I love this photo of crew members removing a 100 year plus Montery Cypress in one of our city's major parks, it was more of an exercise / training session. We've had drought for over ten years and its one of many that are senescent as well as drought affected.
The guy climbing is still a touch on the green side which is fine as I've trained many like him and experience takes time but unfortunately he has a 'I know everything streak', as well as a very large ego.
I had questioned him about the way he was going to take the tree apart and lowering techniques he'd use and the job went reasonably well but I don't understand the concept of leaving all these protruding branch stubs everywhere when they only cause branch hook ups when lowering (which occurred on a few large limbs). Iv'e seen some other climbers do this on a few other take down jobs as well.
Anyway after we'd finished I asked him to explain why the rather large coat hangers he'd left up and down the stump while trying to lower large sections above? All I got was 'that's the way I always do it', and 'I feel heaps safer if I leave them there' and 'I might need to lower off them later' etc...
Maybe I'm gettin picky but the poor old ground crew were and the climber was happy to point out that they were just incompetent and should be able to lower no prob.
As much as I like to let guys I'm training feel their way through jobs with a little direction thrown in here and there I've realized there's just some people that have a painful temperament when your tryin to pass on a little guidance.
Anyone else have similar issues with folk working for them?
Yibida
The guy climbing is still a touch on the green side which is fine as I've trained many like him and experience takes time but unfortunately he has a 'I know everything streak', as well as a very large ego.
I had questioned him about the way he was going to take the tree apart and lowering techniques he'd use and the job went reasonably well but I don't understand the concept of leaving all these protruding branch stubs everywhere when they only cause branch hook ups when lowering (which occurred on a few large limbs). Iv'e seen some other climbers do this on a few other take down jobs as well.
Anyway after we'd finished I asked him to explain why the rather large coat hangers he'd left up and down the stump while trying to lower large sections above? All I got was 'that's the way I always do it', and 'I feel heaps safer if I leave them there' and 'I might need to lower off them later' etc...
Maybe I'm gettin picky but the poor old ground crew were and the climber was happy to point out that they were just incompetent and should be able to lower no prob.
As much as I like to let guys I'm training feel their way through jobs with a little direction thrown in here and there I've realized there's just some people that have a painful temperament when your tryin to pass on a little guidance.
Anyone else have similar issues with folk working for them?
Yibida