JoeR
Platinum Member
Wow! What a hurricane ride! 80mph sustained winds with gusts up to 110mph in my area. I can't even explain how loud the wind was! The power lines whistled, the house moaned, and the flashing of tranformers created quite a fireworks display. I went out after the storm and saw nothing but trees down everywhere! Driving down the road caused me to do more off road driving than on. I waited till daylight and the L4330 went to work. I had one wheelchair bound neighbor who had 7 large pine trees across his driveway. Another neighbor waived me down as I was pushing trees off the road. He and his wife were trying to free the wheelchair bound man with the use of a single chainsaw. He thought he was going to be there all day. Within 30 minutes of some chainsaw work and loader action, the driveway was clear. I spent over 9 hours straight moving trees and clearing driveways for my neighbors. It felt really good getting tractor time and helping others. The look on their faces when we came up was something to see. A smile and a sigh of relief that we could get the job done quickly and easily. There is nothing worse than 90 degree temperature, wet feet, high humidity, no A/C, no water, no electricity, lots of sweat, and the inability to get your car out. Then you have lots of back breaking work to get out of your house and get your homestead secured before the afternoon storms return with more rain and lightning.
Whew!
Joe
Whew!
Joe