gorman
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50" BMG and a bucket grapple. Have a blockbuster splitter attachment but haven't tried it out yet.
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50" BMG and a bucket grapple. Have a blockbuster splitter attachment but haven't tried it out yet.
gorman
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I looked at the controls on the swinger. Two joysticks? Seems hard to operate the aux at the same time as the boom controls.
mckeetree
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Believe it or not that's what we liked about the swinger. I don't like the little elec. over hydraulic button for aux on the Gehl. Neither did my foreman. But hey, you have to realize I'm old school. I was running an old D6-8U Caterpillar on the farm I grew up long before you were born. Plus, to me, the 340 we demoed seemed "top heavy".
Affordabletree
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Well figured out that my truck has the slightest bit if play in the king pins so that's the first thing to replace then the steering gear so it should be around 1500 bucks.
Thanks for reminding me. I gotta do the steering gear box on my bucket truck this winter. Sucks only getting half of the turn
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
52,000 for a 01 guys smoking crack it ain't all that
It doesn't have the old school Dayton wheels does it?
gorman
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It's a rear mount. They go for that much.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Ummmmmmm ... Well then giddy up , their is a sucker for every seller
gorman
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Come on. You know how expensive those things are. I dare u to find a rear mount for under 40k
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
It's not for sale for anywhere near 40 brah !!! It's 52K for a 14 year old truck ... I dare you to pay that kinda money for it
Affordabletree
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No iy doesnt have the old Dayton wheels. It just has standard 10 lug
Maiden voyage for the mini skid storage on the bucket truck today. I spent a good part of last week shortening up the tool boxes and getting this thing done. I had some extra room underneath and built a rack for an extra bucket.
Hey, Goober, not saying the truck is worth 52k, but people pay that much for a pickup, so think about that. Its no Stubs, but a decent treeman could make a hell of a return on that 50k, "brah". Just speaking from pure experience. That truck will go and set up where no forestry dogger will ever dream of. Adds up over the years. Not to mention it looks cool and chicks dig it. Lol.
Or just buy a whipped up forestry unit for 20k and go at it like that.
You could already be getting mired up in that sweet jersey sugar sand. Lol..
That's sweet. What is that, a turf irrigation machine you're carrying there? I like it..
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
I said their is a sucker for every seller , and I'd give ya 30,000 for your lip stick dressed up pig LOL !You could already be getting mired up in that sweet jersey sugar sand. Lol..
gorman
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When I was looking I couldn't find a rear mount for less than 45k. And they were from schmittys or that other place.
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Just cause you can't find one doesn't mean a truck is worth that kinda money , this is one is a pretty nice truck , but rule of salesman are always 100% markup so when they unload them at auction for 20Gs yea they are gonna try and squeeze 40/50 outta someone . And for someone that wants a 4x4 rear mount 50 maybe a good investment ...... That being said don't mean that it's worth it
treeclimber101
UNCLE BUCK
Pretty nice truck though I like the super singles , and it looks loved . Hopefully it's not the 366 you'd be rocking if it was the 454 or 496 .
