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That map is pretty damn amazing mister....

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Yeah....the idea that we are creating a monocultural forest for the future that may as well be eaten up by the bettle is kinda scary.....i always wondered if the mix i was planting was really indicative of the forest spread around me....considering that lodgepole and spruce is the most valuable and ...

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Yup.....while its true that they're not THAT heavy (vikings are probably heavier)...i still prefer lighter boots for interior work.

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ARG. pushed back to May 10th.....this is so sad....since its Province-wise...one coastal company boss i talked to the other day for some extra work said not a chance, that there was heaps of snow everywhere, and that he hadn't seen weather like this on the Island ever! I wonder what the story is on ...

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300-400? yikes! if the salesman says they last several years, he doesn't know anything about treeplanting.....they never last more than 2...tops. i say a big fat Nay if you aint doing the coast (rather.... anything over 17 cents). they're too heavy and bulky...

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Concerning what Scoot said here about frozen ground, big early snowfalls in the season (aka october) often covers the ground before it has a chance to freeze solid....i know last year (or rather 2006) there was a huge october storm that came out of the blue and blanketed most of BC with thick snow, ...

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I remember someone's tent got washed away in a flashflood (she was elsewhere at the time, thank goodness) This rickity footbridge also washed away.....built by some planters who wanted some privacy on the other side. They spent a good while trying to find a safe way across....must have made their da...

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*clap clap*

...well said indeed. I hope the Foresters take note of this.

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Yeah its always best to call then to email.....be persistent and polite. Often, especially at this point of the season, you probably be put on a waiting list and chances are they'll phone ya (after someone drops out mid-may)and ask you how long it would take to get out to the nearest town. As they s...

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Nice....the peppermill festival....anyone off the album gonna be there?

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How would a million bucks on a million tree contract work out to over a dollar per tree? Is it the new math? The King... was probably thinking that you would get paid more than zero cents per tree to start with. So, if you add one dollar to anything over zero you get more than a dollar. Crazy, craz...

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Definately the music-tower part....helicopter rides instead of vehicles, or maybe tiny gyrocopters instead of quads.

And better prices obviously....i mean a million bucks for a million tree contract would be over a dollar each....that would make for some ludicrous moneydays

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Yup me2. a couple of days forward from may 4th to may 6th......i hope it doesn't go farther...im gonna be next to broke by then

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The Spruceland in PG doesn't allow planters... if you're jonesing for a place to stay you have to hide your company vehicle around the corner, try to look presentable, and say you're a businessman or tourist

. Or go to good ol' Grandma's Inn.

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"Half a Meter Deep in Mud Quad Lifting"

Now THAT takes skill. You need to consider mud dynamics, depth, levers and strength to get a quad out. Serious business.

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Eh. You can't judge land by how it looks. Half the time it depends on how the soil is...even if there's any.

Now im thinking about how many times i've been fooled into saying "This shit is CREAM". and getting it wrong.

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Yeah....it'd be interesting to see how it works out....the planter dash would be nuts....i figure the best way would be to give a competitor a hectare or something, and time him/her. Of course, it would be have to be uniform land or something....and quality would count for a lot of the score in the ...

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How does everyone here deal with big plugs?

At first i cry a little, then bitch about the price for a bit, then load up 2 boxes (roughly 40 trees) and stagger of into the undoubtably crappy, slashy ground.

However. Big Plugs = Big Trees = No flagging required

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To hit the stumps....:P ...well actually it depends on the contract specs. I've heard checkers tell planters to hit every stump...and i mean EVERY stump. And some ask that you maintain a full hand-length from the stump.... and sometimes, if you're allowed redrot, you can throw a tree right in the mi...

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Planting Olympics....wouldnt that be a blast? I think the best part would be some sort of planting 100 meter dash......or crew plant-offs. God knows how you could organize that sort of event....i figure it'd be a shiatshow. You know, planting be planting.

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Riachle Kooteneys 5 http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524442618572&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302733589&bmUID=1207823591464 Light, but tough boots. For all the fast ground, where speed would be useful :P Then you go Coastal....where spikes are mandatory. ...

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Damn. Quigley's....thanks TB ... mmmm small town bars. If you want rough, try The Zoo in Fort St. James. All the tables and Chairs are bolted to the floor, and it was voted by Maxim as one of the top craziest bars to go to.

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Haha ouch KingJames. Yeah fights....heard about, never been in one. (Warning Hearsay Alert) Apparently Summit was banned from Quincy's Pub in Mackenzie, BC for a fight. The best stolen story i have is losing a very favourite sweater of mine during a contract, and then seeing someone wearing it later...

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I think this has happened to most people i know....you have your breakfast in your sneakers (probably because they don't allow caulkboots in the messtent), travel to the block, and alas, while getting ready to plant, it dawns that you've left them behind. So you plant the day in something marginally...

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A variation of scooters idea.

"Making the world a greener place, from the ground up."

or

"Planting for the future, from the ground up."

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Pfft...is the Pope Catholic? Are trees planted green-side up? We travel to wherever there is work, live in dirty campsites, in dirty clothing, doing the dirty jobs no one wants to do, without a real toilet or real walls to keep as warm, treated like outcasts by locals when we walk into town, smoking...

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I would recommend any boots made by MEC....usually high quality stuff, a bit pricey but reliable. I still have the boots from my first season (!!!) and i use them as back up or as a lender. They also have a bunch of other brands at MEC, plenty to choose from.....just not particularly cheap....but he...

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There are several options at your disposal..... -hot water bottle...borrow a cooks kettle, boil, fill, throw in sleeping bag...viola! costs less than 10 bones. -Dog. Cute, furry, warm. -Significant other? Romps always warm me up :P Wouldn't recommend a catalytic heater....i've used em in my motorhom...

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Well said therock ....When you have to comment on a company, don't act like a fool, or simply spew hearsay about some company you don't know anything about. Thats why Scooters got guidelines, and its because everyone, especially rookies, deserve honest information. My rules are, you have direct expe...

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Okay, who are you Mr. Amazing? Are you some sort of Robot from Jupiter to make everything....for lack of a better word, Amazing? Only you, Mr. Amazing, could contradict everything these planters have been saying (and what i've heard about WP too) by comparing them to great well-respected companies l...

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Planted with bugs in '04. Rookie year. Micheal Wells ran the camp, good guy. Comish was a nutcase driver who was a foreman, but pretty much ran the camp with Mike. so so prices. crap food. dry reserve nearby in the middle of nowhere, but that didnt matter...they shipped us booze :) spraying was very...

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Had the pleasure of working Grand Forks with about 8 people around July with Marc as our Foreman. It was 30 000 tree contract...or 45000 cant remember....16 cents. We were at 2000 meters at a mountaintop, which was great considering it was almost 40C in GF at the motel. 2 hour drive-in blowed. No fi...

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Well, its interesting to stumble upon a thread that has clearly dissolved into a trainwreck. Not surprising considering how many good threads ive seen on this fine website. *ahem* here goes nothing. I believe that the wolf and concerned have valid points. the drugs create problems. we've all seen th...

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Well, its interesting to stumble upon a thread that has clearly dissolved into a trainwreck. Not surprising considering how many good threads ive seen on this fine website. *ahem* here goes nothing. I believe that the wolf and concerned have valid points. the drugs create problems. we've all seen th...

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I tried doing this before. then a pounder explained a far better system. You have a small implement on the draw sack, or near the flag holder, that you can cut the flagging with....similar in concept to a milkbag cutter....a simple knife or cutting edge........this is the only way it works. i have t...

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Cone picking, or bettle probing. Cone picking is an easy job....you follow the loggers around as they cut the trees, you walk up with a bucket and pick the good cones off...... you get paid per bag, which is usually 50 bones. I did it for about 6 weeks this winter, made about 150-200 a day. topped 2...

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I believe there are 2 primary issues involved with planting that go beyond food and good tents. Safety, and proper prices. Addressing these issues for a planter in one company is quite simple.....try another company. the dynamic movement of the labour market makes it impossible to have a union that ...

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I found this on the WSCA site.....yet another call for better prices....which as a vet....couldnt agree more. Whats the point of planting if you can make the same amount in the Oil or hell even Retail?

http://www.wsca.ca/index.php?Page=225.0&Key=641

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Interesting Article on the Labour Shortage