So after months at my new company, Ive only gotten three very small climbs in until this week. One of our main climbers is off because he was around someone that has covid and in his absence, Ive gotten to use his saddle the past two days (mine is still held up, delivery is looking like the...
Has anyone used heated gloves for winter work? If so, which ones? I dont have a lot of body fat keeping me warm in the cold and my fingers get painfully cold pretty quick when temps drop. I can layer up for ground work but Ive been told Ill probably be doing a lot of climbing through winter as...
Now that I am doing tree CARE instead of tree removal, I need to start being able to identify the trees and know what their growth will be, what their structure should be. What are the best books for Tree ID?
Ok, only my second week at Davey and Im KILLEN it. I thought being a big corporate monster they would have rules about letting new workers do certain things but nope, second day they had me jump in the bucket to see if I really knew my shit, slayed it. And today, my second week, my foreman asked...
My plan had always been to get some exp at the company I started tree removal with and then move on to a better company- and now its happening. I applied with Davey and signed my acceptance of employment today. Before stumbling onto this forum, I hadnt thought much about becoming a climber even...
After reading posts on this site, seeing what most companies are doing, I feel more unprepared to switch companies than ever. We have a mini skid that we barely use even though I get shit DONE with that mofo and mostly just roll with our boom and chip truck. We either boom or do a pullover on...