Dragging parked cars out of the DZ

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Had one of those arb jobs today where the customer had left her car right under the conifers we were felling Gone to work and left it there despite us saying about it etc etc.

 

Working round it would have done our heads in so we just dragged it backwards out of the way.

 

Was this a fairly S.O.P in this incidence or very very naughty?

[Tom D]

Done that a couple of times, but not with the customers car:sneaky2:

[Dean Lofthouse]

If you use skates it isn't problem because they are designed to move cars easily, just dragging a car could cause damage, which I would imagine is the only thing a customer would be pissed about

[TerryTibbs]

Did you drag it back?

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Did you drag it back?

 

Hmmmm

[benedmonds]

Many years ago i worked at connick doing street trees in london. They had 4special wheel jacks that you put under each wheel and could then push cars out the way. I think they had to stop using them as cars were moved across the road and boxed in etc. People complained...

 

I would be very carefull moving anyones car without permision as you would be liable for any damage.

[easy-lift guy]

I am not sure why customers choose to be so arrogant. Cars are much lighter in the UK than here Stateside. I believe if you had no other means of contacting the owner to move the car you acted correctly. I would have skipped the job for another day myself.

easy-lift guy

[carpenter1]

what did the customer say

[Python]

Shifted loads over the years and most of them not customers, had one jack ass park in our tapped off coned area while we were on lunch so instead of moving it we covered it in crap

 

 

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[Marc Lewis]

About 20 years ago I was part of a team that pruned the street trees in Bournemouth. From several days before we would leave No Parking Cones out. People would still leave their cars there. We would move them by several of us lifting the back ends and wheeling them out the way. Sometimes left them on double yellows!