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Most crews know exactly how much a job billed for, because they were the ones on the saw all day.Some say a share of the...
08/09/2026

Most crews know exactly how much a job billed for, because they were the ones on the saw all day.

Some say a share of the profit is only fair. The climber and the groundies carry the risk and the pace, and when a hard week turns into a good margin, they should see some of it. Others point out that the owner carries the truck payments, the insurance, the quotes that go nowhere and the weeks of rain with wages still going out. Profit is not guaranteed, and a bad year lands on one desk.

The tension shows up most in small outfits, where the boss is still climbing and the books are tight. Bigger companies can build a bonus structure. A two man crew might only manage a b**r and a bit of honesty about where the money went.

Should the people doing the work get a cut of what the work makes?

Right now anyone with a chainsaw and a ute can call themselves an arborist, and most crews have seen what that looks lik...
07/09/2026

Right now anyone with a chainsaw and a ute can call themselves an arborist, and most crews have seen what that looks like on a job.

Some say protecting the title would w**d out the cowboys and give the trade the respect it carries in other countries. Others reckon a piece of paper does not make a climber, and a protected title just creates barriers for capable people who learned on the tools.

That is the tension. A title might lift standards on paper, but it risks locking out skilled operators who never had access to formal pathways. Small outfits, late entrants, and crews in regions with limited training would all wear it differently.

Should the title arborist be legally protected?

Every crew has watched a job go to someone quoting half what it takes to do it properly.Some say the trade does it to it...
06/09/2026

Every crew has watched a job go to someone quoting half what it takes to do it properly.

Some say the trade does it to itself. Cheap quotes set the public's idea of what a removal costs, and once a homeowner has heard a number, everyone after that looks greedy. Others say it is not undercutting at all. A one man band with a ute and no yard has different overheads than a crew running trucks, chippers, insurance and wages, and pricing to survive is not the same as pricing to steal work.

The tension sits in what the customer sees, which is a number and a finished stump. New operators trying to build a book feel it differently than an established outfit with staff to keep on. So do regions where there is only so much work to go around.

Is the price on the quote really the trade's own doing?

Sooner or later most climbers get the offer. Estimating, consulting, running the crew from the ground instead of hanging...
04/09/2026

Sooner or later most climbers get the offer. Estimating, consulting, running the crew from the ground instead of hanging in the canopy.

Some reckon the tools are where the real work is, and the day you stop climbing you start losing the feel for what you are asking your crew to do. Others say it is just the next stage, that a good estimator or supervisor who has actually done the work is worth more to a company than another set of spurs, and that bodies do not last forever anyway.

The tension is what the trade quietly signals about it. A climber who steps back for their knees or their kids can cop a bit of ribbing, while the same move at forty is called experience. Small crews feel it most, because the boss is often still the best climber on site.

Is stepping off the tools a step down?

03/09/2026

This is negative rigging done right. Craig's Tree Service using the Jail Brake and portawrap to bring each section down under control. That's how you take the weight off a tree safely, one cut at a time.

Arborist work is a trade that asks for everything. Height, focus, and a crew that trusts each other. The saws stay sharp...
02/09/2026

Arborist work is a trade that asks for everything. Height, focus, and a crew that trusts each other. The saws stay sharp and the hands stay steady. It's honest work, done right, from the first cut to the last.

02/09/2026

Up top is where the real work happens. sends it with full control. Clean cut, no drama. That's the craft we respect.

Watch any job wrap up and it is usually the groundie still moving, dragging brush, feeding the chipper, keeping the drop...
01/09/2026

Watch any job wrap up and it is usually the groundie still moving, dragging brush, feeding the chipper, keeping the drop zone clear while the climber comes down.

Some crews reckon the ground is where the job is won or lost. Bad rigging on the ground puts a climber in a bad spot, and a sharp groundie reads the tree before anyone calls it. Others point out the climber carries the risk aloft, holds the tickets, and makes the calls that decide how the day goes, so the pay gap reflects something real.

The tension shows up in wages, in who gets sent to training, and in who gets talked about at the end of a hard day. Small crews feel it most, because there the groundie is often the offsider, the driver, and the next climber.

Does the ground crew get the credit the work actually earns?

Plenty of good cutters learned the job off a father, a neighbour, or ten years of hard mistakes with nobody watching.Som...
31/08/2026

Plenty of good cutters learned the job off a father, a neighbour, or ten years of hard mistakes with nobody watching.

Some say the work speaks for itself. If the tree comes down clean, the gear is sorted, and the crew goes home in one piece, the paperwork is just paperwork. Others say professional means more than skill with a saw. It means rigging theory, tree biology, hazard assessment, and knowing when to say no to a job.

That gap hits differently depending on where you are. In small towns there may be nobody running courses within a day's drive, and the self-taught bloke is the only one turning up. In bigger centres, tickets are the price of entry before you touch a rope.

So does teaching yourself the trade make you a professional arborist?

31/08/2026

Busy maple, end weight, and a cable redo. handles it all in one climb. That's the kind of work that keeps a tree healthy for years. Respect the craft.

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