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That sounds like a nice crane but I would go back to the math. Maybe it works for you, maybe not. Do you need something that big? Probably not. How big are you planning on picking? I'd rather go smaller than bigger...because it means I need a smaller landing area and it's a lighter load. You...

I don't know man. Maybe you call it something else but I've been doing this for my whole adult life and when I'm getting ready to crane something out....I call it craning something out (or picking the individual sections)

I'm not going to tell you not to buy a crane (or to buy one) but I will say that you should have a very good understanding of a number of other things before jumping in on a crane. Outside of all of the issues just related to running and loading the crane safely in the most general sense.....you...

Crane companies around here won't even do trees as far as I know. We own our own cranes so we can do whatever we want with them.

Did a fun thing today. Ran our larger crane with a guy in the bucket who has never done crane work that big before. He was ready. He's spend plenty of time in the bucket, he's worked with our smaller crane, he's ran the smaller crane from the ground. It was his day and I was on the crane. He is...

Sorry man but I don't think I'd spend 20k on a truck that has a 34 year old boom. My understanding is that older booms cost more to fix because they raise the price of parts because the manufacturers want to discourage you from using booms that are older than 25 years. I read somewhere that they...

I get that as a blanket answer to a test question but we all know that every tree is different. I can't even guess how many dead trees I've climbed in my career. Most experienced climbers have a pretty good idea of what we're expecting. An ash or elm that is a couple of years into being...

I feel like I'm pretty lucky about employees for the most part. They are either guys who I have picked and trained myself or they're guys who my sons have "filtered" before I talk to them. I probably don't spend as much time training the new guys as I have in years past. I just don't have time...

Haven't decided for sure what the future holds but that equipment is basically stuff that we don't use a lot. For now, it's business as usual but at some point I think my son will buy the business from me. If he doesn't, then I will probably sell everything. Not right now though.

Iowa. Land of cows. And pigs but I'd rather ignore them.

I also have an older Vermeer 1250 that is going and a pretty nice Morbark with about 400-450 hours on it. Neither are all rusted out. Probably going to have a couple of bucket trucks, dump trucks (that you can chip into) and tracked backyard boom. Anyone who is interested.....send me a message...

I'm going to be selling a pretty decent crane pretty soon.....like....whenever I have the time to start advertising it. It's pretty perfect for taking down trees. There is nothing wrong with it and it's inspections (crane and DOT) are current. I'm just about to sell a bunch of equipment. Send me...

One of the best things I've ever bought is a telescopic knuckle-boom crane. We use it for so much stuff. Got a truck and larger chipper stuck in the timber a few weeks back. They pulled into a spot with trees right on the front bumper and close to both sides of the truck. Nowhere to back up or...

We had that old three strand when I started and I remember not liking the new rope right away when it came out. I preferred what I learned on at the time.

That's pretty much what I still climb with. No spikes on trims. I also use a throw ball and have incorporated ascenders into the mix. Wish I would have started using the ascenders years ago but I actually only use them once in a while now because I'm so used to climbing without them that I...

You could just put it on a different tree with a block above it to keep the rope straight. Or there is also the truck hitch mount available but I've never used it and I'm not sure I would care for that very much.

I don't know exactly what your work looks like but PPE should just be a habit that you do without thinking about it. The first thing we do when we get out of the trucks is put hard hats on.....on every job site. I know it's an overkill sometimes but making safety a habit is better than getting...

Call Morbark with the serial number. They can hook you up.

The dude deleted his post between my last two posts but that's fine. I hope that means that he's listening to what we're saying. You want to do this? Great. I totally support that. But listen to the guys who are trying to keep you alive. Ask as many questions as you want....but....know where you...

Nice. That is super cheap work comp! We're kind of in the same boat for the GRCS. I think most of us are. We don't use it often but it's nice to have when you need it.