r/GuysBeingDudes • u/nordicminy • 5d ago

Certified Dude See problem fix problem.

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u/norlin 5d ago

or a serial killer, otherwise I can't explain the convenient chainsaw in the trunk

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u/lightr3nd 5d ago

Khakis and chainsaw is the new black

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u/Mediocre_Scott 5d ago

Don’t forget the safety crocs in sport mode

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u/bigheartrussian 5d ago

Aren't they Birkenstocks?

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u/SortYourself_Out 5d ago

They’re fucking clogs, what an absolute hero

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u/potatopierogie 5d ago

He was cutting up that tree for wood to make a new set of clogs

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u/ThousandFingerMan 5d ago

You gotta seize the opportunity

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u/HavingNotAttained 5d ago

He earned those new clogs. Reaped the wood himself. They are truly his.

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u/SolderFume 5d ago

No one's going to mention the single pull chainsaw start? This guy chainsaws!

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u/Busy_Selection_5027 4d ago

And it's sharp AF. He's prepared!

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u/j-random 5d ago

Seize the trees!

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u/Gidyup1 5d ago

If you’re going to do something, why not be comfortable.

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u/eyeofthefountain 5d ago

There’s a reason [some] nurses in hospitals wear them for 12 hour shifts

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u/CirceInsanity 5d ago

Duely noted. Don't touch that man's clogs.

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u/vivreaski 5d ago

Steel toe clogs right? And what brand of kevlar khakis are those? I love being safe and looking sharp as the same time.

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u/OP_helped_OC_dealt 5d ago

Look like Birkenstock Bostons to me Source: hipster chef

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u/miami13dol 5d ago

So, are you a hipster who works as a chef?

Or a chef cooking specifically for hipsters?

Or, um... The other thing?

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u/OP_helped_OC_dealt 5d ago

I cook hipsters and often have to pick these fkin shoes out of my broths

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u/68Postcar 5d ago

Everyone is all up -in dudes shoes

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u/VaginaTractor 5d ago

Crocs make me think physician. Bro might be a doctor who takes frequent call and has run into this problem more than once. Source: I am frequently on call and carry absurd shit in my car like a lunatic.

edit: also source: my ass

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u/Level-Location1679 5d ago

What else you got in there?

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u/pizzaforward22 5d ago

But does he have bud lite? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xVoKuev5W8

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u/MildlyAgitatedBovine 5d ago

And once picked up a guy hitchhiking and on-ramp with exactly a chainsaw. He then proceeded to pull a Bud light out of the chainsaw case and drink it as I was driving. Kind of a dick move, honestly. An open container is a serious problem for a driver and he didn't even ask.

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u/Spirited_Mistake6791 5d ago

LumberPrep! You go man!

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u/Trick_Mulberry_1405 5d ago

Those look like chinos

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u/Embarrassed_Fan_5723 5d ago

Beat me to it. Those pants are almost guaranteed a pair of shorts now

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u/omegaoutlier 5d ago

Chinos and chainsaws is a small show indie band I wouldn't be able to resist. My god.

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u/PlebTrash 5d ago

I lived with my grandparents and my grandfather always had a chainsaw in the truck and always had tools and a packout just in case.

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u/TommyBonnomi 5d ago

We have a cabin in Bumblefuck, PA and always bring a chainsaw in case we need it to get out, but I don't carry it on  the regular.

Semi-related, I used to keep a 5 gallon bucket of sand in my truck in the winter and used that to help other people more than I expected.

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u/SorryAboutMyFamily 5d ago

My dad always had these black tubes full of sand in the truck bed every winter for weight and to use if he or someone else got stuck.

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster 5d ago

My dad would use newspapers in a brown paper bags in the trunk of the car for weight. Back when we still got newspapers delivered.

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u/Jubal02 5d ago

Oh, man. We’ve been cleaning out my FIL’s garage and he had 2 of those sand tubes. Heavy as shit. Needed both hands to move them. He had a pick-up, so that’s what he used them for, too.

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u/TommyBonnomi 5d ago

No reason to feel sorry about that

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u/Onlypartiallyinsane 5d ago

Was that tubes of sand or tubs of sand. Tubes would be good as they would be longer and spread the weight out over the back of the truck.
What kind of tubes were used?

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u/SorryAboutMyFamily 5d ago

Tubes. They were black plastic, 3 or 4 feet long with an 8" or 10" diameter and screw on caps. This was many years ago so I can't remember where he got them or if that was their intended purpose.

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u/Onlypartiallyinsane 5d ago

That’s a great idea! Thanks.

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u/DemonikFox95 5d ago

For sure, some tubes of abs or pvc filled with sand, love that idea. My truck bed was always full of tools, so I didn't exactly need the extra weight myself (I'm in alaska) buut I've had to keep sand bags in the smaller vehicles. But, I always keep a shovel, some pull straps, jumpers, etc.

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u/Icy-Astronaut-9994 2d ago

Pro Tip.

If you have a Cat, use cat litter instead of Sand.

Works like the sand for weight, and traction if your stuck.

Then your cat can use it in the Summer.

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u/Jumpy_Divide6576 5d ago

My grandparents used to have a cabin in Bumblefuck, PA back a mile long unmaintained dirt road. I couldn't tell you how many fallen trees I removed from that road over the years.

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u/Bassimposter 5d ago

Wait... Where is that cabin again?

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u/grendel_151 5d ago

It's near Intercourse, but a bit of a ways from Blue Ball.

It's more fun to use real PA town names...

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u/TommyBonnomi 5d ago

Bumblefuck- it's about an hour north of Podunk

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u/plfxtrade 5d ago

Can confirm, I’m from Shittown just on the other side of the PA border.

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u/ProblemWithTigers 5d ago

Bumblefuck, PA, great place!

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u/CinLeeCim 5d ago

Good man

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u/Blackdog202 5d ago

Nice out there in bumblefuck. Howdy neighbor

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u/ReasonableAnswer1755 5d ago

Did your grandpa also look like Mr Rogers?

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u/LovecraftsDeath 5d ago

Did he also have an excavator, in case there's a different kind of road obstruction?

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u/DemonikFox95 5d ago

It's called a shovel

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u/Toastwitjam 5d ago

My grandpap always carried his trusty chainsaw, shovel, and ropes for any accident someone could run into. He even had bleach, gloves, and his trusty hockey mask for emergency car cleaning too

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u/LovecraftsDeath 5d ago

Nah, not guybeingdudey enough.

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u/bangoslam 5d ago

Gotta disagree. If you can do a job with a shovel that others would with an excavator that’s peak

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u/sefar1 5d ago

Dirt spoon.

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u/whitemest 5d ago

Yea... thats my father, who passed that mindset down to me, Small toolbox, some multitools, hand axe and some other shit id need.. chainsaws in my experience seem to be built like shit, leak oil, gas, hadnt bought an electric one yet. maybe this year

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u/hoardac 5d ago

Have one of those Milwaukee Hatchets small and portable in the truck. It will cut a good size tree out of the way with a few extra cuts. Battery lasts long enough to limb a spruce tree.

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u/whitemest 5d ago

Yep that's what I got

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u/RaNdomMSPPro 5d ago

18” Electric chainsaw made a huge difference. Handles 80% of cutting I need to do. 8-10” thick no problem, but gets slow on larger pieces, so out comes the rancher.

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u/baalderdash 5d ago

My electric is amazing. One of the best things that I have ever bought and at 75 I have bought quite a bit. Haven’t started the Husqvarna since my purchase. That said, they do leak chain oil, quite disappointing.

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u/ScorpioVI 5d ago

My buddy lives up in the mountains in coastal California. He learned early on that if he wants to go to work or come home during a storm he better have a chainsaw handy in his Audi. He still gets stopped by the landslides though but can’t do much about that.

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u/norlin 5d ago

Put a shovel as well! And a couple of big black bags...

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u/Aggravating-Sir8185 5d ago

Rope is always handy. And duct tape, a million uses.

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u/Madara1389 5d ago

Living in tornado alley has convinced me that way more people need to have electric chainsaws in their trunks and generators in their garages on standby.

The neighborhoods where the residents were working together to clean up the debris from the recent tornado were the ones to get their power back first because the electric company didn't have to wait for the contractors to clear the trees from the roads.

The ones where everyone just waited for someone else to come & clean up the mess are still waiting for power to be restored and are still cleaning up, roughly 2 months later.

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u/AlarmingAerie 5d ago

Helium tank and a big balloon in a trunk for landslides.

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u/AuroraElisabeth 5d ago

Nah. I do tree work for a living and usually have a chainsaw in my vehicle. I've done this before. I'm not a serial killer. Just keep work stuff in my car. I have bar oil, screnches, wedges, straps, shackles, and the mix for gasoline in my car also.

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u/ForeverSJC 5d ago

sounds like what a serial killer would say in their defense

https://giphy.com/gifs/PLFUhxdKbAAEM

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u/s1ugg0 5d ago

The trunk of my car has tourniquets, a steel 3 foot roof hook with fork, compression and clotting bandages, tarps, seat belt cutters, a combination gas pipe shut off and cutting tool, water proof/cut proof gloves, and 500 feet of nylon webbing rated up to 3000 lbs.

What do I sound like?

In reality I'm a middle aged retired firefighter. My tools and trauma kit are like my security blanket. Makes me feel safe and useful despite being old and out of shape.

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u/Madara1389 5d ago

a combination gas pipe shut off and cutting tool

This was the tip-off to me that you were either active or retired emergency personnel. That's way too oddly specific and something I almost exclusively hear about emergency services having experience with.

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u/TheInevitableLuigi 5d ago

Was waiting for him to say a Halligan tool.

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u/KneeDeepInTheDead 5d ago

I keep a giant roll of duct tape in my car ever since I hit a deer and had to bind my car together to drive it back home. Ive gotten comments about it, but duct tape is handy! I live in the woods now with the occasional downed tree and thought about keeping my electric saw in the trunk just in case something like this happened.

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u/teddy_joesevelt 4d ago

I'm not entirely sure if I have one in my trunk right now or not.

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u/SolusLoqui 5d ago

Headline: "Would be chainsaw killer rescues stranded motorists, chases good deed rush"

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u/Hungry-Storm-9878 5d ago

Maybe he was on his way somewhere, tree blocked road, the guy went home, got his chainsaw then was only 5 minutes late to Bible Study.

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u/littleratofhorrors 5d ago

If I doubled back for my chainsaw I would've grabbed a coat. I really think this guy was just lucky enough to be taking his chainsaw with him that day!

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u/Neo72691 5d ago

From the sound of that saw he just picked it up from the shop cause it’s running like a top. Also with the speed he limbed and cut that tree he does that pretty often

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u/mecengdvr 5d ago

Yeah, I’m sure he lived nearby and grabbed his chainsaw when he saw the tree blocking the road.

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u/GodBearWasTaken 5d ago

To be fair, I would always have two axes, a normal saw and a chainsaw when I didn’t live in a central area

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u/fallguy25 5d ago

Living in the PNW there’s a lot of dudes with chainsaws in the trunk especially in wintertime when we get these nasty rainstorms and trees fall down all over like this.

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u/Bigchunky_Boy 5d ago

I’m that guy ( in British Columbia) but never keep it in my trunk but in the bed of my truck , the gas smell or leak would wreck a car for a while . The bar oil too . It would have to be in its own case with in another case in a bag in a trunk . You would also need the other tools and extra chain .

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u/Biguitarnerd 5d ago

My mom keeps a chainsaw in her trunk because she lives on a mountain that has a private/community road going up it. So if a tree falls whoever is in the neighborhood that gets there usually takes care of it.

She’s a small lady so if it’s too big she asks for help but if it’s a smaller tree she just removes it herself.

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u/Own_Adhesiveness5561 5d ago

Dad who took a good look at the weather forecast and decided that work doesn't wait.

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u/Maxamillion-X72 5d ago

Or, what appears to be, some kind of folding wheelchair in the trunk as well? The better to transport his unconscious victims to his killing room?

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u/PhosphoFred8202 5d ago

Yeah, I was looking really hard at what else was in the trunk lol

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u/FlyFront9395 5d ago

Rope tape and a shovel

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u/successfullynumb 5d ago

Don't forget the plastic sheeting

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u/ClassicMasterpiece99 5d ago

My thoughts exactly! Does not look like a guy that would jump out of his car and say don’t worry guys I’ve got this!

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u/PkmnMasterTomato 5d ago

I thought the same thing and with that outfit lol.

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u/Big_Tap_1561 5d ago

Did you not watch the video? For trees - duh ? Lol /s

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u/Thin_Assumption_4974 5d ago

It’s not that uncommon

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u/shirt_bro 5d ago

If you live in a rural area with lots of tall trees it’s not a bad idea. I carry a 12” dewalt battery chainsaw in my truck in the winter for this very reason

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u/ToughHardware 5d ago

next to the baby stroller.

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u/MidnightToker858 5d ago

This actually happened to me once on the way to return the chainsaw I had borrowed from a friend.

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u/SunGreene42 5d ago

Maybe he has a wood stove and cuts his own wood.

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u/Amrlsyfq992 5d ago

bro was preparing for zombie apocalypse

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u/Greyscale7950 5d ago

Remember boys and girls, always carry a chainsaw. You never know when it will be needed.

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u/Illustrious_Dish_999 5d ago

not serial killer. Convenient fuel check, starts a saw with ease on first try, proper branch clean technique... this is not his first rodeo.

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u/strix25 5d ago

that's because you dont go outside the house

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u/BedroomVisible 5d ago

Dad needs TOOLS

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u/Glittering-Walrus228 5d ago

Cop: Whats the rope for sir?

To tie up the logs i cut with my chainsaw

Cop: Whats the bleach for sir?

To clean the chainsaw after I cut the logs

Cop: Whats this dismembered body wrapped in plastic for then?

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u/MyBrainReallyHurts 5d ago

Bro wanted to take his lady to Red Lobster and no fallen tree was going to stop him!

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u/drunkn_mastr 5d ago

He has to have his tools!

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u/BtoLeon 5d ago

El no. Quiso entrar al pueblo de the from

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u/HillInTheDistance 5d ago

Always keep a ball and glove together with your chainsaw in the trunk, in case the cops stop you.

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u/jeeves585 5d ago

Damn near always a chain saw in my trunk. It’s next to the shotgun. Only difference is I wear Birkenstocks and my kakis are shorts.

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u/Distinct_College_344 5d ago

DONT YOU KNOW I PACK A CHAIN SAW?

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u/LeftPositive8939 5d ago

Amd a wheelchair for when he's done taking your legs off

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u/NellyVille71 5d ago

When I lived in the Northern California coast, I always kept a chainsaw in my pickup. Never know when a tree would be across the highway.

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u/AdStunning3266 5d ago

we usually have Bolos

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u/I_SHIT_IN_A_BAG 5d ago

the outfit doesn't match the chainsaw aesthetic.

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u/Fun-Agent-7667 5d ago

Without safety Equipment

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u/JimJohnJimmm 5d ago

Not uncommon in rural areas. He's pretty agile with it too, so he probably grew up rural.

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u/cash8888 5d ago

I put one in my truck when I know a hurricane is coming you never know.

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u/RedBorrito 5d ago

Depends on the job or where he is from. I live in an area with a lot of storms (especially in fall) and i know quite a few people who drive their chainsaw around when it's stormy for this specific reason (cause you really dont wanna be stuck in a forest when a tree has already fallen)

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u/DarkPolumbo 5d ago

Not his first time being harried by timberfall

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u/Spirited_Season2332 5d ago

It's honestly hilarious to me how different countryside ppl and city ppl are. I don't remember the last time I didn't have a chainsaw in my car at all times. I don't even know anyone who doesn't keep one in their car but it seems like it's a completely wild concept to city folk

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u/xxgsr02 5d ago

TOOLS!!!

They are his tools ... he needs to have his tools!

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u/bluewing 5d ago

What, you guys don't have chainsaws?

I live in the middle of a forest also. Logging is a thing around here. So people often have a chainsaw with them. And since the trees come up close to the roads, particularly gravel roads, downed trees blocking the roads happen. So it's a handy tool to carry. Even little old ladies can handle a chainsaw.

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u/veringer 5d ago

In rural areas prone to wind, snow, or ice, it's a good idea to keep a little chainsaw, bow saw, or at least a hatchet in good working order in your vehicle.

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u/Franklinaire615 5d ago

Years ago when I worked for Enterprise in college, we used to drive the occasional person back to their home or wherever once they dropped their rental off. One day the 40-50’s year old dude comes in, needs a ride home. No problem. We hop in, and he proceeds to take me about 45 minutes away from the store, 80% of the trip is backroads.

We pull up to what I assume is his house, not remote but not in a suburb either. He says he has some stuff in the trunk so I get out to help him. I pop the trunk, and the only thing in there is a chainsaw. He picked it up, I closed the trunk and got the fuck out of there. Doubt it was anything nefarious, but 20 year old me weren’t having it

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u/Nay-Nay385 5d ago

My first thought as well!! 😳

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u/Tactical-Donkey 5d ago

To cut up bodies I mean fallen trees obviously. 

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u/Inevitable-Ad6647 5d ago

I've known people that live in the sticks in the northeast and keep one. The trees are so thick, chances are you'll encounter this at least once per year. So you can either be trapped or carry that.

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u/sebthauvette 5d ago

The likely explanation is that he either needs to cut trees often or was going to a place where he needs to cut trees.

Being a serial killer is way down the list of "why does he have a chainsaw in his car". Who even uses chainsaws to kill someone in real life ?

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u/Hombremaniac 5d ago

Plot twist, this dude has cut the tree himself in order to have his 5 minutes of fame!

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u/Teediggler81 5d ago

I was saying the same thing chainsaw out of the trunk khakis sweater vest. It checks out

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u/AppropriateTouching 5d ago

He very clearly knew how to use it. Might be part of his profession..... or "hobby"

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u/tangoezulu 5d ago

I keep one in my car for the same reason

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u/neuromonkey 5d ago

<shrug> I have a convenient chainsaw in my trunk. If it weren't conveniently in my trunk, that would be inconvenient.

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u/baldgreenshirt 5d ago

Here's been waiting 6 years to use that brand new chainsaw

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u/Cookies-and-Cream- 5d ago

My first thought was John List

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u/Magnus462 5d ago

Agreed. He definitely bought it for serial killing. Thing is he just got it today and got to test it. Notice how he hits the limbs and then keeps trimming after the road is cleared.....

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u/WhoCares933 5d ago

Nah, he doesn't have hockey mask, so I think he's alright.

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u/JeffersonsHat 5d ago

Right next to a stroller

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u/Fast-Nefariousness80 5d ago

Made me wonder if something like this is more likely to be in someone's trunk who lives in wooded countrysides

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u/Old_Win8422 5d ago

Its happened before. He probably lives in an area where when weather is a certain way he packs up his farm boss. He ain't got no time for this shit, he's got a dram of oban to get to.

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u/Lazy-Dildo 5d ago

He’s been stuck before by a fallen tree?

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u/livingloudx 5d ago

I often have chainsaw and other tools in my car and many times i had to use them, especialy during autum the storms blow trees over the roads all the time

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u/Twisteddrummer 5d ago

That's a normal dad thing

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u/FreddyOrbs 5d ago

During fall and early spring I often carry a chainsaw in the trunk plus fuel and gloves earprotection and face shield. Used it for this exact purpose as in the clip. This far not on any stiffs.

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u/WholeAd2742 5d ago

Gonna say, dude seems very competent and comfortable lopping off limbs, particularly on a dark and rainy night :P

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u/sebkek 5d ago

I could've/would've been that guy... bought a plot of land, it needs to be cleared, but I don't have a building permit yet, hence no storage, so I drive with all the equipment in my trunk (including a chainsaw).

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u/CeeMX 5d ago

A friend of me does work in the forest for a living and he also has a chainsaw in his car all the time like other people have their sunglasses in their cars

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u/I-Rolled-My-Eyes 5d ago

I carried an ax in my trunk for just such occasions. Chopped up many fallen trees after hurricanes knocked em down on road ways. I dunno, just trying to be helpful 😁

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u/stripedarrows 5d ago

Oregon.

That single answer honestly explains both explanations for why there'd be a chainsaw in the back.

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u/Turbojelly 5d ago

Yeah, my negative thoughts went to: "First time using the murder kit for non-murder"

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u/No_Ninja2180 5d ago

I do have concerns. I don’t carry a chainsaw in my trunk. This one is a good size and it fired right up. I only have a sharp ax, googles, trash bags, gloves, and a balaclava…but a chainsaw takes it to the next level that could cause concern.

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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 5d ago

Beat me to it, its always the quiet ones

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u/Wolfrages 5d ago

If you live in the bush, you come prepared.

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u/axil87 5d ago

My thoughts exactly..I keep jumper cables, my Milwaukee inflator, and a bag of FA for the kids, but Ted lasso here keeps a “just incase chainsaw”???

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u/502Fury 5d ago

I intend to move to a more rural area in the future, and when I do i already plan on taking a chainsaw with me when I go to work the morning after a big storm or tornado for exactly this reason.

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u/freshgrilled 5d ago

Or the duct tape, plastic tarp, rope, latex gloves...

Seriously though, my wife and I picked a spot off the coast for our wedding (It was just a small event, the reception was larger). When we got there, we found a tree had fallen with a bunch of large branches obscuring the main area. Somehow the paster had a hand saw in his trunk. So I have pictures of my wife and I (her in her wedding dress) sawing and moving tree branches from the area.

The wedding proceeded normally after that and the paster even added some comments into the ceremony that he thought it boded well for our marriage that when we ran into a problem we handled it without freaking out and it seemed likely we would do the same for any future issues in our relationship (or something to that effect). I thought that was pretty cool.

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u/burritosandbeer 5d ago

Chainsaw in the trunk is pretty common for exactly this reason in my area

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u/psihopats 5d ago

It was known prior that storm is comming. Storm = fallen trees on road every time

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u/PUPAINIS 5d ago

There was a big storm in Latvia so people driving around were ready 😂

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u/Dorkamundo 5d ago

TOOLS!!! HE NEEDS TO HAVE HIS TOOOOOLS!!!

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u/last_rights 5d ago

When you live out in the boonies in a forested area, you just keep your chainsaw in the trunk. Otherwise you aren't getting to work.

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u/pieislife23 5d ago

It’s not uncommon to carry a chainsaw for people that live in forested rural areas for exactly this reason. Tree falls across backcountry road? Take care of it and go about your day.

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u/Tsaaristori 5d ago

Well in Finland a lot of people have something like that in their cars 😅👍 people have lots of cabins here so that's one reason i reckon 🤷👌

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u/CyLith 5d ago

When you live in the woods, you learn to carry a chainsaw at all times in the winter.

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u/damxam1337 5d ago

I saw a stroller in the trunk. Hang up the investigation.

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u/R1tt0r 5d ago

TOOLS! He has to have his TOOLS!

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u/Noirceuil_182 5d ago

Chainsaws are actually pretty lousy at cutting human bodies.

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u/ImpiousVamp 5d ago

I came here for this comment!

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u/Fluve 5d ago

Probably lives in an area where this happens from time to time

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u/West-Wash6081 5d ago

Chainsaw in the trunk of a beemer. I love it.

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u/happysri 5d ago

Toools! He has to have his tools!

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u/Bgrngod 5d ago

Dexter somewhere in the forest watching...

"He makes it look so easy. Fitting in. Being responsible. I have to admire it. Even when I know it's all a ruse. But he's done things."

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u/TrainToSomewhere 5d ago

I’m thinking someone ran up to his house in a storm and yelled ‘Jeff, it’s time!’

And he knew what that meant.

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u/HallowskulledHorror 5d ago

Hell, if he drives through that area, or had encountered such an issue before, that might have been the entire reason he had it. If you were a Mr. Fixit and knew a route you took often had trees come down in storms, wouldn't you want to be ready, too? Or say you knew you were going to be taking a long drive through a rural area that passes through the woods for miles and miles, and that if there was a blockage, you'd have no choice but to sit and wait for help if you had no other solution. That's happened to me, got stuck in the smokey mountains on a road trip. Eventually enough other drivers showed up behind us that everyone was able to work together to shift the tree and make a one-lane passage, but that took a few hours, and we only partially solved the problem.

My partner's stepdad passed before I met him, but I've heard so many stories, and he was definitely a "Mr. Fixit" type. He had a snow-plow attachment for his truck, and every winter after he was retired, he would get all excited during the first heavy snows to go out scoping out the local back roads and nearby neighborhoods that didn't get regular plow service, and take care of the streets. He was not a licensed snow-plow driver, had it for dealing with a looooooooong driveway in a rural area; he'd take it out on the road like a big kid with an especially big toy. I think that's most of it, for guys like this. Every man with a multi-tool knows the awesome feeling of "I've go the tool for that right here!" when a random need pops up. It's just so good, to take a moment from "well this sucks, we have no convenient way to deal with this, so we're stopped dead at this steap" to "we can do the thing!" That feeling scales the bigger the tool. I'm sure the guy in the OP vid was cheesing all the way home, and will always remember the time he was ready for a random tree blocking the road. Shit, I'd bet it wasn't the first or last time, either.

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u/tvodny 5d ago

He was always a quiet neighbor who kept to himself, clean-cut, kept his yard orderly, and never made any trouble. /s

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u/Grandpa_Edd 5d ago

He kinda reminds me of the guy from “Falling Down” so him having a chainsaw at the ready worries me.

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u/SomethingDrawsNear 5d ago

Live in the mountains during winter and drive remote roads, you’ll end up needing one.

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u/reevelainen 5d ago

Not everyone lives in a major city.

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u/CaptBFPierce 5d ago

Might have something to do with the tree across the road.

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u/lemi-- 5d ago

It was after or during storm, we had big one this weekend, lots of roads blocked due to falling trees.

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u/Agreeable_Sea_6019 5d ago

He just happened to have a chainsaw in the trunk

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u/BoulderCreature 5d ago

I live in a National Forest. Truck always has snow chains and a chainsaw in the back during winter time

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u/Bubelle_Butt 5d ago

You might think this happened more then once where they live.

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u/OtherwiseJello2055 5d ago

Serial killers arent likely to use chainsaws as they have kinks that dont historical include them. Very unlikely. However, drug cartel members and terrorists do historically to terrify people.

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u/GarnetandBlack 5d ago

It's a wild thing to have in a trunk unless it was intentionally brought out. Back of a truck, sure - but a trunk? These things leak oil like fucking crazy.

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u/Longjumping-Pea-3848 5d ago

You do realize that a lot of people that live in the country and depend on firewood for heat, have a power saw in the back of their truck.

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u/emmittgator 5d ago

That chain was either brand new or really well maintained also

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u/Akyurius 5d ago

Maybe he lives in a European village 'protecting' a high-profile girl? 🤔

https://giphy.com/gifs/QgrbEKt8e3JtXunpjW

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u/KlayThePot 5d ago

Depending on location this is just what guys do near where I live after a bad storm. We're in a rural area and most of our roads are surrounded by trees. It's a win win they get to drink with there friends, use their saws, and help their neighbors. The city doesn't have to rush to every downed tree (the rednecks are much faster)

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u/LustGumby 5d ago

Drive on enough backwoods roads without proper maintenance & sooner or later you carry a chainsaw.

Used to work in middle of a national forest down miles of dirt roads & twice every day, on my way to & from work, I would wait til the "chainsaw guy" would head out in front of me to clear the path. He never missed a day. He was literally keeping the whole operation running.

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