Winter Job in Forestry

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  • August 7, 2010 at 12:07 pm #41884
    Mylaine Massicotte
    Participant

    Hi!

    I’m a vegetable grower interested in forests managing.

    I’d like to find an apprenticeship in horse logging, that means that I also want to work at cutting trees and do forest gardening.

    I’ll do a course this fall on security ways to work and directionnal cuts and have a little experience with draft horses.

    I don’t want to pay to work, don’t need to be paid but I would like room and board.

    Let me know if you are interested to have some help 🙂

    Mylaine

    August 7, 2010 at 1:08 pm #61644
    Carl Russell
    Moderator

    Mylaine, welcome to DAP. It would help to know where you are located, or at least where you are willing to consider work.

    Carl

    August 14, 2010 at 4:40 pm #61647
    Mylaine Massicotte
    Participant

    Hi Carl!

    I’m in Québec, at 20 minutes from Lac Champlain and the US Border.

    The site location for my apprenticeship doesn’t have a lot of importance for me: it could be anywhere in Canada and Eastern US (Vermont and Maine).

    The only thing with US is that it’s complicated to cross the border with a chainsaw and work clothes and saying that you’re there for vacations. I already had troubles intended to do an apprenticeship in Maine and customs now have my picture and digital prints.

    The solution is to borrow all work stuff to the gentle people who will welcome me.
    That’s why I would preferably stay in Canada, behind the iron curtain. 🙂

    August 15, 2010 at 3:32 pm #61646
    Scott G
    Participant

    @Le Lombric (The Worm) 20277 wrote:

    The only thing with US is that it’s complicated to cross the border with a chainsaw and work clothes and saying that you’re there for vacations. I already had troubles intended to do an apprenticeship in Maine and customs now have my picture and digital prints.

    The solution is to borrow all work stuff to the gentle people who will welcome me.
    That’s why I would preferably stay in Canada, behind the iron curtain. 🙂

    Purge/clean your saws fuel tank and ship it/gear to your destination in the States. That would be an easy solution (I think).

    August 19, 2010 at 4:59 pm #61648
    Mylaine Massicotte
    Participant

    It could be an option.
    Thanks!

    August 19, 2010 at 6:43 pm #61645
    Carl Russell
    Moderator

    Mylaine, you should contact John Rhicard in Stanbridge East, Quebec. He is probably not that far away from you, and you will find very few people on the planet that know more about logging with horses than John. Even if you can’t work with him, he will be a great contact for you, and should be able to put you in touch with someone with whom you might be able to work.

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    Good luck, Carl

    August 20, 2010 at 5:08 pm #61649
    Mylaine Massicotte
    Participant

    Wow!
    I’m very glad that you found that contact for me.
    And Stanbridge East is effectively not far away from here, Henryville.

    Sure I’ll call him, but I’ll keep on looking. If you or other have other people to suggest in Canada… Wanna do kind of a winter trip by the way. Leaving a little bit south of Québec that I don’t really quit as the garden grows.

    January 29, 2011 at 11:45 pm #61650
    Mylaine Massicotte
    Participant

    Unfortunately, John Richard don’t harness his horses anymore…
    But I am suppose to visit him soonely, having a talk and working in the sugar bush… we’ll see what will happen…

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