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treecutterjr
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Also we don't have any scales to cross in town. I see guys loaded to the sky.
gorman
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This reminds me of that Seinfeld episode where Kramer tries to push how far he can go without getting gas. Except instead of getting stuck on empty that axle is gonna snap.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Ha .
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
It's not always what it "can" do but more of what it "should only" do
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Just because you can doesn't mean you should
Gotta be careful loading trucks like that. Stuff breaks and someone can be hurt. Not turning into the safety police. Just saying be careful.
Not that I got room to talk
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
No quite literally have no room to talk ... LOL
Took that ash down a few houses up from mine and the guy didn't want the chip truck or dump on his concrete drive. I asked if my little old s-10 would be ok. No problem! Other than that load it just gets me back and forth to the shop and hauls wood from the pile to the house. Once in a while I get mad and pull all my gear from my bosses trucks and fill it up with that.
Blakesmaster
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Going big takes a lot of balls when there's nothing underneath your tree, eh? Plenty of large tops cut from the bucket today on my site. Last two were set to swing back towards boom/house and I didn't want to lose deadwood through a window of either.
Blakesmaster
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Treetard for life, yo.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I took some big tops the other day too. I had a couple that after the rope tightened up the tips were touching the ground. So they had to be around 45' long tops and I was at full extention with my bucket. I gotta be a tailed bucket. Seems like I could always use a 75' bucket.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
75fter are all our wet dreams , even with 60 I've done plenty this year that wanna one of 2 things , smash the **** outta the boom , or smash the **** outta a roof or fence or some other ******** in the way ! Whatever though
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
Went on a bid last night, HO has this really old dog. Dog goes Fckin berserk on me. HO is mystified on how the dog is trying to maul me with licks and nibbles, whining and rolling at my feet. Running around the yard at mock speed. Happy, bouncing, spinning. HO is amazed and just staring at this. I play with the old dude, scratch him down real good and try to get back to the bid, dog is not having it. Would not leave me alone, HO apologized and said he has never seen him act that way, but I was cool with it! It was crazy, it was like I was his long lost best friend!
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
That is for sure, still haven't had mine fixed yet. Trying to work a deal right now to turn that POS into a 75fter. Everyone that looks at it scratches their head. Which scares me. There is a recall for nearly every lift out there for this exact problem........ but mine. I have had estimates from 10 to 20g's. Everyone that has looked at it, instantly recognize's that those A-holes in at Kid Cars in Chicago hid it. Really tired of climbing everything, especially of easy street side jobs that I could pull right up to and blast out.
2treeornot2tree
Dont cry, just do it
I could sell my old truck and my one pickup and have a little.more then half the money for a used 75fter. Might just pull the trigger in spring.
sgreanbeans
Treeaculterologist
Yeah, big dollars. I am down to a 500 a month payment and its pretty nice not having much debt. I have been kicking this can for a long time. I want one so bad, practically drooling over them, but then I think about the payment and I dread the thought of another big one. When we got that brand new one at Davey, it was beautiful!
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Yea that is shady , I check when I grease now for that , which thank god I have no issue , but I don't really use that truck much anymore , I have been climbing more then not , I see all the new Assplunger trucks here are elevators so I kinda figure that their will be a few in the next few years that will sell around here
KenJax Tree
Terraphobic
Good to see ya beans.....how is the wife doing?
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