Don't ask me how I know. I know you have some too, lets hear them.

Also one time someone swiped our ratchet strap that holds our saw box in the back of the chipper for a shittier one.
I heard a bang, looked in the mirror and there was the box of 10 saws sliding across the road flipping, opening and ejecting only my own personal saws about the road.
 
Last summer had a ground guy put a bunch of shit, hand tools, road signs, etc into the back of what was an empty chip body. I told him "better make sure to take that out at the next job site." He didn't but he did spend 30 minutes the next morning digging it out. I had a chipper fall off a pintle about 5 years ago. Thankfully the chains were hooked up. Unfortunately, my knee-jerk reaction to hearing a gigantic crash behind the truck was to slam on the brakes. Despite a 30-40 mph faceplant into the back of the truck, chipper still ran!
 
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father wanted to use truck for dumpster on job, had plywood roof on truck. told him to have mexicans climb in to load or take roof off. he left at 5 and called me around 10 and said job is great, thanks for taking roof off truck last night for me. buddy called me and said you know whats funny on my way to work i saw 2 2x12's with plywood on it with ladder rack on side of highway, looked like it was off the chevy,
ummm yaah!
 
A customer called and told of a distressed laurel oak that he wanted removed from his property. I found the tree a couple of days later that he described to a tee. Having limbed it up about half way I heard a voice. "Wrong tree". I told him there would be no charge for the prune job. It actually did look pretty good, except for the gaff marks.
 
A month or two ago the boss was on our ass hard,giving us a list of shit to get done that day. Driving down the road in a hurry, I saw a train crossing the road about 6 blocks ahead. I hurried and pulled into a driveway (on a busy road) to turn around threw it in reverse and gunned it. Jack knifed the chipper smashing the radiator into the fan. Not a good day. I also watched a guy pull a forklift up to a diesel tank one day and fill the radiator to the top
 
Last fall went out to a good clients house to remove a fir tree (1 of 5). When we looked at it we talked about several and decided on the middle one. Well I sent the contract climber up the end one!!! Oops. She came out in tears just before the top was to fall. She calmed down, said to proceed and take the original tree too. We finished up and she loved the openness of her new found yard. She insisted I bill her so I billed for the original tree, she took it upon herself to pay for the second as well.
Long story short... One of the remaining 3 blew over in a wind storm smashing a beautiful cherry. She said thats it take them all. Less than 3 months later no less. We still laugh about it. I've tried to refund her my mistake and she keeps telling me to forget it.
 
flyingsquirrel25 said:
Last fall went out to a good clients house to remove a fir tree (1 of 5). When we looked at it we talked about several and decided on the middle one. Well I sent the contract climber up the end one!!! Oops. She came out in tears just before the top was to fall. She calmed down, said to proceed and take the original tree too. We finished up and she loved the openness of her new found yard. She insisted I bill her so I billed for the original tree, she took it upon herself to pay for the second as well.
Long story short... One of the remaining 3 blew over in a wind storm smashing a beautiful cherry. She said thats it take them all. Less than 3 months later no less. We still laugh about it. I've tried to refund her my mistake and she keeps telling me to forget it.
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Very rewarding when you work for good customers like her.
 
Years ago on the line crew I would get fuel at a station directly across the road from our office. The owner/operator and I would chit chat as he filled the tank on the diesel bucket. Once, when my regular truck went in for maintenance, we got a gas burner to replace it. I pulled into the station as usual but had to go across the street to take care of some business. When I got back, I signed the fuel ticket, cranked up, drove across the road, parked the truck and knocked off. The next morning the truck wouldn't start for anything. You guessed it, a full tank of diesel. He missed the big sticker on the tank that said; "Gasoline Only". We are creatures of habit.
 
flyingsquirrel25 said:
Last fall went out to a good clients house to remove a fir tree (1 of 5). When we looked at it we talked about several and decided on the middle one. Well I sent the contract climber up the end one!!! Oops. She came out in tears just before the top was to fall. She calmed down, said to proceed and take the original tree too. We finished up and she loved the openness of her new found yard. She insisted I bill her so I billed for the original tree, she took it upon herself to pay for the second as well.
Long story short... One of the remaining 3 blew over in a wind storm smashing a beautiful cherry. She said thats it take them all. Less than 3 months later no less. We still laugh about it. I've tried to refund her my mistake and she keeps telling me to forget it.
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Gotta love clients like that. I would make sure she got a nice Christmas package that year.
 
RIVIEZZO TREE EXPERTS said:
father wanted to use truck for dumpster on job, had plywood roof on truck. told him to have mexicans climb in to load or take roof off. he left at 5 and called me around 10 and said job is great, thanks for taking roof off truck last night for me. buddy called me and said you know whats funny on my way to work i saw 2 2x12's with plywood on it with ladder rack on side of highway, looked like it was off the chevy,
ummm yaah!
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"Ummm yaah!" struck me so funny. I'm still laughing. :risas2:
 
I don't remember how I wound up in this situation but, some time ago my partner and I were a couple towns over from home base driving down the main drag in my pick up. It was just after dark and I had a 20'' diam black locust log about 10' long. I couldn't close the gate. Now it starts raining and were sitting at a light bullshitin' away. I proceed to the next traffic light and wait for that one. On the green I start to accelerate and notice the truck is feeling real peppy like it lost some weight .... look out the back window to see an empty bed. Panic sets in as i envision a honda with a log sticking through the grill with two cars in the trunk. Who's going to see a dark object in the road, at night, and in the rain? We double back about two blocks and there it is sitting in the middle of the road at one of the traffic lights I was waiting for to change. Cars were driving around it.


Edit: It was Black Walnut ...that's how it found it's way into my pick up. I brought it to my friend's mill.
 
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Ground man forgot to latch the trailer or hook up chains... truck was facing up hill as I loaded the skid steer and down the hill I went on the skid steer on the trailer. I went for a wild ride but managed to pull it further enough forward to bury the hitch in the ground before I took out the house...
 
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