DK_stihl
ArboristSite Operative
So I had a fun day today. Right now my company is trimming street trees for the city of Rochester. One of the guys I work with wanted me to pull the chip truck and chipper in between a parked car on the left side of the street and the bucket truck which was on the right side of the street. I tried, but the space was too narrow to fit the truck in. I got out and explained this, so this guy hops in the truck and backs up then turns the truck around and drives around the block to get on the other side of the two vehicles. He pulls in, jumps the curb and promptly levels a street sign. I thought "wow what an idiot", but there was still work to do so I fire up the chipper and fire two ash branches through it. All of a sudden I realize that the chips were headed away from the truck and directly towards a parked car behind the truck. Then I realized what happened: The guy I work with had spun the chute around backwards so that he could turn tight when backing up. I was so preoccupied with him hitting the sign I didn't even notice the cute was backwards! The car was fine after I blew the chips off it.....
Work safe.
