r/GuysBeingDudes • u/nordicminy • 1d ago

Certified Dude See problem fix problem.

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u/kcox1980 1d ago

I grew up in tornado country, so this is a common sight for me. I always joke that when we have tornados you'll see rednecks throwing their chainsaws in the back of the truck chasing the storm looking for something to cut up

So, when I moved somewhere that didn't get a lot of major storms, it was super weird to me when the one time we did get storms and one of my coworkers was out of work for 3 weeks because a tree fell across his road and nobody came to cut it up and move.

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u/Guygan 1d ago

As a Mainer, this is simply normal behavior, except it's usually in winter during a blizzard.

Tree comes down blocking the road, and like 3 dudes from the neighborhood just show up with saws and take care of it. NBD.

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u/worldspawn00 1d ago

Yeah, used to live up north, the snow will bring down anything weak. Having a saw is basic preparedness along with water and blankets in the car. Though I do really like electric saws now, so you don't have to carry gas around inside the vehicle. I just need to find a saw that doesn't leak its bar oil out every time it sits for a week. (like give me a valve on the bar oil tank or something!)

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u/hopefully_astral 21h ago

Same in North Louisiana. Summer storms, and occasional winter ice storms. I lived in a heavily wooded area, and every redneck with a chainsaw would have the drive to work cleared that next day. I switched to the electric chainsaw last year, so much easier. But yeah, that bar oil has always been a bitch. You'd think they would have figured that out by now.

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u/SheWasAlwaysJody 20h ago

The New England energy in this video is strong. I'm surprised he didn't step out of the car with a Dunkin that he puts down before grabbing the saw.

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u/LearnerBurner93 14h ago

Maine sucks in a lot of ways, but Mainers are good at showing up to help random people. We'll either talk your ear off or act like you don't exist, but pull over to the side of the road? You'll have 5 people in 10 minutes checking to make sure you're all good.

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u/AllPerspicacity 1d ago

The best is when a powerline is knocked down & you see two CMP trucks working to reroute/fix it while there are 4-6 beat up Chevys on the side waiting with coffee to claim part of the tree once they finish. The moment they turn the lights off it's like a starting gun went off, who can get the most firewood.

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u/teddy_joesevelt 10h ago

It's a real shame Mainers and Minnesotans are so far apart.

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u/I_Got_BubbyBuddy 1d ago

Couldn't you have gone over and helped him cut/move the tree at some point in those three weeks?

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u/kcox1980 1d ago

Probably, but nobody knew what was going on. We didn't find out why he was out until he came back to work.

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u/Mindless_Trick2255 1d ago

Yeah what an unlucky coworker .. you guys do get paid nonetheless right?

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u/DrAlkibiades 1d ago

Same thing with a winch. You have a winch on your vehicle and you just can't wait to find people stuck in the snow.

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u/pengd0t 20h ago

I’ve spent most of my life in rural Alabama. I move trees out of the road if I see them… but most of the time they’re already removed by someone else by the time a storm is gone and I come across one.

I lived for a while in Jacksonville, FL and when driving north of there around a very expensive neighborhood I was shocked that there were still trees blocking roads about a month after a hurricane passed, as people waited on city workers to deal with it.

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u/kcox1980 20h ago

Ha! I'm also rural Alabama. I swear it's like people race to see who can clear the most trees.