Blakesmaster
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You guys on the east coast talk weird. What did you say?
Jeff
You've just lost touch with the language of the working man, jeffy. lol
whadja do today?
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You've just lost touch with the language of the working man, jeffy. lol
Blakesmaster
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So I got like 4 of these Haines Yellow Pages Books sittin' on my stoop. The agent was a #### when he tried to get me to advertise in them this year ( I already advertise in two others) so I decided I ain't pickin' up the garbage books they leave on my step. Anyway, I just got some pizza delivered and the ####in' delivery boy wanted to rip one in half. He did it. I gave him a good tip...That's pretty much my excitement for the evening.
treemandan
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We had about 3 minutes of wind which was enough to wreck the place. I picked up some storm work from my established clientel but basically turned down the odd calls. I don't have the manpower nor even the willpower. I asked " you got other estimates?" They said yes and i said " GOOD! roll with it."
I was out all day driving around, I stopped by some of my more aged clients to make sure they were still alive. I gave 3 cards to Old Ed Peabody and told him to give my numbers to his kids. He said one lives in Soco and one lives in a second story apartment so they won't be calling you for work. I told him it was so they could get ahold of me if he couldn't. he thought I was looking for work but I said " No old timer, just checking on ya." He is one of my plow clients who lives deep in the woods with a long drive and a nasty hill.
I did pick up a good amount of work from me regular clientel. Seems about this time every year the storms hit to the day.
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oldirty
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punched in at 530 this morning. worked till 8. microburst beat up on wayland mass.
kinda weird storm as it happened in such tight area. best part is we got to work on the same street as 2 other companies.
absolutely great to see one crew with 9 dudes on a single pine laying across the driveway with only 2 hardhats. we banged out the 2 houses around them and then went for the 3rd down the road by the time they were cleaned up.
their boss came by once with a round of hardhats for most of them but once he left the hats hit the floor. he drove by 3 times and yelled each time and once he was gone hats off again. yup, there was "landscaping" in part of their name. hack was the name i gave the company.
met another company that seemed to have some good dudes working on the crew. hardhats for all. they had a little crane going but did their job well. nice to see compared to them other mutts.
also be aware of spring loaded work a storm can leave you.....saw a little wack today. he'll be bruised up later thats for sure.
so tired right now but i havent found my bed yet.....
day off tomorrow.
kinda weird storm as it happened in such tight area. best part is we got to work on the same street as 2 other companies.
absolutely great to see one crew with 9 dudes on a single pine laying across the driveway with only 2 hardhats. we banged out the 2 houses around them and then went for the 3rd down the road by the time they were cleaned up.
their boss came by once with a round of hardhats for most of them but once he left the hats hit the floor. he drove by 3 times and yelled each time and once he was gone hats off again. yup, there was "landscaping" in part of their name. hack was the name i gave the company.
met another company that seemed to have some good dudes working on the crew. hardhats for all. they had a little crane going but did their job well. nice to see compared to them other mutts.
also be aware of spring loaded work a storm can leave you.....saw a little wack today. he'll be bruised up later thats for sure.
so tired right now but i havent found my bed yet.....
day off tomorrow.
ropensaddle
Feel Lucky
Well I was mr Mack repairman today
New air compressor,new brake chamber,new slack adjuster now gotta repair exhaust and its good. I will be re-bushing its trunnions soon too.
New air compressor,new brake chamber,new slack adjuster now gotta repair exhaust and its good. I will be re-bushing its trunnions soon too.treevet
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Now you need to learn how to stand there AND look busy.
Try a lesson learned from George on Seinfeld....just looked pissed off all the time and they'll leave ya alone.
treevet
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We had a little bust up here too. Cutting wood under pressure is a bit of an art form with finesse a big part of it combined with experience.
This morning we had a large Locust that folded in half and hung up in 2 trees over a walkway maybe 50 feet up. Wraptored up a skinny maybe 10" dia 60 foot woods pignut hickory that brought me right down over the intersections of broken tree and tree it was laying on with the tips hung on another big hickory. While floating on the broken tree I was able to sever the broken tree just past the tree it was laying on and it came down in a crash butt first in different cuts. It did little damage to the tip hung up hick as that wood is the strongest in these here parts.
If any of you guys can put together 2500 you shouldn't miss the chance to get this magic machine. Sorry to :deadhorse: but it is an incredible money maker.
fishercat
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We had about 3 minutes of wind which was enough to wreck the place. I picked up some storm work from my established clientel but basically turned down the odd calls. I don't have the manpower nor even the willpower. I asked " you got other estimates?" They said yes and i said " GOOD! roll with it."
I was out all day driving around, I stopped by some of my more aged clients to make sure they were still alive. I gave 3 cards to Old Ed Peabody and told him to give my numbers to his kids. He said one lives in Soco and one lives in a second story apartment so they won't be calling you for work. I told him it was so they could get ahold of me if he couldn't. he thought I was looking for work but I said " No old timer, just checking on ya." He is one of my plow clients who lives deep in the woods with a long drive and a nasty hill.
I did pick up a good amount of work from me regular clientel. Seems about this time every year the storms hit to the day.
You are a good man, Dan, No matter what anyone says.
Jeff
Oh you dirty old man! :greenchainsaw: What is a trunnion? Did you graft a turnip and an onion?
Jeff
Try a lesson learned from George on Seinfeld....just looked pissed off all the time and they'll leave ya alone.
The owner of our company is always wanting me to shave and stuff. Maybe some day I will.
Jeff
TreeTarget
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Try a lesson learned from George on Seinfeld....just looked pissed off all the time and they'll leave ya alone.
See, that's part of the problem...people are always asking, "what are you so mad about?" I have to tell them I am not mad, this is my happy face! So, will have to work on that.
You should be getting a finder's fee for all the promotion!
Jeffy!
Motorized geezer walker!
Probably like the chipper winch.. good in its proper application (and in skilled hands), but the next thing you know, some moron is winching a two inch limb (digging up the lawn) that could have just been tossed right in..
I can just see that thing in the hands of some greenhorn now, bigshot and raptoring up a 20 foot climb.. the fiasco!
I can just see that thing in the hands of some greenhorn now, bigshot and raptoring up a 20 foot climb.. the fiasco!
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treevet
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Motorized geezer walker!
If you only knew......ignorance is bliss. Oh well.
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/vi...3-59157840183?q=ignorance is bliss&FORM=VIRE7
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treeclimber101
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Hot on storm work , there was a nice wind storm plenty of work ..
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Craziest job interview....I was asked if I know how to use a computer, and whether or not I had dealt with customers on the phone......all this after 20 plus years as a supply chain professional. Dunno if I get an offer or not, might have to hold my nose @ $60K a year.
Then we walked into their warehouse, and was confronted by a "wall of honour" prolly numbering some 200+ Sunshine girls out of the Edmonton Sun that went up ten plus feet high. My host from their Montreal office was embarrassed and I for him(head office is out of PA). I thought that type of behavior went out with the 1980s but then this is Alberta......Sure looked real professional, as did the employees wandering around an industrial warehouse housing heavy parts wearing flip flops and sneakers......me thinks the inmates have control of the asylum.
( I am no Pollyanna, but if you want to collect pics of scantily clad women, do so at home, not in the workplace)
Then we walked into their warehouse, and was confronted by a "wall of honour" prolly numbering some 200+ Sunshine girls out of the Edmonton Sun that went up ten plus feet high. My host from their Montreal office was embarrassed and I for him(head office is out of PA). I thought that type of behavior went out with the 1980s but then this is Alberta......Sure looked real professional, as did the employees wandering around an industrial warehouse housing heavy parts wearing flip flops and sneakers......me thinks the inmates have control of the asylum.
( I am no Pollyanna, but if you want to collect pics of scantily clad women, do so at home, not in the workplace)
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