Final Week With MBTS: Weekly Reflection

With my Senior Project now complete, I can officially say that I acheived all my goals, and put them all to use in my last week with Murphy Brothers Tree Service. I put in a total of 45 hours this past week, with Monday threw Wednesday being extremely long days. In these three long days I got a lot accomplished because it was just Linus and I. I was able to drive a truck with the chipper on the back consistently throughout the day, get a lot of climbing in and operate and cut from the bucket truck. This week seemed to fly buy because we were jumping from one job to the next and just pumping out the jobs. By the end of the day came, I would come home, shower, write my blog, study my CDL book then go to bed and do it all over again the next day. Friday was the best day of my senior project. Kevin and Linus were both unable to work that day due to other commitments, so they put me in charge of running MBTS for the day. They gave me a huge responsibility and had faith in me that I would respond to their challenge, and I did. Running the crew for that day made me apply all my three goals into all the jobs. Driving the large CDL trucks, tree climbing, and bucket truck operation.
I think I have come along way in just three weeks. The first day I started, I was unsure of what to do and what to expect. The last day of my project, I had all the weight of the company on my shoulders. In just three weeks, I earned a great deal of trust, responsibility, and respect from both owners, Kevin and Linus. On the first day, I would have never even thought they would ask me to do something like this. This senior project has really opened a lot of doors for me and I also found out a lot about myself as a person from doing this kind of work. I feel honored that Murphy Brothers Tree Service Inc. gave me the opportunity to be apart of their company for three weeks, and I want to thank them for that. These last three weeks with the MBTS is something that will stick with my forever.