- Location
- White Pines
Left you a voicemail and text.
$550 a day climbers
- Thread starter BigJon
- Start date
frashdog
Branched out member
- Location
- Champlain valley, adirondack coast
What's the weather like there in February?
What he said! I hate it here in February. Would you take on guys for just a short stint? Like a month, 3 weeks maybe?
frashdog
Branched out member
- Location
- Champlain valley, adirondack coast
Sound like a vaca!
Yeah, a paid Vaca!!
lonniels
New member
- Location
- Manhattan MT
There is going to be 100 Buzzers showin up to this deal!
Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Suffolk, Virginia
Could be like a buzzer convention. How do you get soot and charred wood out of your rope though?
Who cares!? With what they're paying we can buy new rope!
TimBr
Official Well Known Greeter
- Location
- Northern Virginia
It would be cool to hear how it all worked out in the end, if any buzzers end up landing the work.
Tim
Tim
- Location
- White Pines
I called and met with John. Seems like a legit deal. Everyone has to go through an orientation before working, will be attending that Monday January 4, I'll keep everyone posted. Got all my safety gear, etc all dialed in and finished some other work we had the last two weeks so I'm good to go....
TimBr
Official Well Known Greeter
- Location
- Northern Virginia
Congratulations, Jason! I hope it all works out, and ends up being a great work experience.
Tim
Tim
The_Archdruid
Participating member
A week and no updates?! Are people getting abducted and turned out? Didn't someone think to take a phone with them? I need answers.
If this is really happening, I can take out every saw from a 200T to the 660, all even numbers, no silly 201 or 441's.. And don't worry about the emissions, the fire was worse.
Okay, let us know. Are these checks getting cashed?
Can I take some time off each afternoon to get a team of toads ready to compete in the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee?
If this is really happening, I can take out every saw from a 200T to the 660, all even numbers, no silly 201 or 441's.. And don't worry about the emissions, the fire was worse.
Okay, let us know. Are these checks getting cashed?
Can I take some time off each afternoon to get a team of toads ready to compete in the Calaveras County Jumping Frog Jubilee?
Raven
Branched out member
- Location
- Northwoods
I did my time out there and I know several buzzers on the project right now with daytime highs in the 50s I'm a little jealous. The money is real, checks cashed, but the organizational system they're using would drive any man insane. It's like there's this big bucket of money at the top then it has to trickle down through many tiers of subcontractors before it finally gets to the worker bees, who are not encouraged to be productive but rather just follow a ton of rules and don't make ANY mistakes like get a bandaid or wipe out a primary or something.
Even with the BS and confusion I would do it again - good way to pay the bills when MN turns cold, minus 7 here tonight, guess I'll be California dreamin...
Even with the BS and confusion I would do it again - good way to pay the bills when MN turns cold, minus 7 here tonight, guess I'll be California dreamin...
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- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Eric,
Is the situation there much different than our time in NOLA?
Is the situation there much different than our time in NOLA?
treehumper
Carpal tunnel level member
- Location
- Ridgefield, NJ
Sounds interesting for someone who is not busy this time of the year. I've looked at these types of jobs in the past and found that if I stayed local and put in the same effort I'd come out further ahead.
What is the cost of accommodation and food out there?
If I were single though, this would be a great way to spend the winter. Good luck to all who go and be safe!
What is the cost of accommodation and food out there?
If I were single though, this would be a great way to spend the winter. Good luck to all who go and be safe!
JontreeHI
Branched out member
- Location
- West Michigan lakeshore
Word is 140 per diem as well. Heck a family can do that too! Wish I would have gotten more info earlier.
Raven
Branched out member
- Location
- Northwoods
Very similar, except the trees aren't as scary. Those big rotten salt killed pines were pretty bad. The fire killed trees out west are mostly solid unless already compromised by Mountain Pine Beetles, and the setting is rural so not so many targets and civilians to manage.
- Location
- Retired in Minneapolis
Ahhh...is the bureaucracy and paperwork similar?
Sounds like climbers have to do some sort of indoctrination like we had in NOLA.
GC's...QA's...all of that?
Sounds like climbers have to do some sort of indoctrination like we had in NOLA.
GC's...QA's...all of that?
Raven
Branched out member
- Location
- Northwoods
Yes, very complicated process, information was continually changing as well, causing much confusion and frustration. Paperwork???? I've never seen so much at once haha, they may as well have had an onsite pulp mill.
