23 years old... wants to climb!!

[NYSawBoss]

Hey all.. My name is Anthony. i'm 23 from long island, NY. For as long as i can remember i've wanted to be an arborist and tree climber. I have received some good advice on where to begin...but i want to do it soon before it's too late. I'm willing to relocate and start from the bottom rung. Dragging brush sounds fine by me. I'm motivated, i dont do drugs or drink..and aside from smoking Marlboros i'm the healthiest guy i know...lol. If anyone has any employment opportunities open...i would appreciate it, if you'd let me know. Thanks a lot.

Anthony

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hey, Anthony, are you nuts, or what? Become a plastic surgeon, or something!

Ignore that, thats my alter-ego. I love treework, and it sounds like you do, too. Cool. Hang out here, and see what happens. Check out the old threads, glean what you can.

Don't worry about dragging too much brush. If you were meant to climb, you don't do too much of that up a tree. Concentrate on the rigging part of the ground work. Thats important to climbing.

Also, don't kill yourself, or anyone else. It can happen easier than you might think.

Have fun! Axe questions!

 

[TREETX]

I think every GOOD climber has spent his fair share of time dragging brush and running ropes for a better climber at some point in their career.

It is essential to understand all aspects of getting a job done. Skipping these steps is how tree co's end up with sales men that are constantly in conflict with their crews ('cuz their head is up their arse) and climbers that make a cluster-flicked mess on the ground.

I have spent my share of time dragging brush. Still do at times. I am there to practice tree care and get a job done, not to be a prima donna princess climber huffin' on my Pall Malls or Cool Menthols while others struggle. Learn to be a team member and don't be above any aspect of the job and you will do fine.

 

[treeman82]

Anthony, try PM'ing KFTree, Ken. He works down in Manhattan and might know of somebody out on the island.

 

[ramanujan]

keep up the good attitude and you'll be into the trees in no time. few jobs can match this one for the continual challenges and beauty. not to mention a little adrenaline now and then.

and if you're climbing everyday you can kiss that gym membership goodbye.

SRT up a Douglas-fir - removing a few hangers

 

[MasterBlaster]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster


Don't worry about dragging too much brush. If you were meant to climb, you don't do too much of that up a tree.

Drag a lot of brush up a tree, do ya, TREETX?



Try to get the deeper meaning, eh?

 

[lync]

Training

Give the Bronx Botanical Gardens a call. They offer an eight week tree climbing course on weekends in the fall, usually starts in October. Wayne Cahilly is the instructor. Send me an e-mail if you'll be in the Westchester County Area."tree climbers
companion" is a great book available at Sherrills web site.

Corey

 

[Kneejerk Bombas]

That's funny, I'm a climber that wants to be 23!

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

Awww, Miiikkeee. I wanted to say that!

 

[DDM]

Originally posted by MasterBlaster


Don't worry about dragging too much brush. If you were meant to climb, you don't do too much of that up a tree.

Yes dont worry about that Until you own your own Business I used to say i wont ever drag anymore Brush...........Yeah Right.

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

I started subbing to get away from the BS work, no more dragging and raking for me!

Heck, it all pays that same. If they want to keep me on the clock I'm game.

I'm not a log loader though

 

[njarbor]

another good start would be going to the tci expo in baltimore in november

 

[TheTreeSpyder]

Keep Reading here.............. perhaps the whole forum, next stop the Arboricultural Injuries and Fatalities Forum and really set your head on how much bigger and more powerful than you everything in the world that you enter is, even the air; as it stacks between you and the ground. Know that the ant can't be bigger than the matchstix or there forces, only smarter!

i'd try to find at least a 3' hunk of real live 1/2" arbo lifeline scrap. And practice knots and looking at them, feeling the line, realizing that it could be carrying you or 600# some day... i think i'm prolly not the only one around that figured out ya can learn a lot watching TV and tieing up your thigh, choking running bowlines down on it etc. DdRT around your knee, 1/2 hitch running bowline-direction it grabs best etc.

Dragging brush, minding lines on ground gives you a feel for how well a climber can coordinate (or screw up) the ground crew. From burying twisted up, dug into ground stuff, to speed lineing to chipper, or just tipping stuff one way or another to not tangle and fill the square; let groundies clear mostly, and hit them with another run (and have planned to set up or move during your interim time) to set the beat for the whole dance to smoothest level of turns and exchanges.

Or something like that!

:alien:

 

[Curtis James]

Call sherrill and ask them for a catalog there is all kinds of info in there plus it's fun to just look at all the great stuff you can't afford. Read everything you can on the subject. And just like anything else practice, practice, practice. Just do it safely and never alone. I think it's great that your willing to drag brush. You have to start somewhere right. Plus like someone else said you get a nice idea how the system works from the ground. Contact ISA also and get books on knots and practice those all the time. Seminars are always being held somewhere you may have to travel some but that is no big deal if your dedicated. good luck, and climb safe.

 

[The Brain]

23? good to start young, at least that is what I was told when I started. I was 16, now 20 and waiting for my test results for certification. I agree with a lot of what others have posted, do not be discouraged about dragging brush or being on the ground. Being a groundman is as lot more important than people think. Have patience learn all you can before going up a tree, and try to get on witha company that has climbers with a lot of experience and don't be afraid to ask questions. the tree climbers campanion is a good book to start learning from, about $15 at the Sherrill site. Take Care good luck and Be Safe.



By the way if you are wwilling to relocate and have not found a tree company that you like by the Spring, give my boss a call at
Aspen Tree Service, here in Colorado. :blob5:

 

[Newfie]

Originally posted by NYSawBoss
Hey all.. My name is Anthony. i'm 23 from long island, NY. For as long as i can remember i've wanted to be an arborist and tree climber. I have received some good advice on where to begin...but i want to do it soon before it's too late. I'm willing to relocate and start from the bottom rung. Dragging brush sounds fine by me. I'm motivated, i dont do drugs or drink..and aside from smoking Marlboros i'm the healthiest guy i know...lol. If anyone has any employment opportunities open...i would appreciate it, if you'd let me know. Thanks a lot.

Anthony

Here's an oldie but goodie! Tony seems to have forgotten about his old enthusiasm for the profession? Especially that dragging brush part.

 

[jkrueger]

Originally posted by John Paul Sanborn
I started subbing to get away from the BS work, no more dragging and raking for me!

Heck, it all pays that same. If they want to keep me on the clock I'm game.

I'm not a log loader though

I'm the 'old' guy. Was sent to do 6 trees today after scoring big on 3 est. They were small trees and yet had a ton of brush. When I finished I called my partner to have some one come over to assist. He said everyone was to far away.

Oh, well, the old guy worked 'till 7P and draged every piece and cleaned up. Of course there were a few unmentionable words used.

And I'm the climber in the act. Thanks to my team, and I drag!

Jack

 

[MasterBlaster]

Hey!

Yur right! :alien:

 

[a_lopa]

dragging brush,climbing its all the same to me.if someone only wants to climb its goodbye, good ridance.and pack your kit up after the clean up, not during.even if your yoda of climbing you help clean up

 

[jkrueger]

Originally posted by aussie_lopa
dragging brush,climbing its all the same to me.if someone only wants to climb its goodbye, good ridance.and pack your kit up after the clean up, not during.even if your yoda of climbing you help clean up

Dang, not for me. I'm there to assit and when I'm left with the clean up alone it's stupid, I get paid to much. Not to smart.

Jack