whadja do today?

[capetrees]

Had a ground guy believing jackalopes were real. He asked and I told him yes, but not around here, that they live in Arizona, in dry desert climates. Went around the corner, obviously mentioned it to the other ground guy and when he came back, what a look he gave me.

 

[no tree to big]

Had the privilege of using a brand spanking new tow behind nifty lift, only a 34 footer what a useless machine I had a skinny maybe 40 foot tall elm that's been dead for probably a decade, split and failing at every crotch super brittle totally unsafe to climb and unable to flop so figure hey this thing aughta be the cats ass yea if u set it up touching the tree. it's so slow and the non stop beeping bout drove me nutz. My favorite part was if the machine is like a degree out of level it sets off the alarm wich sounds like a fire alarm even when u shut it down and take the key out and it's ready for transport if u park on a hill it goes crazy wtf

Next time I'll just climb the sketchy ass tree...

 

[Zale]

Been there and done that. If you try to disable the alarm, it disables the unit.

 

[Affordabletree]

Cape, I went with the 750 because the 755 isn't rrally that much more hp for the money. The extra hp is only good for Harley rakes and such. Plus with me weighing in at 300 lbs the machine will pick up pretty much what ever I can grab.

 

[treeclimber101]

Bought a new groundsman a week ago and he got delivered last night. I think I will name him Joe.
Beyond excited to continue my weekend work with this new mini skid steer. I have used the new boxer and the new Vermeer and I personally think that they are not all that user friendly. Plus this machine with the BMG and a 36" bucket delivered was 25,000 in round numbers.

I named mine Bob Jr. About 5 years ago and everyone that has ever used him even on the side or favors have to call him Bob .... I chuckle everytime

 

[Griff93]

I really should buy a mini skid one of these days. I use a 32 hp 4wd yanmar tractor for a loader. It doesn't have a grapple or a way to easily put one on it. It is very easy on the lawns though which I really like. It will also pick stuff up high enough to load over the side of my truck(76").

 

[CalTreeEquip]

Thats what I am talking about. Just did a big cottonwood like that. Really sucked looking down at that POS truck.

That's bad. I would be talking to a lawyer, the DA and whoever licenses that dealer. The **** is criminal.
Who sold it to you?

 

[mckeetree]

That's bad. I would be talking to a lawyer, the DA and whoever licenses that dealer. The **** is criminal.
Who sold it to you?

How do you keep from someone getting something that is less than it should be. Don't you just sorta broker stuff for other entities. What is your policy if they buy a truck you are selling for someone else that has a major problem it turns out? Or do you own the equipment you sell?

 

[TC262]

I really should buy a mini skid one of these days. I use a 32 hp 4wd yanmar tractor for a loader. It doesn't have a grapple or a way to easily put one on it. It is very easy on the lawns though which I really like. It will also pick stuff up high enough to load over the side of my truck(76").

 

[sgreanbeans]

That's bad. I would be talking to a lawyer, the DA and whoever licenses that dealer. The **** is criminal.
Who sold it to you?

Kid Cars in the Chicago area. Still waiting on word from Altec via I-80 Equip. I already did, no luck. This does make me wonder about contacting OSHA.

 

[sgreanbeans]

I just posted a statement and a pic of the crack as their cover photo on their Facebook page.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kid-Cars/155344217839758

 

[sgreanbeans]

I just did a search on them, seems their site is down and all traces of them lead to dead ends. So, that makes me wonder if they changed their name. Anyone in that area?

 

[treeclimber101]

I just commented on it LOL fuqin trash

 

[Zale]

70 degrees today and sunny. Spent the day converting trucks for snow. Calling for 5-8 inches on Wednesday. Perfect timing to screw my turkey day. I hate snow.

 

[treeclimber101]

70 degrees today and sunny. Spent the day converting trucks for snow. Calling for 5-8 inches on Wednesday. Perfect timing to screw my turkey day. I hate snow.

Yea suck it up buttercup were all in the same boat ! Enjoy salting early morning thurs and falling asleep watching the game

 

[bigremovals]

I don't know what you all are complaining about snow is a perfect excuse when the old lady is bi***in about me not workin haha

 

[Zale]

Yea suck it up buttercup were all in the same boat ! Enjoy salting early morning thurs and falling asleep watching the game

Yeah, I imagine you will getting a little bit more since your North of us.

 

[Toddppm]

Don't believe the hype. I'll be up all night watching the radar though.

 

[TreeFeller11]

Went to Home Depot today to see if they had any plywood on the 70% off rack, no luck. I saw a 2 or 3 curved ones on the regular shelves though so I asked a guy in the lumber department if he could let me have them for 70% off and told him I would just be driving on them. Apparently he was feeling giving because I left the store with 21 full sheets of 1/2"-3/4" treated plywood for $170.00! 18 of them had no damage whatsoever. He basically gave me the top 2-5 sheets off of every stack lol. The manager had to come approve my savings for the cashier and needless to say he wasn't happy about my $400.00 discount. The kid who marked them for me got his ass chewed and I still got the sheets at 70% price. Good to know our industry isn't the only one who has to deal with numbskull employees.

 

[jefflovstrom]

It was a beautiful day!
Gonna be 82 degree's on Thanksgiving,,kids will be swimming at Nana's,
Probably leave my 'man suit' off for a few days,,
Jeff