Do you have a bucket truck??

[Ax-man]

Koa, Thanks, more info, I love it.

If you do get one of these spiders, you will probaly be one of the first ones to have one, do let us know how it works out. -- Larry

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

a guy around here has 3 spider lifts ..from 16-30 meters..thats over 90'

 

[R Schra]

Thanks Ronald, got a little more info to go by now.-- Larry

Larry,

I have to correct myself. It must be this rig we used.

teupen 22m spider

and this is only approx. 5170 lbs (2,350 kg)

Must be my mistake in remembering after a half year....


Ronald

 

[ROLLACOSTA]

heres a lift company i like www.cela-it.com

 

[darkstar]

can someone comment on bucket / boom trucks ... id like a bucket than can handle a load ..... seems like a safe workable option ...im wondering what a swinging trunk could do if it hit one of thos light weight spyder set ups ...of cours that would be user error but ,,,we all err.... i want a bucket but would love one that is capable of lifting some weight ...any reccomendations there ....... we are gonna purchase somthing in dec. have to .....looking at the man lifts i think in my area a normal bucket would be most useable especially if it could handle a small load say 1000 pounds thanx dark

 

[Koa Man]

darkstar,
I previously owned a 1985 Altec material handler. It had a 48 ft. work height, rotating bucket, 6 ft. jib at end of bucket with a hyd. winch. It was capable of lifting 1500 lbs. max. The positions where we would use it the most was limited to 750 lbs. Still, that is still a lot of weight. Myself and 1 groundman was able to load 8900 lbs. of logs into my dump truck in under an hour using the material handler. I also used it to take down a 40 ft. tall coconut palm in 5 sections and have it loaded in my truck in 23 minutes. You can get material handlers in higher lifts. The Elliott telescopic ones can lift 6000 lbs. and you can go 90 ft. All of these lifts are very expensive. Right now I have a mini loader that can go into back yards to grab brush and logs. I just need a lift that can do the same.

 

[bottlefed89]

Yeah, that's what I'd really like too, but the $$'s not there for any of them I've found. Also, I got all of my gear stolen friday night, so I'll be set back a little from my bucket plans...

 

[dtw902]

Spider Lifts

Their are some that are somewhat close, but do not have the ultra narrow profile of the spiderlifts. Niftylift is one example. The LEO GT50 could pass through my bedroom door.

It might go threw the door Koa I don't know if the floor will hold it up!

 

[dtw902]

Ax Man,
The LEO GT50 is less than 5000 lbs. I could transport it on my dump trailer.

Just giving you a hard time Koa the GT50 weighs around 29,480 lbs.
I think you ment the one your looking at, the LEO GT15 around 4070 lbs.

 

[dtw902]

I am looking at getting the LEO GT23. 75' working height, 38.5" wide, Weighs around 6820 lbs. Got my quote from them were still working on the numbers. I just have to justify that much money there not cheap.

 

[Koa Man]

dtw902,
You are right about the weights. I had a brain fart and was thinking about working ht. I edited my post. My bedroom floor will support that weight. My house is built on a concrete slab. Also, about the prices for these things....can't understand why a 50 footer is $56K, but the next size up, the 23GT is $109K. I would love to have the 23GT, but I really need to get pass these 36 inch gates. If I got the bigger lift, I would be able to use it on only about 15% of the trees I do on a regular basis. With the smaller lift I would be able to use it on about 70% of them.

 

[dtw902]

I here ya Koa thats a big price difference, I could handle maby 75 grand, 100 grand is allot of money. I just e-mailed them with some more questions I had. In my area the 23GT would get to probably 90% of the tree's back yard and hard access places. The big thing for me would be getting into yards that were not dry enough for the bucket. Definatly sounds like the 15GT would work best for you. I was just ribbing ya about the weights.

 

[xtremetrees]

Bottlefed-- that sucks you got ripped off. I climb with about 1500 $ worth of gear on my back, if I were to loose it I'd have to climb trees with my dog leash and fix a prusic with my shoe strings, but I'd still smoke a bucket.
If your a C.A. and using a bucket truck more than likely your spiking your trimms. Or worse you got a unskilled laborer spiking them for you.
The purpose of being a C.A. is to further the technical knowledge of those of us involved in the field of arboriculture. I can see yall now " No maam, we dont climb trees we are a big company and we use a bucket. Buckets dont reach its simple as that. I've ran across maybe three C.A.'s that actually climb trees in one of the largest metro cities in the world. C.A.'s that push C.A. and spike and or use buckets simpley because their employees lack the skill and training to do tree properly well lets just say, may the force of gravity be with you.

 

[teamtree]

Wow...bucket trucks are useless....lol

Now don't get me wrong....climbers are great and yes they can out produce a bucket truck in some scenarios and absolutely necessary in proper pruning.

However, what about dead trees, hazerdous trees, or that one dead limb 60 feet in the air....which will take 10 minutes in a bucket truck as opposed to an hour for a climber.

 

[teamtree]

As far as the smoking a bucket...how do you get your lips around the exhaust?

 

[dhuffnmu]

I will admit a bucket truck is nice. I have one but it hasn't been used in about a month now. We do 95% climbing. In the area I work it you can't simply make it on bucket work alone. Most of my jobs are in hight dollared areas and there is no acess to backyards with bucket trucks. These people have hight dollared landscapes and they will not tollerate them being messed up period. As far as climbing not productive. I don't know what you guys charge but we do just fine. It seems to me that some of you guys that only do bucket work haven't had experience with a GOOD climber there are alot of climbers out there but you have not worked with a good one. We have a 60 ft bucket and it always seems to be a little to short in alot of circumstances. Not to mention cement breakage. Some of those big bucket trucks are heavy and crack driveways. Customers do not like that. I already had one big cement bill thise year because of one. Don't get me wrong I love to do bucket work if possible but I love the climbing part way more. I would be out of business if I only did bucket work.

 

[Koa Man]

When using a bucket on large wide canopy trees, I have always had to climb out of the bucket to get to some deadwood or other branches that the bucket could not reach. The bucket made it much faster, but many times you will need to climb also to do a thorough job. I miss having a lift, that is why I intend to buy one this year.

 

[stehansen]

When using a bucket on large wide canopy trees, I have always had to climb out of the bucket to get to some deadwood or other branches that the bucket could not reach. The bucket made it much faster, but many times you will need to climb also to do a thorough job. I miss having a lift, that is why I intend to buy one this year.

Dittos!

 

[JohnDrew]

Need to retire, have a truck that needs work

Had all the hurricanes I can take, 4 last year in Florida did me in. If anyone would like to obtain a great old truck, please visit my site at

www.geocities.com/used_60_bucket_truck

Y'all have a great day

John