How'd it go today?

[brendonv]

I've been having this guy help me, just giving him a chance.

I don't think he can walk any slower, or not catch on any slower. Ya gotta do the same thing over and over till the tree is down. Rake when we are done. Blow clean, then load the truck.

"What do you want me to do" is his favorite line.

Nothing worse than telling somebody something every day, multiple times a day.

He won't work with me anymore.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Good on you both Stig and Steve... Happy to hear you are getting some work
We are on our usual 3 day a month job clearing where ever the guy points us. Spent most the day clearing out a seasonal creek and opening the view up to it from the driveway. Was actually a nice day and it went by fast. We have had our eyes on an old Willys jeep up here for $2000.00. It's actually a nice jeep just looks a tad rough. Probably gonna lay an offer on it this week.. Seems our client wants to help us out on a finance trade deal thing. Just the fire wood I can haul out of places I have it in will pay for the jeep this year. He is going to offer $1000.00 and see what happens. I won't have to emission it and it has current tags. Comes with a winch also.. I think it was a 69?

 

[woodworkingboy]

I sense your frustration, Brendon. Thinking ahead is really a big part of being a good worker. I will say though, that sometimes you have to start at a more remedial level with someone, teach them the basic principles about working, before getting into the actual tasks. Some people just don't have the common sense going.

 

[Newfie]

Can't say that I would have any patience for someone is unwilling or unable to learn and progress. The kid who works for me in the summer is always learning new stuff and even asks to be taught new things. More than just a brush dragger for sure. More on the ball than a few so-called tree guys I have met in my time.

 

[sotc]

Did 5 small removals on 3 jobs with one of my guys today. The other 2 are sitting home again this week

 

[Newfie]

Did 5 small removals on 3 jobs with one of my guys today. The other 2 are sitting home again this week

Do you rotate the guys who sit or are they just SOL?

 

[rangerdanger]

I've been having this guy help me, just giving him a chance.

I don't think he can walk any slower, or not catch on any slower. Ya gotta do the same thing over and over till the tree is down. Rake when we are done. Blow clean, then load the truck.

"What do you want me to do" is his favorite line.

Nothing worse than telling somebody something every day, multiple times a day.

He won't work with me anymore.

This what what I dealt with a lot over the summer. Some days were good, and the guys would pick up on stuff, but they would equally stand around talking or some other BS, while Dad and me did the work. One guy is picking up on the ropes, but the other stays around because he has a drivers license, and shows up every day.

Hopefully we can change it up a bit soon though. My climbing buddy we worked with Monday is going to start doing side work with us. We'll see where it goes from there, but he's already brought up the topic of Dad taking him on full time, which would be one sweet move for us because he shares in our tree and climbing passion, something our current employees don't.

 

[Wagnaw]

Went to cable a tree today that turned into a crane removal for tomorrow. Too many more decayed limbs than I originally saw.

...I should have done an aerial inspection before I cried, "cable."

Ohh, well.... 70T in the morning.

 

[sotc]

Do you rotate the guys who sit or are they just SOL?

Just SOL. My climber has been milking jobs when i'm not there and is relocating in a month or 2 so I haven't gone out of my way for him. The other just re hired. Both are drawing unemployment on days they don't work and the guy i've been working has been with me over 3 years

 

[Newfie]

Just SOL. My climber has been milking jobs when i'm not there and is relocating in a month or 2 so I haven't gone out of my way for him. The other just re hired. Both are drawing unemployment on days they don't work and the guy i've been working has been with me over 3 years

Just curious. Makes sense though.

 

[brendonv]

I sent him home with TTC, eager to learn it seemed.

He ran his own landscrape business so I figured he'd be worth something. Boy I was wrong. The first three days was pretty much watch me work, just had him there for MY safety. This week I had that Oak removal, thought maybe he'd catch on from watching. Naa, same old. I have a hedge pruning job I don't even want to bring him on.

 

[klimbinfool]

Did a little sub work today. Took a whole hour and a half.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Tall and dead .... Nice that you had a good LZ

 

[klimbinfool]

Sure helps....other wise I'da had to strip her down. Them are fun jobs. blow em out and walk away.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Yessir! Few and far between it seems sometimes. Blast when they come in though

 

[stehansen]

Nice Greg.

 

[Highclimber]

finished my trench for the well today these pics are from yesterday about half way done. overall 49 feet long and 36 inches deep.

 

[lumberjack]

Why so deep?

 

[Dave Shepard]

Must get some frost in so. oregon. We bury 4'-6' here.

 

[lumberjack]

Ah, didn't even think about that.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

See you had some good help

 

[sotc]

No ground frost to speak of here

 

[Dave Shepard]

I don't imagine one thinks about frost in MS this time of year.

 

[Highclimber]

in the winter that trench will be covered in 6 inches to two feet of snow and my dad is worried about the pipes freezing over.

 

[brendonv]

Changed my oil in the chip truck, took a squirt for oil analysis while I was at it. Swapped out the XL headlights for XLT ones I scored on ebay. Went swimming, and bought the wrong size bolts to fix something on the mini..