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Some times that pesky stopper knot catches you off guard, couldn't have been any more perfect, haha. When I was doing the flush cut on that thing it let go and split popped like I had 20k pounds of pull on it scared the crap outa me! U can see the Crack in the last pic
 

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Some times that pesky stopper knot catches you off guard, couldn't have been any more perfect, haha. When I was doing the flush cut on that thing it let go and split popped like I had 20k pounds of pull on it scared the crap outa me! U can see the Crack in the last pic

You deserve a budweiser,,:)
Jeff
 

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I seen a ad from altec that they have 75' booms and toolboxes, chip box ready to install for $59k. Looks like you already have a truck and need a new lift. If your gonna spend 20k to fix might as well spend the extra and get a 75'er.
 
Oh damn dude that's real bad , that's almost like someone rolled that truck while they were in the bucket ! Why can't it be totaled ? That's almost gotta be worth more as a repair then the truck itself
 
I seen a ad from altec that they have 75' booms and toolboxes, chip box ready to install for $59k. Looks like you already have a truck and need a new lift. If your gonna spend 20k to fix might as well spend the extra and get a 75'er.
I love your math .... Hey if your gonna spend 20 my aswell spend 60 ! It's 3xs as much LOL
 
Yeah, why spend 20k and then spend another 60k in 5 years. I have alot of loans and I make the payment every month. In 5 years I am gonna own my chipper and knuckleboom truck and it will still be in great shape. Loans are part of business. I can claim the interest and why the hell would I want to make a bunch of money to put into my pocket but only get to keep 70 cents for every dollar I keep when I can put dollar for dollar into equipment.
 
yeah, once I seen it, I grabbed a pick and started pulling wadding out of it, then chased it around the back and it kept going....... and going and going. Each inch I gained, I was getting more pissed, those fckers did that knowing someone was going to use it. Putting a different boom on it is not out of the question. Gotta call on it yesterday, going to call them later today to see what can be done and how much. Like I said, would rather drop the thing off, jump in a new one and just move one. Hard lesson learned, didnt follow my own advice.
 
Ya the trunk was straight and in good shape. But, the homeowner wanted it for firewood.

BTW that's not me in the picture incase anybody was wondering. Gotta get myself a nice selfie like you treeclimber lol
 

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