines tell them to Go To Hell and don't stop till they get there.
AS far as the power company , Florida Power and Light they can go there also.
Well we made it threw the Hurricane ( Mathew ) with little damage and were quite happy about that. It took the wife and I a couple of days to bag all the tree trash so the garbage service would pick it up.
The yard looks great , it is nice , trimmed , cut and clean.
Then Asplundh shows up on 10-11-16 and wants to have permission to enter the back yard to trim out some of the trees under the power line , naturally I told them to go ahead and trim the trees. BIG MISTAKE.
They trimmed large branches and small branches , then moved all the branches to the front yard by the road and made a good sized pile. They were busy doing this and that with all there trucks , bucket trucks , chain saws , hand saws. I should of noticed they were missing a wood chipper to grind up all the cut branches with. When they were done they got in the vehicles and drove away never to be seen again.
They only do 75% of the job ( no wood chipper ) and if they were relying on satisfied customers to support them they would be out of business in a week. Fortunately they are contracted by the power company who has the same consideration for it's customers , pay your bill and go to Hell.
What tree trimming service trims the trees , piles all the trimmings in persons yards and does not use a wood chipper to grind up the cuttings and clean up after themselves ..... answer Asplundh
I call there office after a couple of day realizing they are not going to do a dam thing about the mess they made in my front yard. They tell me it is the power company who will have a truck and chipper come by to remove the pile of branches. But 1st I have to call the power company since they don't.
OK , I call the power company on Monday 10-17-16 and after a lot of back and forth ( she thought it was hurricane damage and I explained it was after the hurricane and a brush pile made by Asplundh trimming live wood ) this lady tells me they will have the branches removed by quitting time the next working day which would be Tuesday the 18th since it was not hurricane damage.
The 18 arrives and leaves and the pile is still there.
The 19th .....I call the power company again and they tell me it is not there problem and I have to contact the county to have it removed. I asked they why did the lady tell me it would be removed on Tuesday ???? "O" the work order was sent in at 9 A.M. and refused at 12:00 P.M. Because it was HURRICANE DAMAGED BRANCHES. ( They did not even have the courtesy to call and let me know , They have my address , phone number and all sorts of information ) I explained for the 5th time it was Asplundh damaged branches done after the hurricane as a part of tree trimming of green wood authorized by the power company.
I called the county and they are trying to clean up all the piles of branches folks have and could not say when they would be in my area. So I have two choices , cut all the branches up so they fit in a garbage can lined with a trash bag and bag all of the pile one bag at a time or leave it by the road , killing the grass , till the county can get to it.
One consultation is that my yard is not the only one with a pile of tree trash in it , there are a lot of them with storm damage branches and even more now that Asplundh did there thing out here.
All I can tell you is that it has been a nightmare and if Asplundh knocks on your front door wanting to trim some trees on your property by power lines tell them to Go To Hell and don't stop till they get there.
AS far as the power company , Florida Power and Light they can go there also.