Big Questions No Answers

What is Treeplanting 2.0? FAQs and A Real Rundown of A Wild and Wonderful Profession (Ft. Elliott Mcbride)


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I sat down with my partner in crime, Elliott Mcbride, we decided to redux our previous podcast to give the people a real rundown of this wild profession, we aim to answer the most frequently asked questions about treeplanting. If you have no idea what this job is about, this should be a decent introduction for what to expect, and how the industry works. I hope you all enjoy.

0:1:35 What is Treeplanting? How does it work? Where does the money come from?

0:4:25 What Kind of Trees Are You Planting? Why Those Species?

0:6:00 How Is The Timber Industry Involved In Treeplanting?

0:9:00 What is the best part about treeplanting?

0:11:45 What is the worst part about treeplanting?

0:14:00 What are three characteristics that every treeplanter should aspire to have?

0:17:30 How much money can you make treeplanting?

0:19:00 Is treeplanting dangerous?

23:50 Where do you shit? where do you sleep? where do you eat?

0:30:00 What’s the treeplanters schedule like?

0:32:00 What do you do on your night off/day off?

0:34:30 Highs and lows of the job

0:45:00 What is tree price?

0:49:00 What’s the worst piece you’ve ever been on?

0:55:00 How do you get into treeplanting if you’re interested?

1:02:00 Elliott turns the tables and asks me some questions

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