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  1. Stumpinator

    48' High Ranger Bucket truck

    Thinking about buying this as my first bucket truck. The guy originally told me it's a 65' but he was wrong. It's 48 platform height and 32 reach. Is this truck too small? $8500 is the price and it's been garage kept. Low miles and runs great. Needs a couple of tires and misc..
  2. G

    Fiberglass boom question about knicks in boom

    My boom has some gouges and knicks that go into the surface of the fiberglass on the upper boom. From chainsaws rubbing on them and branches. Is this something that may cause an issue or can I just cover with new gel coat.
  3. G

    Altec boom hours question..

    So I’m looking at a few bucket trucks. They are davey tree trucks. Most of them have the lrv-55 boom. On the hour meters I’m seeing 3900 or 1600 (06 f750). There is only enough for four digits on the hour meters. So my question is... is this probably 11600 hours and 13900 hours on it?
  4. SoopermanLuva

    Chinese piston/cylinder kit total annihilation.

    Good evening, gentlemen! So I had this chinese top end for a 036 that I popped in there for testing purposes. And here's the result after about 2 tanks, half of which was really adjusting and playing around with different settings. In the pictures you can see that the spot where the circlip is...
  5. C

    need help with skyworker bucket controls

    Hello to all. I am a new to the site. I have just bought a 1976 bucket truck with a skyworker boom. everything seems to work great except for the low pressure controls on the bucket. ive been bleeding the air out for a couple days and finally got them to work but they feel very stiff like they...
  6. Ktcolorado

    Want to Sell Jerry Rig

    Hello everyone My name is Kody I have been a member for a little while just haven't posted always found the info I needed using search lol Anyways we (vegetation management west) here in Colorado have what we call a jerry rig for sale it is a pisten bully with a om 421A Mercedes diesel engine...
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