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- Mon Feb 02, 2015 11:09 am
- Forum: Equipment Used by Planters
- Topic: No hips
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2975
No hips
With another season quickly approaching, I find myself once again struggling to come up with a better way to keep a set of bags on my skinny ass. After years of using them, I gave up shoulder straps in favour of better range of motion. It feels way better, I think, but having to pull up my bags/pant...
- Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:28 am
- Forum: Companies in the Silviculture Industry
- Topic: Brinkman and Associates
- Replies: 133
- Views: 63043
Re: Brinkman's north island work. worth while?
Working north island and beyond with brinkman. Its all true! we even have to trap our own food, and swim to the block as well... You wouldn't like it. Oh and our foremen are actually grizzly bears, who have a taste for human blood... Stay away
- Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:20 am
- Forum: Health, Safety & Training Information
- Topic: performance enhancers
- Replies: 39
- Views: 24509
Re: performance enhancers
Modafinil , Armodafinil and Caffeine + Aniracetam, Oxiracetam and Choline for a mental edge, low doses of oral steroids like oxandrolone to keep you jacked and GHB before bed to stimulate endogenous growth hormone secretion to speed recovery and healing Is that a joke? Do you walk away with any mon...
- Fri Aug 09, 2013 9:49 pm
- Forum: Questions & Answers about Tree Planting
- Topic: Snow Caches
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4687
Re: Snow Caches
I've seen snow caches used in Ontario in years past; exclusively as a cost saving measure, and I thought, at the expense of a higher mortality/cull rate. This season though, I helped uncover an experimental snow cache for a large western forestry company. Apparently, with some tweaking, it could bec...
- Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:44 am
- Forum: Questions & Answers about Tree Planting
- Topic: Brinkman: BC 2010
- Replies: 16
- Views: 11505
Re: Brinkman: BC 2010
Worked the Blue Ridge spring/summer contracts near whitecourt/swan hills with Brinkman last year. BR had a full spectrum of land, from heli-nightmare blocks to sand trenches that lasted for days. A bit disorganized for a while due to a change in management, but all in all, a good contract with fair ...
- Mon Jan 14, 2013 8:28 pm
- Forum: Around The Campfire
- Topic: 78 Days
- Replies: 41
- Views: 15474
Re: 78 Days
Hi there, just wondering if there is any word of dvd's or downloads being available soon...
- Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:31 pm
- Forum: Equipment Used by Planters
- Topic: Planting with a Garden Trowel
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3879
Re: Planting with a Garden Trowel
A guy on my crew this year, big bad Pete, forgot his shovel twice. He used a Pulaski one day, hoedad style. The other day, broke 2k with a bread knife on a road/burn block.
- Wed Mar 28, 2012 12:15 pm
- Forum: Planting in Ontario/Quebec
- Topic: Broland Enterprises
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8878
Re: Broland Enterprises
Broland/Wilderness is out of the treeplanting game, for what reason, I have no idea. Speaking from the point of view of a former Wilderness planter, it was an awesome company to work for (as a rookie, mind you). The crewbosses were very experienced and good people in general, along with most of the ...
- Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:44 am
- Forum: Equipment Used by Planters
- Topic: Shin Guards in AB
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1992
Shin Guards in AB
I'm going to be doing my first season in Alberta this year, and I've been told to expect some differences from Ontario in the land. Slash, wild roses, thorny vines, and various other lovely landscape features are good reason (say experienced Alberta planters) to wear soccer-type shin guards under ga...
- Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:37 pm
- Forum: Questions & Answers about Tree Planting
- Topic: C-Cut
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7572
Re: C-Cut
The C-cut is way superior in clay, compact ground, or when air pockets are an issue. Apparently, an air pocket (in a properly closed hole) is no longer considered a quality problem. An improperly closed hole, or shallow tree would be far more likely to dry the root pod. As long as you are planting ...