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Well I have heard numerous times about the lighting struck tree not being able to burn "myth". I say myth because so far they have all burnt well for me. I can personally tell you that on some rare occasions you will run in to a tree that will be as hard to cut as a rock. We cut a 30" oak...

Well one little piece of input I can add is that the grapple arm with the bucket instead of the the log grapple wont be worth the effort with split wood. I have a grapple truck and it seemed like a great idea to use it to load from the piles. Problem is one piece of wood will nearly always...

Well to answer the question on the hydraulics not working if the motor die, the answer is yes. They have something similar to a starter motor that will let you get the boom back down. In the case of my ford hd you have to raise the boom to even raise the hood. Just make sure you have good...

Depends on high your talking about. Ive cleaned some around 40 feet tall using a truck but if your wanting to hang off the side of a 100'+ tall buildings well....no. Did clean a steeple for a church around 80' to 90' though using an extension wand in the bucket and thought my arms were going...

I just wish I could get $250+ for a cord of wood. Around here I get $120 delivered for 4'x16' usually 18" to 22" long. Its the same for special length requests, a few at 15" and one 28" to 30". Im forced to split it as its ordered, because of lack of time. It has sat cut into rounds between...

In my opinion the small trucks have their place and are invaluable for quick low line trimming. I have 37 ft boom on a 450 chassis with a stabalizer so not having to set outriggers down everytime we go up saves tons of time. I like the articulated boom most of the time but there are times that...

I think I can contribute to this one. Was asked for weeks by friends and family of an older Woman if I could get her a load since she didn't have anyone that could cut it for her. I finally had a load loaded up one day and decided I would just make everyone happy and took it to her FREE...

Good to see another local on here...especially out of the same town. I've found a lot of interesting reading and help on here maybe it will help you too.

lol like i said an old wise tale I guess. Maybe its just some local thing. I've been told that 3 times now that I can think of while cutting a struck tree that it wouldn't burn because of it being struck. No leg pullin involved. They all wanted some of the firewood being cut until they found...

Have heard over the years that a tree struck by lightning wouldn't burn. This has been told to me by numerous people of all ages. I have proved the theory wrong since I have burned many cords of lightning struck wood. Just wondering if anyone else has ever heard this old wise tale or knows...

unfortunately he wasn't wearing a harness. I'm not sure on the type of boom he was in. After further research I found that my boom (an altec) would not fall if the cable was to break. The bucket will come free and turn under the boom but the as long as you are tied in you will remain in the...

Another local service had an incident today where the cable inside the boom broke,dropping a good friend of mine who was operating it nearly 30 feet down before stopping. This then launched him from the bucket into a brush pile on the ground (so I'm told) and caused some pretty serious injuries...

It is possible to work part time and be fully covered but it's no peach. Insurance takes a massive chunk out of any potential profit from the start. Started our company a year and a half ago as a father/son partnership. Both of with full time jobs working the tree jobs in the afternoons and...

Its a small tractor, mahindra 2525, the woods is the one ive been looking at. For the hyd. the best way i can see is to T off the control valve for the front end loader and run the lines back there.

Looking to buy a stump grinder in the spring when business starts picking back up. My thoughts are to get one that goes behind my tractor since it goes to nearly every job with me anyways plus the engine and hyd. pump are already there meaning one less thing to upkeep. Has anyone used one of...

Just to throw my 2 cents in...I run the 27 ton and it has handled everything I have thrown at it including some crazy twisted up oak. The only problem Ive run in to is with the log cradle. Ended up breaking both sides off but not a big deal since I usually run mine in the vertical position.