Been 7 years since I last used Treebuzz.....I need input!

[Daniel]

I'm just going to take a second to thank @Daniel for his 101 videos, and his more advanced videos on cutting wood. I watched several of them while starting my career. I did not watch the bucket videos because I'm not a bucket guy, climbing instead. Daniel, through his videos, showed me how to bore cut storm damaged logs to release tension while keeping the saw from getting pinched. I use that technique every week and one of my new groundies was commenting on it a couple weeks ago. @TreeCo , you might be sick of watching them (which is fine), and I might not need them now, but that's because I watched them. Daniel's reach (all the way to my ground crew, for instance) is pretty substantial, and pretty great. He's made the lot of us safer, more skilled, and more accountable for thinking through our cuts.

Apologies for derailing...

Thank you... Appreciate the support and glad to know the vids are making a difference!

 

[ArboristInsurance]

Many of the guys have definitely touched on a couple of the ideas that are definitely there. One being that TCIA definitely caters to big iron and large companies. My company is very small 4 employees in the summer and 3 in winter, including me. It is my 4th year in business, 21 years in the industry, just shy a masters in forestry competitive climber... let's just say education and skill are not lacking. The company is finally making around 200k gross and still growing. At this stage, just joining the TCIA is ridiculously expensive. Sorry, don't have an extra 1k laying around to throw at it. Then to become TCIA accredited.... is that a joke? All the hoops and added costs to get that done easily? Nope. Which prevents my company from joining the arbormax insurance... yet we have had 0 accidents since i founded the company. In addition we are more safety conscious and professional than any other company near me, a fact I am very proud of. That includes powerline trimmers etc. Also live in central illinois. but... 41 cents on the dollar for WC is ridiculous.... I would love to get my ctsp and be involved with TCIA in addition to the ISA, but it is cost prohibitive and entry into that market is non-existent for small companies. If I have to choose an organization obviously the ISA does more for my company than the TCIA. So, TCIA needs to come up with a better graduated scale for entry into participation along the whole gamete of the things it offers.

You don’t have to be accredited to qualify for Arbormax. If you want to place your WC with them you will need at least one person to complete CTSP. If you are only looking for package lines; GL, Auto, equipment, etc you don’t need a CTSP.

 

[colb]

You don’t have to be accredited to qualify for Arbormax. If you want to place your WC with them you will need at least one person to complete CTSP. If you are only looking for package lines; GL, Auto, equipment, etc you don’t need a CTSP.

What is the current cost for a single person to complete ctsp?