I found a purpose and a direction finally. Now I can articulate my ideas cleanly because I know what my end result is. As a younger lad I was just trying to survive, and unfortunately many aspects of my life showed that. It's hard to have a sense of place when you're homeless, starving, and...
Thank you guys. I'm realizing a need in our industry for competent technicians to be able to articulate the actual needs of the industry before it all become private equity or Davey subordinates. I'm starting my bachelor's this month, and have been working to professionalize my writing for...
Straight up. There's a dozen of us on here that wouldn't not put you in fucked up positions like that, contract climber or not. I've been there, to a degree, but a big part of being your own boss is having the faith to choose what is better, and make room for that better by refusing what doesn't...
I have fear for your life and would prefer it if you came back alive. Same with your friend. We loose too many good people to preventable issues.
What is preventing maintenance and inspection on the lift? Are there quality rentals that could replace it in the interim while you fix/search for a...
It's really difficult.
I've set minimum standards and have been working on developing real "buckets" for employees to land in. New, very green people start at groundman 1, a 4 step process to "journeyman" with coursework, training, pay scales, etc. A good groundie is worth their weight in...
I was pretty green, groundie on a pseudo logging job on the South Hill. A bunch of pondo pine down a cliff side with a terrible drag to the chipper. We were rigging the trees out, sending pieces up another spar, then zipping them to the landing to then get dragged out.
The poor climber had...
Wow, that's brutal. Good to know tbh. I am fairly new to this region and am not used to the storm systems. When accidents are truly accidents it does bring some relief, but that's still horrible.
Our intern Emma got some hang time today. First time having her off the ground. She did both moving rope and singled rope. Too bad college is taking her for the next 4 years, she's been an awesome hand.