Similar experience here, thought I might be a "little bigger fish" with 50 trees to take down but was told they were doing a contract for the base until first week of November, still haven't heard from them so....small fish. : (
Heh... I had a "contractor" give an estimate and schedule work. I purchased all the materials. He no-showed first round, then punted for various tragedies two more times. Technically I guess I didn't "fire" him since he never showed up to do any of the work. The 4th time he tried asking to delay I told him to stop bothering me. I did it myself. I grew up in the trades, worked as a carpenter before the Army and I try to spend my money in the community... But there are limits. Saved some dollars.