We bought the bucket truck today!

[Courtesy Flush]

A few months ago, I posted here (in humor) explaining why I felt I needed a bucket truck. I said a bunch of silly stuff about great views in the campground, and how we could rescue kittens, etc.

Well, today we actually bought one. Not for the reasons I joked about, but the joke got me to thinking about all the stuff I could do with a tall lift. I own a tall old house, and a two-storey garage apartment (think tax deduction). If I'd bought a lift instead of hiring a painter several years ago, it would have paid for itself the first year.

It's actually not a "truck" but a trailer-mounted boom lift. Got it second hand for a decent price. It'll be delivered today if this weather clears up.

Funny how a joke ended up with me buying a piece of heavy equipemt :)

[Debi]

1. Is this where I joke about winning the lottery

and it comes true??? :bounce:

[AllegroRondo]

2. Great! Can you get the frisbee off my roof?

its been there for way too long.

:)

[TommyO]

3. Or the golf balls out of the gutters?

Don't ask....

[Courtesy Flush]

4. That's the kind of thing we were thinking of.

Actually, we don't have golf balls in our gutters, but we don't have gutters either. With a boom lift, we can now install gutters, and keep them clean!

With gutters, I can have a cistern, to collect rainwater for the garden.

Now if I can figure out a way to till a garden with a bucket truck!