NO GROUNDIES NO GLORY

We have spent a lot of time creating and sharing our tree work projects across the vast corners of social media.  One thing that stands out is that the people doing some of the most important work are often the ones generally overlooked. 

Here's to the Ground Crew.  

A good groundie changes everything.  You don't have to explain much.  You don't have to micromanage.  They're already watching.  They're reading the situation, paying attention to the rope, the load, the space around them, and constantly adjusting without making a big deal about it.  

It's not flashy.  Most of the time, it's just hard, physical work.  Dragging brush, moving wood, resetting over and over again- Doing the kind of work that wears you out by the end of the day.  

But then there's that moment where everything just flows.  The rope runs clean, the piece descends effortlessly.  The ground remains free of kinked and knotted rope. Mountains of brush have been mitigated and staged ready for a hungry chipper.  And then you realize...that didn't just happen.  That's someone on the ground who knows exactly what they're doing! 

Maybe that's why they are so easy to overlook.  Because when the work is done right, it doesn't look dramatic.  It just looks....smooth.

If you’ve got solid groundies on your crew, it isn't spoken- it's felt. 

They’re setting the pace.
They’re keeping the job moving.
They’re making that "money-shot" monster cut look good for the gram!  

So, here’s to the groundies.  We'll see you on the next one.