abidingdreams
ArboristSite Lurker
I have recently had the pleasure of working on my first crane job. I hired the gentlemen who owned the crane for $95 an hour and I dismantled a 60' Elm tree in four hours. I have always been a fan of crane work for as long as I have been in the tree care industry. I was talking to the operator that day during lunch and I found out that he bought his crane for 140K used and that made me really doubt me ever owning one. So my question is how did you who own a crane do it? What was the price of your crane? What were the payments? How much does it cost you per job to run it and even how much per month? Does it pay for itself? Out of a 40 hour work week how many hours are you running it? Me personally I would want a crane before I purchased a bucket truck. Simply for the fact that if I cant reach the tree with the crane I more than likely cant reach it with a bucket. I could be completely wrong in my thinking so that's why I come to the experts. Thank you for your time in answering my question.