125 foot boom

[bomar]

i get to operate one of this bad boys on tuesday doing a bunch of cottonwood overhang on distibution lines curtesey of the power companys money just wondering if anyone else has ran one

heres a pic of the 105 foot altec we ran last spring wrecking out snags and overhang

 

[DDM]

Oooo thats a toy I'd like to play with!

 

[ForTheArborist]

I needed a 50 ft tow along monday to get the eucalyptus branches over a strew of powerlines. 100% faster than climbing to get trouble done with, then its just in the way. I would have been rigging from that stage to prevent damage to the machine.

Booms are fantastic. Im looking into a minimum of 75' on a truck no box now. I had not been aware of what an advantage these are in fiscal or monthly terms.

 

[deevo]

I needed a 50 ft tow along monday to get the eucalyptus branches over a strew of powerlines. 100% faster than climbing to get trouble done with, then its just in the way. I would have been rigging from that stage to prevent damage to the machine.

Booms are fantastic. Im looking into a minimum of 75' on a truck no box now. I had not been aware of what an advantage these are in fiscal or monthly terms.

Just remember the towables are not insulated!Be prepared to shell out a lot of $ for a 75'er! They are a lot more then the regular 55' or 60'ers!

 

[bomar]

yeah its amazing how much a diffrence in price between the 55ers and 75 footers

 

[Deets066]

I was running a genie 135 z boom for a few days last week putting up overhead cranes. The runway was 115 ft, definatly a little wobbly up there, but fun.

 

[bomar]

yup i did those overhaging trees today i did a bonus snag i got to max the boom out its amazing what a little bit of wind feels like its like your at the end of a snakes tail in the air lol then the truck looks like a little hotwheels truck iv been alot higher then that climbing but its diffrent when your in a piece of equipment pretty fun tho :msp_thumbup:

 

[bomar]

I was running a genie 135 z boom for a few days last week putting up overhead cranes. The runway was 115 ft, definatly a little wobbly up there, but fun.

ya this boom had telescopic lower and upper extensions and articulating lower and upper booms (same setup as a 55ft boom truck) all in one insulated boom and a 2 man bucket that piveted 180 degrees with hydrulic leveling and tilt. It also had a 1500lb jib on the front of it sweetest piece of equipment i have ran a little nervous running it with a pricetag of over $500,000.00:msp_ohmy:

 

[ForTheArborist]

Geeze, 500k! Just juggling the bills on one of those and a satisfactory resale price when its time sell it would more nerve wracking than the ride itself.

What is the "insulated vs. non insulated" about?

Imo the loan payments on a 55' or 75' arent going to be much different, so i get one. The main part to the deal is how much more can you make by the end of the year with an extra 20 ft and another joint in the boom? And then extend this thing any more and youre practically driving an ocean liner with a boom half the city block long on the truck. No thanks.

 

[bomar]

Geeze, 500k! Just juggling the bills on one of those and a satisfactory resale price when its time sell it would more nerve wracking than the ride itself.

What is the "insulated vs. non insulated" about?

Imo the loan payments on a 55' or 75' arent going to be much different, so i get one. The main part to the deal is how much more can you make by the end of the year with an extra 20 ft and another joint in the boom? And then extend this thing any more and youre practically driving an ocean liner with a boom half the city block long on the truck. No thanks.

insulated means its for work around powerlines there is a insulated insert on the boom itself the theroy is if you accidently hit the primary with the boom electricity is guna travel down the boom and stop where that insulated section is instead of going all the way down thru the truck and grounding out creating a electrical circuit which can go right thru the bucket operator and ya the power company let us use it for the day the truck is used on 500kv transmission lines normally