1 ton bucket/chip truck?

[Ed Roland]

I love slick specialized stuff like that. Wish I could buy one. I got no more room in my equipment lot. It would def. get used. I recall this being more in the 40 to 45 foot range. (bottom of bucket) I ask around and see what I can come up with.

Yeah, im aware of your 50s' era wred wrecker for moving the larger bits.
Very cool.

 

[treevet]

Thanks.

 

[mckeetree]

a friend of mine worked for nelson and they had a GMC 3500 with a bucket and a chip box and it even had a small chipper on the pass side of the truck, so yes it has been done and works well, asplundh has them as well..

I doubt it would work well. Besides I think you are mixed up.

 

[groundsmgr]

4-5 years back I worked for the big "B" in Roanoke, VA. We shared the lot with Asplund and they had a one ton 40' (appx) bucket truck with a chip box.
I have searched around and can not find who is making these things or any used for sale. Was it a custom one off?

I saw a f 550 with chip box and a 35 or 40 lift in tree and landscape equipment trader magazine i recieve:greenchainsaw:

 

[sbumgarner78]

Theres one in Mechanicsville, VA now overnighting on a parking lot used by Penn Line. F550 with a lift. It got my attention as well!

 

[Ed Roland]

I saw a f 550 with chip box and a 35 or 40 lift in tree and landscape equipment trader magazine i recieve:greenchainsaw:

Found this on Tree and Equipment Landscape Trader $39,900

Being sold with chipper.

 

[TreeBot]

I can't think of much that could be done with that rig that could not be done just as easily with a $300 orchard ladder.

 

[RoyalTree]

I know asplundh uses mini versions of their regular setups in some places. I think it is a GMC 4500 or 5500 with a 42 or 47 foot lift with a small chip box.

 

[Ed Roland]

I can't think of much that could be done with that rig that could not be done just as easily with a $300 orchard ladder.

"Just as easily" ? Nothing easy about schlepping a big heavy orchard ladder around. Besides where does one find a $300 40' orchard ladder?


But i hear you. This type rig is limited. I still want one.

 

[RoyalTree]

http://www.asplundh.com/treemagpdfs.../documents/Spring2006NewProductReviewPg25.pdf

This is the asplundh version, a 5500 4X4....would love to have one where big truck doesnt get to

 

[Rftreeman]

I doubt it would work well. Besides I think you are mixed up.

please explain.................

 

[Ed Roland]

http://www.asplundh.com/treemagpdfs.../documents/Spring2006NewProductReviewPg25.pdf

This is the asplundh version, a 5500 4X4....would love to have one where big truck doesnt get to

Thats awesome. Heavy duty truck 40'+ working height.

I do not believe you have to be a large company with many assets (payments) to do really well. 2 men/women (S Mc, Bermie) could put any of these trucks in the field and make a great living.

 

[mckeetree]

please explain.................

Well what you are seeing is F550 fords more than likely. You may have seen a 3500HD version . The 4500 series took the HD's place. As for as a plain one ton with a bucket and a chip box do the math. If you take the weight of even a seven foot box, which would be at least seven yards of chips, the aerial device and the chips you are talking way overloaded for a plain 3500 or F350 (one ton). Now put a chipper in it or behind it. If you ever had a wreck they would prove you were driving a deathtrap. No upfitter would build it. And no, it would not work well.

 

[(WLL)]

"Just as easily" ? Nothing easy about schlepping a big heavy orchard ladder around. Besides where does one find a $300 40' orchard ladder?


But i hear you. This type rig is limited. I still want one.

x2

 

[(WLL)]

Thats awesome. Heavy duty truck 40'+ working height.

I do not believe you have to be a large company with many assets (payments) to do really well. 2 men/women (S Mc, Bermie) could put any of these trucks in the field and make a great living.

:agree2:

 

[John464]

what really is the advantage with this? I do see the advantage of a shorter wheelbase. Normally the reason the bucket truck can't fit is not because its too long its because its too wide. These trucks are just as wide so why not go with a boom that can actually reach something. If you are in the tree business, not the line clearing business, and run a bucket truck you know a 40ft is much too short. I come up short all the time on my 60ft boom. I even come up short once in awhile on my 76ft boom.

Aslpundh orders these trucks with a smaller boom and smaller truck to cut costs where they can, since they order in such large quanities this relates to hundreds of thousands saved. In certain areas they have lines that only need to be cleared at 30ft height. They use this type of truck to cut costs.

My point being, this setup isnt designed for those doing complete tree care. Line clearance, yes. A 60ft bucket will fit into nearly the same tight areas. The real answer to getting into tight spots and backyards is a spiderlift.

 

[Ed Roland]

It makes sense for me. I live on a small barrier island off southern N.C. The salt sculpting keeps the trees from getting enormous like they are inland. The lines of sabal palms, the crape myrtles and virtually everything else around here I am hired to work on make this a smart investment.

 

[Rftreeman]

Well what you are seeing is F550 fords more than likely. You may have seen a 3500HD version . The 4500 series took the HD's place. As for as a plain one ton with a bucket and a chip box do the math. If you take the weight of even a seven foot box, which would be at least seven yards of chips, the aerial device and the chips you are talking way overloaded for a plain 3500 or F350 (one ton). Now put a chipper in it or behind it. If you ever had a wreck they would prove you were driving a deathtrap. No upfitter would build it. And no, it would not work well.

do you work for the people that build these trucks or put booms on them????
I know what I saw and it was a 3500 GMC, this was before the 4500 ever came out, the one asplundh have may be 4500HD but that one was not,I know all about weight and GVWR, I have a commercial drivers license and had to understand all this to get them but if a company wishes to special order a 3500 beefed up to handle the extra weight then GMC would have built it back then and they work very well for what they are meant to do onboard chipper and all........

I have a one ton truck that has heavy duty springs on it and the chassi beefed up and the GVWR is 11500 and the truck weighs 7600 empty with chip box so that's a 3900# load rating that's 1900 over what the truck list as but I suppose you're going to tell me it's really a ford 550 huh?

 

[John464]

It makes sense for me. I live on a small barrier island off southern N.C. The salt sculpting keeps the trees from getting enormous like they are inland. The lines of sabal palms, the crape myrtles and virtually everything else around here I am hired to work on make this a smart investment.

you can get a used 55ft bucket truck for the same amount of money and use the outreach to your advantange. taller boom still would make you more productive with the side reach, even if you don't need the height

why not have the extra height and side reach available?

 

[D Mc]

Looks like a fun rig, Woody! It certainly would be a specialty tool. Think if you got a crew cab you could keep your climbing tools inside the truck and divide the storage bins in half. One side could carry your squirt 'n fert rig and the other side could be an ice cream concession.

You'ld be a busy man!

Just yankin' your chain.

Sounds like you have a good handle on what you need to fit your own particular work style. There is no one best tool for every body, it is just what works well for you.

Dave