What is yer perfession?

[dall]

im a union boilermaker and do carpentry when im off as well as the saws and cut firewood to keep in shape

 

[Locust Cutter]

Currently a USAF/ANG AGR and was formerly a B-1B and KC-135R Crew Chief. Otherwise I'm a wood hack/farmer/rancher on the side.

 

[olyman]

If you get some compassion, I have a 1984 K10 that needs covered in rust-free panels.

HIM?? COMPASSION??? hes been pounced on many times,,for nice tinwork he has SMASHED......Aaron cries!!!

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

I work for the Town Of Vienna NY highway Department. I do everything form operating heavy equipment and driving a 10-wheeled plow truck to tree work to shoveling patch and roadside mowing.

 

[dall]

I work for the Town Of Vienna NY highway Department. I do everything form operating heavy equipment and driving a 10-wheeled plow truck to tree work to shoveling patch and roadside mowing.

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we dont have the side plows here would be better but this state sucks when comes to snow clearing

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

we dont have the side plows here would be better but this state sucks when comes to snow clearing

Say what??? How the heck do ya plow the road proper with no wing???

Some departments, (Mainly NY DOT) have trucks with double wings, which is a wing on the passenger side as well as the driver side. These are mainly used on divided highways plowing the left lane...

NY DOT has started using tow-plows this year as well on the interstates and divided highway... Weird!

 

[dall]

when we got the 32 inches of snow couple weeks ago the main road in front of my house was one annd half lanes there was 3 feet of the road piled with snow to the white line i saw maybe 10 vehicles go by on the saturday where usually 10 cars in less than 5 minutes

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

Sounds like those West VA boys need us NY boys to show em how it's done!

 

[mt.stalker]

Ths "state" roads in VA and West VA are like Town Roads in NY . One reason our taxes are so much higher . And most of the plowing is done by sub-contractors down there .

 

[dall]

our state road is under manned and somewhat lazy they use prisoner labor to do the cleanup work only thing the state road guys do here is sit in equipment lots of afternoons if you go on a back road you will see them sitting in the truck napping even the main guy

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

Man that wouldn't fly where I work!! Good way to get sent on tree work when it's 90+ deg outside!

 

[dall]

most with cdls left the state road to drive water trucks for the gas companies

 

[jacob j.]

Retired Army Combat Engineer
Licensed Blaster
Academic Adviser at a University
College Football Coach

Very cool- my great uncle (that we called grandpa) was 35 years USMC Combat Engineering and saw front line action in every 'big' U.S.-involved conflict of the 20th century except for WWI.

arborist 43 years now

We need a Tom Trees work pictures thread here.

 

[tomtrees58]

yes I will have to start one I have put some picks here on Tree work pics.

heres one with my 75' bucket truck

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

Few more pics of fun at work..

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

Couple shots I took from up in the bucket truck as I was waiting for my ground crew to get setup for roadside tree work

 

[XP_Slinger]

Currently a USAF/ANG AGR and was formerly a B-1B and KC-135R Crew Chief. Otherwise I'm a wood hack/farmer/rancher on the side.

I bet I'm one of the few in here that knows what all the acronyms are...lol! I'm an AGR in the NY/ANG, cross trained to 1C571, Homeland Defense.
Former F-22 and F-15 Crew Chief.

 

[mt.stalker]

most with cdls left the state road to drive water trucks for the gas companies

The NYS Dept of trans workers can draw a decent pension @ 55 , if they've got 30 yrs in . 2% per yr of final avg salary (highest 3 yrs avg )

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

Yep, NYDOT workers have a bit cushier package than I do with my town... But I love doing what I do, most often it keeps my mind just as busy as as the rest of me.. I do my share of wrenching too... But I gotta say, replacing a blown hydraulic hose on a plow truck that just came in from doing the run all dripping with slush, sand and general crap does kinda suck... Just did that job on my plow truck friday, blew a hose as I was dumping off my leftover sand at the sand pile... Better than losing it while doing my run though...

On a side note yet saw related, my boss gave me the OK to go through and overhaul a 2001 346XP/OE that belongs to the garage last week. I have it all torn down, cleaned, prepped, and ready for reassembly. My order of parts came in last week, but we got 3 days of snow and had to keep the plows going, so I didn't get a chance to go pick up my parts and start putting it back together... Hopefully tomorrow I can get started.

There is a '98 394XP there too that I suspect needs an overhaul.. I think the boss has plans for that too... But I hope he decides to auction it off as I want to buy it myself!

 

[Roadfxr]

I am a highway contractor involved in diamond grinding pavements. This process planes the pavement smooth again taking away the thump, thump, thump your all familiar with as you drive down the road. This is done to older pavements that are deemed structurally sound yet. Bad sections are repaired or replaced. Diamond grinding takes place and then the pavement joints are resealed. You are left with a pavement that is now smooth as when it was new and it cost a fraction of what it would cost to do a complete removal and repaving. Pictures are of our machine that does the work and what pavement looks like during the grinding process.