GoPro HD: Treeplanting
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2012
- Treeplanting in Canada during the summer of 2012. Planting was done in British Columbia around Williams Lake and Mackenzie with Dynamic Reforestation. Filmed exclusively with a GoPro HD Hero Camera.
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Did my time- 5 summers in northern AB and ONT. All I can say is the rigs (oilrigs) are tough but this work is an absolute HELL ON EARTH
This supposed to be a really tough job.
Anyone can plant a tiny tree you'd think but when you have to do thousands of them per day its bloody hard work.
zenoist2 you're right it is really hard work but i love it. i plant trees in washington state.
getting war flashbacks from this and i’m just on a day off... work tomorrow
Really enjoyed that! So inspiring! Hopefully someday you can teach me some of those fancy techniques you're using. Just great.
A wiser man plants a tree. Which shade he knows will never see.
Why do they cut the trees on such large areas ? Dont they know that uncovered soil will dry up ? Dried soil makes a problem for such young trees to grow in the first years.
great work lads for the earth.
Thanks for doing what you do. I am sure that last tree will make great lumber for you great grandchildren's house's.
sweet vid! Beyond The Trees made this one working with Nata in PG.
2/2 ... it next to the tree, all in one quick swift movement, no wasted motions! really with anything practice makes perfect. i think the big trick to flagging really quick is not worrying if its right next to tree but just in the same general area. theres so many different ways to flag though, ive found what works for me, lemme know if you have any other questions! hope that helped!
If you plant straight lines you can flag between trees, so you are flagging while walking... it isnt important to see the trees if you are planting another straight line parallel to the first and see the flags
Did you ever get injure ? Some tips for first season ?
How many bundles are you getting in that bag?
Cheers.
Hey man! How are you putting down your flagging tape so quickly?? Is it attached to your shovel?
nice, do you have any footage of it now?
They would still be little now 7 years ago lol
Nice video! For what reason do you put out this flagging tape? Is it for yourself so you see where you been or for the supervisor?
i know this comment is old, but you would put down flagger so you can follow your line of trees to get proper density
Scotty Falcon thanks for the concise answer to this quesiton. I was wondering the same.
Last tree is a leaner, not to mention clearly a J-rooted tree by the way he put it in the ground which also makes me curious how many others in this video were improperly planted.
how can you tell it was j-rooted? jsut because of how i put the tree in the ground doesn't mean anything... also i was planting in sand not that hard to open a big hole and drop the tree in...
Donny Blyde cool, this was in mackenzie actually...and it was a sandbox, but i'm sure you've never planted a j root before....
He's right I've planted over a million trees myself , back when 1K - 13 hundred was a good day and what you shot for, you gotta flick the tree in so the roots are hanging straight , not just stick it in, anyway those trees are just little tiny plugs anyway , not the 100 to a bag up monsters we had to plant most of the time... 10 to 15 bag ups a day on the cost and cascade ranges. I'm guessing the inspectors aren't digging those trees with toothpicks and spoons, and throwing anything not totally straight up out of the plot right off, anymore like they did back in my day...still appreciate the video though, don't et me wrong, it's a hell of a job, and you were pumping it up, nice job.
Donny Blyde shut the fuck up Donny
1/2 theres two different flaggin techniques used in the vid. both use flaggin tape pouches on our left side of our bags. the guy in the orange hat pulls out the tape with his shovel hand and cuts it with his tree hand. he holds the tape in his shovel hand and then drops it by grabbing it with his tree hand and throwing it down. the other guy (me!) just pulls at the tape with my tree hand and cuts it on my index finger of my shovel hand. the motion of pulling it leads into dropping.. continued
i'm headed out for my first season.. nervous as hell.
howd it go
no one has ever heard from them since..
@@livingroomvids71 bro hes probably dead
@@Benjamin-uv7op yeah sounds like it was game over
Hey, good job man! I've got a couple of nasty lawsuits going against planting companies from my 2015 season. I'm taking issue with the piece rates, getting fired and tree squeezing, seeking about $80k in damages. Our land was wayyyyy worse than yours in the video: at least you could put your shovel in the ground, try planting in a piece with slash up to your hip, bushes taller than your head - so you see only a foot or two ahead of you, massive logs that you have to either climb over, or if you can't climb over it, take your planting bags off and throw it over, and crawl under the log... , nearest cache 30 minutes away by foot, then when you get back, all trees are gone, so the crew boss gets you to move everyone's shit to the next cache, and then forces you to carry two full boxes of trees (about 900 trees) on your back to the next cache for someone else to plant, and the next piece you have to wait another 2 hours to walk over and by that time there's only 20 minutes left in the day. Next day, terminated. I'm gathering planters for expert testimony, if you're interested please apply!
+annihilationHaven Are you done complaining? Some people can't handle tree planting, which most organizations clearly state. Poor you... and everyone else
I'm paying for the expert testimony. If you have something to say in support of me. Lawsuit is already filed, just have to serve notice now. BTW it was my 3rd season. My second season I made $216/day. Some people totally misunderstand the situation before they have the facts.
jesus christ i wouldnt want you on my crew
@@annihilationHaven at $216/day I would fire you...
I'd want my rookies pulling 1500 too 1800 a day... At .16/.18 cents a tree that's a good starter wage after 2 weeks..
By the middle of the season they should be pulling in $300/day.. as vets are pulling $3-500/day. Without complaints 😉
@@AuroraFirewood All of you should know that I ended up in a much better position in my life after leaving that whole industry for good. Let me save you some time and trouble - develop some integrity, develop some real world skill for a change - it will improve your relationship with the whole world, stop taking advantage of young people's naivete, learn how to respect people by focusing on their real world qualities instead of their net worth because the two are mutually exclusive. And maybe stop spending so much time with bullshitters. You'd learn a hell of a lot more on your own.
Did you have to camp on site?
I try my best to use flagging tape as little as humanly possible...eventually you just see the trees wherever they are...or you begin to sense their presence and don't even need to see them.. then you don't even have to worry about flagging technique.
one exception to this rule would be area planting, where you cut out mini pieces within your piece and flag them when they're done.
BUT if you do like to flag alot, my favorite technique is to SCORE the roll of flagger tape with a knife, with cuts down the side every few inches. this way, when you pull it out using pmonettes aforementioned technique, is just snaps right off every time.
"Sense their presence"? Your checker must have a field day with you
Yeah. Sense their presence. sort of a déjà vu feeling. I used a lot of flagger at first (was my rookie year) by the end I was only using it for extreme slash or when my line changed.
As far as checkers went I only had to replant once or twice and that was small, like an hour or less each time. So yes mr. Sarcasm, sense their fucking presence ;)
My guess is you never planted anything too gnarly. But good story!
Since I only planted one season, I don't really have the relativity on land. We planted mostly raw in b.c. and it was gnarlier than this vid. I was one of 4 rookies in a camp of 50. but I was told by 15 year veterans that a few of our blocks were up there with coastal
But I know for sure that most of my blocks in b.c. were gnarlier than the land in this video, which might not be saying much but yeah I dealt with green mountainsides with old growth windfall lattice and stick mat etc etc..
So to clarify, on the land in this video I would not be flagging much and could probably manage with no flagger. That's how I was taught. On harder blocks I use flagger for changes and I do a quick hand or heel screef in mats.. Not a story.
Also wanted to clarify that i managed my own pieces.
While planting with a partner I actually prefer them to flag more often unless we plant at the same speed. Although my partner unfortunately was against flagging tape so I had to look for her fucking trail.
What is tree planting like? Im considering doing it after highschool and in between university years, what was your expirence with it?
imagine a cloud of mosquitos, horseflies, black flies, and no see-ums, an ass rash the size of wisconsin, knees that feel like they are about to collapse and dirt so thick that it doesn't wash off. now plop that on top of a pile of sharp sticks and 1 foot of moss that you have to plant a 2 inch tree in so that it somehow receives sunlight while simultaeneously being in the rich mineral soil underneath, and an uptight lumber executive croney telling you you're doing it all wrong
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besides your suggestions, which are pretty spot-on (prepare physically, lots of gloves and make sure they fit) i would say:
buy a ton of duct tape. don't get the cheap kind. wrap the tips of your fingers
LEARN TO PLANT AMBI, DONT START ANY OTHER WAY (#1 suggestion)
figure out a bug repellant system that works well. Deet of course is the most effective, but fuck is it toxic. I prefer a combination of citronella/liquified coconut oil applied every bag up during buggy times, and cheap long sleeve dress shirt (light in colour and the thinner the better)
potentially a knee or wrist brace if you experience joint issues
SUN HAT
sunscreen
if you wear glasses........don't wear glasses. i need glasses myself, and unless you have a pair of sports goggles or similar, they will only get in the way. sweat will drip onto them, they will get fucked by sticks, most likely break very quickly. this will be frustrating for a while because you won't be able to see your trees but eventually, once you get "the eye" you will be okay. my vision is pretty bad and i managed most of the season without glasses.
get a BUFF or something similar to soak up sweat and keep it from dripping into your eyes (mixing with dirt, sometimes herbicide, and creating a particularly unpleasant BURNING sensation)
arnica gel
don't wear black
cotton is FINE for when it isn't raining
shorts that are loose
cheap women's leggings from ardene or similar store...long johns will just overheat.
wool socks
if you're a regular pot smoker, i reccommend bringing enough to smoke every day as it is one of the best anti-inflammatory remedies that I have found...hash especially. I had alot of haters on my crew who claimed smoking weed slows you down, but lo and behold 3/4 of the top planters were smoking on the block
chia seeds. goji berries. green tea. these are your friends.
bring at least 2 gallons of water every day. milk jugs from the kitchen. claim them early. I fill one with water and one with a mixture of green tea and chia seeds. munch on goji berries and swig this mixture all day. it is supreme. eating much else on the block will only slow you down but sometimes a pbh and b is fantastic
Planting is awesome. You can make insane money, and meet great people
My tip: Never stop planting. Be efficient. As for diet and what to wear and equipment, you'll figure that out, everyone is different. For instance I wear 9 dollar walmart sweatpants, all season, every season, even when it is roasting hot. It is just what I find comfy, and what keeps the bugs out.
Just spend a good week or two perfecting your technique and figuring out what works best for you (diet and equipment included), without injuring yourself, and then work on speed and efficiency. Always be thinking about your next tree, and make goals each day to have a certain number in the ground at a certain time. Beat that number and time every day.
Inexperienced planters will often tunnel vision on the proper equipment, the proper diet, the proper..... proper....etc...The only thing you need to worry about is your tree quality, getting your next tree in the ground as fast as possible, and avoiding injury! The rest will figure itself out.
I'll be coming up on 1 million trees planted next season, and the best advice I was given by a really solid planter my first year was to pick a number, and hit it every day. (once you learn your style and technique). No matter what the conditions are. When that number becomes easy, make it higher. and higher, and higher. In a season or two with that mentality, you will be putting in 3-4000+ trees everyday, rain or shine, slash or overgrowth, swamp or moss. and at the end of the season, you'll have all of your tuition and school expenses looked after.
Cheers and good luck!
I was with a small awesome company in Saskatchewan, don't think they have a contract this year. The first month is a little slow, but it doesn't take long!
Nick Dawe What is ''insane money''? I know people who can live off of 12k a year and others who need 50k to float.
your last tree was a leaner?? cmon now!!!!!
hahahaha you ever planted summer trees before??? the pine are super tall and no matter how straight you put in the plug they lean, since theyre sooooo top heavy
um ya ive planted a few trees..12 years..I wd just think you might wana end off with a perfct tree is all..I also checked for two years
anyway loved your video! maybe it was a top heavy tree..you see my point tho right? whatevs! Blessings!!
thanks! i know... maybe it wasnt the best way to end it.. but oh well. thanks for watching!
+Amanda Devore probably a j root aswell
Heres another planting video you all may like!
czcams.com/video/lhmQtkMXgA0/video.html
My favourite part of this video is at 2:50 when he basically steps on a naty to plant his tree. Sums his whole video up.
love the negativity. You can see the natural from one side for all of about one second in this video. How do you know, maybe the other side had infected bark or was bent (thus making it a poor natural). Or maybe your right and it was a perfectly good natural and just went unnoticed. This video was made on day 71 of a 72 day season, demonstrating how much we love planting. Sorry if it doesn't meet your standards. Good news is the quality was checked and double checked and no problems. Sorry a possible mistake of a unnoticed nature ruined the video for you Cameron Elgie.
Buddy is planting dirty minimums eh
How do they save tree saplings form wild animals and what about watering them..maximum number of saplings gonna be die..
Nothing but cream in these videos
agreed. I just made one of this season (check my channel), gives a better idea of what kind of terrain we go through
1:23 orange hat is trying too hard lmao wont last an hour at that pace
Chris Hansen you can go faster actually : ) If you don’t use flag and kick close... for the whole day. It’s possible. You’d be a highballer at that pace. No doubt. Ultra highballers can put 4k+ in 10hours (company best planters; not just camp)
oh BS,back in the day , all day long , all week long , all the guys in the lead could , of course slackers were in the way back living in their miseries cause they couldn't cut it
Mate a few caffiene pills thru the day and that pace is no problem. 4-5k trees a day
A Wasted Task!!
It ain’t that hard,
Wankers. ;P
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