So it was my last day at the tree company I have been working for this summer and it was the probably one of the most eventful yet. I got stuck doing stumps with the rayco super 50 and my first job was around 35 minutes away. I was cruising along in the f250 diesel and started to notice something a bit strange.I was getting a slight resistance feel. The truck has well over 200k and is beat, so I thought it had something to deal with the brakes or engine. Went about a mile more and got stuck at a light, started to smell something burning like brakes. So I pull over to take a look and low behold, the rear end had a hole in it and was smoking. So I call one of the bosses and he comes and picks me up and the grinder On the way to the shop, we get a call from another crew. The belt on the chipper broke. So they switch chippers and I was taking off the cover to remove the belt scraps at the shop when one of the crane trucks rolls in. Turns out something bust on it too. I guess the crane will cost some big bucks to fix. They had the same problem with the 23 ton last year and it cost 16 grand. We ordered a belt and it cost 300 something.
And who knows what the rear end will cost. Sorry for the story being a little long, just had to vent about a crap day for the Company. At least no one got hurt.
And who knows what the rear end will cost. Sorry for the story being a little long, just had to vent about a crap day for the Company. At least no one got hurt.
