tree school

[Tree_Kowboy]

hello looking 4 an advance rigging and climbing school 1 yr. exp can any1 help

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Get the workbook and tapes from ISA: Art and Science of Practical Rigging.

Read Jerry Beraneks: General fundamentals of treework

Read D. Douglas Dents: Timberfalling-a procedural approach

Go to Tim Ards 'Forestapps' webpage and find out when he's teaching a felling class.

 

[BigJon]

You can come work the ground for me and watch, I won't even charge.

 

[chris_girard]

Another good source is the older TCIA formally NAA rigging video series that Don Blair, Robert Phillips and Ken Johnson did.

I also highly recommend the Hazard Tree DVD that Tim Walsh did for TCIA. This dvd shows a technical removal of a lightning struck white pine that is incredible. Very valuable info is covered in it.

 

[JobCorpsClimber]

get the videos man they help

 

[chevy]

Arboriculture Canada offers a great three day corse in this.

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

dude I have the best one, go back to school and get a degree in something, anything, but forget tree work. run now why you are still young and have a choice. Once you get into this work for any period of time, it will drain you, make you old fast, and just plain out abuses your body for what low pay so another with a degree in underwater basket weaving can say "what took you so long, I can't belive you put my job in the hole. I didn't make any money off your sweat".

 

[brendonv]

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dude I have the best one, go back to school and get a degree in something, anything, but forget tree work. run now why you are still young and have a choice. Once you get into this work for any period of time, it will drain you, make you old fast, and just plain out abuses your body for what low pay so another with a degree in underwater basket weaving can say "what took you so long, I can't belive you put my job in the hole. I didn't make any money off your sweat".

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That's why you keep up with technology, mini skidsteers, winchs, grcs, friction hitches, spider lifts...keeps a guy young. As far as the money part goes, do it right and there's plenty of it to go around.

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

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That's why you keep up with technology, mini skidsteers, winchs, grcs, friction hitches, spider lifts...keeps a guy young. As far as the money part goes, do it right and there's plenty of it to go around.

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I hope to grow up and be as good as you some day

 

[brendonv]

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That's why you keep up with technology, mini skidsteers, winchs, grcs, friction hitches, spider lifts...keeps a guy young. As far as the money part goes, do it right and there's plenty of it to go around.

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I hope to grow and be as good as you some day

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Someday my friend, someday.

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

heh

 

[pancake]

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Once you get into this work for any period of time, it will drain you, make you old fast, and just plain out abuses your body

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I respectfully disagree. My Dad is 67 and still climbs like a squirrel, and he is retired living on a gentelman's farm. I think if you focus on staying healthy to a degree, ergonimics at work, and using the energy saving technology and techniques available, it will keep you young. Look at the Geezers competition, 5 years and I'm there, can't wait. Those guys are doing fine. You really don't see many obese climbers. I always wonder how good climbers that smoke could be if they quit the butts. Training can keep you from being drained so fast. Look at the past ITCC Champs, not really young bucks. My Boss is 54 and still grinding at a respectful speed. Poor ergonomics for an extended period of time, poor health habits, and resisting changes that can help you do have the potential to drain you and make you old fast. I feel great now, in shape, and I think that will really pay off when my rehabilitation starts. Think outside the bark.

 

[HÖLLENREICH]

hehehehehehe I always think outside the BARK, jsut saying the type of work, I know alot of (cough) young bucks (cough) that get very immpressed with the work only to find out they hate how hard the work is latter. Sure all the new stuff can keep you young, know one hold guy like 63 that has his ground men grcs him up a tree, lol. But as you go on things just happen, jobs you can't get the log loader to where it has to be moved by hand. Or trucks can't reach and so forth. I only have afew years on ya body wise Pancake but just last year My back gave out while throwing a bail of hay over a fence, found out it was from bone spars from years of lifting wood, and draging brush to the chipper. Glad to hear your dad is still moving good, I know of 2 other guys myself in their 60s that still work and climb, I hope my body holds out that long also.