Tree Planting Tips From Veterans to Rookies

Tips, Tricks

1. Just read these comments - these people are nuts. Clearly never been good planters. Trees in the land guys. If yea can't hack it, get tha fuck outta the clear cuts!
2. When 3-4 years vets talk like they know a lot.. probably 6 to 10 of planting behind them..
3. Paspep is right and wrong about nobody caring about quality or integrity or honesty. They say that they care, but they only enforce it when it means they're ahead of schedule. It's already bad that the planting companies ignore employment standards and pay up to 40% less than they are required to by law. And it's even worse that the lack of genetic diversity in planted trees puts the forest at risk for diseases and infestations. But if everyone tried to slam 4000 j-roots per day with a teeny shovel, what would happen is pretty obvious - the crew bosses can manipulate your planting - having you spend a few hours waiting for trees, or replanting, or waiting for land, and in the end you will be fired and you won't have any recourse because they will have just cause.
   But if you put in as many high quality trees as you can, and do the job exactly as you are asked, when they do fire you for lack of production you can sue them for all wages owed for the rest of the season since it is seasonal work - as long as you show that you try to find more planting work, the court will award you what you are owed for the season since the employer cannot prove he fired you with just cause and because you cannot find work after the season is over. It's a double edged sword for the planting companies, you have an illegitimate business, so you can expect to go belly up pretty soon or continue to prey on clueless young people.
4. Hey dude who do you plant for?
5. 6ft? damb
6. best advice to rookies: grab your stuff and quit, find any other job. If you stick around: pound thoses littles fuckers, put at least 4000 a day, fuck the quality, you ll make more money pounding one day and replant the next day.just pound
7. kooks!
8. I switch rail cars for a living, and worked at CN as a conductor for just over a year and a half. I am surprised to find that what is being told to these rookie planters is a lot like what I was told when I started switching. I do realize that this is piece work, the harder you work, the more money you make. I realize this job is way more strenuous on the body as well. But preaching to the rookies about competition, about sacrificing their lunch breaks, making it all about numbers, that can change the dynamic and atmosphere of the group. Management always go on about numbers and breaks, it beats you down mentally and when you set their mental state for them it's more work to dig them out of it. This kind of talk doesn't bring the "team" together to get the job done but rather separates everyone. I can only speak from what I know and what I've done, but I do know that too much of this kind of talk to new employees isn't good for either party involved. That being said, I wish this was something I did in my earlier 20's, tree planting would have taught me a lot about the kind of worker I was, and how tough one needs to be out in the workforce. 
9. I dont like the non stop rush of highbaling attitude, you speak like if its a slave job... was better back in the days... now you guys are robots!
10. Production numbers being posted to the whole camp is counter productive
11. Thanks for uploading this video!! I'm gonna be planting for the first time this Summer, and I'm super glad I watched this :)
12. where are you guys planting and which company?
13. and that hollow grinding needs practice. I met with award winning knifemaker Harald Moeller, he makes top quality knives and he hardly spent 500 dollars on his belt sander
14. You dont have to spend 3000 dollars on a belt sander, just check out ''Grizzly industrial, inc.'' they have a nice belt sander for 900 dollars and its made in usa, really all we have to do is to start grinding as soon as possible and get the feel of it. I started makin some knives out of blank blades and fitting the scales on them, its kinda too easy, and the only thing thats keeping me from grinding is that i dont have the room for it but i will eventually. the hardest is to get the designs
15. I say go for it. One day you'll be a big production knife maker and we'll be buying CalviNNation knives over Benchmades lol
16. no
17. Knives*
18. Is balisong knifed illegal to carry in California??
19. If you have a passion for knives then do it. "and to be honest I don't want to go lower quality to start." Best to save your money and buy a Kimura, rather than a CCC. Get my drift? lolol
20. If you have the cash Calvin, go for it. I think with your experience you could make some kick-ass knives.