Contract Climbing

[jezzeppe]

hi, this is my first thread on here - just wondering what the life of a contract climbing is like ??

 

Would like to think of becoming one but not to sure how to go about it ?? any clues or tips ??

 

cheers

[Rich Rule]

Life can be good. You can be very busy if your good, depending on area.

 

Can I ask, how long you have been climbing? Could you do pretty much any tree in a timely and safe manner?

 

You will get a mixture of jobs, some out of the skill range of the person hiring you. Some cushy jobs but mostly the crap that people dont want to do themselves.

 

This week I have rigged out 4 large trees over targets that have been coated in Ivy and greenfly. That is the stark reality of the glamour of contract climbing.

[jezzeppe]

yeah been climbing now for about 2 and a bit years. Still finding the odd tree that managers to through a spanner in the works but generally I manage to get around it.

 

I kind of thought it might be mostly all them rubbish jobs but for some reason I fancy just giving it ago.

[Riggerbear]

I'd agree with the above comment, the average day is very big reductions and tricky dismantles that the guy or company hiring you don't fancy doing themselves.

[jezzeppe]

would you say its brought you on as a climber ?? or is it the same old hard work ?

[timtree81]

It's hard and you are expected to work wonders when subbing to landscape / poor tree firms who know very little on tree work and how it's actually done

[Rich Rule]

I would say the experience that you gain before becoming a contract climber is most important.

 

People don't really want to hire you to learn a job. That want you in get the job done and they get paid. Hence my earlier questions.

 

On the plus side, on e you have been doing it for a while you will get and idea of who is good to work for and who extracts the Michael.

[kiza]

Your called in to make problems disappear. sometimes you might find things out of your league but I find its the only way your going to learn is by doing it, if your up for it give it a shot and good luck to ya

[kiza]

And what rich said

[jezzeppe]

cheers guys, only trouble is i live in a town where i dont think there is a need for contract climbers. Its not a small town but plenty of make shift tree toppers and loppers lol

 

do you guys travell alot then for work ??