One climber, THREE groundmen

[MasterBlaster]

I trimmed some live oaks today. Nothing special, no huge limbs to come off, just a lotta dead.
I finished around 2, and I asked the owner if his guys were gonna finish cleaning up today.
He said no.

I was suprised.

It wuz these guys.

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

Jeez, the guys I sub for, I don't care about the poor souls who clean the mess. Unless I am rigging and keeping the drop zone free for another piece is critical. Anything outside the drop zone is their headache.

Seriously, I climb, cut, and then leave. If I am not rigging, I don't interact with the crew unless we are having coffee.

MB, I am dying to know what kind of vehicle you work out of.

I'll show you mine.....

 

[MasterBlaster]

These guys are well paid. It isn't so much that they are inept; they work for 30 min, then break for 30 min.

The part I don't like is that the owner actually says he is happy with the arrangement. He says that is what it takes to get guys to show up every day. The head guy has a company truck so he can pick up all the other guys.
His words were 'They have their own ways of doing things, and they make me 100 grand a year".

Heck I don't make that...

And I get dissed for being a prima donna climber!

Here ya go, Nathan. Its a primo '82 Malibu Classic, over in the upper right hand corner. You can see my saw on the ground, as well as the 1200 watt sub amp in the trunk... the chrome strip thing.
I'm gonna sell it, and get a truck. I need more gear room.

 

[treeman82]

Butch, I guess you work for this guy on a pretty regular basis? Because I remember having seen you working for the owner of that truck / chipper before with a crane.

Not to sound racist, but do you guys have any hispanic laborers down in LA? Up here a lot of the menial jobs are performed by hispanic imigrants. The people are hard workers. I was going to say guys, but I had a woman working for me a couple years ago and she could drag more brush and hump more logs than SEVERAL American guys I know.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Here's another shot



I would work with Hispanics in a second over these guys.

 

[Froggy]

Reply

This is the usual set up for me. One climber and two ground men. We seem to get things done real well and efficiently. I thought this was a common practice for the ground men to take care of the ropes and all the ground work while the climber is in the tree. That way things don't get to cluttered on the ground. BB

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

Here ya go MB.

1983..... POS

That is the only pic I have right now. Big change from the 2000 F350 4x4.

I was just curious. I found that just climbing, I really don't need much.

I figured you had somethin' with character

BTW, it is the red thing. Fits my climbing gear, saws, and lunch.

 

[Nickrosis]

Seems landscapers have to have trucks. Arborists have cars. Or maybe a truck with a cap (JPS, others). Hey, we started out the back of a Ford Falcon.

 

[a_lopa]

yeh i sold a 32k car and brought a small tip truck, whisper chipper and rayco stumper,was ok subing the chipping stumps but yopu got to move on one day,hard part now is laborers.best thing i ever done,swapped a $250 stump job for a as new jonsered 325 today

 

[Stumper]

Brian, Where is the "Flying Squirrel on Board" sticker?

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

British workers are mostly like the guys MB was working with the other day[ total pricks]..a pal of mine owns an apple orchard and he uses eastern european labour during the harvest season ..he reckons they work hard and apreciate the money..im seriously thinking of employing 2 workers from eastern europe ..

 

[blue]

RC,
you callin me a prick

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

i said mostly anyway i thought you was from kosovo

 

[Tim Gardner]

My S10. I would like a set of those side boxes like yours Brian but I would rather spend the $400.00 on gear. For now My saws ride in the back along with the Zubat pole saw.

I am looking at one of those enclosed fiberglass trailers that are sized for a small truck. Maybe I will have the money for it when I come back from the West Coast.

 

[Nathan Wreyford]

Hijack

The vehicle of choice here seems to be a van. Tree man in a minivan!

Though I have been thinking about a Taliban mobile. Diesel Toyota Hilux.

Oh What a Feeling! A Sunday Drive in Jalalabad!

Acknowledging that their trucks do end up in Taliban hands, a Toyota spokesman actually said, "It is not our proudest product placement, but it shows that the Taliban are looking for quality and durability."**

http://www.bongonews.com/layout1.php?event=38

 

[a_lopa]

wicked truck rocky you guys get all the good ones in the states, 20k on a car here gets you nothing toyota diesels are all the go over here slow slow slow

 

[Acer]

Originally posted by ROLLACOSTA
British workers are mostly like the guys MB was working with the other day[ total pricks]..

You've got that right. Finding labour is one of my biggest headaches these days. Most of them don't even turn up on day 1, I've got to the stage where I'm thankful for anyone who can meet up on time and not smelling of dope. The fellow that helped me over winter could barely get in and out of a landrover. After telling me how good he was on the chainsaw, he then told me he was a bit scared of them and would rather use hand tools..once he'd started with me, that is..! I had to show him how to open a combi can. But like I said, he did turn up, and on time, and if there's no one else, you've got to make what you can out of what you've got. I put him on a piece rate, so the more he dawdled, the less he got...

 

[MasterBlaster]

What?

This ain't a truck thread no more?:Monkey:

 

[rb_in_va]

Still a truck thread!

Here's my pickup. Got it used 3 years ago with 8k miles for under $11k. Great little truck

 

[Dan F]

If anyone is interested, I've still got a truck for sale...

'96 F150 4x4, PM me for details...

Oh, and I drive a truck every day to/from and for/at work.... I'm a landscaper by trade, so what Nick said IS true! Our "family" vehicle is a '99 Dodge 2500 extended cab 4x4...


Dan