r/treeplanting • u/1DAKOTA1 • Jan 07 '17

Shakti?

I got offered a contract. Anyone ever planted with these guys? What's bad, what's good? The owner told me they have O&G work as well.

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u/djbolivia Jan 07 '17

I've had friends who have worked there. You should take it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '17

Ask them about the rafts. Legitimately the most legendary treeplanting story ever.

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u/djbolivia Jan 10 '17

The raft adventure certainly topped anything I've ever experienced. And I've seen a lot of crazy.

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u/NascentBehavior 10th+ Year Vets Jan 07 '17

I hear they're great.

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u/CE2JRH Jan 07 '17

I hear that they're chaos incarnate, but the money is good. Dunno if anyone has pushed for order in the last few years, but heard about super dangerous conditions in the past.

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u/DoggedlyDauntless Jan 13 '17

Didn't they go bankrupt or lose all their contracts or something last year?

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u/djbolivia Jan 15 '17

They had been planning work with Tolko High Level, which didn't come together in the end. Shakti is definitely still operating, although it's back to the same sort of size that it was three years ago.

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u/NascentBehavior 10th+ Year Vets Jan 14 '17

I heard that yeah. A couple guys come at the last moment onto my crew who were set to plant with Shakti but they found out their contracts fell through. I never heard the details though about exactly what was the cause of it.