Cranes.....

[John464]

625,000....without the graphics, cameras, lights, and LCD screens in main cab and operating cab for back up cmaeras.

wow!!!!!

I wish NJ had the demand to buy equipment like that! Looks like it would be a lot of fun to use. Do you guys use that on every removal job? Is something like that financed over a period of 30yrs like a mortgage? I cant even imagine the payments on a normal 60 month loan.

 

[tbst]

Wow. That is insane.

 

[diltree]

I love those German made 60 ton cranes they are definitely the best tool for the job, and sometimes I really wish we owned one. With the price tags approaching $700k I'm not sure they are a feasible investment for a company to buy new. I have considered a used 60 ton, but 700k for a new crane is steep. Especially when we are capable of completing 85% of our crane work with a 17 ton boom truck, and can rent a 60-80 ton crane for $1800-2k a day for the jobs we a bigger crane is needed. Typically I find that most trees can be done just as fast the old fashioned way with no need to even set up a crane, even though we own and operate 2 cranes.

 

[BostonBull]

wow!!!!!

I wish NJ had the demand to buy equipment like that! Looks like it would be a lot of fun to use. Do you guys use that on every removal job? Is something like that financed over a period of 30yrs like a mortgage? I cant even imagine the payments on a normal 60 month loan.

Not every removal. We have two of them. We work them between 3-5 days in our companies...we own 5 tree co's. The rest of the time when one of the 5 co. cant keep them busy there are PLENTY of people lining up to rent the crane and an operator for a day or half day. We also do picks for other people/industries as well. i.e. refrigeration untis, A/C, erecting steel...etc etc

 

[diltree]

BostonBull......

I believe in your case where there is 5 companies operating in different markets all in travel distance for the two cranes....That 60 ton crane makes allot of sense.

 

[diltree]

What happened to the guy that started this thread?

 

[jonseredbred]

What happened to the guy that started this thread?

trying to figure out how to get a 30" bar on his MS200