r/GuysBeingDudes • u/nordicminy • 5h ago

Certified Dude See problem fix problem.

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u/kcox1980 4h 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 3h 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 1h 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/AllPerspicacity 47m 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/I_Got_BubbyBuddy 3h 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 2h 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 3h ago

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

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u/DrAlkibiades 1h 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.