my 1st anoying question here!

What would be more annoying for you,the groundie,is that after you tie the climbing rope to tree and throw sticks at climber, the very annoyed climber makes his way to the ground(We can free climb, you know,and in rage will quiete happily slide down trunks of trees using our skin as a friction device)and then will beat the fu*k out of you.But if you had half a brain you would of left the job sight before climber gets down-no worries! Your sacked!Climber trumps a goundie.You'll have to find a new job.


Groundies should concentrate on branch management on deck,tieing knots,flicking hanging ropes,clean up and once the've mastered that move on to saw use,sharpening saws,basic tree recognition,stump grinding.After that then maybe the climber will get you to rope for them.


A good climber is a nesescity for the crew as is a good groundie is a nesescity for a climber, so we got to work together!!!
 
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Hey if he wants to be a tree man let him....and let him know about Mid-State Technical college in wisconsin rapids, wi...two years of the best training one can get

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I see your point and if he WANTS to be a tree man, more power to him. But he's going to university first. His Mom and I spent a lot of time and effort to set him and his sister up for advanced degrees, they're already paid for.

If HE has anything to say about it, he'll be a poor but happy pro lacrosse player.
 
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Hey if he wants to be a tree man let him....and let him know about Mid-State Technical college in wisconsin rapids, wi...two years of the best training one can get

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I see your point and if he WANTS to be a tree man, more power to him. But he's going to university first. His Mom and I spent a lot of time and effort to set him and his sister up for advanced degrees, they're already paid for.

If HE has anything to say about it, he'll be a poor but happy pro lacrosse player.

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Hope it all works out Blinky! Cause I'm sure you remember when you were young, don't you. Something about doing what you want and to h*ll with everyone else. Or, maybe that was just me.
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I am not sure if there are things specific to groundie work that require a new sub-forum.

Perhaps you should start a new thread listing your skills/ techniques/ abilities, then ask what you should be working on.

Good for you to want to improve.

BTW, I was asking if you were competition on Whidbey, not for me. I try not to go more than 20 miles from homebase. Whidbey is about 7 hours roundtrip with Seattle traffic.

Perhaps you should be in touch with the guy you were working for. He might be concerned about you as competition which means you might become the competition if he doesn't have work of you. If you want to stay in his employment, he has steady work, and good mentoring, then perhaps you should talk to him about training, how you can be an asset, and that you would sign a no-compete agreement on Whidbey Island for the time you work for him, plus "x" months/years.

Starting out on your own is very, very, very hard when you have to learn the treework, and the business. I started out solo and have worked about 8 days a week for two years to get where I am now (wherever that is), dodging a few bullets here and there. HIGH stress if its to be your full income.

What is your population on Whidbey?
 
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Hey if he wants to be a tree man let him....and let him know about Mid-State Technical college in wisconsin rapids, wi...two years of the best training one can get

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I see your point and if he WANTS to be a tree man, more power to him. But he's going to university first. His Mom and I spent a lot of time and effort to set him and his sister up for advanced degrees, they're already paid for.

If HE has anything to say about it, he'll be a poor but happy pro lacrosse player.

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Hope it all works out Blinky! Cause I'm sure you remember when you were young, don't you. Something about doing what you want and to h*ll with everyone else. Or, maybe that was just me.
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I think that it is so important to let kids know that you have saved for them to have opportunities aside from what they are familiar with. Pressure to go to college/ university right after high school is very high. I didn't think that I had a choice exactly. I know that the likelihood of going to college after a break is lower, but it may be more focused, and with less distraction from having seen the world a bit.

I think that it is really important to give a lot of time to the kids to help them throughout high school to see that there are lots of occupations, with their ups and downs, that a college degree can provide them for, however most kids are unaware of them all. They need a lot of encouragement about differing opportunities. Seems like AmeriCorps is a good option, as people can see another part of the country, meet different people, and in my experience, bust their butts for little money, but they get an educational award that they earn (about $4k per year of service), with a 7 year lifespan on it for higher education/ vocational training.

Financial support is huge, and so is help exploring the options. I get this from my own experience as an overwhelmed teen that burned out in college from taking too many hard classes semester after semester after semester. I did finish after a break. I had the financial backing, but too busy of parents for the exploratory help. I don't have kids of my own yet, btw.


Sorry if this was too off-subject, however the original thread seems to have been discussed.
 
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No biggies, I love a good derail.

My opinion is that any kid with the resources available to get an enriched education should see it through, though not necessarily right after high school. There are way too many that don't have that choice.

But they need to learn the value of hard laborious work just as much. Spoiled kids should be sentenced to a year of dragging brush, hauling roofing tiles or toting bricks.
 
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Spoiled kids should be sentenced to a year of dragging brush, hauling roofing tiles or toting bricks.

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I like it...and agree they do need to learn hard labor I still ask myself everyday why I like tree care and being an arborist
 
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I still ask myself everyday why I like tree care and being an arborist

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You're golden as long as the answer is always, "I love doing it!"

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Yes the answer is exactly that...even after hard days...I think keeping a positive mind set gets you day to day
 
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Sorry if this was too off-subject, however the original thread seems to have been discussed.

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No biggies, I love a good derail.

My opinion is that any kid with the resources available to get an enriched education should see it through, though not necessarily right after high school. There are way too many that don't have that choice.

But they need to learn the value of hard laborious work just as much. Spoiled kids should be sentenced to a year of dragging brush, hauling roofing tiles or toting bricks.

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Nail on the head!
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All joking aside, you Blinky are a 1# parent, good job!
 
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All joking aside, you Blinky are a 1# parent, good job!

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No seriously, I'm 180# in the Summer and about 185# in the Winter. I can still take my 12 year old but Junior's starting to scare me a little.
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2 man crew, both climbers, take turns climbing. another climber will know what you want before you know you want it.

nothing worse than a lazy groundy, makes me so angry.

I fully expect a groundy to run or at least jog if i ask for something, as long as its safe to do so.

Thats one of my tests for new workers, just ask them to get somthing from the truck and see if they amble, walk, jog or run, just be carefull of the "runners" they can also be trouble
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