Posted by 135 Fan on May 30, 2010 at 21:09:23 from (68.149.56.30):
I had a major forest fire(about $12,000,000) go through my property that I have a motocross track on. The land is rezoned for it and I have a business license with the county. I have lost approx. $3000+ in revenue because of the fire. The first person from sustainable resources, who are in charge on large fires including cleanup and putting out hot spots, specifically asked me about any work I might like done to help clean up the property or at least help to fix up the track. I told him I could use some clay and a couple dugouts could be dug deeper. He said to let him know and also said they could make me some brush piles to burn in the winter. Everyone I talked to said he is very professional and is a man of his word. He was going for his days off and another person took his place. This person was sitting in the truck when the first guy asked if I decided what I wanted done. This person seemed fairly good and I showed him a couple dugouts that could be dug deeper. Meanwhile they kept working on the hot spots. Now the second person is being replaced by a relatively new rookie in charge. This guy seems extremely reluctant to want to do anything for me. I told him of the couple dugouts that could be dug bigger. He had the hoe operator knock apart a pile I pushed up that had no hot spots at all. He did have the hoe come back and pile the tree's back up. It took a little over an hour and wasn't as nice as I had done it. Today I went out to see how they were doing and talked to this guy while the second person was in the truck. Today is his last day. The new guy asked about one of jumps and said it wasn't really damaged. A 60,000 lb. track hoe was drove over it a couple times in the mud since it rained! One of the ponds I wanted dug deeper was right beside this jump and I said they could just pile the top soil and then dump the clay on the jump. This guy didn't seem too keen to want to do anything. I explained that the first boss said he would get some work done for me since I had a lot of damage from the fire. This new guy said that the first guy isn't on the job anymore. I almost felt like telling him he has 1 hour to get the 2 water bladders off my property. Last Wed. another guy came by and had to get my permission to put the bladders on my property. It saves them stringing out miles of water hoses and there is lots of room for the trucks to turn around and other trucks with workers to park. That stupid comment this guy made really ticks me off. Everyone else has been great. I don't know if this guy is trying to get brownie points for saving money or what but that certainly isn't the way to get a good reputation like the first guy. What would any of you do in my situation if this new guy doesn't do anything to help me fix things up, like I was told would happen? A lot of it I have to do myself anyway but there is a lot to do. I wish I had the first guys phone number. He only works in the summer as a wildfire boss and has been doing it for 10 or 12 years. He is very highly regarded by everyone because he does an excellent job looking after not only the ground crews but also the land owners. They don't like the media coming around but I could certainly make that happen and make a lot of people look really bad. I like to take someones word for something. I'm open to reasonable suggestion on how to get what was promised. Thanks in advance for your responses. Dave
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