Sidecarflip
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Interesting thread. Around here no one climbs, all the arborists use bucket trucks.
What are some signs of a bad company to work for?
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So what happens if you can't get a bucket truck within reach?
Sidecarflip
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Not an issue with me, all I do is sharpen chipper knives and chain loops. I leave that to the 'professionals'...
WannabeFireFaller
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I may be the only "climber" I know that is actually more afraid of using bucket trucks. Those things make me wanna vomit
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Well the tides may be changing. My supervisor is actually making more of an effort to train his employees with this "climbing boot camp" he's running over the next few weeks. We'll see how it goes. He's a really good climber himself but he hardly ever interacts with us.
They do sway a bit... always preferred being tied into the tree or hooked to the ball... did enjoy crane jobs just for the technical aspect of it.
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Way back when (35 years ago) when I owned a tree service in Ohio, I climbed all of them. Still have my harness spurs and ropes hanging in the garage. Not any more. Too dam old now.
All I have left from my climbing days is the ring that's now on the end of my 461. And that gets used when I pass it up to my climber.
But it's still my ring.
All I have left from my climbing days is the ring that's now on the end of my 461. And that gets used when I pass it up to my climber.
But it's still my ring.
I didn’t know you climbed?
I started 50/50 ground and climbing right after the '98 ice storm. Everyone was given (pushed) a chance because we desperately needed climbers to work in Montreal. And you don't know who is a good climber until you throw him into a tree. I was okay at best but far too slow, And some days I would freeze up and that was that. Decent in the bucket, but nothing special.
But on the ground I'm a ******* legend.
Worked with the schmuck climber today. And he was true to form. 100% schmuck.
He'd ask for something, I'd yell back "hold on", and he would invariably start chirping in his dry ass sarcastic tone. "I am holding on. I am holding on to the tree. Or was there something else I should hold on to?"
And of course I yelled back, "Try holding on to your embarrassingly small cock." That shut him up for about a minute. The whole day was like that.
Climbers are such a pain in the ass.
I know, they seem to be temperamental as all hell. I have seen way worse than that. So how long did it take you to get him what he wanted, a minute or so? I'm surprised he didn't go right back at you again after the retort! Does this go on the whole time?Worked with the schmuck climber today. And he was true to form. 100% schmuck.
He'd ask for something, I'd yell back "hold on", and he would invariably start chirping in his dry ass sarcastic tone. "I am holding on. I am holding on to the tree. Or was there something else I should hold on to?"
And of course I yelled back, "Try holding on to your embarrassingly small cock." That shut him up for about a minute. The whole day was like that.
Climbers are such a pain in the ass.
Never takes long to get what the climber wants. I'm used to sending them up their Chardonnay and breath mints so it's no big deal.
And yes it went on the whole time. He is insufferable. But at lunch and after work he's fine. Totally normal and easy to get along with. Put him in a tree and he's a complete a-hole. No matter what you say, you get a smartass response.
I need one of those javelin missiles you guys send to Ukraine. I'd take him right out of the tree.
WannabeFireFaller
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Maybe he's still afraid of heights and relieving stress lolNever takes long to get what the climber wants. I'm used to sending them up their Chardonnay and breath mints so it's no big deal.
And yes it went on the whole time. He is insufferable. But at lunch and after work he's fine. Totally normal and easy to get along with. Put him in a tree and he's a complete a-hole. No matter what you say, you get a smartass response.
I need one of those javelin missiles you guys send to Ukraine. I'd take him right out of the tree.
Ha!
In truth, he's the most skilled climber I've ever worked with. He's incredibly good. Except that he's terrible at communicating and endlessly sarcastic and insulting.
So you have the best climber... that no one wants to work with.
Man they must all be cut from the same mold, I know one just like that, he gets better late in the day and all!Ha!
In truth, he's the most skilled climber I've ever worked with. He's incredibly good. Except that he's terrible at communicating and endlessly sarcastic and insulting.
So you have the best climber... that no one wants to work with.
Their groundmen show up in roach cars with ill fitted universal type mufflers held up by coat hangers… at 33 years old.
God, you can always hear them coming!!
God, you can always hear them coming!!
I know that one first hand!It's perfect to learn rigging off Youtube until you face your first "Oh ****!" moment.
Then it's all real life.
never had a big mess up tho, sometimes its best to just stop and think, maybe come down and take lunch, and assess the situation.
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