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I'm pretty sure I'm the planter referenced by sghyselinks. Nothing beats having to plant 500+ trees for free , just because a pair of douchebag - suckup checkers were too lazy to do more than 1 density plot per hectare. In both cases the plot was centered right on the corner of a slashpile, despite ...

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I'm one month into a shitshow where we've been averaging 4-5 hours driving each day, 30 - 45 minute walk-ins and 12- 13 hour workdays. Questions : 1. At one point is a planting contractor obligated to pay planters for travel time and when does overtime kick in or does it at all). 2. Is it legal to p...

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^^^ is that the Fraser Valley contract?

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Am I missing something ? My math on the Dewan FSJ bids above works out to 32.1/31.6 = 1.016 = an insignificant 1.6% increase in price. Plus, a shit company like Dewan winning big contracts doesn't inspire much optimism in how the bidding will go this year.

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If you pay a flat price such as camp costs for a walk in , usually the "highballers" will be doing all the bitching. I've witnessed more than a few $400/day planters whining about how unfair it is that they're getting paid the same as a $300-$350 planter for a walk in.

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Depends on the contract where you plant on the coast. Still lots of screefing and mineral soil only planting happening.

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On a related note, did anyone here get a email requesting donations for the Joyce Murray leadership bid from Brinkmart.

It would be a cold day in hell before I'd ever donate to a candidate endorsed by a greedy, sellout hippy like Dirk Brinkman.

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Prices after the fact can go in one direction only...If you ever have your price dropped at the end of the day you should be raising hell ! The last time this happened to me was a brushing contract in Kamloops. of 9 brushers on the job only the Foreman and his Best bud remained when the smoke clear...

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Bid price will only tell part of the story. For example smaller companies like Hybrid 17, Corsair and others will pay out a far higher percentage of bid price to their planters than companies with bloated management such as Brinkman, Summit, NGR and others. Of course, very few contractors are willin...

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The Fieldstone Fraser Valley contract was mostly a very good contract for its planters. Unfortunately for them , Zanzibar now has the work there.

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Actually the block in question was massive and lasted at least 20 or more days planting. The entire camp could have ( and should have ) been finishing up that area. Instead, things happened just as Ham described. Only the new hires and the African crew ( who had been there all year) ever saw the shi...

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Sounds familiar, it wasn't this camp was it

and your block looked something like this ?

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A guy nicknamed KIwi does most of the trenching in that area. He used to be a planter/ camp trouble shooter at Blue Collar a few years back.

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Are the blocks on the Williams Lake - Evergreen contract located down the Enterprise road?

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Have to agree with Inga, too much favortism in Doms camp to recommend anyone work there. Its also pretty well known that Lawrence and Will get the much better contracts.

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It must be very frustrating for the good contractors bidding on contract knowing they are competing with lowballing scum like NGR and Spectrum.

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Is anyone even planting yet on the island? I'm beginning to worry its going to be a real shit season because of the dry conditions and later startups.

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There is a shoe repair guy in Port Alberni that will put caulks in hikers. He does a very good work repairing boots also. Does anyone know who? And approximate cost? I just wear normal chainsaw caulks, but this might be useful info to a lot of people. Cost is around $150ish, plus whatever your boot...

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The Vibergs are kind of expensive unless you know you're going a few coastal seasons There is a shoe repair guy in Port Alberni that will put caulks in hikers. He does a very good work repairing boots also. Some foresters allow the climbing helmets - some don' t. I try to avoid contracts that force ...

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Obviously its Seneca, seeing as MattW just posted a review of his year there recently.

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jason lorainne. Corsair is based out of Williams lake, no point contacting Eagleslll he dorsn't work there any longer..

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I often hear group planting referred to as gang bangs. I also find it offensive when a checker says planters are "slutting " in too many trees.

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Agreed , but at the same time I can do without the stress of hoping I wont get burned for a huge chunk of money . Nor should i have to beg for money every 2 weeks, assuming you can even get ahold of Jason . By the time I was paid in July I was owed close to $14,000 , I'm sure there were many planter...

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B Dawg speaks the truth regarding Brinkmart. Who the hell else has such contempt for their planters that they would have them camping on the Coast in February. Why camp when hotel rooms are readily available for rent that time of year. Brinkmart meets every criteria in Nates post on how to identify ...

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Can people at Corsair expect to get paid every 2 weeks this year, or will they have to wait until the middle of July to get paid like in 2011? Also, will any pay stubs be issued this year or will planters be expected to take it on faith that their pay was done correctly?

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Its been my experience working for various Alberta companies that if want a T2200 you'll have to pester the company to get it. Its not that they're opposed to giving out the forms, many just dont want to do the work preparing them. The reasons for not giving RWA dont seem to make sense either. It st...

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I claim camp costs, vehicle expenses ( gas, maintenance, insurance ..etc), hotels and food . Although, if your claimed expenses exceed a certain percentage of your gross income you will probably get audited. If you get RWA you are not allowed to claim work expenses AFAIK. Getting RWA is far preferab...

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I'd rather have a crusty experienced checker throwing plots than a bunch of rookies on my piece anyday.

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Black Tusks are probably the worst caulk boots I have ever tried . Heavy, uncomfortable, hot and near impossible to get them to fit snug on your feet. IMO even the orange rubber caulk boots are an upgrade. Do you really need caulks in Alberta? Most planters just use hikers or rubber boots for when i...

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Mike wrote:
I wonder if anyone in Canada has planted a bare-root in the 21st Century. it's so entirely different it's hard to explain.
I haven't, but I know people that have.

I planted bare root for my entire first season

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I don't think too many people are under the illusion that the coast is where the best money is made. The only real advantage of coastal planting is that it gives you an extra 35 - 70 days of work. Its pretty much impossible to get a 100+ day season anymore unless you do the coast. I've worked for a ...

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Really. As a long time planter and avid reader, I thought this book sucked. Maybe 15 pages of interesting planting anecdotes, but the rest was BORING. Waste of money. I agree. I imagine the only people who would enjoy the book are planters who worked with Charlotte at Bivouac. Otherwise the book is...

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I agree with the OP in that low prices don't necessarily mean bad quality. It just seems like pure arrogance that a few posters here assume that just because they'll plant shit trees if the price is low, that every planter will do the same. I doubt there is any significant difference in planting qua...

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I agree the statistical analysis of the awarded contracts is somewhat misleading but it was a good summary nonetheless. And it is obvious Folklore was the worst bidder as evidenced by these 2 results: FFT Vanderhoof Bid on 1,184,138 spring seedlings Planting 866,000 seedlings 20-30% Heli/remote quad...

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and getting back on topic.... Can someone actually post a link to any info pertaining to the Brinkman bailout. i googled it and came up with nothing.

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Does anyone know if Brinkman actually did get a big government bailout a few years back? Or is it just another unsubstatiated internet rumor?

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Rainman pretty much summed it up. If you've only talked to a couple of employers then you're probably screwed. Where i live you're expected to contact a minimum of ten employers a week. Last year I worked into November, yet by mid December was called in for a job search interrogation. The investigat...

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Regarding what happened to 888 , i don't think anyone really knows the whole story. Just relaying what I was told by a former 888 planter.
But, why would a a big successful company, with lots of works , all of a sudden just shut down?

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I heard from a former planter of triple 8 , that their owner racked up a bunch of debt and split town. Whatever happened to all the big Alberta companies. Tsuga, Olsen, Bruin, Wolverine, Forest Tree Consultants,they all that just disappeared.

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Despite all the griping about Summit, consistently the worst low ball offenders seem to be NGR and Windfirm. I too agreed that the there should be some rule where the lowest bid is eliminated if it isn't within a certain percentage range of the average bid or next lowest bid. That more than anything...

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So does this mean companies like Corsair Services (formerly Backwoods) who didn't pay anybody in 2011 from early May until well into July will actually be held accountable? AFAIK they never issued pay stubs at all either. You just get a lump sum of money in your bank account mid July with no documen...

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Some of the beautiful planting camps sites of 2011 Corsair - 100 Mile House - Great site if only there'd been running water the first shift. http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo149/enduro_96/DSC00679.jpg view from the cabin http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo149/enduro_96/DSC00678.jpg Things went...

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Few (if any) companies ever pay travel time.

The whole BCTS - Khairi fiasco is such a joke. One year later and the govt is still trying to pass the buck or explain the situation as some kind of isolated incident.

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I'm pretty sure Earl Hughes 2 sons have more or less taken over Waterside Ventures.

Connie runs her own company based out of Quesnel . Really good prices . mostly locals, short season.

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So now after 5 years with the same company your pay will be : tree price minus 6% holiday pay, instead of tree price minus 4% holiday pay.

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The only changes I could see happening is that planting companies might be even less inclined to hire new rookies and lowballers will be fired much quicker.

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Was suppose to start March 1, but it's been snowing almost everyday since. In hindsight I should have started mid January when everything was wide open and before this late snowfall (I would have had 3/4 of my project done by now). On the bright side though, Mt Washington now has 670 cm of snow mak...

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Have any of the people in this thread even bothered trying to contact the forester responsible responsible for awarding this contract to Rock Reforestation .

It sounds like Rock needs to be put out of business and the work given to an honest company.

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At those bid prices Osprey cant be paying much more than !2c a tree, unless they're doing the work just to keep planters working.

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At our camp we brought our own dishes and washed them ourselves. So I'm talking about washing the cook's pots and pans. Giving the cook a $25 budget sounds like a good system though. Does the cook bag you up at the cache? Rub your feet after work? Probably not, there are two words that best describ...

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