How/why did you get into treework?

[felixthelogchopper]

Did 20 years in casinos in London, really not enjoying it but the money was good. Met a woman who didn't work in that business so the hours were becoming a bit of an issue. That led to me staring a degree to get out of that job, then the casino I worked for turned round and said they were restructuring which meant they wouldn't be able to give me set days off for uni. I took redundancy and did a couple of tickets as I have always done a bit of landscaping and logging on my days off. After a bit of a struggle, I found a good firm to sub to and, fingers xed, things are going well. I earn about half what I did in London, but I have got much fitter and even enjoy being out in the rain or snow. I would never go back unless I had absolutely no other choice

[Czlowiek Drzewo]

think i was 17 or 18 . finnshed school and my canadian neighbour had his own tree surgery business and got job with him for £30 a day dragging and helping out.

[scottythepinetree]

Was working as a sound engineer for a semi-pro trad band. The fiddle player was training to be a tree surgeon and was the first person I had ever met who loved his job. When the late nights and partying became too much needed a career change. Seemed like I couldn't go far wrong with trying to get into tree work.

 

Took a crappy job and paid for the RFS cert (where I knew I was making the right choice) and a chainsaw and climbing ticket. Got a job with a big company. Worked for them for a few years under some really good climbers. Left and went to work for a smaller company where I realised I wasn't as bad as I thought I was.

 

Was offered silly money to work for a mate in construction banking and occasionally driving cranes so left tree work for a while. Construction boom went pop fell back into it. Refreshed from the break and looking at the industry with new eyes can't see myself ever leaving it again. Am studying up to get some more qualifications, maybe next year. Depending on how much of a head start I can get either the ND or Prof Dip.

[big fell!]

I was always an outdoor sort of kid when i was growing up so it was no surprise that i went to college to study Forestry and deer management. After leaving college i went to Finland to learn and work. From stalking large and often dangerous moose in uncharted spruce forests to felling big trees in -32 temps in northern Finland hundreds of miles from any help if you need it. I loved it and i still carry those memories with me today. I moved back to the Uk in 2004 and started contracting for site clearance firms, its all about felling big trees for me boys. There is just something about being outside with the sun on my back watching the seasons come and go. I think im lucky having a job that i bounce out of bed in the morning to go to. . .

Edited July 23, 2010 by big fell!
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[Arborjim]

Bloke in a pub 20 odd years ago asked if i fancied a job.

 

I was going to be James Bond, Bo****cks

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

pure chance, was fed up as an engineer (industrial0 at 15 job came up through friend of family and 23 years on im still loving it.

[LancsMike]

Who was your mate in cullumpton mate, thats just down the road from me.

 

Wayne Gallagher if you know him mate, really nice bloke and gave me some invaluable advice for this job.