Things I did when I was younger & dumber

[Abraxas Aguilera]

When I was about 10 years younger, and a lot more fearless (stupider) than I am now.
I would do whatever it took to just get the job done. Showed it to my boss afterwards, and he said "Don't show me stuff like that!"
Older & wiser now, would never do it again, but just found these pix while cleaning out my hard drive, and thought people here might appreciate it.

 

[Gino]

Yep, that was definitely dumb. I've seen worse, but it's usually out of india or some other place like that.

 

[rjssigns]

Like an extension ladder on top of a 20 foot tall scaffold on a truck? Yeah, I would never do that..

 

[Billct2]

Yea, I used to love the challenge, now I like a coffee and donut.

 

[Johnny Best]

Coffee and donut sounds good.

 

[GAC05]

Looks like we can cross-post this into Tex's nifty tips thread....

 

[SignMeUpGraphics]

 

[ProSignTN]

Somebody's gotta change the light bulbs. Relax the Tractor driver is also a helicopter pilot, at least he was until he got filmed picking swimmers up with a rope at the lake.

 

[Boudica]

I can't see your image...

 

[ProSignTN]

I wouldn't do this one again. Hauled this 32' steel structure on a 16' trailer beind that little 93 Toyota behind the sign. It was only about 2 miles, no red lights.
The funny thing was the owner wanted to dig his own hole and buy his own concrete. I just brought the sign and the crane to set it. I told him we needed a hole 4' wide, 12' long and 4' deep. He dug me a hole big enough to bury a 4'x4'x12' box and have room to walk around the sides. We set the poles up on blocks and he bought 7 extra yards of concrete.

 

[Boudica]

I wouldn't do this one again. Hauled this 32' steel structure on a 16' trailer beind that little 93 Toyota behind the sign. It was only about 2 miles, no red lights.
The funny thing was the owner wanted to dig his own hole and buy his own concrete. I just brought the sign and the crane to set it. I told him we needed a hole 4' wide, 12' long and 4' deep. He dug me a hole big enough to bury a 4'x4'x12' box and have room to walk around the sides. We set the poles up on blocks and he bought 7 extra yards of concrete.

Dang, that's a tall sign!

 

[SignMeUpGraphics]

I can't see your image...

Lets try this instead...

 

[ProSignTN]

Boudica, these are tall signs. 9 hours in the sky is where I learned to take a pee bottle. Sorry it's the best pic I have. We spent 7.5 hours replacing and rewiring LED's and we were in the basket, "Coming Home James" when electricity does what it does and both batteries on the crane went bad. At least we were warm.

 

[ProSignTN]

By the way, the double stack tow motor pic has been around since well, at least last century. My favorite is a dude in a swimming pool, on an aluminum ladder, with a 120v drill. Yeah, the water is still in the pool and he's using a corded drill.

Redneck Ladder, well that;s me. Really, that's me.

 

[Boudica]

Lets try this instead...

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Are you one of the guys sitting there, or the lift driver? Please tell me you're not the guy getting lifted!

 

[Boudica]

By the way, the double stack tow motor pic has been around since well, at least last century. My favorite is a dude in a swimming pool, on an aluminum ladder, with a 120v drill. Yeah, the water is still in the pool and he's using a corded drill.

Redneck Ladder, well that;s me. Really, that's me.

Are you that handsome guy approaching the ATM?

 

[ProSignTN]

I don't know about an ATM, but I seem to be the guy on the end of the stick.

 

[Boudica]

I don't know about an ATM, but I seem to be the guy on the end of the stick.

Oh!
The ass up on the awning?

 

[SignMeUpGraphics]

Are you one of the guys sitting there, or the lift driver? Please tell me you're not the guy getting lifted!

Hehehe, if I was there I'd be the photographer and nothing more

 

[MNT_Printhead]

Somebody's gotta change the light bulbs. Relax the Tractor driver is also a helicopter pilot, at least he was until he got filmed picking swimmers up with a rope at the lake.

That just brought back memories of building a barn with my grand pa