Another "Wild thing" story

[Mike mandry]

My neighbor works for the cable company. He drives a bucket truck & is a climber.

Guess what he does on the side. You guessed it.

Yesterday he dropped a 70 yo elm. about 36" DBH or so.

Yes, he has a "Wld thang"

I saw him today at the gas station & asked him what he used on the big stuff. I thought surely he has a bigger (and better) saw.

His reply.............. "My Poulan, I have a 20" bar that I put on for the big stuff"

Well, he does not burn wood, so he is saving it for me. He has it cut up in 6 foot lengths. He said he loaded it on the trailer with the boom on the bucket truck & some lifting straps.

Fun thing is that I get to go over tomorrow with my new 55R & SXL 925 Homie & see just how wild that thing is.......

Now I have to convince my wifes cousin to come over with his splitter. A few cold ones should take care of that though.

 

[NeTree]

I don't suppose he's actually insured for tree work, is he?

 

[Mike mandry]

I dont think he is.

I have seen him work & he does seem to know what he is doing.

I know he used to work for a tree service years ago, before he started with the cable company.

 

[NeTree]

Does the cable company know he uses their truck "on the side"? I'll geuss either "no" or he's tipping someone.

Either way, your friend is a low-balling hack.

 

[Mike mandry]

Thats a good question.............

I know he is in pretty good with them & he uses the truck for his personal vehicle & they foot the fuel bill (F450 diesel)

He lives 60 miles from the office & drives around 30K a year in it.

 

[Greg Carberry]

Thats what I see most guys do that work for electric, cable companies etc. Use the trucks and equipment for their personal work

 

[tony marks]

long as they dont get carried away with it. i always called that just job perks.. although doing a side buisiness with their equipment ,would be stretching that concept a bit..your post reminds me of an tree worker i bought an 028 from..
he pointed at a small green poulan in the corner.. said that was the best he had used..to be considered is that this fellow looked like he mite live in a tree.
a real silverback..but i dont think he could think to hard..