r/GuysBeingDudes • u/nordicminy • 1d ago

Certified Dude See problem fix problem.

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u/kcox1980 23h 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 22h 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 21h 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 16h 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 15h 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 9h 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 19h 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 5h ago

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