My new toy

[littlejoetqt]

Hey, it's been a long time. The last job slowed down so much that 2/3 of our guys were laid off, so I jumped ship. I took a job with Penn Line, and through the course of necessity I'm now trimming out of a bucket on 69kv lines in the Poconos. The boss brought a new toy for me to use, here it is! I'm tickled to death with it. It will go anywhere, very powerful and a reasonably fast boom.


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[luckydad]

Hey, it's been a long time. The last job slowed down so much that 2/3 of our guys were laid off, so I jumped ship. I took a job with Penn Line, and through the course of necessity I'm now trimming out of a bucket on 69kv lines in the Poconos. The boss brought a new toy for me to use, here it is! I'm tickled to death with it. It will go anywhere, very powerful and a reasonably fast boom.


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What engine and trans?? What do you think it weighs fully dressed?? Very nice take good care of it.

 

[littlejoetqt]

It's a paccar px-6 engine (375 horse) I think, and a straight 6 speed trans. It grosses 33k, my boss said it was crowding the limit with the puddle tires strapped on the back. It's the nicest, newest bucket the company has, and I plan on taking damn good care of it. It wasn't supposed to be mine, but the guy who was supposed to fly it couldn't get doctor's release to return to work. He's off with 2 broken ankles from a non-work related incident.