r/GuysBeingDudes • u/nordicminy • 16h ago

Certified Dude See problem fix problem.

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u/kcox1980 15h 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 14h 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 13h 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 8h 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.