Anybody in here work for Asplunh
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tree md
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Sorry, no habla Englas...
thejdman04
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Never have but known a few guys who have. They say their equipment is junk and safety (on the crews they were with) was the lowest prioity, line miles (aka work done) was the priority
chevytaHOE5674
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Equipment generally sucks, safety is low on the priority list. Like said line miles trump everything (even safety).
md_tree_dood
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What noone has mentioned is they most likely have more work than ANYONE else in the tree industry.
chevytaHOE5674
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When your the low bidder on large contracts you get lots of business.
Having said that the power company i work for went with a higher cost contractor last time contract's came due to avoid having to put up with Asplundh. As did other power companies in the area.
TDunk
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There's an orange crew that parks there truck a little ways away, but i've never seen it in action.
Stihl Alive
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what part of NC are you from. I have a friend that's been teching me a lot about climbing. he works for them. I asked about getting on with them and he told me I'd have to suffere $10 an hr for God knows how long before they moved me up. I can't afford it. I can put you in contact with him if you are interested. He's a foremen of sorts. Runs two different crews in different areas.
PM me if you want some info.
Bigbrass1's
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Lmao how true is that. Don't forget that As-tards owns the controlling stock of Nelson. So they really are the same company.
I hear that they`re a great company.... if ya like to hide and take naps all day
Rftreeman
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they're no different from any other company where production is a part of the day, all work and low pay, I worked for them many years ago, they are the reason we all got laid off from my last employer, if you don't mind working your but off for $8 to $9 an hour to start then go for it and be ready to get called in or stay late every time the wind blows hard or things ice up. I do not miss that job at all.......the pay is decent if you have experience and all the credentials for foreman status.
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treetrasher
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i did 4 three years it was good pay then lots of strom work:greenchainsaw:
i did 4 three years it was good pay then lots of strom work:greenchainsaw:
Rftreeman
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they have bought out many smaller companies just to get rid of competition.
I worked for Nelson once for a few months.
ropensaddle
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I think they must be better now, I worked for them for ten years was foreman in different areas. They at that time had no benefits pay ehhhhhhhhh:monkey: Good for some but it is not money to me. They actually had safety and training down for clearance work. I ran buckets and manual's and brush hogging but believe it or not was most satisfied running the manual crew.
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ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
here Is what I got left of Asplundh these are safety awards for 1988, 1990,
& 1993 I remember when I could have sold them for high $ to the azz kizz club lol.
& 1993 I remember when I could have sold them for high $ to the azz kizz club lol.
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Rftreeman
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ahh, the famous safety awards, I have a few certificates and had a coffee cup and belt buckle from 1989 90 91 but have no clue where they are today, I also have an issue of their magazine that I'm in during Hugo. I never got any awards from Davey, they gave the foreman a bonus $100 every three months.
ropensaddle
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Heck I would take the 100.00 over the dern belt buckles anyday lol.
treemandan
Tree Freak
So? Not so much the tree industry than the line clearing industry. Mostly mexicans around here and I have to say they look pretty good as far as safety beleive it or not. They came through my place ( no bucket access), throw ball and taughtlines for everybody. The one guy did it like that to the big spruce! How you can bodythrust up a spruce is beyond me but that is how they did it.
Along the roads it seems they follow good saftey practice. Sure, they want it done, they aren't going to pay you to stand around and take their time ( I mean your time)
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chevytaHOE5674
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When i worked with them it was not uncommon to see a guy perched on the edge of the bucket with a power pruner or pole saw in hand trying to reach/Stretch for a limb because they were to lazy to reposition the truck or climb the tree. With no restraint or safety harness attached to the worker. It was also not uncommon to see ground guys one handing a saw with a smoke in the other hand without chaps or any PPE, swinging the saw around like it was a machete.
Lets say this, we had to do safety audits on those crews almost daily to keep them in check. And even then as soon as we left the safety gear went out the window.
Lets say this, we had to do safety audits on those crews almost daily to keep them in check. And even then as soon as we left the safety gear went out the window.
