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Firewood vacation to Montana

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  1. walt

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    A college friend of my youngest son was injured in a S xS accident and was behind on his firewood. So my two sons and I flew to Montana and cut his wood. We went out November 1st and got home last night. We cut,split and stacked in the morning and went sight seeing in the afternoons. We used his saws but I took in checked baggage my ear protection, chainsaw chaps , tongs , pick-a-roon , and files. We split most of it with a maul till the last day a neighbor brought a splitter over and we were able to finish. It was a wonderful trip with my sons and I am glad we were able to go.

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    That’s awesome. Nice working on helping out a friend.
     
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    Walt, please cherish it. Your boys will more than you know.
     
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    Great job walt, Curtis and Chad!!

    My wife's son just destroyed his shoulder and arm in an ATV accident and I was over his house doing his fall clean-up this weekend. Of course, he only lives 30 minutes away!
     
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  5. Eric VW

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    So awesome!
    What a trio! Y’all gotta get to one of walt ’s GTG’s where you can witness these 3 in action yourself!
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    Making some great memories with your boys while helping a friend!

    Very cool sir!!!

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    What a great "vacation" Walt!
    I can see where you and your boys benefited as much as your buddies son.
    It takes only the smallest of reasons to go to MT anyway! :whistle:
     
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    Sounds like the almost perfect trip. The only thing making it not perfect was the friends injury.
     
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    Great job guys. :thumbs: Sounds like y type of trip.

    They didnt let you take a chain saw as a carry on? :rofl: :lol:
     
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    Doing the big work in big sky country :yes:
     
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    That's awesome right there. I would like to know what was in that TSA agents mind when they looked at the scan of your bag.....
     
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    Awesome!
     
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    Amazing gift fellas! It really is great to give, isn't it.

    Sent from my SM-S536DL using Tapatalk
     
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    Wow, great trip walt n co! :yes:
    I think I'd be too distracted by the view to stay working!
     
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    Excellent. Nice work Nice trip and Nice offering.
     
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    Great job guys
     
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    Good on yall. I know you didn't do for rewards but it all comes back to you.
     
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    Great job walt and company, you will be well rewarded for your sacrifice and caring for your fellow friend.
    Any idea how many cords you processed?
     
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    I didn't put a tape measure to the stacks but I would guess four cord or so. The logs were already there we just cut , split , and stacked
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    Hell yes!! Good job taking care of the people you love!!
     
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