MY tax dollars at work

[frank_f15]

Every few years the town sends this down to cut back the brush along side the road, this year the guy made 3 passes and really cut it back, i was thrilled, nice to be able to pull out of drive with great line of sight. would i love to have my seat in that seat for a few hours

 

[frank_f15]

oops fprgot to add the pic.

 

[hazmat]

You're obviously not paying enough in taxes. Our town (might be the state - I live on a state route) does it 2X each year

 

[frank_f15]

You're obviously not paying enough in taxes. Our town (might be the state - I live on a state route) does it 2X each year

they come down 2 or 3 times a year for cutting the grass along the roadside but cut the brush back every year or 2 , and beleive me i PAY MORE THAN ENOUGH TAX

 

[WVBill]

Every few years the town sends this down to cut back the brush along side the road, this year the guy made 3 passes and really cut it back, i was thrilled, nice to be able to pull out of drive with great line of sight. would i love to have my seat in that seat for a few hours

After they run that thing down a road here to cut back the brush and trees, it looks like a disaster area for a while. The cuts in the larger branches (looks like up to 3-4") are anything but clean and the pieces are strewn all over the road. I've never seen it in operation but it must be a sight! The "cab" is made out of heavy duty expanded metal screen.

WVBill

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Every few years the town sends this down to cut back the brush along side the road, this year the guy made 3 passes and really cut it back, i was thrilled, nice to be able to pull out of drive with great line of sight. would i love to have my seat in that seat for a few hours

My office sits along side of a railroad right-of-way. There's a pair of tracks that run north/south. Every spring and every fall, they come through with a rig that trims everything with-in 15' of the tracks. It is an awsome sight to behold! Sounds like a tornado. I'm trying to catch it passing by to get a few pictures.

It rides on the rails, so I doubt I can get them to mow my pond bank

 

[scott_vt]

It rides on the rails, so I doubt I can get them to mow my pond bank

Mornin Farm,
Well, I guess your just gonna have to learn to lay track

 

[jinman]

would i love to have my seat in that seat for a few hours

Frank, when I looked at that picture I could only think that if I was operating that rig, there would not be a single power pole left standing between your driveway and the highway.

 

[Michael_E_Tx]

The last time the guy came by to clear the brush on our humble little county road, he took out a tree that was 8-10" in diameter at the base. I figured he wanted to challenge himself, or maybe he just finished an irritating cell phone call.

Mike

 

[riptides]

I had the same machine and some yahoo driving it come by and clear our bridge easement a few weeks ago. He took it into the trees and actually topped a few of them off before he got to the sides.

One wonders why you would top a tree ---- just because you could.

-Mike Z.