I Did A Good Deed

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   I was driving home from Gainesville yesterday when I saw a large dead tree 
fall all the way over the highway.  Nobody got hit because a 
train had stopped the traffic from the other direction.  Three men 
hopped out to try to pull the tree off the road.  They couldn't even 
budge it.  So I pulled over into the ditch and yelled at them to grab my
 winch line.  I got it all the way off the road with the winch without 
much of a traffic hold up.  I finished the last couple of feet by 
pulling it in 4Lo reverse.

The funny part was while I was rewinding my winch line a lady drove by saying she called it in and the county was sending a TEAM to take care of the tree!  It took all of 5 minutes to get it completely off the road.  The county "team" would have had the road closed for at least a half hour.

Terry 

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TerryM Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 16 Nov 2009 Location: Saint Augustine Online Status: Offline Posts: 1950	Topic: I Did A Good Deed Posted: 04 Feb 2011 at 7:55pm
	I was driving home from Gainesville yesterday when I saw a large dead tree fall all the way over the highway. Nobody got hit because a train had stopped the traffic from the other direction. Three men hopped out to try to pull the tree off the road. They couldn't even budge it. So I pulled over into the ditch and yelled at them to grab my winch line. I got it all the way off the road with the winch without much of a traffic hold up. I finished the last couple of feet by pulling it in 4Lo reverse. The funny part was while I was rewinding my winch line a lady drove by saying she called it in and the county was sending a TEAM to take care of the tree! It took all of 5 minutes to get it completely off the road. The county "team" would have had the road closed for at least a half hour. Terry
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iamsmonk Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Location: North Carolina Online Status: Offline Posts: 114	Posted: 04 Feb 2011 at 8:29pm
	There should be more people like you in this world today!
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rpodcamper.com Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Location: Reading, Pa Online Status: Offline Posts: 3990	Posted: 04 Feb 2011 at 10:08pm
	I would have been out there with the chain saw. I have cleared a bunch this winter off the roads and will be burning it next year for heat. Been late to a few things as I have been filling the truck with wood.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Posted: 05 Feb 2011 at 5:15am
	Bravo!

techntrek Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059	Posted: 05 Feb 2011 at 11:45am
	Go Terry!
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