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I'm taking the year off / possibly retiring for good (never say never, right?) and I have some thrashed out gear I thought I'd offer here before tossing in the garbage. I know the feeling of coming out of the off season broke, desperately trying to cobble together gear to get to that first pay chequ...

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Hoffman sells Meindls (http://www.hoffmanboots.com/category.aspx?categoryID=69) but with conversion and shipping it's probably cheaper to get a regular pair and have them caulked locally. Most any cobbler will do the job. I've had it done at Stevenson's in Victoria and Pagani & Son's in Powell R...

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Flagging saves you from sucking the same balls twice. Who would want to do that.

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there was a Coast Range crew a few km down from us doing a full replant of a 50k block on tue/wed

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figures ... thanks wp

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anything happening this yr? first time since 2014 I can make it ...... which prob means it's cancelled for some reason

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LiconC: 1. It's important to have a lot of socks but IMO they don't need to be especially high quality if you wear boot liners (bamas or neoprene kayaking socks) over top. Just aim to have 2 pairs per day over your laundry cycle - you want a fresh pair everyday for work, and another to look forward ...

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Maybe try Neiser's in Lake Cowichan. They cater to loggers and often have some high quality boots stocked. Try calling first to see what they've got, might be worth driving down from Nanaimo. Don't seem to have a website but this is their number according to the Googs - 250-749-6033 You could try On...

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^^ Is that WL contract the one that Dynamic did this year? Heard some horror stories from friends who were there and it sounds very similar - mostly fill plants, confusing access, long drives down overgrown roads, checkers never happy, tons of replanting. I think there was eventually a mutiny with a...

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ah didn't realise you were on limited bandwidth so I took 5 min to check the sched for you The Current - weekdays 8:30am (replayed at 8pm) As it Happens - weekdays 6:30pm Spark - Sunday 1:00pm eastern / 4:00pm pacific (I'm sure this gets replayed at some point during the week but don't see it listed...

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CBC 1 is talk radio / news (mostly) CBC 2 is music I listen to 1 more than 2, it's background chatter around the house, but there are a few particular shows I'll turn up: The Current - interview show about major world events As It Happens - similar but more of a grab bag with small or quirky news st...

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Wait did I read that right - 38$/day camp cost and it doesn't even include food? That's fucking brutal.

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I've only been in two, but here's a few quick notes from a planter perspective: -Could be great $$ since you could work long days if you chose to. Some people would come back for dinner then go back out for a bag-up or two. We had a buddy system, so if you wanted to work late you had to have someone...

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Thought I'd come back and expand on what I wrote before (day 4 of a 5-day February coastal shift, I was straight delirious) to be a little clearer. I really like the concept of a planting tally app and would like to see it succeed. But on a fundamental level I just do not find it intuitive at all. I...

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So far I'm finding this pretty but unusable - in the field to enter my tree price, it says 'example 0.11' but when I try to enter the actual price, there's no period. So it comes up as $20 per tree, which would be nice, but you know, sadly that\s not the going price. If I'm missing something obvious...

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http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/transportation-safety-board-releases-report-on-bcs-lasqueti-daughters-vessel/article28503120/ TSB releases report on Lasqueti Daughters vessel, calls for Transport Canada intervention The Transportation Safety Board says a boat that took on water ...

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Not sure if this was worthy of a new thread, but here's a very well-written longform article about tree farming in Scotland

http://granta.com/the-tree-farm/

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Is it less work overall though? I thought Shakti was just getting more and more of the contracts in that area. I'm under the impression they're pretty similar in work conditions and prices (disclaimer, I'm not an Alberta planter, this is just the general impression I got from friends who've worked f...

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This one's a bit of a luxury item but it'll make your life so much easier : a slow cooker with a timer. Put your meal together on the day off, stash it in the fridge, turn it on before you leave for work on day one, and you've got your dinners for the rest of the shift waiting for you when you get h...

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The High Five Diner was my favorite new find of the season. It's in Little Fort just north of Barriere, where hwy 24(?) connects the North Thompson to 100 Mile/hwy97. Bout as good coffee as you can expect for a small town diner and they're really generous with the refills. Not a big pie eater but my...

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Dear god that blog post is the most overwritten thing I've read since ... well, what's Morrissey written recently?

Also, not sure I buy that the guy fought it off by prying its jaws apart and punching it. I imagine it just gave him a good warning thrashing and discarded him.

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Friend of mine did it a couple years ago, they paid for him to take some mechanic courses. He said it was annoying working with them during the process, but once he was approved it was great - he even got a weekly gas allowance to drive to school. I think they'll want to do the course application wi...

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They're not on the same level as Vibergs, unless they've drastically upped their quality. Couple of years ago a group of people on my coastal crew were needing new boots so they called these guys and worked out a discount for a bulk order, had them shipped to one guy's dad living in Oregon (at the t...

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OK yeah most of those are Darwin Award worthy, but I kinda like the forklift-picking-up-the-smaller-forklift. If I knew the load capacity was in range and the machines themselves were being properly maintained, I'd do it.

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We had a lot of these. Mostly pine and spruce from PRT Vernon. Theory on our crew was it was connected to the seedling mortality, so they heavily watered them down and treated them with something prior to cold storage, hence the 'skanky' smell of rotten eggs and old paint (mmmmm!).

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Maybe that's a joke but I didn't sew mine on - just removed the plastic buckle, thread the straps through, click.

Btw the best option if you're looking for one is to cut it out of an abandoned car on logging roads.

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haha Shelby!

so it looks like the full episode will be online the 31st?

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Surplus Herby's ?
http://www.surplusherbys.com/

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Whether or not you smoke, carry two lighters, separately, rain-proofed. Fire is your friend!

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Tie your rain jacket or an extra sweater (tight!) around your waist? That's what one really skinny girl on my crew does, seems to work for her.

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Anyone in the Victoria area in need of new boots (or just a cheap pair of back-ups), get thee to Value Village. Someone must have cleaned out an old storage locker in some forestry business somewhere but there's all kinds of caulks and quality hikers there now. Picked up a pair of Asolo hikers with ...

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Hey just by curiosity, do you have any skills that applies to humanitarian work or the planting experience was enough ? I really liked the video above and I am looking into ways to get into that field. No, no specific skills. Apparently planting was enough. Can't offer any further info since I didn...

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Was in Montreal meeting my gf's family for the first time a couple years ago. Her aunt works for MSF, when she found out I was a planter sitting around on EI she offered me a job as her assistant on the spot. Said she'd worked with a few ex-planters over the years and they were generally the best wo...

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Contract: PL16TFF002 Location: BCTS Boundary/Grand Forks Time: Spring/Summer 2015, 1 year # of Trees: 1,176,119 Tender Link: http://www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca/open.dll/showDisplayDocument?sessionID=38645850&disID=28348680&docType=Tender&dis_version_nos=0&doc_search_by=Tend&docTypeQual=...

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yeah, there's Plant Wizard - http://www.jrpltd.com/Login.aspx - "an internet based seed & seedling inventory system used by nurseries, foresters, and planting contractors to manage seedling inventory information in real time." then there's Avenza for pdf maps - http://www.avenza.com/ B...

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Try Seneca - http://www.seneca-enterprises.com/firefighting.htm

Site hasn't been updated since 2010 but I know they've got quite a bit of FF work right now.

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dude it's been 4 months and you haven't had time to write out that list? It would take maybe 10 minutes.

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I think you'll want to go see workbc and pitch your case.. they want a guarantee of sorts that you will come out the other end with a career and stop suckling off their teet. My best friend did it a few yrs ago and said ir was tricky. Don't apply for your program before you meet w/ them.

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I saved my old dumbphone for exactly this purpose. Now it is nothing more than an alarm clock (and occasionally a calculator). On airplane mode and literally only using it once per day, I charge it on the day off and it's good for the 4 day shift.

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Yeah I just picked up a pair passing through Courtenay.

Never thought that Viberg might sell Vikings though, good thought for next year I guess.

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Wasn't there someone here on Replant, a year or two ago, who talked about keeping a journal of weather conditions on the coast for like 20 years or so? I'm sure I read that here but I have no idea where. I don't think it was a planter, somebody involved in another aspect of the industry .. maybe RPF...

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The boots, not the plundering and pillaging sea-farers. Surely there's somewhere here that sells Viking caulk boots? Or is it considered Viberg territory or something? I'm surprised I'm having this much trouble finding somewhere to get a new pair but all that's come up through google is Capital Iron...

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Nice. I know Toby. She also had an article on planting on Vice

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/bush-cra ... -in-canada

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100 days sounds about right for a pair of Vikings. I buy a new pair at the start of each year. They're usually not quite dead at the end, but then they function well as a back up pair the following year. It's especially nice for spring coastal if the new pair get totally soaked through, I can wear t...

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This is just too randomly ridiculous not to post. It's a full unreleased 80s B-horror movie on youtube: "Grizzly II: The Predator (also known as Predator: The Concert) is an unreleased horror sequel to the popular film, Grizzly. The film is notable for featuring early appearances of future supe...

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A little movie from the 40s about logging the big boys, found on youtube this morning. Pretty cool.

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Rhino's gonna shit the bed at that price. The Evergreen bid is lower than they would normally do I bet, but I think I know which of their supervisors that is (he generally bids lower than the rest).

I'm guessing the realistic bid is probably somewhere in between Celtic and Zanzibar.

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I'd take the hills 95% of the time. I'm short so I find my lower centre of gravity makes it really easy to motor across the hillsides, vs. finding it more difficult to move through deep slash like some of the taller guys I plant with. The only exception would be on really hot days, especially going ...

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Those were mine! They'd be 4th generation now, I got them from some sketchy ex-con who showed up with fresh gear midway through a 2010 contract, got fired for stashing on his first shift, then left it all on the motel lawn after loitering and keeping everyone awake doing blow with the locals for a f...

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