Will you be running rope?
WHAT HAVE I DONE? Pros: tell me abot your new guys!
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They way you show them in steps and repetition helps.
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mike515
ArboristSite Operative
Wow
Yup. 15-16 yrs experience....that is a dude who you can seriously trust to drag branches and rake correctly!!
But don't expect him to tie the freaking pole on the right way!
Put a snap on it .Yup. 15-16 yrs experience....that is a dude who you can seriously trust to drag branches and rake correctly!!
But don't expect him to tie the freaking pole on the right way!
Wannabe123
ArboristSite Operative
Not sure yet. Unlikely on the first day, since the crew has been working without me for a week now anyway. I will be starting there and they are moving another guy to a different site from what I gather.
Nemus Talea
ArboristSite Operative
Knot tying requires some 3 dimensional imagination. Do a search of "must know knots." Start by learning bowline. Practice with eyes closed. Practice while watching TV or some other distraction.
A tree service worksite can be a fully encompassing hazardous environment. Sometimes, you must take your eyes off one danger to address another. Above, below, and anything from a swinging limb to a spinning saw chain can come at ya from the sides or suddenly behind you. Climbers will say to always look up and watch them, but if you walk into ground run rigging, stumble into a coworker running a saw, get foot tangled in rig line going up, or forget where the in ground pool is, you'll be in trouble. Gotta watch climber for instruction, his safety, and to know when load is coming on above, but full SITUATIONAL AWARENESS needs to be developed. Evidently, you also need to look out for crane operators swatting ya with a pick rather than fire you.
A tree service worksite can be a fully encompassing hazardous environment. Sometimes, you must take your eyes off one danger to address another. Above, below, and anything from a swinging limb to a spinning saw chain can come at ya from the sides or suddenly behind you. Climbers will say to always look up and watch them, but if you walk into ground run rigging, stumble into a coworker running a saw, get foot tangled in rig line going up, or forget where the in ground pool is, you'll be in trouble. Gotta watch climber for instruction, his safety, and to know when load is coming on above, but full SITUATIONAL AWARENESS needs to be developed. Evidently, you also need to look out for crane operators swatting ya with a pick rather than fire you.
juttree
ArboristSite Guru
Wasn't the term "Pile Polisher"?
One thing I hate is when there's lots of raking to do or wood to pick up and one guy thinks it's a good time to use the blower. 99% of the time the blower is the last thing to be used. The exception would be keeping the road clear for traffic. There's always something to do, I can't stand it when guys just stand around. Gas saws up, get ropes ready, move things out of the work zone (garbage cans, kids toys, grills), pull hangers, and even pick up small sticks if you have to.
I have no power to fire otherwise I would have fired at least half the guys that I work with if u have been told everyday for the last few years to pay attention if ur screwing around your gonna get it, sorry...
if u are walking behind a guy using a saw, if ur in reach of him turning around and catching u with the saw not so much if he's buried in a big log but if he's cutting up some brush, as u go behind him gently put Ur hand on his back one so he knows ur there two if he starts to whirl around u can push off
if u are walking behind a guy using a saw, if ur in reach of him turning around and catching u with the saw not so much if he's buried in a big log but if he's cutting up some brush, as u go behind him gently put Ur hand on his back one so he knows ur there two if he starts to whirl around u can push off
Stay out of reach, period.
BuckmasterStumpGrinding
ArboristSite Operative
Go to animatedknots and learn the alpine butterfly loop as well as the bowline. The rest of the knots are easy to learn.
CanopyGorilla
climber....sawyer
Haaaha! We had one guy that went beyond the " pile polisher"! I started to call him "wind song" because he would pick the blower up before the brush was gone.
CanopyGorilla
climber....sawyer
As a new guy NEVER touch the blower! Just keep rakeing. You will earn the blower when another new guy comes along.
imagineero
Addicted to ArboristSite
We have a simple 2 step plan;
1. don't be a jerk.
2. do some work
Keep repeating it until the jobs done and you'll always have a job. If you hang around a while you'll learn things.
1. don't be a jerk.
2. do some work
Keep repeating it until the jobs done and you'll always have a job. If you hang around a while you'll learn things.
juttree
ArboristSite Guru
If yor tired and you just want the job to be over, think of it like this. The job isn't done until THAT tree is in THOSE trucks, so keep getting it there. The sooner you do that the sooner you can go home.
Wannabe123
ArboristSite Operative
Good advice. I'm the kind of guy who likes to get the work done ASAP so I can go home as opposed to waiting around since "we're gonna be here all day anyway".
Good news, going to be nearly 40 tomorrow! One less thing to worry about on a first day, and since I'll be up a little late tonight for the AFC game, the less misery at 5 in the morning the better.
15 minutes early is on time. Getting out of your vehicle at starting time is late. This is for Jeff , keep track of the hitch pin when unhooking equipment. Don't just lay them on the tongue of the machine. Hook it somewhere
Stihlmadd
ArboristSite Operative
first man to the blower syndrome eh? yep stay away from the cushy jobs there is a descending order of priority when it comes to tasks and you need to learn the order in which they occur and why fast. lurkers who take the easy job every time don't stay around for long
Hitch pins stay on the truck not the trailer it drives me nutz when I grab a chipper truck go to grab a stumper or a different chipper and there is no pin on the truck but there are 10 pins wrapped around one of the chippers and it's probably not the one left in the yard...
