experience” so i had no idea what i was going to do. to start, i learned to ask the customer if they wanted any branches off the bottom of the tree cut off. then i would ask “what kind of tree stand do you have? does it have a prong up the middle or does it hold the tree in place from the sides?” if they said it has a prong, i would have to drill a hole in the bottom of the trunk. after i cut the branches, i would then carry the tree over to be shaken free of the dead or extra pine needles that fell. then 