not so pros

[Genius]

OSHA has been called and on our jobs, unfortunately they have no jurisdiction over us.... they can only make recommendations.

We've have home owns to other companies call and report us often.
I'm glad they do because maybe just maybe it'll shine more light.

It gets really bad on jobs that we are sharing a work zone. For example working with PennDOT or with the gas company on the highways. They have to comply with OSHA regulations and in turn want us too also.

I hope it doesn't take something bad happening to change things.

Trust me I want to go home to my family safe... like Ross said I'm a farmer also and have put myself at risk over the years and it's just not the smartest thing to do. I work with 10 guys and most are tired of working like it's 1920...

How big of a area do you guys cover?

Is working on main line repair your crews only job?

I know you work on a lot of big repair jobs.
Do you guys cover a huge area or are the lines that are in place that antiquated and have they run their life expectancy?

 

[GCJenks204]

UPS by chance?


A few years back I sent DSS a bunch of stuff. If I remember right it was around $200 worth. Of course I declared it at substantially less.

He ended up getting a bill for around $100 from Fees for that one.

NO this was USPS to Canada Post. No fee for actually brokering it like UPS does, just straight up taxes...

 

[dall]

ive sent a few boxes to @Canadian farm boy and if you declare value of 50 or less and also list it as a gift no problems he had to pay taxes on his new porting tools he had ordered

 

[GCJenks204]

Okay... I don't want to sound preachy, really I just want to brag about my son.

If you have been around here long you have heard me talk about Griffin and his advocacy for Mental Health resources.

Here is a TV interview he gave this morning from his office. Did I mention that he just turned 20 2 weeks ago? I can't reiterate how proud of him I am.

http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?cl...Num=1#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=GTsA5mm

 

[czar800]

How big of a area do you guys cover?

Is working on main line repair your crews only job?

I know you work on a lot of big repair jobs.
Do you guys cover a huge area or are the lines that are in place that antiquated and have they run their life expectancy?

Yes, I really only repair main lines. I did take a new job a few weeks ago as Forman and will do more restoration and paving during the warmer months.

Our system is old late 1890's -1930's is most of our system.

We cover 23 municipalities which is about 60 square miles.

I'm one of 11 guys that install and repair all our mainlines plus fix sideways,yards and pavement. We really are short handed.

 

[czar800]

Ok it's bed time! I stayed up to spend a few minutes with the kids & now they are off to basketball practice.

 

[hseII]

I didn't have anthing constructive to add so i put a cool bultaco dirtbike pic up i like bultacos lol

I could no find it


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[Czed]

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Here you go mine was almost this clean lol

 

[Czed]

Okay... I don't want to sound preachy, really I just want to brag about my son.

If you have been around here long you have heard me talk about Griffin and his advocacy for Mental Health resources.

Here is a TV interview he gave this morning from his office. Did I mention that he just turned 20 2 weeks ago? I can't reiterate how proud of him I am.

http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/video?cl...Num=1#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=GTsA5mm

I suspected you were Canadian lol very nice interview and professional.

 

[Czed]

And it's raining after 45 minutes of sun.
See dallas i have a real saw too lol
I like carbs it's what i know.

 

[dall]

View attachment 51936 And it's raining after 45 minutes of sun.
See dallas i have a real saw too lol
I like carbs it's what i know.

about time you show your real saw

 

[Czed]

I've got five or six tanks through it it's starting to wake up i haven't done a thing to it my neighbor bought one like yours it's stock so ill try it out to compare may get mine ported too.

 

[Redfin]

That's unfortunate. There's no way in hell I'd have gotten in that pit, looks to be 12-15 foot deep. Big GFY they'd have heard from me.

About 10 yrs ago we had a contractor boring for sewer mains in our area. Our lines had been marked and they thought they were below us.

They put a 2' auger through one of the main duct runs leaving that office. They didnt stop until they saw copper and fiber cables being pulled back on the auger. It pulled the cables through 3 manholes in both directions.

One of the big schmucks from my co showed up and told me to climb down and pull out the iof fibers so we could splice them. I told him, go ahead in, Ill watch the hole. We waited for an excavator to bring shoring.

 

[dall]

About 10 yrs ago we had a contractor boring for sewer mains in our area. Our lines had been marked and they thought they were below us.

They put a 2' auger through one of the main duct runs leaving that office. They didnt stop until they saw copper and fiber cables being pulled back on the auger. It pulled the cables through 3 manholes in both directions.

One of the big schmucks from my co showed up and told me to climb down and pull out the iof fibers so we could splice them. I told him, go ahead in, Ill watch the hole. We waited for an excavator to bring shoring.

you didnt tell him to gfhimself?

 

[PA Dan]

Someone posted about night crawlers out in PA the other day. I went out to make a couple cuts to compare the 272xp and 10mm 044 and saw this when I was walking back to the house!

 

[Red97]

Found this brush, wif all my saw parts/packages...

Thanks Dallas, that will help me sweep the slag for sure.

 

[dall]

Someone posted about night crawlers out in PA the other day. I went out to make a couple cuts to compare the 272xp and 10mm 044 and saw this when I was walking back to the house!

i dont see any night crawlers lol

 

[dall]

View attachment 51945

Found this brush, wif all my saw parts/packages...

Thanks Dallas, that will help me sweep the slag for sure.

it will save on your glove or you can use it to sweep off your bench

 

[Czed]

Here's what we have lol it's not flooding or anything it just sucks.

 

[PA Dan]

i dont see any night crawlers lol

After dark my friend! My yard is polluted with them!