PODCAST · science
The Tree Thinking Podcast
by Andrew, Jamie, Cory and Becca
What is an arborist? How do you define safety on your crew? What is your strategy for selling tree work? Are trees sentient beings? And why wigs and aerial rescue don’t mix? Through a mix of deep dives on individual subjects, getting out and field testing our equipment, and interviews with the people that make up our industry. Tree Thinking will answer these questions and many more. As we try to understand the tree world around us on, The Tree Thinking Podcast.
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58. Everyone Leads
A good leader helps a group of people become an effective team. Through communication, organization, adaptability, self-awareness; along with many other skills. A good leader helps everyone understand the goal and pull in the same direction. On this episode of the tree thinking podcast we share…
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57. Tree Risk Assessment/mitigation with Phillip Van Wassenaer, Nathaiel Sperry and the Tree Thinking crew.
What is an arborist? How do you define safety on your crew? What is your strategy for selling tree work? Are trees sentient beings? And why wigs and aerial rescue don’t mix? Through a mix of deep dives on individual subjects, getting out and field testing our equipment, and interviews with the...
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56. Chainsaw safety with Craig Bachman
What is an arborist? How do you define safety on your crew? What is your strategy for selling tree work? Are trees sentient beings? And why wigs and aerial rescue don’t mix? Through a mix of deep dives on individual subjects, getting out and field testing our equipment, and interviews with the...
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55. Summer is here and we catch up with some of the crew.
What is an arborist? How do you define safety on your crew? What is your strategy for selling tree work? Are trees sentient beings? And why wigs and aerial rescue don’t mix? Through a mix of deep dives on individual subjects, getting out and field testing our equipment, and interviews with the...
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54. The value of tree work
What is an arborist? How do you define safety on your crew? What is your strategy for selling tree work? Are trees sentient beings? And why wigs and aerial rescue don’t mix? Through a mix of deep dives on individual subjects, getting out and field testing our equipment, and interviews with the...
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53. Season opener with Jake the Rake
Season opener with Jake the Rake. If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations
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52. One year of Tree Thinking
On this episode of the Tree Thinking Podcast. The OG crew gets together and looks back at the first year of the podcast. Were joined by Dan, get a message from Jake, and share some of our favorite memories, with some clips mixed in. Thanks for joining us for the last year! If you want to get the...
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51. Rigging, Trainings and a little friendly competition.
On this episode of the tree thinking podcast. We explore on the job training, weekend climbing training, and get into stories from the field. On Rigging, Trainings and a little friendly competition. If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations
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50. Confidence Connections and David Anderson
Canopy watch has helped create a community that helps us understand the forest above the forest. all while they helping build confidence through experience and giving scientists the tools and connection that in power the next generation to move the science of the canopy forward. On this episode…
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49. How it started, and how it’s going with August Schilling
No one starts off knowing everything. But if you stay on the path... the person that only does removals, has a harness without leg straps, and ties their lanyard to themselves, can go on to become a fully trained arborist running their own company. Then go on to be a trainer for NATS. Traveling...
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48. Double ropes and rigging tricks
What happen when you get a couple tree nerds, no out line, and just hit record? Well, we talk climbing rigging, and some stories from the field. On this episode of the tree thinking podcast. Andrew and Jamie chop it up on an impromptu episode on Double ropes and rigging tricks. If you want to get...
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47. Catching up with Kevin Bingham
Not everyone can say they changed the game. You have to be at the cutting edge of how it’s done. Then think out of the box. Add some competitive spirt with an entrepreneur’s mentality, and in the end you have humble down to earth tree guy who changed the way a lot of us move around the canopy. On...
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46. Health and longevity in tree work with Craig Bachmann
How long do you plan on getting after it? There is an endless amount of tree work to be done, and you can only do so much. How long do you plan on working in the field? It changes depending on the person, and how the persons takes care of themselves. Done right tree work keeps you in great shape,...
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45. Jake and the D-Rake
If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations Another hangout at Jake the Rakes moms house, and as always the hospitality was on point. This time Jake has a bone to pick with D-Rake, and he doesn't hold back.
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44. A chat with Patrick Masterson of Educated Climber
If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations Educating each other is a big part of our mission statement. We learn, and Mentor, because sharing what we learned will make our profession grow, and reward the ones willing to put in the work. On…
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43. The Aerial Rescue Challenge
If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations The ARC is a training hidden in a competition. Where they introduce a bunch of arborist different rope access skills. Anytime you can learn something new that relates to climbing ropes. You add to…
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42. Getting ready for the winter
If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations Fall is here, and it might be the most beautiful time of the year. The weather the trees, what the client wants and needs. But, it’s all about to changes. There’s nothing you can do to stop it, and...
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41. The Electric Slide
For decades the czar of power tools has been the internal combustion engine. The image of a burly, flannel-clad feller wielding a two-stroke monster chainsaw has been burned into the cultural zeitgeist. With the advent of battery technology and its steady improvements, are those stereotypes going...
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40. Saving trees to crane stories, and a dream in between
It’s always great to trade stories with your buddies. We share our success and failure for more than entertainment. A good story helps share knowledge, perspective, and makes a more informed, and better trained arborist. On this episode of the tree thinking podcast. Jamie and Andrew are joined by...
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39. Quercus garryana the Oregon White Oak
These trees were used as a food sources for the Kalapuya people in the Willamette Valley. They were open-grown individual trees due to their fire land management practices. You can recognize them from a distance by the classic tree shape of their canopy in an open field, and up close by their...
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38. Roots, Balance, and trees in our urban forest with Scott D. Baker
If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations 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…
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37. The two crane, smoky, high stakes pine removal
If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations 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…
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36. The Holiday Farm Fire A Year’s Retrospective with Jesse Wilson
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...
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35. You down with PPE? Yeah you know me!
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....
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34. The Hangout with Jake “The Rake”.
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...
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33. Pseudotsuga menziesii the Douglas-fir
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.…
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32 a . Stay Safe
Thought I would release this extra safety mini episode. Enjoy, and stay safe. If you want to get the crew some beer click here: — https://redcircle.com/tree-thinking/donations
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32. How safety works in the field with Dan
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…
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31. Success, failures, and the Spirituality of the tree work with Dan and Scott
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.…
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30. Night one of The Tree Thinking Hangout after Dark.
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…
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29. Going LIVE with the people that make up our profession
A big part of doing this show is trying to connect our community. How do you do what we do? There is a lot of ways to do our job, and we all do it a little different. If your trying to be a little better today than you where yesterday. And you want to share what works for you. Then we want to…
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28. Tree Talk With Canopy Watch and a BossHawk feat. Dr. David Anderson
David has been climbing trees since 1995. But not as an arborist as an ornithologist, a scientist who specializes in birds. He began climbing in remote corners of Honduras, to study birds in the canopy of the rainforest. This is where he learned the power of climbing trees. Now day’s he’s the...
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27. Getting Down and Working the Ground Dan and Dakota
Everyone loves sending a big top, monkeying around a large canopy, or playing with a new piece of climbing gear. But when you hit the ground, can you get down? Raking, staking brush, running the lower down lines. These are just a few of the skills that keep the brush moving. The best climbers I...
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26. High temps, cold beer, and stories from the field
With the summers first heat wave in full effect. The temperature was rising at the Tree Thinking studio, and the crew was ready to go. Because we don’t let the heat stop us from getting the job done. Especially when the job is drinking beer and talking trees. This week on the tree thinking…
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25. Squirrely zombie trees With Johnny Hunts
Random Show #4 we are joined by John Hunts (@johnnylovestreecare on the gram). We talk squirrels, cat rescue, stories from the field, wildlife snags and more on Squirrely zombie trees.
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24. Building community, Pioneering the future, and the semi-retired life of Michael Oxman
Michael started tree work back in the 70’s, and that lead him on a path he’s still on today. He started his career dragging brush, worked his way to being a climber. And enjoyed a full career. These days he’s still building the arborist community. Weather it’s through organizing groups on the...
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23. Tree Dimensional With Tim Kovar
Tim has forged out a unique path through the tree climbing world. He teaches and facilitates rec climbing. As a pioneer in adventure rec climbing. He has traveled and climbing around the world for years. He’s taught the art of technical tree climbing in Atlanta Ga. Then Grants Pass, Or. In 2010…
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22. Trainings, Travel and a big old fig with Ricardo Vazquez
Ricardo is a climbing arborist. In the last twelve years. He’s been involved in line clearance, bark beetle killed removals in the sierras, now days he work towards tree care. Putting his focus to plant health care, air spading, crown restorations, all of the good stuff. He’s recently shifted…
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21. Much to do about Aerial rescue with Jason Dudek and Rich Hill
One of the things I dig about our profession is the brotherhood, and one of the things that make it so strong. We all know, if you get hurt, I’m coming to get you. One of the best things about doing tree work is no job is the same. For aerial rescue that is one of the challenge. We train every…
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20. The Weekend Grind
Everybody is working for the weekend. But when you love what you do that much, when the weekend starts, the work continues. We all have our reasons. Some people want a little extra money, some just want to help friends and family, some are sharpening their skills in an effort to master there…
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19. A Tree Thinking Random Show with a wild life twist
Spring is in the air, and we have some stories from the field. We throw some Ziggy star dust on our wild life snags. Remember some run-ins with Hornets, wasps, and bees oh my. One week wasn’t enough so we scratch that poison oak itch again, and wrap up with some rope talk. On this episode of the...
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18. Tree Thinking Random show #3
What do poison oak, Boom trucks, aerial rescue, and a Q n A have in common? One thing is the latest tree thinking podcast. This conversation ranges from clove hitching pizza to a vertical zip line disaster. Because on a random show who knows what’s next. On this episode of the tree thinking…
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17. Appreciation, celebration, and perspective examining Arbor Day and Earth Day
We are in-between two holidays that are celebrated by people that love trees. Arbor Day and Earth day give us an opportunity to demonstrate support for the world we live in because the tree world is what supports everything we do. As an arborist, we have a first-hand interaction with the trees in...
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16. TreeThinking Random Show #2
The first random episode was so fun, we thought we would do it again. We start with stories from the field, and enjoy some tangents along the way. Jamie look at the benefits of a double lanyard, Rob look for a good excuse to buy the rock exotica CMC rescue MPD pulley. Cory asks about…
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15. The way of Work Flow
What is the first thing you need to know about working in the field? Is it how to rake, haul brush, tie a knot, or just don’t get hurt? I would say it’s a mix of all that and then some. We are looking for the place safety, efficiency, knowledge, and grit meet. When the hole crew is on the same...
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14. The Dichotomy of storm work with Elwood Newhouse, Jake “The Rake”, and Dan Kraus
When wind, snow, or ice pushes trees to failure. For tree people it means one thing, Storm work! Storms expose the weakness hidden below the surface. They push to the breaking point, but what makes it through unscathed will grow stronger because of it. Every storm has its own personality, its own...
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13. Last minute climber’s corner random show
We had it all planed out, and that plan just fell apart. Sometimes you just have to shoot from the hip. When things change, and your plan doesn’t work like you first imagined. What do you do? Say better luck next time, take your ball and go home. Nope not a the tree thinking podcast. We hit…
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12. Building for the future with Craig Bachmann
We know Craig from his extremely informative webinars, and the safety, knowledge and enthusiasm he brings to judging at tree climbing competitions. He’s a speaker/writer/ presenter at conferences. On top of all this he Built Tree 133 a successful company that specializes in tree preservation,...
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11. Getting ready for your daily ride with Gritz and Scott Altenhoff
What gear do you use the most? What can’t you work without? How and where do you connect it to you harness? Some cut every pound in an attempt to save energy while they move around the canopy. Others leave no gear behind to make sure there prepared for anything. You probably land somewhere…
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10. The Price of Bidding with Alby Thoumsin And Dan Kraus
How do you put a price on what we do? A mix of your skill + your knowledge of tree work + the time it takes +the recourses you put into it + paying your help = your price. Then, is the person selling work, the same person doing the work? So what are you selling? Safety, fear, beauty, or…
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What is an arborist? How do you define safety on your crew? What is your strategy for selling tree work? Are trees sentient beings? And why wigs and aerial rescue don’t mix? Through a mix of deep dives on individual subjects, getting out and field testing our equipment, and interviews with the people that make up our industry. Tree Thinking will answer these questions and many more. As we try to understand the tree world around us on, The Tree Thinking Podcast.
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Andrew, Jamie, Cory and Becca
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What is an arborist? How do you define safety on your crew? What is your strategy for selling tree work? Are trees sentient beings? And why wigs and aerial rescue don’t mix? Through a mix of deep dives on individual subjects, getting out and field testing our equipment, and interviews with the...
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