Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Antique Dump Truck

Some little bird lost his home.
Its empty
Now it's full, holds about 2 cord is all.

Today we were cutting down a tree and needed to use the dump truck to pull a tree over. The chain-saw was caught at the base where Doug was cutting the tree down. We attached a chain to the tree and then to the truck. Doug started to drive the truck up hill until the chain was tight. Apparently the air brakes had bled out when he was in park attaching the chain. As he went forward to pull the tree down, the chain tightened, pulling the tree over, but because of the weight in the truck, being full of wood, and the brakes not working, the truck started to roll backwards. There was nothing Doug could do. Guardian angels are definitely his companions. Instead of going all the way down the hill backwards, the truck rolled into a huge tree just as it was going to roll over the burme off the side of the road. Long story short, the tree fell over in the right direction, the saw was released in good condition, the truck is now parked up at the top of the hill in one piece, still full of wood. We are grateful for guardian angels.

I am sure everyone is tired of hearing about the wood adventure, we are too, so glad that it is almost complete.

1 comment:

Jennifer Peters said...

Bishop,

I just wanted to let you know that Tyler received his mission call. He will be serving in the Missouri, St. Louis mission. I know that you were influential in his willingness to serve a mission and wanted to let you know. He really respects you and often talks about how 'cool' you are. Hope everything is well. I enjoy reading your blog and seeing your adventures.

Jennifer Peters