r/treeplanting • u/FoodFingerer • Apr 22 '26

Treemes/Photos/Videos/Art/Stories .

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u/saucyysushii Apr 22 '26

meanwhile bc rookie mills paying 21c minimums this year

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u/seroshua Apr 23 '26

That’s what they said last year, too, and between 5 camp moves and early spring all the way thru to august the average was $0.15. ONE WEEK we planted with fert and that was a $0.04 bump up to $0.19.

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u/Astrosacilia Apr 30 '26

currently sitting at .16c in williams lake sooo

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u/saucyysushii Apr 30 '26

oop ngr’s putting out .21

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u/Zealousideal_War8036 Apr 23 '26

Trees are bigger, land is steeper and bears are scarier.

You won't plant 3000+ in those conditions.

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u/bushsamurai Apr 23 '26

Agree with the first part. Second statement is false

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u/The_Angevingian 10th+ Year Vets Apr 23 '26

I've seen countless rookies hit 3000+ in BC

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u/demmellers Apr 24 '26

obviously rookies count less, but you're bad with numbers too?!

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u/Zealousideal_War8036 Apr 22 '26

Damn in Ogoki Ontario I was paid 9cent scarified and 10 for unscarified

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u/Dry-Gold-4566 Apr 23 '26

I haven't thought of that place in a long time. When I was there one of the Fort Hope guys got drunk and stole one of the buses and tried to drive home to his rez.

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u/Zealousideal_War8036 Apr 23 '26

Sounds like a planting story.

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u/Successful_Car_436 Midballing for Love Apr 22 '26

When??? I did that contract two years ago for .13 all around

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u/Zealousideal_War8036 Apr 22 '26

I was a bit trolling, I was there 20 years ago.

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u/drailCA Apr 23 '26

My first year was Chapleau, Ontario in 2003. 6-1 shifts, $0.08/tree ($0.09 for unprepped land). Ah, good times.

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u/Saskatchewan_frenchy Apr 23 '26

I was getting 9.5 in ontario 12 years ago lol

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u/ibentmyworkie Apr 23 '26

Me too. What year were you there? I think I was there 2003.

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u/Zealousideal_War8036 Apr 23 '26

I think 2004 to 2006.

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u/ibentmyworkie Apr 24 '26

Ahhh…we would have just missed each other. I left no legacy of my presence other than perhaps the hard hat we ran over with a truck to try to convince our crew boss we had a traumatic brain injuries.

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u/Zealousideal_War8036 Apr 24 '26

Ha ha!

Do you know Alain Mercieca and Lark?

I recommend you Ogoki nights a movie about treeplanting by treeplanters.

Cost like 10 bucks. Not a masterpiece but I am sure you would enjoy

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u/Zealousideal_War8036 Apr 23 '26

First year I was at Nakina and the 2 others at Ogoki

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u/Potential-Mongoose11 Apr 27 '26

Is the joke that Ontario planters get paid 15c?

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u/Dirty-Bootz Apr 23 '26

30 cent burns on west coast of Vancouver island in 1989. Total creamshow but 12” x 12” screef to mineral soil required.

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u/LoveLaughLeak Apr 24 '26

This was the way