Tree Climbing Careers, Contract Tree Climbing, Average $ earned! Want to know your opinion 2 Comment 

Thanks for the info this is pretty spot on. Surprising how little the hourly rate is when you boil it down. Moral of the story is work for yourself and charge more!

Hey, I'm worth $1000 a day, I just haven't found anyone that will pay me that😁... Great video %100 correct $450 -$500 is about tops here in Georgia and thats if you supply all your own gear and rigging. Thanks for the confirmation.

Very informative video. U have a great way of breaking things down for me to understand. I'm a fence builder but I just recently got climbing gear so I can learn . I'm looking forward to seeing how I can progress in climbing. Safety first of course. Thank u

Damn dude.. I remember you posting stuff on a facebook group like 10 years ago when I was super green. I loved the parody vids and the serious talks, you are very articulate. Anyway, still being in the industry and now fairly accomplished working as a crew leader for a company, the thought has often crossed my mind of contracting -always doing interesting and challenging work and kind of running your own business. It was good to see it all laid out down to brass tax. Thanks man and hope you’re doing well -Phil

Videos like this make me glad I do it for fun no pressure.

Thank you, this was a very helpful video.

My advice for anyone trying to get into this work is show up on time and do good work. It sounds so simple but easily 75% of my clients got fed up with their druggy / drunk climbers that showed up when they felt like it. Also, getting paid. The first phone call I tell them what my day rate is, before we're done talking I remind them what the day rate is. On the first day of work, I tell them verbatim "If you don't have the cash to pay me at the end of the day, tell me right now and I'll leave." I havent had a single problem and Ive worked for the same people for over 5 years now. Also Liability insurance is good but look up disability insurance as well. It might cost a lot but if you get hurt and youre out of work for a while you can get some money if you carry that policy.

Very informative. I liked the fart sound from the idiot. Worth the wait

How old is this? $75,000 a year take home for a solid contract climber seems astronomically low. That is more in line with a good paid company climber.

I look at a tree and I figure out how many hours it's going to take me and then I bid $100 an hour. If I make $75 an hour I'm okay with it. Or if I make $150 an hour, I'm good with it. I never tell people what I charge. It's none of their business. I charge by the tree and when I get my contractors climbers license I'm going to only be advertising to land clearance companies, not tree companies. Tree companies are notorious for being poor and having no money to pay their climbers. But the guys that only need a tree taken down once a week or once a month will really value you. Oh, by the way, I'm in Northern California so it cost a fortune to live here. And workman's comp is the highest in the nation. If I was in Georgia or Louisiana I would probably charge half as much. Every time I do side work it averages around $100 an hour but don't tell your customers that they won't pay it. Just give them a bid. If you're a good climber and you got a bunch of expensive saw,s you should be able to get it done five times faster than a homeowner. I have 15,000 worth of climbing equipment and a $9,000 4x4 truck so I'm into it 24,000 so far. When I get the insurance and licensing it will probably be 28,000 investment there is no way you're going to work 12 months a year in Northern California. It's more like 9 months you're going to have some time off

Seems better to own your own company and just take all the profits on like two jobs a week.. I do 2-3 jobs a week each on average around 1500-2500 and yeah I gotta chip and clean up bud wayyyyy more money than just climbing..

So if I make $100,000 before taxes I make $78000 a year? I’m not sure if I agree with your accounting. No one says I make $50,000 a year but I only bring home 37.

This guy doesn't know the business side very well. I make over $230,000 a year contract climbing

You must be a hammer cuz ya nailed it. 🪓💪