ponyexpress976
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Sitting around with nothing but my own yard work planned for the day. Got a call from one of the tree services that keeps me in wood. Turns out the new ground guy put bar oil where the mix was supposed to go. Cutting 18-24" locust with an ms200 can be done but it's not the fastest process. The company owner and I has become pretty good friends. Since the job was close to my house he called and asked if I was interested in a "part time job". Basically bring down a saw, cut the wood to whatever length I wanted, and his guys would load it all on my truck. He was also willing to pay me $50 to come down ASAP.
Skip ahead 1.5 hrs...I'm loaded with all the black locust rounds. He hands me a Benjamin and says I saved his greenhorn's butt. If he had to run back to the shop and get another saw, that time woulda come out of the greenhorn's pay. Since he charges close to $250/hr for the crew, the greenhorn was thrilled I came down.
On the ride home I'm thinking "man, this day just can't get any better". Boy was I wrong! Since I had some cash and the gas-o-meter was telling me "we need to stop, now!", If figured I pull in and fill er up. As I'm dumping my new found cash into the diesel tank, a guy strolls over and asks what I'm doing with the wood. Wants to know if I'm headed to dump it somewhere. I said I was going to turn it into firewood. He says, "I live 2 miles up the road. How much to dump it there?" Make me an offer. "It's locust, How much is in there?" Bout a cord. " How bout $75" Cash and it's a done deal. "Follow me, and here's my number if you get any more"
No better feeling in the world than getting paid twice in the same day for wood I didn't have to load!
For all you doubters out there thinking this is to good to be true. I woke up this morning with a wicked case of poison ivy. That was the only thing I wasn't prepared for.
Skip ahead 1.5 hrs...I'm loaded with all the black locust rounds. He hands me a Benjamin and says I saved his greenhorn's butt. If he had to run back to the shop and get another saw, that time woulda come out of the greenhorn's pay. Since he charges close to $250/hr for the crew, the greenhorn was thrilled I came down.
On the ride home I'm thinking "man, this day just can't get any better". Boy was I wrong! Since I had some cash and the gas-o-meter was telling me "we need to stop, now!", If figured I pull in and fill er up. As I'm dumping my new found cash into the diesel tank, a guy strolls over and asks what I'm doing with the wood. Wants to know if I'm headed to dump it somewhere. I said I was going to turn it into firewood. He says, "I live 2 miles up the road. How much to dump it there?" Make me an offer. "It's locust, How much is in there?" Bout a cord. " How bout $75" Cash and it's a done deal. "Follow me, and here's my number if you get any more"
No better feeling in the world than getting paid twice in the same day for wood I didn't have to load!
For all you doubters out there thinking this is to good to be true. I woke up this morning with a wicked case of poison ivy. That was the only thing I wasn't prepared for.
