I was trying to think of a creative title, but failed. Between going to the dump every week, and having to shovel our driveway whenever it snows, my dad and I had discussed–more longingly than seriously–picking up a cheap pickup truck.

But eBay and Craigslist have shown that used bucket trucks–cherry pickers–are affordable enough. And there are myraid reasons they’d be handy for us, living in a rural area. For one, we have a lot of precarious tree limbs hanging. We could go up in the bucket with a chainsaw. It would also be handy for getting up onto the roof. As hams, it would make antenna service easy. And as a photographer, it’s be an awesome angle for taking aerial shots. Plus, bucket trucks are just cool. I suspect it’s something friends and neighbors would want to borrow, too. (Remember to draft up some paperwork waiving all liability first, though.)

So this is the second in my “what I want for Christmas” category. (The first, you may recall, is a fake moustache. The unspoken third, of course, is electricity.)