2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
It likes having 2 more guys on the job. Love mine.
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Finally got everything running this morning in 2 degree weather......knock out a Silver Maple that had some severe rot and had been topped way too many times. Then pull right into the next customers yard with bucket and chipper in tow to knock out a small willow hanging over the house.....love frozen ground......then stopped by another customer's house to drop a Pin Oak and let it lay.....put a pull rope in and tied it to the stump grinder and laid it out......good to get some jobs done considering we did not work Monday and Tuesday.
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You are going to love it! When I first got mine I would of slept with it if I could of. The BMG works great it just takes a little time to get it down.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
Does the bmg brand grapple rotate?
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LOL.....try pulling houseboats out of the lake in the fall of the year.....learned how to drive an old semi (old Mack I believe) before I could drive a car....I had no clue and boss tells me to get in a drive.....
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It does not mechanically, and honestly doesn't need to. It does manually though. I would suspect with a mechanical rotator, it would hobble the unit clearance and weight wise.
treeman75
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Ya, it rotates.
ducaticorse
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If your gross combo is over 26K you need a CDL B IF the trailer is under 10K IF its over 10K you need a CDL A. That's Federal. You can get your **** towed and a 5k fine.
2treeornot2tree
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I love my Ryans grapple. It has the electronic rotation. It's nice when you go to pickup a log and can just rotate the grapple to pick it up.
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KenJax Tree
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In Michigan if the GVWR is 26001k or more and the trailer load is 10001 or less you need a class B if the trailer is 10001 or more you need a class A we all have a class A where i work.
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Fed law anything gross combo in excess of 26001 needs a CDL B or A depending on trailer weight.
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Ive seen an F550 pulling a mini x and trailer get smoked by DOT. 5k fine fawk you, pay me.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I am gonna try hard to find someone with a Cdl this year so they can drive either the bucket or chip truck.
Had a guy that was isa certified with a Cdl call about a job but he only wants to work a couple days a week and do nothing but treework. Unfortunately we do more then just tree work.
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Had a guy that was isa certified with a Cdl call about a job but he only wants to work a couple days a week and do nothing but treework. Unfortunately we do more then just tree work.
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2treeornot2tree
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Wander what fresh chipped hardwoods weigh per cubic yard. I think i am gonna weigh the truck full one of these days.
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If youre asking because you want to know what your truck weighs full, it don't matter unless they put you on scales. It also doesn't matter what you have the truck registered for either. A ball buster DOT will run your VIN# to see what the factory rated that specific truck for, and start your punishment from there if you aren't kosher. Fines go up for being over registered weight, improperly licensed etc. The fines can get high enough to put a financially unprepared operator out of business.
We have a chevy 3500 dump truck that has a gvwr of 16000 and it pulls a 12k trailer.....I am told by DOT we must have a Class A CDL to pull the trailer behind.
I am not sure of all the rules....I have heard so many things over the years. I have been told you can plate the trucks and trailers at a lower weight and then you just get hit for the wieght violation and not the CDL violation.
Confused as hell.....try to stay in my pick up truck as much as I can.
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