When you start getting jobs like 20, 50 or 100 trees. I am running 30 yard dedicated chip truck, also 20 yard chip/firewood truck and my bucket truck has 15 yard forestry body. When I use crane, some times I call 53' semi trailer fro chips and fill it up 3/4 in the day.
No truck with chipper can turn in 10-12 ft wide driveway. However my GMC T6500 30 yard has better turning radius then most of pickup based chip trucks.
Read my words "to me it's a toy". Yes realy
No. Don't speak code language.
Actualy yes. When in December 2008 or October 2011 every think was paralyzed by downed trees I DID saved many lives from "deadliest vegitation" by providing access for emergency services. My crews worked 24 hours (12 hours shifts) in 4 consecutive days. Moving trees from roads for State and Towns..... protecting us commoners from the worlds deadliest vegitation?.. LOL..
Tandem? Never! Tandem is not driveway friendly. Tandem = logging. My is single axle under 26K lb.
I always put my price what I need regardless of hackers competition. They come and go. Recently I scored 120 trees. My competitor #1 = $2,300; competitor #2 = $1,700. My price $10,000. My guess I did understand what customer wanted and presented to him. Yehhh, buy the way, I was not drunk during estimate. I guess it helps too. :hmm3grin2orange:
It is excellent that you know what you want. Have you consider to get cab-over? much better turning radius if you are concern about maneuverability. Jukonsky dealer right by you. Half of length of your tuck is cab and nose. Just out of curiosity what is you total truck length and wheel base (center -to- center). GMC(Chevy) T6500 with 30 yard is 22.5 ft bumper-to-bumper, wheel base 13.5 ft. I guess W5500 is even smaller with upto 19K gvw
3 guys, bucket truck, chip truck with chipper. Paycheck next week. Local exposure. I am getting 10-15 calls per day just from passing-by people. Local police detailing. Easy trimming and easy take downs. Usually 8 hours per day. $250 per hour. Why not?
You get right on money.
Well it's easy trees on this lot. most of them are drop in one piece. Plus I guess I'll get 4-5K in timber and 1-2K on chips. So numbers work for me well.
14 ft long x 8 ft tall x 8 ft wide = 33 yards. Minus slop at the end - giving about 30 yard. Overall truck is 22.5 ft long which is equivalent to crew cab pickup truck with 8 ft bed. My truck empty weight is 12.5k lb. So I need to be very careful to stay kosher under 26K other wise I can jump over 30K easy.
You get right on money.
I am usually not loading if chipping oak trunks, but stuffing it up to roof if job is old rotten pine, willow or fluffy spruce. They are more like 400lb per yard.
Well it's easy trees on this lot. most of them are drop in one piece. Plus I guess I'll get 4-5K in timber and 1-2K on chips. So numbers work for me well.
You should of try cabover. May be next time. Agree the engine is much smaller but it's not for racing. Stopping power is dictated by axle. Speaking of roads, I am in NH. Our roads are consist of left turn, right turn, up, down or combination. Straight road is only in theory. The most important is you like your truck and you can afford it. It's grate.
14 ft long x 8 ft tall x 8 ft wide = 33 yards. Minus slop at the end - giving about 30 yard. Overall truck is 22.5 ft long which is equivalent to crew cab pickup truck with 8 ft bed. My truck empty weight is 12.5k lb. So I need to be very careful to stay kosher under 26K other wise I can jump over 30K easy.
I was entertaining idea for hook-lift and ez-roll-off. But after finding how much hoist + container weight the payload is minimized dramatically. So to go with 30 yard definitely needed to be tandem which is very bad for my business model and customer driveways.
