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Sebastian

huh? That's not true, and even if it were it would be a really negligible amount of money. Offset that with the profit that your company makes from its good planters... Do you get benefits from your company making profits? No. Should you be responsible for any money it loses? No. It's not taken out...

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Finally, some evidence that gives credence to my frequent exhortations to my planters: "More experienced planters clearly plant more trees than their less experienced comrades. They are also more efficient at putting trees in the ground. But, their increased production doesn’t only stem from in...

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wtf. Quebec? Mind blown.

Sebastian

Undoubtedly so. But that's not particular to you or this season....

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Personally, there's no way I would have someone else in my truck calling my km. I feel that unless I am actively involved in knowing where I am on the road, and I'm keeping track of kms myself, then I won't be as likely to hear vehicles coming at me (or anything else on the radio). And while some mi...

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Always used cargo pockets myself. I've never found a flagging pouch that actually seemed to work. To my mind, they're highly overrated.

Sebastian

yeah, hitting highspots in piles of clothes is tough, and getting spacing right in there can be a total pain in the ass

Sebastian

So now that I've officially retired (though I may vacation-plant), I've decided I can actually provide a company review for Hybrid 17 without it being entirely self-serving. I've been planting for 9 years, through Ontario, BC and Alberta. I have worked for 7 different companies, and have been offere...

Sebastian

Wow, amazing how much spin this got in conservative media. From my (very brief) exposure to this plan in a variety of media, it's a $10,000 tax credit (rather than a grant) for employers who hire skilled (rather than unskilled, as treeplanting is [and there's another can of worms opened...]) landed ...

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A decent article from Huffington Post on this case.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2011/07/20 ... 05266.html

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I absolutely agree that technique is what allows planters to become pounders, and that little tricks like short trips to the cache and unbundling everything save some time. However, the largest contributing factor to production is effort. Planters who you find sweating and breathing hard will be mak...

Sebastian

The planting schedule won't make a huge difference to planters in terms of money, although it might shorten or lengthen their season a little bit. This is especially true if you only work for one company, and everyone plants the same schedule. Whether you're planting 5 and 2's or 3 and 1's, your com...

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Awesome work, by the way, and the few people I've shared it with feel the same.

Sebastian

I stuck by Bushpro faithfully for years but fell in love with my first workwizer, bought from Wainwright off the back of a truck. Classy.

Sebastian

wifi does not make a quality camp.

Worked for them 9 years ago: they were terrible.

They had a crew bus roll over 2 or 3 years ago.

Other than that, just heard lots of people say lots of things.

Sebastian

Thunderhouse still has work?!?!

Sebastian

Fortunately, that's not the case for me: we get the quoted tree price plus vacation pay. Further, as a foreman, it gets added on top of my total earnings (planted trees + percentage of crew production).

Sebastian

My contractor found out about the 2% bonus last year and offered it to me.

Obviously, 2% isn't a ton of money, but it's nice to get the bonus just for showing up.

Sebastian

Cabose wrote:
MiddleAgeMayhem wrote:Go with a staff handle baby. Uber-cool.

Everyone will think you've been planting for 20 years.
I saw some video made in the 70's about tree planters and they where using what looks like a pulaski only without the axe part. Now thats Uber-cool!

Hoedads.... I'm happy with the D-handle, thanks.

Sebastian

Also living in Ottawa, I've subletted a few times, and really liked having the whatever-many-thousand dollars it saved me. Putting your stuff in storage for the summer can usually be done for pretty cheap - I have a lot of stuff and get downtown lockers for about $80 a month. Take note if you're sub...

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I think it all depends on how your body works. I've only had minor problems with my wrists from planting (quadding and lifting boxes, however...), and that's using a normal D. The one time I used an ergo-D for a few weeks, I started developing elbow issues. No matter what kind of shovel you use, pla...

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try calling?

250-499-4144

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I'd like to add sportivas to that list.

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Random, yes, but congratulations on 7 years with the site Scooter!
Thanks for all the work you put into it.

Sebastian

I'm a CBC nerd, so I load up on podcasts from The Current, Ideas, As It Happens, Age of Persuasion... good stuff.

You could also go books on tape. One of the crews in my camp did that a few years ago for their drives to the block.

Sebastian

wow, I'm looking at boot porn, and I kinda like it...

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ps.. People who steal stuff because they don't have the guts to stand up and walk out on a shitty job are assholes. If it's a crap contract, recognize it and leave early; don't just steal some other poor shmoe's guitar.

Sebastian

The whole black and white view of dish duty is a little ridiculous. Given the right circumstances, doing dishes makes sense. For example: I work with a small company, with a small camp. The cook gets paid well, cooks well, and yes, does groceries too. Each individual planter does their own dishes (c...

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ps. Especially agree with Eisan's water jug comment. Damn infuriating when people are inconsiderate enough to have their water spilling all over the truck when a $4 ocean spray jug could avoid the problem.

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Agree with Eisan on most everything there, and largely disagree with Cavanagh.... The search function on the website works really well, and there's already tons of threads devoted to gear, for example: http://www.replant.ca/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=64464 http://www.replant.ca/phpBB3/viewtopic....

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thanks, Evergreen!

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Yes, I'm a nerd, and receive daily info from StatsCan. Now that that's out of the way, I came across a bunch of logging info that's probably relevant to us. Production increases in logging = production increases in planting, yes? http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/35-003-x/35-003-x2010006-eng.pdf It came ...

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Gabe wrote:I need help, I had a two hour conversation with a developer friend of mine about making a treeplanting mod for the SIMS

Worst. Game. Ever.

Sebastian

I definitely second the Ocean Spray bottles... I've been using them for years; they're cheap, super sturdy and transportable. They also don't seem to leach that plasticky taste you get out of the cheaper jugs. Also, using the crappy milk jugs is often discourteous towards the rest of the crew. Way t...

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So what does all this say about silvicool sacs? Are they about as useful (aka useless) as I've always suspected?

Sebastian

What a fine counter-argument. Really, you brought up some really thought-provoking points. What do you propose as an alternative measure of centricity in media? Unfortunately, to my mind, all mainstream media in Canada leans to the right. Left wing analysis and news can only be found through some pe...

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CTV may be pretty liberal to you, but it is hugely right wing to me, and CBC would also be a little right wing. I suppose a good measure would be how critical it is of government, and as the CBC is hardly critical at all anymore, it would appear to be, from an objective position, quite centrist. As ...

Sebastian

wow, could not have said it better...
Thanks JD

Sebastian

I've used the Gronell Klondike Boots for two full seasons. They are amazing boots, totally bombproof, very waterproof, oh so comfortable, and you get used to the weight. I loved them in almost every way. The only problem I had was that between seasons they rotted between the sole and the boot. You c...

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I know there's generally broad agreement here... But in what universe would the mill cover camp costs without that impacting tree price?!?!? Duncan: I understand your complaint about the focus on production leading to poor quality, and I have heard it a lot. That said, the companies I've personally ...

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I'd argue that the arts, not technology, produce civilization. Without the arts as the guide, all we would have is production without a grander goal.

Sebastian

Done Political Science... got one year left on Social Work. Luckily, school just kinda works for me (and free tuition doesn't hurt either).
Unfortunately, school's not for everybody, even though education and learning are.

Sebastian

I feel like "that's just the way it is with this kind of work" is unacceptable in any industry in any way. If you're getting screwed over in some way, it's not acceptable. Now, the deal with camp costs is that it actually benefits better planters to have higher camp costs. I would more tha...

Sebastian

PS. Yes to down in just about every way. And if your sleeping bag's getting wet, you're clearly doing something wrong.

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What happens if a retarded rookie throws your very well protected bag out of the bag of the truck, and then an equally retarded driver backs over it, completely shattering the full quart of single malt that you hid in the center to protect it from damage? How do you sleep in your wet sleeping bag? ...

Sebastian

(good ol' necro)
Just wanted to reiterate that zero camp cost is a terrible idea. Might be flogging a dead horse here, but everyone should know.

Sebastian

every single one that wants to? Honestly, haven't seen much of a difference in the dropout rate between men and women. That said, I don't see a whole lot of drop out in general. I know lots of great female planters, many of whom can highball me any day of the week. Some of the best foremen I know ar...

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and its not that people just DON'T want you to have your dog there, it depends on your dogs behaviour....i know last year there was about 6 dogs in camp and once they get together out in the bush...they start hunting like wolves...they would rip into planters tents while we were on the block, and e...

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as Scooter mentioned recently, the search function is great

"Phone: (604) 932-3912, Cell: (604) 938-3599 e-mail: francois@direct.ca LITTLE SMOKEY FORESTRY SERVICES (Alberta work) #3, 9401 – 141 Ave., Grand Prairie, AB, T8V 8E1 Phone: ."

Sebastian

A fine idea, and I"m sure I'll refer to it over the course of the summer. I threw in what I could remember off the top of my head for Burns Lake, Smithers and Houston.

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