The Tree Thinking Podcast

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Growing up in New York State surrounded be trees helped lead him to become an arborist. Being an arborist put him on a path to become a stand out within the PWN. He been a climber, running a spray rig, owned tree companies, and in the 90’s he focused on consulting. In that time he’s helped bring science based tools to tree assessment. He was awarded an honorary life time membership to the ISA, and is a teacher who brings others along in their careers.

On this episode of the tree thinking podcast we talk to someone who has extensive experience with working in the field, tree assessment, building codes, tree diagnosis, building tree houses, zip lines, and is a big tree climber, it is our pleasure to talk to Scott D. Baker 

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When the wind that fueled the holiday farm fire hit Eugene. It left trees down all over town. One of them was a 160’ pine tree leaning over a 6 story building. We shut down a block, and used two cranes to get the tree down. While the tree came down without hitch. Behind the scenes tensions where high, and egos where challenged.

On this episode of the tree thinking podcast. We stretch this stories from the field into its own episode. As Andrew Cory tell Jesse the story of The two crane, smoky, high stakes pine removal.

On the evening of September 7th of 2020 fires rage throughout the west coast. In our corner of the Pacific Northwest the holiday farm fire was just starting. It was a deadly mix of devastating fire being pushed by winds reaching over 70 mph. as night fell the smoke had started to roll down the hill. We woke up the next morning to ash falling from the sky like snow, and there was a thick fog of smoke. It ended up burning just over 173,000 Acres.

On this episode of the tree thinking podcast, we talk with Jesse Wilson and take a look at one of the biggest natural disaster our area has been through, to see what we can learn on, The Holiday Farm Fire: A Year’s Retrospective.

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Are you down with PPE? We build a safe culture, educate ourselves on the safest way to do the work, use safety equipment, but the last line of defense in your safety is Personal Protective Equipment. We start with our footwear and work our way up. To give you a taste of some of the PPE we us. Because the most important thing in the day is that you make it home ok.

On this episode of the tree thinking podcast we talk about the boots, pants, harness and helmets we wear. We even touch on the leather armor cups, and aloha Friday and plenty more on You down with PPE? Yeah you know me!

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Jake the rake and his mom have moved to town, and we got the invite to the housewarming party. We didn’t know what to expect but we found a great time. The conversation was flowing and people were coming and going. I think we found a home away from home. On this episode of The Tree Thinking Podcast. We talk about The Hemlock removal at the coast, local tree lingo, Jake's mom, how we store our saws, meat loaf, Jamie makes a pole saw rake, and Jake talks raking arborvitae on The Hangout with Jake “The Rake”.

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These evergreen trees, grow in dense forests, and are one of the giants of the North West! They are surrounded by legend, and has helped build our cities. They are one of the tallest tree in the world, and some believe are the tallest every recorded.

On this episode of the tree thinking podcast. We talk about at tree that we used to build boats, air planes, and building. We have tried to control its genetics, and removed most of the old growth yet it creates some of the most beautiful iconic forests. This week we talk about Pseudotsuga menziesii the Douglas fir.

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Thought I would release this extra safety mini episode. Enjoy, and stay safe.

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How does safety work on your crew? We work surrounded by hazards. If you’re working the ground. You might be the one who has to run into the drop zone, grab an awkward chunk of tree, and get out before the next chunk comes down. If you’re chipper is parked on the street, you’re working in traffic. If you’re chipping your feeding a machine that is designed to chew you up and spit you out. Then there’s the guy hanging from a rope with a chainsaw. The forces around us can be mind boggling! And in the middle of all that we are trying to make a pay check.

On this episode on the tree thinking podcast. We make sure we get it done, make it home, and have some fun. On how safety works in the field.

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It’s another tree thinking after dark with the crew. If you enjoyed the last episode, you should love this one too. It’s Night 2 at The Tree Thinking Hangout, and we let loose. We have more whiskey, more beers, and more tree stories to hear. Every now and then you got to let the good times roll. On an episode like this you never know where it’s going, and that half the fun.

On this episode of The Tree Thinking Podcast. We are joined be a couple of the most humble and accomplished tree people I know. It’s always a pleaser to have Dan and Scott on. We talk about sharing knowledge, how to work at your best, climbing a tree you planted and much more. On Success, failures, and the Spirituality of the tree work

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What’s better then hanging out with friends and talking trees? Hanging out with friends and talking trees, in the woods surrounded by big spruce and hemlocks, at the coast, in the dark. It was the first night at the first Tree Thinking Hang Out. And you know we had to do a podcast.

On this episode of the tree thinking podcast, we talk monkey puzzles chuck and duck, dead tree removal, and the climbing arborist incidence database, and that’s all before it goes off the rails. On Night one of The Tree Thinking Hangout after Dark.

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