Idiot Groundman

[treevet]

The Boss here only keeps the ground guys that want to be here. If your #####ing about the hard work from day 1 your toast for sure.

That belly aching stuff is highly contagious.

 

[BC WetCoast]

CDL doesn't mean they know how to back a chipper or drive for that much, when I was a GF for the big green and yellow I hired a guy that had a CDL class A and put him in the truck and he says "oh, I can't drive a stick" to which I replied "you're kidding right" I told him he had till 5:30 (quiting time) to learn and he did so the next day he's backing a chipper and jacks it so bad it busted the radiator and broke the chute off, by the end of they week he was let go after these two things and backing in to a car.

Some chippers are easier to back up than others. I can parallel park a Bandit, but a short wheel based Vermeer and it jack knifes just out of spite.

Most of the time I don't have a spotter to back me up (working by myself) so I'm used to it. When I do have a spotter, I just tell them not to flap their arms like a duck, just stop me if I'm going to hit some thing.

 

[Raymond]

lmao......I have always felt you can tell if a dude has a good personality when he backs you up. The funny ones think they are on television and start acting and clowning it up when they get in your mirror. The real dumb ones will look at their finger to see which way it is pointing lol.