Groundie Pay

[Bodean]

I pay groundies on my jobs, dependent on how much they contribute to the job.
$100-$300/day.

They always want to work, because I make sure they get paid well.
If they suck they rarely get a second day out of me.

 

[rskybiz]

In reference to the southern style, no pun intended! It does have a ring to it It was a way to decribe the slow and steady pace. I am the sort that there is a time for slow and steady but also a need to crank it out. Hence his 100 a day maybe more if longer.
i'd not be against something like what carl and treesmith work out or to make it very much so worthwhile.

Trying to make it at least a 4 day 32hr + position anything less and its hard to keep them unless you are paying extremely well (the person being a "good groundie" /proficent)

 

[wiley_p]

Depends. I don't employ groundies, only treemen. Sometimes they are aloft sometimes on the ground, and truth be known often the guy running the rigging will make more than the monkey aloft. A fella has to have a decent list of skills to even be tolerated on the jobsite.

 

[rskybiz]

Depends. I don't employ groundies, only treemen. Sometimes they are aloft sometimes on the ground, and truth be known often the guy running the rigging will make more than the monkey aloft. A fella has to have a decent list of skills to even be tolerated on the jobsite.

I'd go that route to wiley or play groundie myself and let him climb if I found someone like that.

 

[wiley_p]

I'd go that route to wiley or play groundie myself and let him climb if I found someone like that.

It's not so much that you find them, It's the fact you make them.

 

[stig]

Which has the added advantage that they tend to do things the way you do them yourself.
At least that is the way it has worked out with my apprentices over the years.
That is probably one reason why Richard and I work so well together.

 

[woodworkingboy]

Same here, in our crew everyone goes aloft or works the ground. It just worked out that way over time, filling in and learning. One person has made it clear that he doesn't particularly like riding the crane ball, but that is what he did all day, the day before yesterday. Everyone does sort of have a specialty though, I mean in addition to tea break.

 

[treesmith]

Yeah, hundred bucks a day won't buy much of anything.

Scott is my favorite asset labor wise so far. He writes his own check at the end of the day, usually 25-35% of the day's take. When I upgrade to a larger loader, I'm thinking his pay as a percentage will go down on average, but he'll make more per day.

Let's re-think this "larger loader" idea......

 

[Newfie]

Hey Carl, I don't think he wants to make more money!

 

[lumberjack]

Haha really!

 

[TreeDimensional]

With the larger loader, none of Carl's gear will outlast the warranty! They'll run over it all!

 

[lumberjack]

I did run over a 440 last year with the mini and dad got another with the tractor.


Turned out the frame for the blower is only $50 from the dealer, cheaper than I figured!

 

[sotc]

Wow, how do you make any money?