Groundmen say the darnedest things.

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Id rather my guys be using gear I know is good then some **** they got from a buddy who was gonna throw it away... That's how I got my first setup I still use the saddle but now I have replaced all my personal gear with new but the first days were bad...
 
- climber with 20yrs experience to me.

Climber: "Dude...your blower was out of mix, didn't you hear me yelling as you drove away with the chip/equipment truck"

Me: "Nahh, man, it's pretty loud in that cab"

Climber: "Oh, OK... It's cool the homeowner had some gas"

Me: "Was it mixed correctly or do I need to dump what's in it"

Climber: "Nahh, just need to add some oil to it"

Me: "What do you mean, add oil, was it leaner than 50:1?"

Climber: "No the HO only had straight gas."

Me: "WHAT!!!???"

Climber: "Yeah, just regular gas, don't worry, there's enough oil residue in the system."

Me: "Expletive Deleted, Expletive Deleted, Expletive Deleted"

Climber: "Relax dude, You gotta remember the blower has had oil running through it for it's entire life, there's plenty already in there to run it for a short 5 min period"

I'll end it here, the rest is just ignorant rationalization as to why its OK.
 
"I put the wrong shoes on" - turned up in runners and chainsaw pants...
This was about a month ago, he's gone too
 

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