Replant.ca - Tree Planting Canada

gilkie

Great synopsis. Always thankful for the quality content provided by jdtesluk. It makes up for posters like myself who mostly post useless drivel on here.

gilkie

I almost don't think it matters what kind of stuff you buy, it all ends up being nothing more than fire fodder by the end of the season. This is untrue. There have been productive discussions in these forums about keeping boots viable across multiple seasons. The tl;dr is buy good boots, clean them...

gilkie

Ugly? Not in fashonable? What are you talking about? Crampon compatible green leather boots with big heels are all the rage on the Paris catwalks this season. Its true, those boots are fine . I found a website during my 'me time' devoted to chicks wearing nothing but those boots and doing unspeakab...

gilkie

Not to be a downer, but these look like a gross waste of time and money. simple nitrrile gloves that fit TIGHT work best so you can feel the tree, such as the Atlas ones, or Watson Black Hawks. They still however break relatively quickly, but they work better than anything else i've used or seen. T...

gilkie

thatguy wrote:who you brushing for markdoyle? i guess gilkie didnt read that you were going to brush and not plant
baby wipes are nice but not necessary

my bad... in that case cut that shit down like a mutha-$%&@er!

gilkie

baby-wipes are always nice to have, there's also a thread in here somewhere that will also provide you with helpful tips and what else you might want to bring. As for how much money you'll make, it depends who your working for, tree prices, where, and how many days you get in. Not to mention your ow...

gilkie

Agreed. No yelling... unless they make a mess on the carpet.. err block, and then you take a rolled up newspaper and hit them on the nose with it. Seriously though - as already espoused by the two previous posters, patience is so important. Also too, I'm assuming you'll have quite a few rookies. The...

gilkie

I want your handle name. Best one EVER.

gilkie

For those that love a good conspiracy flick, there's a film called the Esoteric Agenda that kind of touches on the topic of overpopulation as well. From Wikipedia; "The film makes claims of a secret agenda being carried out by a shadowy elite and attempts to ready the public for an alleged new ...

gilkie

Yes I will admit its not for everyone, but I've been wearing them for 9+ years and I swear by them! On a side note Guillermo brings up a good point; for all you rookies out there, don't kick with your shovel unless you really have to. The added step in your planting movement will increase the amount...

gilkie

You need steel toed caulk boots for the Quesnel area?! Who are you planting for that they would require you to have them in the interior? Now people are gonna tell me that I've gone on a trip to crazy-town but I'm telling you, I swear by rubber boots from Zellers, not those over-priced $20 bastards ...

gilkie

Word from the wise rookies; as dope as air jordans may look, especially on will smith in his fresh prince days, (I would provide a picture but doing so is beyond my mad computer skills - mr. amazing help a brotha out) they are NOT conducive to sowing some seedlings. That being said I can say from ex...

gilkie

"when i said birth control i meant any method, condoms included."

I presume that includes the tried and true, pull-out method. My personal favourite, works like a charm

gilkie

While I have no doubt your spiffy 'interval training' may in fact aid in your conditioning for the upcoming season, I prefer my own tried and tested workout, and the best part is you can do it from home. Its starts out with sitting on your hemorrhoid donut, and then slowly gazing around the room and...

gilkie

"Comparing the average planter to a trained endurance athlete is a bit of a stretch." I couldn't agree more. Can a trained endurance athlete throw a triple-mctwist shovel toss on command to score the creamy piece, or the box of trees up for grabs your supervisor planted 'for charity?' Can ...

gilkie

Best line ever... from a second year.

to foreman: "Hey Pete, how close are we to wolves?"

O_o

to planter: "...seriously?... how the hell should I know?"

gilkie

No I'm pretty sure that doesn't affect operations in Manning, so it shouldn't affect NGR

gilkie

This email is from Jeff. Hello Wildwoods, Many of you probably already know that Tolko-High Level is closing down. The closure is December 18, 2009. Tolko has been struggling like most mills in Canada for a while. I have been working for less and less profit just trying to help the mill and keep us ...

gilkie

I can pay about $10 / hour...
...wetlands work with as many as two dozen species on a job ...

Good luck indeed!

gilkie

If I can expand on jdtesluk's post, which is very thorough, if your on any sort of prepped land, like trenches, hoe-plow or mounds (even just plain varied terrain where the tree your planting may be slightly higher than your feet) I would recommend sticking with the first two 'methods' of hole closi...

gilkie

I've returned from exile just to say hello to gilkie. Hi gilkie. It's me. I'm on the other side of the federation these days, going to school in the Annapolis Valley. The blocks out here are tiny, BTW... This whole "you can see it from space" thing is overblown. You can see large gravel p...

gilkie

Priceless jdtesluk, although I'll admit my attention span blew a fuse after the first paragraph. While not a cut-block per se, the largest block I ever planted on was the Swan Hills burn block in 2000/2001, near Swan Hills :D Allegedly it was said you could see it from space, (although I've never be...

gilkie

I could be wrong but I'm almost positive Brinkman has a few contracts in Washington. They might be a good contact to start from. Other than that from my very limited understanding I've 'heard' that of what reforestation is done in America, much of it is done by 'illegal immigrants' or rather margina...

gilkie

IMO that's likely the best explanation I've heard so far, good insight Richianity.

gilkie

Be careful with referring to yourself as 'professional'. The only planters I've ever heard of calling themselves that were either low-production planters trying to overstate their importance as 'quality' planters, or planting with Zanzibar and listening to (some not all) pretentious 'Zanzi-Star' wan...

gilkie

Your missing the point. The point isn't whether its right or not, the point is to maximize your production so you can pay for school, go travel, be a ski bum or whatever. Sure an experienced checker could check the treeline for density, if he's a real stickler, but chances are they're not, and eithe...

gilkie

'TheDain' is right, Big Sky is a pretty chill as far as planting gigs go. After spending my first five seasons with one of the big 'Prince George outfits', I did an early spring show for Big Sky and it was the antithesis of Big Company planting. Based in Quesnel, or on the Blackwater, its either a h...

gilkie

Completely agree with Slash Monkey, always push the minimums in order to limit the amount of steps between each tree, this will help in maximizing your production. Also too, do not line plant ('straight plant') unless your doing trenches or something similiar, always 'area' plant if you can master t...

gilkie

Honestly its hard to say exactly where the line falls in this particular situation as its hard to gather what her perspective (and the respective positions of the other foremen/forewomen and or supervisor) was in this particular situation was as well. For the sake of allowing for the benefit of the ...

gilkie

Well, I can't say I have any idea what this thread is really about, but I for one would like to advocate FOR premature wrinkles. Bake in the sun with no protection, smoke like a chimney to aid the process. I for one think many will look way better with some wrinkles piled on. Seen Sean Connery latel...

gilkie

Agree with the last two posts, on its own I wouldn't give it much hope in the rain or if the wind picks up, but as long as you tarp it you should be fine. It would be smart to grab some empty tree boxes, flatten them out, and stick them underneath your tent too, believe me that will do wonders in ke...

gilkie

Sebastian is correct, the last I heard he was in the PG area, I ran into him one time on a cut block outside of Hixon, just an hour south of PG, he was taking a day off from Puck to go fishing

gilkie

Watson's ARE the best by far, should be able to find them at Derkin Equipment of Auklands Granger (sp?) both are in the Lower Mainland

gilkie

why not eh? don't know who your working for but in my eight years starting from 2000 I've noticed the money has generally been on an up trend. Mind you maybe I just started out with crappier companies, and I wasn't putting in 3k plus as a rookie, plus my first season was only 52 days, so I could be ...

gilkie

I heard that too and I'm supposed to start planting in High Level on the 12th of May. If Calgary and Edmonton are getting heaps of snow I can't imagine up north doing much better!

gilkie

If I had a million bucks to pay myself a buck a tree I'd hire a bunch of planters, pay them a third of that, and get them to plant for me. Wait... but then I'd be an owner of a tree company... and I'm trying to get out of this line of work too... dammit

gilkie

I agree with Say, I've never had a problem with d handles. Those ergonic Bushpro handles just look terrible to try and plant with though, especially if you have to put your shovel in with any degree of force. I was in PG a couple years ago in a planting store and I couldn't help but laugh to myself ...

gilkie

hails no fun, especially in a tshirt, stormy weather keeping the chopper from picking you up, planting blocks that got flooded because of mills error in redirecting a river, dry camps, low prices, sleeping on the block, the constant weeping when driving up for the first day of the season... I love m...

gilkie

Pecking order aside, I plant there for the primary reason that no other company, besides maybe Zanzibar, is able to pay the bills the way Wildwoods does. That being said the people there are great too, mind you I'd be hard pressed to think of a company where the people weren't. If anyone is fortunat...

gilkie

About three years ago an 18 year old rookie was having a hard time fitting in on his Christian crew, and half way through the season the supervisor asked if I'd take him on. I said sure, he wasn't a bad kid. Unfortunately, although I knew he was on medication, I didn't realize he had stopped taking ...

gilkie

Hi there,
I'm writing a paper for social history and I decided I might look into writing a paper on treeplanting. Does anyone know of any literature kicking around on Canadian treeplanting? News articles, books, magazine articles etc etc? If so I would love to have some input! Thanks

The Gilk

gilkie

I've never done it personally but I do have some friends from out there who have done it and from what they have communicated it sounds like it would be the place in Canada you would least likely want to plant in. I'm not sure if you've planted much or at all but I would recommend heading to BC to p...

gilkie

honestly i think for the time and effort that you would need to put into the development of it, it wouldn't be worth it. Plus it's not an essential piece of planter equipment, and your already dealing with a niche market anyway, so your only going to be potentially selling it to planters that deal w...

gilkie

honestly i think for the time and effort that you would need to put into the development of it, it wouldn't be worth it. Plus it's not an essential piece of planter equipment, and your already dealing with a niche market anyway, so your only going to be potentially selling it to planters that deal w...

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