How to be an Excellent Climber---from the Groundie

I know a guy that carves a mean looking Dick n balls out of stubs sends them down for groundys to play with . Same guy who pulled a big black double ender dill dough out from under his bucket truck seat , swore up and down he bought it cuase he's was supposed to throw it at the Jethro Tull flute player in concert ,but got caught sneaking it in, then proceeds to toss it out his window at a stop light onto the woman's car in front of him , I watched it roll down her windshield , from the birds eye view from the truck. And all frantically she turned on her wipers knocked the thing up half way then back down in the space between hood and windshield . The light turns green and she floors it ,never saw her again! That was one of the funniest things I've ever seen! I was a young teenager at the time and this guy was in his forties. He was hilarious and crazy like that. I worked for him on occasion and I could count on learning from his mistakes when I did. Not that he wasn't good just didn't always take his time . I always loved doing groundwork for him.
Just a little background story to sum up that treework aint always easy,especially for the groundy ,but a guy like that on the crew will keep you coming back for more..That's a quicky about remembering where I came from and cause old oak mans story about dude dumping out of the tree made me laugh and its well known laughing is contagious!
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Seems I've really shut this thread down for a few months lol.. Thought someone would easily top that one.. I got another about the groundy having to much time on hands while climber was moving and rigging or whatever . So the groundy went behind the clients shed and shit. The client called the company super enraged when their dog found the gift behind the shed bathed in it then ran back inside and dryed off on the couch! Lmfao! Lesson is ..well..you be the judge.. Haha
 
Hit throws with throw line without getting pissed or if you can't hit your desired t.I.p. cause the damn trees' to dense. Practice multipitch and get good so I'm not standing around pickingy nose and doing nothing while waiting for some brush to chip.
 
My groundie was very efficient, he'd bring a book to read to fill the time and I never had more than a few bits to rake up when I got out of the tree.
 
treehumper said:
My groundie was very efficient, he'd bring a book to read to fill the time and I never had more than a few bits to rake up when I got out of the tree.
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Treehumper your one of the most thoughtful people I've read posts from in this forum. I enjoy working with people that use more than 10% of thier brains' power..at least more than 5% and there's no doubt you use as much as anybody I've been lucky enough to indulge from. You going to A.C. march 5 6 I'd like to shake tour hand and say hello.
 
Awesome man
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I'm there and doing a presentation on the 6th. Mark's been bugging me to come and speak on some of the stuff I blather on about here.
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You blathering ..noooo... I blather ,you share wisdom and shed light .. Maybe we could team up someday like Penn and Teller ..I'll be the quiet one just sitting there and nod my head in agreement with everything you say ,hanging on every word. If not I'll be in the back row doing the same this year.
 
Treetopflyer said:
I know a guy that carves a mean looking Dick n balls out of stubs sends them down for groundys to play with . Same guy who pulled a big black double ender dill dough out from under his bucket truck seat , swore up and down he bought it cuase he's was supposed to throw it at the Jethro Tull flute player in concert ,but got caught sneaking it in, then proceeds to toss it out his window at a stop light onto the woman's car in front of him , I watched it roll down her windshield , from the birds eye view from the truck. And all frantically she turned on her wipers knocked the thing up half way then back down in the space between hood and windshield . The light turns green and she floors it ,never saw her again! That was one of the funniest things I've ever seen! I was a young teenager at the time and this guy was in his forties. He was hilarious and crazy like that. I worked for him on occasion and I could count on learning from his mistakes when I did. Not that he wasn't good just didn't always take his time . I always loved doing groundwork for him.
Just a little background story to sum up that treework aint always easy,especially for the groundy ,but a guy like that on the crew will keep you coming back for more..That's a quicky about remembering where I came from and cause old oak mans story about dude dumping out of the tree made me laugh and its well known laughing is contagious!
So are shitty stories
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You gave me inspiration to entertain the groundies.dick.webp
 
It was a long line of siberian elms that seperated two industrial lots. We were removing all the elms and I was just bored and waiting for the groundies to catch up. That phallus got thrown into the pile of logs that the wood guy picked up. I wonder what he thought of it. When I was learning to chainsaw carve I started out carving mushrooms out of small stumps. There is a property up in the mountains that has a gazillion mushroom carvings that I did after I thinned out a bunch of lodgepole pines. lol
 
To be a good climber to your groundie, don't just rope a giant limb and leave them to manage figuring out how to get it past the shed, wires, garden, and adjacent tree. Take it small enough to fit where it's landing and put a damn tagline on it when needed.

And if you only have one guy on the ground don't give him a job meant for 2 or more and expect everything to go smoothly.
 
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