mattfr12
The Bulldog
I purchased one a few months ago with all the options and wanted to see if anyone else out thier is having success with them.
I bought it from timberland trucks in virginia. i built the biggest one i could afford without getting to crazy in the money department i put it on an international 4400 with a dt466 in it. has around 70 feet of reach ran by radio remote control has the winch on it so it can operate like a crane. with a load limiting system. the end of the boom is plumbed with hydralics and the grapple comes on and off. i had them send a fiberglass bucket with it. right off the side of the truck it will lift 16,000 and change at around 50 feet. all im doing now is waiting for the boom to show up from italy its a 3 week trip on cargo ship after thier done building it. i decided to go with it after i looked at how much money i was dumping into renting a crane a year i figured i could probably cut the crane rental in half. the decisioni was fincance a truck for 1500 a month. when sometimes during the summer season crane rental hit 3k per month. around here thiers usually a 4 hour minimum at around 150 per hour so 600 bucks just to get them to show up. trucks supposed to be done in september will post pics as soon as i get it.
I bought it from timberland trucks in virginia. i built the biggest one i could afford without getting to crazy in the money department i put it on an international 4400 with a dt466 in it. has around 70 feet of reach ran by radio remote control has the winch on it so it can operate like a crane. with a load limiting system. the end of the boom is plumbed with hydralics and the grapple comes on and off. i had them send a fiberglass bucket with it. right off the side of the truck it will lift 16,000 and change at around 50 feet. all im doing now is waiting for the boom to show up from italy its a 3 week trip on cargo ship after thier done building it. i decided to go with it after i looked at how much money i was dumping into renting a crane a year i figured i could probably cut the crane rental in half. the decisioni was fincance a truck for 1500 a month. when sometimes during the summer season crane rental hit 3k per month. around here thiers usually a 4 hour minimum at around 150 per hour so 600 bucks just to get them to show up. trucks supposed to be done in september will post pics as soon as i get it.