Welcome new members

[Stuart A-C]

Hi all. Thought i'd join up for some help and advise when i need it. Which i'm sure i will do, as i'm new to the industry! I've only got my Lantra Maintenance and crosscutting, but i've got an interview with the local college about booking me on my CS30/31 and CS38 . I've only done three weeks work experience but really enjoyed it, can't wait to get started and evently work in the trees, which looks far more exciting to me as ground work.

 

 

 

Do your time on the ground and take every chance to climb you get. Watch the climbers and learn as many different techniques as you can, knowledge is power!!!

[mikedrums69]

Do your time on the ground and take every chance to climb you get. Watch the climbers and learn as many different techniques as you can, knowledge is power!!!

 

Cheers, when i did my work experience my supervisor said the same thing. He was also showing me how to do some of the different knots he was using. But forgot the names . Looked like fun tho!

[Stuart A-C]

Its the best job in the world! And then when you get old and fat and cant climb trees everyday you can become a consultant

[theXman]

Hi,

 

I see that new comers are supposed to write a bit about themselves here, so I shall try to do so.

 

I am an Arborist in the USA.

 

I am a tree service owner and the main climber.

 

I was “created” by the US Military. They took DNA from an orangutan, multiple human athletes and special forces military persons and combined them in an egg, the fertilized egg was inserted into an orangutan ape. I was born and cared for by a caged orangutan until the age of 6 months. I was already holding on and mildly climbing at that age.

 

I was schooled and trained by the military.

 

I was honed and trained to do special operation missions. They wanted a single person that could climb and enter buildings and locations with minimal equipment.

 

I underwent numerous medical operations to improve my body as they saw fit for future missions.

 

One of which I occasionally still use today. Saw blades (similar to the tri-cut tooth razor handsaws used in tree care) exist in my hands, attached to my bones in my hand. During adrenaline episodes those blades are released and protrude from my hands. I guess someone must have liked the comic book character Wolverine a lot or something.

 

Anyway, I got tired of the killing and I questioned what was going to happen to my soul when my time on this earth was finished. What if I killed someone that didn’t deserve it and most of it wasn’t self defense because I was putting myself into those situations.

 

I wanted out. I had never joined the military, they thought that they just owned me. I respect and love our armed forces, but I wanted out. After years in court, from age 18 to 19, I finally was able to leave. I was awarded NO monetary amount for the wrong they did, but I was allowed to leave and lead my own life the way I wanted to.

 

With my strong desire to climb and be in the trees, I looked into tree work. I worked for various tree services and liked the hard work.

 

I graduated from a 2 year college with a forestry degree.

 

At age 21 I couldn’t find a good tree service to work for, so I created my own.

 

I have been the owner and main climber of Arbor-X Inc. for about 15 years now.

 

I basically climb every day of the work week and do estimates on Saturdays.

I enjoy rope rigging but also greatly enjoy doing removals with our Palfinger 29002 knuckleboom crane that I run from a remote on my side. I climb, cut and use the crane at the same time.

 

I hope that I can contribute to this forum and I hope you liked my “story”.

[skyhuck]

 

greatly enjoy doing removals with our Palfinger 29002 knuckleboom crane that I run from a remote on my side. I climb, cut and use the crane at the same time.

 

 

 

I know someone who does that

[Peter]

Great story X Man. Not sure I believe all of it though, I mean, who does estimates on a Saturday......

 

 

Crane pics please!

[Acorn Milling Ltd]

We have just recently joined the forum and thought we should introduce ourselves, Acorn Milling Ltd provide a On-Site timber conversion service, mobile saw milling with national coverage.

We can mill any size of timber using a variety of chainsaw mills, the Alaskan mills and Logosol mills, we also have a static sawmill at our woodland where we produce dimensional timber.

We are always looking to purchase interesting timbers, so if any of you guys have any for sale, give us a call!!

[theXman]

Great story X Man. Not sure I believe all of it though, I mean, who does estimates on a Saturday......

 

 

Crane pics please!

 

ha,ha,ha, ha. Good one!

 

Okay, will do crane pictures soon.

 

Where is the place to post crane pictures? The Big Equipment area?

Edited November 16, 2009 by theXman
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[Dean Lofthouse]

ha,ha,ha, ha. Good one!

 

Okay, will do crane pictures soon.

 

Where is the place to post crane pictures? The Big Equipment area?

 

There is a dedicated "Picture Forum", just go into the main menu

[csservices]

Guess I best intorduce myself too, my main work is as an Agricultural, Fencing, Hedgelaying and Landscaping contractor but I do sub to and have dealings with a few tree men, did work as groundie a few years back for a short while but have been thinking about getting into the tree side of things more, its just finding time and money to do all the courses