How to Open a Tree-Cutting Service
- 1). Learn everything there is to know about trees. Take horticulture classes or work at a nursery.
- 2). Purchase the appropriate tools for cutting trees.
- 3). Hire helpers. Train them in your techniques for safely cutting trees.
- 4). Contact the city or county department that handles business licenses and request an application.
- 5). Inquire as to what other requirements there are for opening a business. You may be required to have insurance or have to follow certain restrictions for the area.
- 6). Contact the Franchise Tax Board to get a wholesale permit, if required. This will allow you to purchase goods without paying tax if they are to be used in your business.
- 7). Set up business. This sort of business can be run out of a home or warehouse.
- 8). Advertise to let the public know you are in business.
- 9). Pass out flyers to homeowners in areas that have lots of mature trees.
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Give your information to city and county agencies that may require trees be trimmed or cut down if they do not provide the service themselves.
